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0009466Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2025-12-25 17:172025-12-26 07:25
Reportereqvius Assigned Todaniruiz  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionwon't fix 
Summary0009466: hcxdumptool not working with awus036axml on Kali 2025.4
Description

Hello everyone!
I downloaded Kali Linux version 2025.4 for VMware (VMware Workstation Pro 25H2, version 25.0.0.24995812) and updated the system. Then I installed the drivers (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/mediatek) for my awus036axml WiFi adapter. I wanted to use hcxdumptool to monitor network activity and analyze packets, but the program showed nothing — the table with ESSIDs/channels/frequencies was empty. The .pcapng file created by the program was almost empty. I run the program with the following arguments: hcxdumptool -i wlan0 --rds=3
I reverted to the VMware image version 2025.3, and everything works. Hcxdumptool was installed from the standard Kali repositories via apt install, system kernel versions are 2025.4 — 6.16.0, 2025.3 — 6.12.0.
I suspect that caused by a regression bug in a kernel, but i haven't much expertise to claim this.

Attached Files
20251222121855-wlan0.pcapng (796 bytes)

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kali-bugreport

kali-bugreport

2025-12-25 20:07

reporter   ~0021182

Have read in the past that the Kali team doesn:t have manpower to debug / investigate Kernel or hardware issues so probably either report to Kernel devs or hope it get fixed in some further kernel versions.
daniruiz

daniruiz

2025-12-26 07:25

manager   ~0021186

We're sorry but we don't have the manpower to deal with hardware support problems.
Those problems need to be fixed in the upstream Linux kernel. We regularly import new kernel releases.
Some hardware suppliers don't care about their Linux support, and there's nothing we can do about that. Avoid buying hardware from those suppliers if you're going to run Linux with it.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-12-25 17:17 eqvius New Issue
2025-12-25 17:17 eqvius File Added: 20251222121855-wlan0.pcapng
2025-12-25 20:07 kali-bugreport Note Added: 0021182
2025-12-26 07:25 daniruiz Note Added: 0021186
2025-12-26 07:25 daniruiz Assigned To => daniruiz
2025-12-26 07:25 daniruiz Status new => closed
2025-12-26 07:25 daniruiz Resolution open => won't fix