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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0009590Kali LinuxKali Package Improvementpublic2026-03-18 16:332026-04-15 07:38
Reporterkimocoder Assigned Todaniruiz  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Summary0009590: aircrack-ng SIMD auto-detection fails on Raspberry Pi 5 (Cortex-A76) → 13× slowdown in wifite (Issue 0000363 misdiagnosis)
Description

Always on Pi 5, never on Pi Zero 2 W
Hardware: Raspberry Pi 5 (Cortex-A76) vs. Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (Cortex-A53) for comparison.

Steps to Reproduce:
Boot Kali 2024.4 (or any later rolling release) on a Raspberry Pi 5.
Run any wifite command that triggers aircrack-ng (e.g. wifite --crack -i wlan0mon or a WPA handshake capture).

Observe aircrack-ng speed (visible in wifite output or by running aircrack-ng directly).
Observed performance (from original reporter):

Mode
Speed
--simd=generic (forced)
210 k/s
--simd=neon (auto-detected)
2,800 k/s

→ 13× slowdown caused entirely by missing NEON acceleration.

@Mister_X where you at brother?

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Rakesh47

Rakesh47

2026-03-20 11:27

reporter   ~0021446

I'm Rakesh Chunara
daniruiz

daniruiz

2026-04-15 07:38

manager   ~0021568

Thank you for your interest in Kali but this is not a bug report. It looks like that you need help and guidance to perform some task. We have community support forums on https://forums.kali.org/, Discord chat at https://discord.kali.org/, and IRC with the #kali-linux channel on irc.oftc.net), please post your questions there.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2026-03-18 16:33 kimocoder New Issue
2026-03-20 11:27 Rakesh47 Note Added: 0021446
2026-03-20 11:28 Rakesh47 Note View State: 0021446: public
2026-04-15 07:38 daniruiz Note Added: 0021568
2026-04-15 07:38 daniruiz Assigned To => daniruiz
2026-04-15 07:38 daniruiz Status new => closed
2026-04-15 07:38 daniruiz Resolution open => no change required