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by WhyNotHugo 48 days ago
iwd requires CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD, so disabling this would break Wi-Fi for a lot of people.
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Indeed, iwd is the main reason why general-purpose Linux distros can't disable AF_ALG yet. But many Linux systems are more specialized and don't have wireless connectivity, or they use another wireless daemon such as wpa_supplicant which doesn't have this issue.

I'm hoping we can get iwd fixed to use a userspace crypto library, as well. This is something that people could help with.

iwd also runs as root, so it would be okay with a CAP_SYS_ADMIN permission check if one were introduced, I think.