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[Martin Pauly <pauly AT hrz.uni-marburg.de>]

Hi,

On 10.03.22 12:22, Daniele Albrizio wrote:
> We have multiple reports from our users that out (university of trieste) 
> wireless/wired profile cannot be installed on
> macOS devices without an ethernet network adapter resulting in an error:
>
> - The ‘Wi-Fi Network’ payload could not be installed. The network interface 
> could not be found. -
>
> We conducted a trial on two macOS 12.2 devices and were able to reproduce the 
> error only on devices that never seen an ethernet dongle connected.

I had reported about this very issue back in November. I am pretty sure this 
is a bug in macOS.
Re-posting the debug output a user sent us:
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:01.765 <kernel> AWDL Sync Enabled 0, data path state[1]
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:16.733 <airport[162]> systemWokenByWiFi: System Wake Reason 
> > not found
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:36.878 <airport[162]> systemWokenByWiFi: System Wake Reason 
> > not found
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:44.254 <airport[162]> Could not set property 
> > APPLE80211_REGKEY_AWDL_MAC_ADDRESS_IN_USE to 1
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:47.068 <airport[162]> systemWokenByWiFi: System Wake Reason 
> > not found
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:47.082 <airport[162]> Could not set property 
> > APPLE80211_REGKEY_AWDL_MAC_ADDRESS_IN_USE to 0
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:47.802 <airport[162]> airportdProcessDLILEvent: <en0> 
> > event=1, flags=0xFFFF8863, lastPowerPref=on
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:47.802 <airport[162]> airportdProcessDLILEvent: en0 marked 
> > UP, applying user power preferences (ON).
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:47.802 <airport[162]> airportdProcessDLILEvent: <en0> 
> > Setting power ON
> > <airport[162]> airportdProcessDLILEvent: <en0> event=1, flags=0xFFFF8863, 
> > lastPowerPref=on
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:47.808 <airport[162]> airportdProcessDLILEvent: en0 marked 
> > UP, applying user power preferences (ON).
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:47.808 <airport[162]> airportdProcessDLILEvent: <en0> 
> > Setting power ON
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:47.841 <kernel> parseRSNIE: groupCipherType = 5 
> > pairwiseCipherType = 5 authSel = 1
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:47.841 <kernel> initWithInterfaceAndIE: _myMacAddress 
> > xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.089 <kernel> Failed test for valid 
> > apple80211_postMessage_tlv_types in data, 65535
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.089 <kernel> Unexpected payload found for message 74, 
> > dataLen 104
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.089 <kernel> payload Data ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 dc f7 
> > 19 3e fc 6b     00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
> > 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
> > 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
> > 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.089 <kernel> Error storing postMessage 74
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.097 <kernel> postMessage::1412 APPLE80211_M_BSSID_CHANGED 
> > received
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.097  <kernel> No InterfaceAverageCCA
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.097 <kernel> Adding setInterfaceAverageCCA with cca 0
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.097 <kernel> Added known cca 0 for channel 100 into 
> > setInterfaceAverageCCA
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.100 <kernel> en0: Received EAPOL packet (length = 67)
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.100 <kernel> inputEAPOLFrame: Received non-key EAPOL 
> > frame (53)
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.105 <kernel> en0: Received EAPOL packet (length = 60)
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.105 <kernel> inputEAPOLFrame: Received non-key EAPOL 
> > frame (46)
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.110 <kernel> en0: Received EAPOL packet (length = 60)
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.110 <kernel> inputEAPOLFrame: Received non-key EAPOL 
> > frame (46)
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.121 <kernel> en0: Received EAPOL packet (length = 1022)
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.121 <kernel> inputEAPOLFrame: Dropping EAPOL frame, not 
> > key frame
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.127 <kernel> en0: Received EAPOL packet (length = 1018)
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.127 <kernel> inputEAPOLFrame: Dropping EAPOL frame, not 
> > key frame
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.128 <airport[162]> ERROR: sharingd (428) is not entitled 
> > for com.apple.wifi.join_history, will not allow request
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.129 <airport[162]> ERROR: rapportd (410) is not entitled 
> > for com.apple.wifi.join_history, will not allow request
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.132 <kernel> en0: Received EAPOL packet (length = 1018)
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.132 <kernel> inputEAPOLFrame: Dropping EAPOL frame, not 
> > key frame
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.139 <kernel> en0: Received EAPOL packet (length = 1018)
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.139 <kernel> inputEAPOLFrame: Dropping EAPOL frame, not 
> > key frame
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.144 <airport[162]> ERROR: sharingd (428) is not entitled 
> > for com.apple.wifi.join_history, will not allow request
> > Tue Nov 23 11:28:48.145 <kernel> en0: Received EAPOL packet (length = 1018)
> >
> > The "Unexpected payload" is highly suspicious, of course.
> > I could not find anything like
> > dc f7 19 3e fc 6b
> > in a hexdump of the .mobileconfig, cf. attachment.
> > So I assume that somehow the wrong data is passed to the kernel function 
> > which is supposed to read the profile.
> > I also played around a bit and removed the "Configure wired Interfaces" Option from one of our profiles, 
> > to no avail

> only on devices that never seen an ethernet dongle connected.
this is interesting, the user who sent the logs also reported this.
Does the ethernet adapter need to be present during profile install,
or is it OK to connect it some time before, then disconnect, then install the 
profile?
Anyway, someone should clarify this with Apple; we will do as soon as we can 
spare a little time.

Cheers, Martin

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