Log spammed with strange data

Anyone knows what are this errors? is spammed every second. can be fixed?

Sat Jul 13 19:28:31 2024 kern.err kernel: [24907.458371] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Sat Jul 13 19:28:31 2024 kern.err kernel: [24907.970750] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Sat Jul 13 19:28:33 2024 kern.err kernel: [24909.506310] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Sat Jul 13 19:28:33 2024 kern.err kernel: [24909.916463] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Sat Jul 13 19:28:35 2024 kern.err kernel: [24911.452006] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Sat Jul 13 19:28:35 2024 kern.err kernel: [24911.964856] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Sat Jul 13 19:28:37 2024 kern.err kernel: [24913.500311] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Sat Jul 13 19:28:37 2024 kern.err kernel: [24914.012292] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Sat Jul 13 19:28:39 2024 kern.err kernel: [24915.548278] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Sat Jul 13 19:28:39 2024 kern.err kernel: [24915.958321] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0

@admon do you know anything about this? i remember i have seen same issue here but i think was not solved

Nope, sorry. It's related to the Wi-Fi driver - so I guess the issue can't be fixed without newer GL firmware.

To bad i hope they will fix it soon.

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Ring Doorbell?

No. Just some smart sockets ... And a few other devices

I have the same error with Flint 2. Any idea what's causing this?

Tue Aug 13 18:07:50 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1130.552590] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:07:51 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1131.509276] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:07:52 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1132.565276] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:07:53 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1133.534668] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:07:54 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1134.581353] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:07:55 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1135.542379] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:07:56 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1136.604242] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:07:58 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1138.613638] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:08:43 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1183.829057] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:08:45 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1185.861624] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:08:47 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1187.073487] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:08:47 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1187.862669] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:08:49 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1189.084699] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:08:49 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1189.877117] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:08:51 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1191.092989] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:08:51 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1191.900930] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:08:53 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1193.109011] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:08:53 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1193.911847] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:08:55 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1195.125048] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:08:55 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1195.925124] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:08:57 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1197.142210] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:08:59 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1199.157044] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:09:01 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1201.325006] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:09:03 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1203.349119] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:09:05 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1205.364980] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:09:07 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1207.381010] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:09:09 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1209.397066] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:09:11 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1211.413004] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:09:13 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1213.428968] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0
Tue Aug 13 18:09:19 2024 kern.err kernel: [ 1219.244952] 7986@C14L1,PeerAddBARspActionSanity() 259: illegal BA buffer size = 0

Have you tried to reconfigure wifi on this device?

From what i could Google the most common error is a device which gives a empty ba response.

Why it might do that?

My guess some devices don't restore normally and try to negotiate before handshaking because it does not reset itself / is not aware.

or dhcp issues, some Android devices kick themselves if there is no dhcp, perhaps not all that gracefully.

Can you check if you see a wireless device deauthenticating when this happen?

if you have access to the CLI and iwpriv you may want to test some debugging:

iwpriv <interface name, i.e rax> set Debug=4:14

iwpriv <i.e rax> show stainfo

Ive taken it from here
https://community.ui.com/questions/AP-U6Plus-kernel-illegal-BA-buffer-size-0/cf341174-cdaa-49b3-9f54-1169e5dcbd3a

@V.V @M.B when it has such logs, does it affect the connection?

Maybe the driver is making false complains.

It's my second day with the router so I haven't got a chance to dive deeper with the configs. How can I narrow down the device that's causing this re negotiation or error?

@alzhao haven't felt any issue with my major devices like laptops and phones.

@xize11 that's the first article that I read too! I need to see how to access the underlying Linux cmd line.

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It's called "shell" (cmd is Windows) and you can reach it using SSH.

Username is always root
Password is the one you chose while setting up the device.

If it does not have connection problems it is OK. We have filed an internal ticket to optimize the log. It is some false warnings.