nmap not working

[yasharne]

yashar@DESKTOP-MHBRT96:~$ sudo nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24 Starting Nmap 6.40 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2016-11-11 23:37 STD route_dst_netlink: cannot bind AF_NETLINK socket: Invalid argument

[benhillis]

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[rtfmoz]

1. Title

nmap fails to open socket.

2. Brief description

cannot bind AF_NETLINK socket when running nmap

3. Windows version / build number

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]

4. Steps required to reproduce

apt-get install nmap
nmap -sn 192.168.0.*

5. Copy of the terminal output

root@DESKTOP-5UFF8C5:~# nmap -sn 192.168.0.*

Starting Nmap 6.40 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2016-11-19 10:42 DST
route_dst_netlink: cannot bind AF_NETLINK socket: Invalid argument

6. Expected Behavior

Should perform scan of local network.

7. Strace of the failing command

https://gist.github.com/rtfmoz/bb41c6e0148d223a3e3bc310217e05ba

[sunilmut]

@JasonLinMS as FYI
@rtfmoz - Thanks for the trace. From the trace it looks like it relies on the NETLINK_ROUTE\RTM_GETROUTE message with the given , which we haven't yet implemented. I have opened a bug to track this internally.

[rtfmoz]

I have just installed the latest preview build of Windows 10.0.14971 which has Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial. It appears nmap on this is version 7.01 and suffers similar issues.

1. Title

nmap fails to open socket.

2. Brief description

AF_NETLINK operation not supported: route_dst_netlink

3. Windows version / build number

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14971]

4. Steps required to reproduce

apt-get install nmap
nmap -sn 192.168.0.*

5. Copy of the terminal output

root@DESKTOP-5UFF8C5:~# nmap -sn 192.168.0.*

Starting Nmap 7.01 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2016-11-22 20:57 DST
route_dst_netlink: cannot sendmsg: Operation not supported

6. Expected Behavior

Should perform scan of local network.

7. Strace of the failing command

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9445b29cfce828a2eed7df96f2d970fb

[gpotter2]

For tcpdump/wireshark/some nmap functions, upvote
https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/266908-command-prompt-console-bash-on-ubuntu-on-windo/suggestions/17817685-support-af-packet-address-family-tcpdump-wireshar

[lab1005]

i just installed creators update and did a clean install to WSL and nmap is still not working

~$ sudo nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24

Starting Nmap 7.01 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2017-04-12 15:33 STD
dnet: Failed to open device wifi0
QUITTING!

[gpotter2]

@lab1005 That's partially because AF_PACKET family is not supported yet. You may upvote this to speed up the process...

Edited: official Uservoice issue
https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/266908-command-prompt-console-bash-on-ubuntu-on-windo/suggestions/17817685-support-af-packet-address-family-tcpdump-wireshar