Running iwconfig wlan0 channel 1 (or any other channel) results in a kernel oops and "Killed" being written in the terminal where iwconfig ran. Tested on Kali 4.8 and 4.9 kernel as well as Ubuntu 16.10 4.8 kernel.
Kernel OOPs (Ubuntu 16.10 with 4.8.0-37-generic 64 bit):
When the card is in monitor mode:
Running
iwconfig wlan0 channel 1
(or any other channel) results in a kernel oops and "Killed" being written in the terminal where iwconfig ran. Tested on Kali 4.8 and 4.9 kernel as well as Ubuntu 16.10 4.8 kernel.Kernel OOPs (Ubuntu 16.10 with 4.8.0-37-generic 64 bit):