wlp2s0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

[shankao]

After some update, my network is a bit erratic and I found it producing messages like this in journald every second:

Oct 20 07:57:23 maldita wpa_supplicant[1519]: wlp2s0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: wpasupplicant 2.4-0ubuntu10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Oct 20 07:59:36 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-25 (1789 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120627)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_SG:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_SG.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: wpa
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.