Does iwinfo cause radio to activate if radio is disabled

[FBIVanDriver]

I used the iwinfo scan command on radio0 and it gave me 2 live results of neighboring devices.

My radios are all configured to be off and ubus confirmed they were off.

So does iwinfo turn on the radio for the purpose of a scan?

I did this intentionally because I believe my router has been exploited, and this doesn't seem like preferred behavior.

OpenWrt 22.03.4, r20123-38ccc47687

on a Linksys R6350

root@OpenWrt:~# iwinfo radio0 info
radio0 ESSID: unknown
Access Point: 94:A6:7E:EC:2A:55
Mode: Client Channel: unknown (unknown) HT Mode: NOHT
Center Channel 1: unknown 2: unknown
Tx-Power: 20 dBm Link Quality: unknown/70
Signal: unknown Noise: unknown
Bit Rate: unknown
Encryption: unknown
Type: nl80211 HW Mode(s): 802.11b/g/n
Hardware: 14C3:7603 14C3:7603 [MediaTek MT7603E]
TX power offset: none
Frequency offset: none
Supports VAPs: yes PHY name: phy0

ubus call network.wireless status

"radio0": {
	"up": false,
	"pending": false,
	"autostart": true,
	"disabled": true,
	"retry_setup_failed": false,
	"config": {
		"path": "1e140000.pcie/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:02:00.0",
		"channel": "1",
		"band": "2g",
		"htmode": "HT20",
		"disabled": true
	},

[slh]

@FBIVanDriver

So does iwinfo turn on the radio for the purpose of a scan?

Yes.