Upgrade to 20.10 error. acpi-call-dkms : ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.

[David Oswald]

Loading new acpi-call-1.1.0 DKMS files...
Building for 5.8.0-25-generic
Building initial module for 5.8.0-25-generic
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/acpi-call-dkms.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.8.0-25-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/acpi-call/1.1.0/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package acpi-call-dkms (--configure):
 installed acpi-call-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 acpi-call-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
davido@davido-thinkpad:~$ cat /var/lib/dkms/acpi-call/1.1.0/build/make.log
DKMS make.log for acpi-call-1.1.0 for kernel 5.8.0-25-generic (x86_64)
Sun Oct 25 05:55:39 PM MDT 2020
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.8.0-25-generic'

  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.
         include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.
         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.

make: *** [Makefile:746: include/config/auto.conf] Error 1
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.8.0-25-generic'
davido@davido-thinkpad:~$ dpkg --verify linux-headers-$(uname -r)
??5?????? /usr/src/linux-headers-5.8.0-25-generic/include/generated/autoconf.h
??5?????? /usr/src/linux-headers-5.8.0-25-generic/scripts/basic/.fixdep.cmd
??5?????? /usr/src/linux-headers-5.8.0-25-generic/scripts/kconfig/.conf.o.cmd
??5?????? /usr/src/linux-headers-5.8.0-25-generic/scripts/kconfig/.confdata.o.cmd
??5?????? /usr/src/linux-headers-5.8.0-25-generic/scripts/kconfig/.expr.o.cmd
davido@davido-thinkpad:~$ sudo ubuntu-bug acpi-call-dkms

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: acpi-call-dkms 1.1.0-6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-25.26-generic 5.8.14
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Sun Oct 25 18:01:46 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-02 (542 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: acpi-call
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-10-25 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Tim K. (tkubnt)]

It appears fixes from this fork are also required:
https://github.com/nix-community/acpi_call

See this blog post:
https://blog.monosoul.dev/2021/10/16/ubuntu-21-10-and-acpi-call-dkms-bug/

sudo dmesg | grep "BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference" -A 10

[45420.141212] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[45420.141217] #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode
[45420.141220] #PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page
[45420.141221] PGD 0 P4D 0
[45420.141224] Oops: 0010 [#4] SMP NOPTI
[45420.141226] CPU: 3 PID: 85578 Comm: tpacpi-bat Tainted: G D O 5.13.0-19-generic #1
[45420.141229] Hardware name: LENOVO 20NLCTO1WW/20NLCTO1WW, BIOS R13ET49P(1.23 ) 11/24/2020
[45420.141231] RIP: 0010:0x0
[45420.141236] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0xffffffffffffffd6.
[45420.141238] RSP: 0018:ffffa60ec2fc3ef0 EFLAGS: 00010246

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package acpi-call - 1.2.2-1

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acpi-call (1.2.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * [e4c61df] Remove '-guest' from Vcs-* URLs
  * [022a8aa] Use nix-community repository as new upstream (Closes: #989384)
  * [0776fac] New upstream version 1.2.2 (LP: #1953261, #1901452)
  * [6ddc66d] Remove all patches (already in new upstream)
  * [3eb35a3] Bump Standards-Version to 4.6.0
  * [2808ee6] Bump debhelper compat to 13
  * [2ea6bde] Drop unused lintian overrides
      - testsuite-autopkgtest-missing
      - spelling-error-in-changelog

 -- Raphaël Halimi <email address hidden> Wed, 02 Feb 2022 17:07:02 +0100