Comment 14 for bug 156642

but you haven't put the "hyperref" line !

If I just add
\usepackage{hyperref}
then it works:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
  \centering
  \includegraphics*{drawing}
\end{figure}
\end{document}