package linux-firmware 1.157.17 failed to install/upgrade: package linux-firmware is already installed and configured

[keshavbhatt]

system problem detected

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.157.17
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-119.143-generic 4.4.114
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-119-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14
Architecture: amd64
CrashReports:
 640:0:116:341886:2018-04-07 19:19:24.243532419 +0530:2018-04-07 19:19:25.243532419 +0530:/var/crash/linux-firmware.0.crash
 640:0:116:341872:2018-04-07 19:19:25.231528287 +0530:2018-04-07 19:19:25.211521461 +0530:/var/crash/lintian.0.crash
 640:0:116:8940441:2018-04-07 18:09:11.111102476 +0530:2018-04-07 18:09:08.559102558 +0530:/var/crash/_usr_bin_appstreamcli.0.crash
 640:1000:116:2728073:2018-04-06 13:14:25.474118359 +0530:2018-04-06 19:45:04.005666561 +0530:/var/crash/_usr_bin_compiz.1000.crash
 640:1000:116:52180:2018-04-06 19:45:04.261666556 +0530:2018-04-07 10:28:49.236113395 +0530:/var/crash/_usr_share_apport_apport-gtk.1000.crash
Date: Sat Apr 7 19:19:25 2018
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature:
 package:linux-firmware:1.157.17
 Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package lintian (--configure):
  package lintian is already installed and configured
ErrorMessage: package linux-firmware is already installed and configured
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-04 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.4
 apt 1.2.26
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package linux-firmware 1.157.17 failed to install/upgrade: package linux-firmware is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.