Due to possibly "bricking" the system, the samsung-laptop driver should not be allowed to run if booting from EFI
Bug #1111689 reported by
Brad Figg
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
|
Brad Figg | ||
Precise |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Brad Figg | ||
Quantal |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Brad Figg |
Bug Description
SRU Justification:
Impact:
With the existing code there is still the chance that the samsung-laptop driver can run if the given system is booting a 32-bit kernel with 64-bit EFI firmware (or vice versa). This
can lead to a system that is "bricked" and can not be recovered.
Fix:
First, we will need to revert the existing commit we have for the samsung-laptop/EFI
issue:
2fe5d5c565a
Then we need to cherry-
83e68189745
e0094244e41
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Brad Figg (brad-figg) |
description: | updated |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Brad Figg (brad-figg) |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Precise): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Brad Figg (brad-figg) |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Precise): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
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There are a larger number of commits involved in pulling this functionality back into Precise. Test kernels can be found at: people. canonical. com/~bradf/ lp1111689/
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