Internal microphone not being recognized on Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 after kernel upgrade

Bug #1916988 reported by Nu Pot
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Bug Description

After updating some packages which included a new version of kernel (5.8.0-44-generic) the internal microphone of my Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 does not work anymore and it doesn't seem to be recognized in Settings->Sound (I attached a screenshot)

1. ~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release: 20.04

2. ~# apt-cache policy linux-image-5.8.0-44-generic
linux-image-5.8.0-44-generic:
  Installed: 5.8.0-44.50~20.04.1
  Candidate: 5.8.0-44.50~20.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 5.8.0-44.50~20.04.1 500
        500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3. Expected internal microphone to work
4. Internal microphone not working
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: stefan 1690 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: stefan 1690 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-02-15 (10 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
MachineType: LENOVO 82A2
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcFB: 0 amdgpudrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-44-generic root=UUID=06bbabdd-494d-48b9-b17e-31cb56c8ff0f ro quiet splash mem_sleep_default=deep vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-44.50~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-5.8.0-44-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-5.8.0-44-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.187.9
Tags: focal
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-44-generic x86_64
UnreportableReason: This report is about a package that is not installed.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: N/A
_MarkForUpload: False
dmi.bios.date: 01/18/2020
dmi.bios.release: 1.38
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: DMCN38WW
dmi.board.asset.tag: ���������������
dmi.board.name: LNVNB161216
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: SDK0J40709 WIN
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ���������������
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.29
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrDMCN38WW:bd01/18/2020:br1.38:efr1.29:svnLENOVO:pn82A2:pvrYogaSlim714ARE05:rvnLENOVO:rnLNVNB161216:rvrSDK0J40709WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrYogaSlim714ARE05:
dmi.product.family: Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05
dmi.product.name: 82A2
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_82A2_BU_idea_FM_Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05
dmi.product.version: Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
---
ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: stefan 1690 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: stefan 1690 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-02-15 (10 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-44.50~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
Tags: third-party-packages focal
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-44-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: N/A
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 01/18/2020
dmi.bios.release: 1.38
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: DMCN38WW
dmi.board.asset.tag: ���������������
dmi.board.name: LNVNB161216
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: SDK0J40709 WIN
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ���������������
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.29
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrDMCN38WW:bd01/18/2020:br1.38:efr1.29:svnLENOVO:pn82A2:pvrYogaSlim714ARE05:rvnLENOVO:rnLNVNB161216:rvrSDK0J40709WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrYogaSlim714ARE05:
dmi.product.family: Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05
dmi.product.name: 82A2
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_82A2_BU_idea_FM_Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05
dmi.product.version: Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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Nu Pot (acid24) wrote :
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Nu Pot (acid24) wrote :

Here's a screenshot of how it looks on previous kernel version 5.8.0-43-generic where the laptop's microphone works fine

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Nu Pot (acid24) wrote :

Problem persists on 5.8.0-45-generic

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Nu Pot (acid24) wrote :

This https://github.com/jrandiny/yoga-slim7-ubuntu#Microphone got the microphone to work again

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Ben Polman (ben-polman) wrote :

this also works for 5.8.0.48

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Danilo Egea Gondolfo (danilogondolfo) wrote :

My headset microphone is not recognized on Kinetic (Bluetooth works).

This is my laptop:

Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82MS
Version: Yoga Slim 7 Pro 14ACH5
SKU Number: LENOVO_MT_82MS_BU_idea_FM_Yoga Slim 7 Pro 14ACH5

It seems this commit fixes the issue but I didn't test it yet:

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2232b2dd8cd4f1e6d554b2c3f6899ce36f791b67

Relevant discussion: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216299

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