8812au Exec format error with linux-image 4.2.0-30.36
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
rtl8812au (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
After upgrade and reboot to linux-image 4.2.0-30.36, the 8812au module fails to load with following error
Reboot into 4.2.0-27.32 has no issues
~# modprobe 8812au
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert '8812au': Exec format error
~$ dkms status
rtl8812au, 4.3.8.12175.
rtl8812au, 4.3.8.12175.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: rtl8812au-dkms 4.3.8.12175.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Mar 8 14:22:15 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-18 (446 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
TERM=xterm-
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rtl8812au
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-24 (136 days ago)
I noticed a similar bug #1541743 which describes the same problem, except also with 4.2.0-27; Might suggest this issue is related to one of the supporting packages related to the build process and not with a specific kernel version.