grub is prevented from booting on UEFI Arm64 Laptops - requires 4k aligned headers
Bug #1812317 reported by
mahmoh
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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grub2 (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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grub2 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier | ||
Bionic |
Triaged
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier | ||
Cosmic |
Won't Fix
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier | ||
Disco |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
dann frazier |
Bug Description
[Impact]
Ubuntu is not bootable on various arm64 laptops (HP Envy x2, Asus NovaGo, Lenovo Miix 630 and maybe the Lenovo Yoga C630) because GRUB fails to boot. The reason is that their firmware tries to ensure NX protection flags which it can only do when the code is 4K aligned.
[Test Case]
Install and boot Ubuntu on one of the above arm64 laptops.
[Fix]
(pending upstream)
[Regression Risk]
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Cosmic): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Disco): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Disco): | |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu Cosmic): | |
assignee: | nobody → dann frazier (dannf) |
Changed in grub2 (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Committed |
tags: | added: ubuntu-on-arm |
Changed in grub2 (Debian): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.