No such man page: kernel_lockdown.7

Bug #1767971 reported by Juerg Haefliger
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This bug affects 13 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Fedora
Unknown
Unknown
linux (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned
Bionic
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned
Focal
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Groovy
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Hirsute
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned
manpages (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Focal
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
Groovy
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Hirsute
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

When booting in secure boot mode, the Bionic kernel emits the following message:
[ 52.035055] Lockdown: Loading of unsigned modules is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7

But there is no such man page.

Tags: bionic manpage
tags: added: bionic manpage
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
no longer affects: manpages (Ubuntu Bionic)
Revision history for this message
Michael Kerrisk (mtk-manpages) wrote :

This bug has been fixed with the upstream release (some days ago) of man-pages-5.09, which now provides a kernel_lockdown.7 page.

Changed in manpages (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: Triaged → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Rui Lopes (rgl) wrote :

Will this also be available in 20.10?

Revision history for this message
Juerg Haefliger (juergh) wrote :

It doesn't look like it. 20.10 is still on manpages 5.08.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Groovy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Focal):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in manpages (Ubuntu Groovy):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

The Groovy Gorilla has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release

Changed in manpages (Ubuntu Groovy):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in manpages (Ubuntu Focal):
status: New → Confirmed
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