Activity log for bug #1838115

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2019-07-26 22:12:37 Colin Ian King bug added bug
2019-07-26 22:13:51 Terry Rudd bug added subscriber Terry Rudd
2019-07-26 22:16:34 Colin Ian King attachment added Photo of console - this is where it locks up https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1838115/+attachment/5279524/+files/DSC_0805.JPG
2019-07-26 22:19:23 Colin Ian King attachment added Photo of most of the crashes, hung, no console available, completely dead https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1838115/+attachment/5279525/+files/DSC_0795.JPG
2019-07-26 22:26:21 Colin Ian King description Installed Bionic 18.04.2 i386 Desktop on a Lenovo x220i and upgraded to proposed. The 5.0.0.22 kernel crashes in various ways with video corruption being a main visible featured. The CPU is a i3-2350M CPU, a 64 bit capable CPU, being booted with EUFI firmware disabled, so using traditional BIOS. 1. Crashes can be just complete hangs, no ability to switch virtual console 2. Crashes may just result in screen turning off, no video and hang and/or reboot 3. Crashes sometimes allow virtual console. Can see watchdog hang checks appearing on 1 or more CPUs. Tried the i386 https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D kernels: https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0.21/ - same issue https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.20.17/ - same issue https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.19.61/ - OK We therefore can conclude: 1. Issue appears between 4.19.61 and 4.20.17 2. Issue is in upstream kernel 3. Issue not a kernel patch per-se (e.g. security fix, ubuntu sauce patch, etc) I repeated this with a VM installation and I don't see the issue, so this probably is a hardware (or firmware?) specific issue. Installed Bionic 18.04.2 i386 Desktop (using xubuntu) on a Lenovo x220i and upgraded to proposed. The 5.0.0.22 kernel crashes in various ways with video corruption being a main visible featured. The CPU is a i3-2350M CPU, a 64 bit capable CPU, being booted with EUFI firmware disabled, so using traditional BIOS. 1. Crashes can be just complete hangs, no ability to switch virtual console 2. Crashes may just result in screen turning off, no video and hang and/or reboot 3. Crashes sometimes allow virtual console. Can see watchdog hang checks appearing on 1 or more CPUs. Tried the i386 https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D kernels: https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0.21/ - same issue https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.20.17/ - same issue https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.19.61/ - OK We therefore can conclude: 1. Issue appears between 4.19.61 and 4.20.17 2. Issue is in upstream kernel 3. Issue not a kernel patch per-se (e.g. security fix, ubuntu sauce patch, etc) I repeated this with a VM installation and I don't see the issue, so this probably is a hardware (or firmware?) specific issue.
2019-07-26 22:30:07 Ubuntu Kernel Bot linux (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2019-07-27 00:05:34 Colin Ian King linux (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Critical
2019-07-27 01:31:54 Sean Feole attachment added dmidecode.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1838115/+attachment/5279533/+files/dmidecode.txt
2019-07-28 00:06:03 Colin Ian King linux (Ubuntu): status Incomplete In Progress
2019-07-28 13:08:16 Colin Ian King description Installed Bionic 18.04.2 i386 Desktop (using xubuntu) on a Lenovo x220i and upgraded to proposed. The 5.0.0.22 kernel crashes in various ways with video corruption being a main visible featured. The CPU is a i3-2350M CPU, a 64 bit capable CPU, being booted with EUFI firmware disabled, so using traditional BIOS. 1. Crashes can be just complete hangs, no ability to switch virtual console 2. Crashes may just result in screen turning off, no video and hang and/or reboot 3. Crashes sometimes allow virtual console. Can see watchdog hang checks appearing on 1 or more CPUs. Tried the i386 https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D kernels: https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0.21/ - same issue https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.20.17/ - same issue https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.19.61/ - OK We therefore can conclude: 1. Issue appears between 4.19.61 and 4.20.17 2. Issue is in upstream kernel 3. Issue not a kernel patch per-se (e.g. security fix, ubuntu sauce patch, etc) I repeated this with a VM installation and I don't see the issue, so this probably is a hardware (or firmware?) specific issue. == SRU Justification BIONIC HWE == Installed Bionic 18.04.2 i386 Desktop (using xubuntu) on a Lenovo x220i and upgraded to proposed. The 5.0.0.22 kernel crashes in various ways with video corruption being a main visible featured. The CPU is a i3-2350M CPU, a 64 bit capable CPU, being booted with EUFI firmware disabled, so using traditional BIOS. 1. Crashes can be just complete hangs, no ability to switch virtual console 2. Crashes may just result in screen turning off, no video and hang and/or reboot 3. Crashes sometimes allow virtual console. Can see watchdog hang checks appearing on 1 or more CPUs. Tried the i386 https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D kernels: https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0.21/ - same issue https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.20.17/ - same issue https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.19.61/ - OK We therefore can conclude: 1. Issue appears between 4.19.61 and 4.20.17 2. Issue is in upstream kernel 3. Issue not a kernel patch per-se (e.g. security fix, ubuntu sauce patch, etc) I repeated this with a VM installation and I don't see the issue, so this probably is a hardware (or firmware?) specific issue. == Fix == Backport wiggle of upstream fix 3f8fd02b1bf1d7ba964485a56f2f4b53ae88c167 ("mm/vmalloc: Sync unmappings in __purge_vmap_area_lazy()") == Test == Without the fix, i386 xubuntu on various Lenovo platforms crash during early boot with random video corruption, hangs,lockups or even reboots. With the fix, it boots fine. == Regression Potential == Higher than normal as this touches the mm sync and the fix has only just hit upstream so it has not much of a soak test. Testing with this shows it fixes a kitten killer breakage, so I think the risk vs benefit is worth considering
2019-07-28 13:08:26 Colin Ian King description == SRU Justification BIONIC HWE == Installed Bionic 18.04.2 i386 Desktop (using xubuntu) on a Lenovo x220i and upgraded to proposed. The 5.0.0.22 kernel crashes in various ways with video corruption being a main visible featured. The CPU is a i3-2350M CPU, a 64 bit capable CPU, being booted with EUFI firmware disabled, so using traditional BIOS. 1. Crashes can be just complete hangs, no ability to switch virtual console 2. Crashes may just result in screen turning off, no video and hang and/or reboot 3. Crashes sometimes allow virtual console. Can see watchdog hang checks appearing on 1 or more CPUs. Tried the i386 https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D kernels: https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0.21/ - same issue https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.20.17/ - same issue https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.19.61/ - OK We therefore can conclude: 1. Issue appears between 4.19.61 and 4.20.17 2. Issue is in upstream kernel 3. Issue not a kernel patch per-se (e.g. security fix, ubuntu sauce patch, etc) I repeated this with a VM installation and I don't see the issue, so this probably is a hardware (or firmware?) specific issue. == Fix == Backport wiggle of upstream fix 3f8fd02b1bf1d7ba964485a56f2f4b53ae88c167 ("mm/vmalloc: Sync unmappings in __purge_vmap_area_lazy()") == Test == Without the fix, i386 xubuntu on various Lenovo platforms crash during early boot with random video corruption, hangs,lockups or even reboots. With the fix, it boots fine. == Regression Potential == Higher than normal as this touches the mm sync and the fix has only just hit upstream so it has not much of a soak test. Testing with this shows it fixes a kitten killer breakage, so I think the risk vs benefit is worth considering == SRU Justification BIONIC HWE, DISCO == Installed Bionic 18.04.2 i386 Desktop (using xubuntu) on a Lenovo x220i and upgraded to proposed. The 5.0.0.22 kernel crashes in various ways with video corruption being a main visible featured. The CPU is a i3-2350M CPU, a 64 bit capable CPU, being booted with EUFI firmware disabled, so using traditional BIOS. 1. Crashes can be just complete hangs, no ability to switch virtual console 2. Crashes may just result in screen turning off, no video and hang and/or reboot 3. Crashes sometimes allow virtual console. Can see watchdog hang checks appearing on 1 or more CPUs. Tried the i386 https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D kernels: https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.0.21/ - same issue https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.20.17/ - same issue https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.19.61/ - OK We therefore can conclude: 1. Issue appears between 4.19.61 and 4.20.17 2. Issue is in upstream kernel 3. Issue not a kernel patch per-se (e.g. security fix, ubuntu sauce patch, etc) I repeated this with a VM installation and I don't see the issue, so this probably is a hardware (or firmware?) specific issue. == Fix == Backport wiggle of upstream fix 3f8fd02b1bf1d7ba964485a56f2f4b53ae88c167 ("mm/vmalloc: Sync unmappings in __purge_vmap_area_lazy()") == Test == Without the fix, i386 xubuntu on various Lenovo platforms crash during early boot with random video corruption, hangs,lockups or even reboots. With the fix, it boots fine. == Regression Potential == Higher than normal as this touches the mm sync and the fix has only just hit upstream so it has not much of a soak test. Testing with this shows it fixes a kitten killer breakage, so I think the risk vs benefit is worth considering
2019-07-28 18:05:04 Colin Ian King linux (Ubuntu): assignee Colin Ian King (colin-king)
2019-07-29 08:52:10 Stefan Bader nominated for series Ubuntu Disco
2019-07-29 08:52:10 Stefan Bader bug task added linux (Ubuntu Disco)
2019-07-29 08:53:10 Andy Whitcroft linux (Ubuntu Disco): status New In Progress
2019-07-29 08:53:13 Andy Whitcroft linux (Ubuntu Disco): importance Undecided Critical
2019-07-29 08:53:26 Andy Whitcroft linux (Ubuntu Disco): assignee Colin Ian King (colin-king)
2019-07-29 14:47:20 Stefan Bader linux (Ubuntu Disco): status In Progress Fix Committed
2019-07-30 08:32:47 Juerg Haefliger nominated for series Ubuntu Bionic
2019-07-30 08:32:47 Juerg Haefliger bug task added linux (Ubuntu Bionic)
2019-07-30 08:36:21 Launchpad Janitor linux (Ubuntu Bionic): status New Confirmed
2019-07-30 11:40:10 Ubuntu Kernel Bot tags verification-needed-disco
2019-07-30 12:55:59 Dima tags verification-needed-disco verification-done-xenial verification-needed-disco
2019-07-30 15:51:15 Seth Forshee linux (Ubuntu): status In Progress Fix Committed
2019-07-30 19:40:15 Colin Ian King tags verification-done-xenial verification-needed-disco verification-done-disco verification-done-xenial
2019-07-31 21:30:00 Launchpad Janitor linux (Ubuntu Disco): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2019-08-07 16:37:18 Dima tags verification-done-disco verification-done-xenial verification-done-disco
2019-08-09 11:38:28 Launchpad Janitor linux (Ubuntu): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2019-08-09 11:38:28 Launchpad Janitor cve linked 2019-12614
2019-08-09 11:38:28 Launchpad Janitor cve linked 2019-13648
2019-08-09 11:59:33 Roman Shipovskij bug added subscriber Roman Shipovskij
2019-08-12 12:58:08 Stefan Bader linux (Ubuntu Bionic): status Confirmed Fix Committed
2019-08-12 12:58:12 Stefan Bader linux (Ubuntu Bionic): importance Undecided High
2019-08-15 15:27:30 Ubuntu Kernel Bot tags verification-done-disco verification-done-disco verification-needed-bionic
2019-08-16 09:29:19 Valentyna tags verification-done-disco verification-needed-bionic verification-done-bionic verification-done-disco
2019-08-22 16:15:16 Ubuntu Kernel Bot tags verification-done-bionic verification-done-disco verification-done-bionic verification-done-disco verification-needed-xenial
2019-08-25 07:26:27 Dima tags verification-done-bionic verification-done-disco verification-needed-xenial verification-done-bionic verification-done-disco verification-done-xenial
2019-09-02 12:26:03 Launchpad Janitor linux (Ubuntu Bionic): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2019-09-02 12:26:03 Launchpad Janitor cve linked 2019-14283
2019-09-02 12:26:03 Launchpad Janitor cve linked 2019-14284