Silent "Unknown key" message when pressing keyboard backlight hotkey

Bug #1817063 reported by Kai-Heng Feng
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linux (Ubuntu)
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Bionic
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Cosmic
Fix Released
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Disco
Fix Released
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Eoan
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Bug Description

[Impact]
Kernel message shows this once keyboard backlight hotkey gets pressed:
[ 3285.474172] dell_wmi: Unknown key with type 0x0010 and code 0x003f pressed
It's for notification purpose, doesn't have any function.

[Fix]
Use KE_IGNORE for this type of event, so the keymap won't parse it.

[Test]
Once the patch is applied, the annoyance goes away.

[Regression Potential]
Low. This patch silence the useless message, no functional change.

Revision history for this message
Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote : Missing required logs.

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:

apport-collect 1817063

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Cosmic):
status: New → Incomplete
AceLan Kao (acelankao)
tags: added: originate-from-1799626 somerville
Stefan Bader (smb)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Disco):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Cosmic):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Disco):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Cosmic):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Bionic):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Seth Forshee (sforshee)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Disco):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Cosmic):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 5.0.0-7.8

---------------
linux (5.0.0-7.8) disco; urgency=medium

  * linux: 5.0.0-7.8 -proposed tracker (LP: #1818519)

  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Packaging] update helper scripts

  * unnecessary request_queue freeze (LP: #1815733)
    - block: avoid setting nr_requests to current value
    - block: avoid setting none scheduler if it's already none

  * Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes
    - SAUCE: selftests: net: Don't fail test_vxlan_under_vrf on xfail
    - update dkms package versions

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Rebase to v5.0

 -- Seth Forshee <email address hidden> Mon, 04 Mar 2019 08:46:10 -0600

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Disco):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-cosmic' to 'verification-done-cosmic'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-cosmic' to 'verification-failed-cosmic'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

tags: added: verification-needed-cosmic
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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-bionic' to 'verification-done-bionic'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-bionic' to 'verification-failed-bionic'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

tags: added: verification-needed-bionic
tags: added: verification-done-bionic verification-done-cosmic
removed: verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-cosmic
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.15.0-47.50

---------------
linux (4.15.0-47.50) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.15.0-47.50 -proposed tracker (LP: #1819716)

  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Packaging] resync getabis
    - [Packaging] update helper scripts
    - [Packaging] resync retpoline extraction

  * C++ demangling support missing from perf (LP: #1396654)
    - [Packaging] fix a mistype

  * arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.3.auto: CMD_SYNC timeout (LP: #1818162)
    - iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Fix unexpected CMD_SYNC timeout

  * Crash in nvme_irq_check() when using threaded interrupts (LP: #1818747)
    - nvme-pci: fix out of bounds access in nvme_cqe_pending

  * CVE-2019-9213
    - mm: enforce min addr even if capable() in expand_downwards()

  * CVE-2019-3460
    - Bluetooth: Check L2CAP option sizes returned from l2cap_get_conf_opt

  * amdgpu with mst WARNING on blanking (LP: #1814308)
    - drm/amd/display: Don't use dc_link in link_encoder
    - drm/amd/display: Move wait for hpd ready out from edp power control.
    - drm/amd/display: eDP sequence BL off first then DP blank.
    - drm/amd/display: Fix unused variable compilation error
    - drm/amd/display: Fix warning about misaligned code
    - drm/amd/display: Fix MST dp_blank REG_WAIT timeout

  * tun/tap: unable to manage carrier state from userland (LP: #1806392)
    - tun: implement carrier change

  * CVE-2019-8980
    - exec: Fix mem leak in kernel_read_file

  * raw_skew in timer from the ubuntu_kernel_selftests failed on Bionic
    (LP: #1811194)
    - selftest: timers: Tweak raw_skew to SKIP when ADJ_OFFSET/other clock
      adjustments are in progress

  * [Packaging] Allow overlay of config annotations (LP: #1752072)
    - [Packaging] config-check: Add an include directive

  * CVE-2019-7308
    - bpf: move {prev_,}insn_idx into verifier env
    - bpf: move tmp variable into ax register in interpreter
    - bpf: enable access to ax register also from verifier rewrite
    - bpf: restrict map value pointer arithmetic for unprivileged
    - bpf: restrict stack pointer arithmetic for unprivileged
    - bpf: restrict unknown scalars of mixed signed bounds for unprivileged
    - bpf: fix check_map_access smin_value test when pointer contains offset
    - bpf: prevent out of bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic
    - bpf: fix sanitation of alu op with pointer / scalar type from different
      paths
    - bpf: add various test cases to selftests

  * CVE-2017-5753
    - bpf: properly enforce index mask to prevent out-of-bounds speculation
    - bpf: fix inner map masking to prevent oob under speculation

  * BPF: kernel pointer leak to unprivileged userspace (LP: #1815259)
    - bpf/verifier: disallow pointer subtraction

  * squashfs hardening (LP: #1816756)
    - squashfs: more metadata hardening
    - squashfs metadata 2: electric boogaloo
    - squashfs: more metadata hardening
    - Squashfs: Compute expected length from inode size rather than block length

  * efi/arm/arm64: Allow SetVirtualAddressMap() to be omitted (LP: #1814982)
    - efi/arm/arm64: Allow SetVirtualAddressMap() to be omitted

  * Update ENA driver to version 2.0.3K (LP: #1816806)...

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.18.0-17.18

---------------
linux (4.18.0-17.18) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.18.0-17.18 -proposed tracker (LP: #1819624)

  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Packaging] resync getabis
    - [Packaging] update helper scripts

  * C++ demangling support missing from perf (LP: #1396654)
    - [Packaging] fix a mistype

  * arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.3.auto: CMD_SYNC timeout (LP: #1818162)
    - iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Fix unexpected CMD_SYNC timeout

  * Crash in nvme_irq_check() when using threaded interrupts (LP: #1818747)
    - nvme-pci: fix out of bounds access in nvme_cqe_pending

  * CVE-2019-9003
    - ipmi: fix use-after-free of user->release_barrier.rda

  * CVE-2019-9162
    - netfilter: nf_nat_snmp_basic: add missing length checks in ASN.1 cbs

  * CVE-2019-9213
    - mm: enforce min addr even if capable() in expand_downwards()

  * CVE-2019-3460
    - Bluetooth: Check L2CAP option sizes returned from l2cap_get_conf_opt

  * tun/tap: unable to manage carrier state from userland (LP: #1806392)
    - tun: implement carrier change

  * CVE-2019-8980
    - exec: Fix mem leak in kernel_read_file

  * [Packaging] Allow overlay of config annotations (LP: #1752072)
    - [Packaging] config-check: Add an include directive

  * amdgpu with mst WARNING on blanking (LP: #1814308)
    - drm/amd/display: Fix MST dp_blank REG_WAIT timeout

  * CVE-2019-7308
    - bpf: move {prev_,}insn_idx into verifier env
    - bpf: move tmp variable into ax register in interpreter
    - bpf: enable access to ax register also from verifier rewrite
    - bpf: restrict map value pointer arithmetic for unprivileged
    - bpf: restrict stack pointer arithmetic for unprivileged
    - bpf: restrict unknown scalars of mixed signed bounds for unprivileged
    - bpf: fix check_map_access smin_value test when pointer contains offset
    - bpf: prevent out of bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic
    - bpf: fix sanitation of alu op with pointer / scalar type from different
      paths
    - bpf: add various test cases to test_verifier
    - bpf: add various test cases to selftests

  * CVE-2017-5753
    - bpf: fix inner map masking to prevent oob under speculation

  * Use memblock quirk instead of delayed allocation for GICv3 LPI tables
    (LP: #1816425)
    - efi/arm: Revert "Defer persistent reservations until after paging_init()"
    - arm64, mm, efi: Account for GICv3 LPI tables in static memblock reserve
      table

  * efi/arm/arm64: Allow SetVirtualAddressMap() to be omitted (LP: #1814982)
    - efi/arm/arm64: Allow SetVirtualAddressMap() to be omitted

  * Update ENA driver to version 2.0.3K (LP: #1816806)
    - net: ena: update driver version from 2.0.2 to 2.0.3
    - net: ena: fix race between link up and device initalization
    - net: ena: fix crash during failed resume from hibernation

  * Silent "Unknown key" message when pressing keyboard backlight hotkey
    (LP: #1817063)
    - platform/x86: dell-wmi: Ignore new keyboard backlight change event

  * CVE-2018-19824
    - ALSA: usb-audio: Fix UAF decrement if card has no live interfaces in card.c

  * CVE-2019-3459
    - Bluetooth: Verify that l2cap_get...

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Changed in linux (Ubuntu Cosmic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Eoan):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in hwe-next:
status: New → Fix Released
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