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[Bug 1217745] Re: Fail to add UEFI boot entry on some Lenovo notebooks

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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 09:20:50 -0000
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This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.5.0-41.64

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linux (3.5.0-41.64) quantal; urgency=low

  [Brad Figg]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1223451

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * kernel-doc: bugfix - multi-line macros
    - LP: #1223920
  * Revert "zram: use zram->lock to protect zram_free_page() in swap free
    notify path"
    - LP: #1215513
  * x86 thermal: Delete power-limit-notification console messages
    - LP: #1215748
  * x86 thermal: Disable power limit notification interrupt by default
    - LP: #1215748
  * ARM: 7810/1: perf: Fix array out of bounds access in
    armpmu_map_hw_event()
    - LP: #1216442
    - CVE-2013-4254
  * ARM: 7809/1: perf: fix event validation for software group leaders
    - LP: #1216442
    - CVE-2013-4254
  * veth: reduce stat overhead
    - LP: #1201869
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    - LP: #1201869
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    - LP: #1201869
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    - LP: #1201869
  * Bluetooth: Add support for Atheros [0cf3:3121]
    - LP: #1202477
  * efivars: explicitly calculate length of VariableName
    - LP: #1217745
  * xfs: fix _xfs_buf_find oops on blocks beyond the filesystem end
    - LP: #1151527
    - CVE-2013-1819
  * drm/i915/lvds: ditch ->prepare special case
    - LP: #1221791
  * serial: mxs: fix buffer overflow
    - LP: #1221791
  * fs/proc/task_mmu.c: fix buffer overflow in add_page_map()
    - LP: #1221791
  * af_key: initialize satype in key_notify_policy_flush()
    - LP: #1221791
  * vm: add no-mmu vm_iomap_memory() stub
    - LP: #1221791
  * iwl4965: set power mode early
    - LP: #1221791
  * iwl4965: reset firmware after rfkill off
    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
  * can: pcan_usb: fix wrong memcpy() bytes length
    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
  * USB-Serial: Fix error handling of usb_wwan
    - LP: #1221791
  * USB: mos7840: fix big-endian probe
    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
  * USB: ti_usb_3410_5052: fix big-endian firmware handling
    - LP: #1221791
  * m68k/atari: ARAnyM - Fix NatFeat module support
    - LP: #1221791
  * m68k: Truncate base in do_div()
    - LP: #1221791
  * usb: add two quirky touchscreen
    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
  * MIPS: Expose missing pci_io{map,unmap} declarations
    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
  * xtensa: fix linker script transformation for .text.unlikely
    - LP: #1221791
  * wusbcore: fix kernel panic when disconnecting a wireless USB->serial
    device
    - LP: #1221791
  * iwlwifi: dvm: fix calling ieee80211_chswitch_done() with NULL
    - LP: #1221791
  * iwlwifi: pcie: disable L1 Active after pci_enable_device
    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
  * ARM: at91/DT: fix at91sam9n12ek memory node
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    - LP: #1221791
  * libata: apply behavioral quirks to sil3826 PMP
    - LP: #1221791
  * ARM: davinci: nand: specify ecc strength
    - LP: #1221791
  * ARM: 7816/1: CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS: fix help text
    - LP: #1221791
  * sata_fsl: save irqs while coalescing
    - LP: #1221791
  * xen/events: initialize local per-cpu mask for all possible events
    - LP: #1221791
  * of: fdt: fix memory initialization for expanded DT
    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
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    - LP: #1221791
  * nilfs2: remove double bio_put() in nilfs_end_bio_write() for
    BIO_EOPNOTSUPP error
    - LP: #1221791
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    BIO_EOPNOTSUPP error detection
    - LP: #1221791
  * workqueue: fix possible stall on try_to_grab_pending() of a delayed
    work item
    - LP: #1221791
  * x86/xen: do not identity map UNUSABLE regions in the machine E820
    - LP: #1221791
  * jfs: fix readdir cookie incompatibility with NFSv4
    - LP: #1221791
  * powerpc: Don't Oops when accessing /proc/powerpc/lparcfg without
    hypervisor
    - LP: #1221791
  * powerpc: Work around gcc miscompilation of __pa() on 64-bit
    - LP: #1221791
  * powerpc/hvsi: Increase handshake timeout from 200ms to 400ms.
    - LP: #1221791
  * drivers/base/memory.c: fix show_mem_removable() to handle missing
    sections
    - LP: #1221791
  * x86 get_unmapped_area: Access mmap_legacy_base through mm_struct member
    - LP: #1221791
  * Linux 3.5.7.21
    - LP: #1221791
  * mfd: rtsx: Read vendor setting from config space
    - LP: #1201698
  * cifs: don't instantiate new dentries in readdir for inodes that need to
    be revalidated immediately
    - LP: #1222442

  [ Wen-chien Jesse Sung ]

  * SAUCE: Bluetooth: use hci_send_cmd instead of usb_control_msg
    - LP: #1065400
 -- Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>   Fri, 23 Aug 2013 08:49:52 -0600

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Quantal)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2013-1819

** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2013-4254

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Title:
  Fail to add UEFI boot entry on some Lenovo notebooks

Status in HWE Next Project:
  Fix Committed
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” source package in Raring:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Tried UEFI Shell command:
  Shell> bcfg boot add 3 fs0:\EFI\boot\bootxx64.efi "test"

  F11's Boot Menu cannot show the test entry.

  Run "sudo fwts uefivarinfo -" will give this error:

  Test 1 of 1: UEFI variable info query.
  UEFI NVRAM storage:
    Maximum storage: 73708 bytes
    Remaining storage: 59812 bytes
    Maximum variable size: 40920 bytes
  Variable is larger than maximum variable length.
  Return status: EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL. The buffer is not large enough to hold the
  requested data. The required buffer size is returned in the appropriate
  parameter when this error occurs.

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References

[Bug 1217745] [NEW] Fail to add UEFI boot entry on some Lenovo notebooks
From: Anthony Wong, 2013-08-28