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apt autoremove removes cryptsetup-initramfs which causes boot to drop to initramfs shell on machine with LVM and full disk encryption

Bug #1864293 reported by Neil McPhail
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Martin Wimpress 

Bug Description

Ubuntu Mate 20.04 dev release, upgraded from 19.10. LVM/disk encrypion had been set up from the 19.10 installer and had been working perfectly.

Today, when I try to boot, the splash screen stalls at the throbber and doesn't open a prompt for my encryption key. After a minute or so it drops to the initramfs shell. Rebooting without "silent splash" on the cmdline shows that `/dev/mapper/vgubuntu--mate-root` cannot be found, and running `ls /dev/mapper` outputs only `control`.

Rebooting with the 5.4.0-12 kernel works without any problems.

I've added `mitigations=off` to my default boot flags some time ago, if that's relevant?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-image-5.4.0-14-generic 5.4.0-14.17
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-12.15-generic 5.4.8
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu17
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: neil 3193 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sat Feb 22 12:29:27 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-11 (133 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Beta amd64 (20190926.2)
MachineType: LENOVO 2325A39
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.0-12-generic root=/dev/mapper/vgubuntu--mate-root ro quiet splash mitigations=off
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-5.4.0-12-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-5.4.0-12-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.186
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux-5.4
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-02-07 (15 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/19/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: G2ETB3WW (2.73 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 2325A39
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Defined
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG2ETB3WW(2.73):bd06/19/2018:svnLENOVO:pn2325A39:pvrThinkPadX230:rvnLENOVO:rn2325A39:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad X230
dmi.product.name: 2325A39
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_2325
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X230
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

Revision history for this message
Neil McPhail (njmcphail) wrote :
Neil McPhail (njmcphail)
summary: - Booting 5.4.0-14 drops to initramfs shell on machine with LVM and fudd
+ Booting 5.4.0-14 drops to initramfs shell on machine with LVM and full
disk encryption
Neil McPhail (njmcphail)
summary: - Booting 5.4.0-14 drops to initramfs shell on machine with LVM and full
- disk encryption
+ apt autoremove removes cryptsetup-initramfs which causes boot to drop to
+ initramfs shell on machine with LVM and full disk encryption
no longer affects: linux-5.4 (Ubuntu)
Revision history for this message
Neil McPhail (njmcphail) wrote :

This looks to be a problem with `apt autoremove` removing cryptsetup-initramfs. Please see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-5.4/+bug/1862215 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cryptsetup/+bug/1864360 for context. i have been advised that my problem is not a duplicate of these bugs. Apt log appended. Please see the `autoremove` actions on 22nd February.

Neil McPhail (njmcphail)
tags: added: champagne
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in cryptsetup (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Steve Langasek (vorlon)
Changed in cryptsetup (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Julian Andres Klode (juliank)
Revision history for this message
Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote :

This is a regression in ubuntu-mate-meta which earlier added cryptsetup as a dependency to workaround a bug in ubiquity/livecd-rootfs.

Now that depends got removed, causing the package to become automatically installed.

It could run apt-mark manual cryptsetup in preinst or somewhere to reduce the chance of that happening / making it impossible for users upgrading from down (focal to focal is the real issue, really, as users might do upgrade --autoremove).

affects: cryptsetup (Ubuntu) → ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu)
Changed in ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu):
assignee: Julian Andres Klode (juliank) → nobody
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Martin Wimpress  (flexiondotorg)
Changed in ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Martin Wimpress (flexiondotorg)
status: Triaged → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-mate-meta - 1.262

---------------
ubuntu-mate-meta (1.262) focal; urgency=medium

  * Refreshed dependencies
  * Added cryptsetup to core, desktop (LP: #1864293)

 -- Martin Wimpress <email address hidden> Thu, 02 Apr 2020 17:56:51 +0100

Changed in ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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