[Bug 1855259] Re: apt broken by unattended upgrade in Ubuntu 19.10

Tue Dec 31 10:30:25 UTC 2019

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1685984 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1685984

Paulo, please note:

a) Repairing a system using the steps in comment #9 doesn't address the
underlying problem, and so it could potentially break again.

b) Sophos doesn't support newer kernels and Ubuntu 19.10 is explicitly
not supported at present. While it mostly works, their released Talpa
on-access scanning component does not successfully compile for Ubuntu
19.10, and so Sophos falls back to using fanotify for that functionality
(if support for it is available in the kernel). So, it turns out that
the root cause of this particular problem is either a bug in fanotify
itself, or a bug in the way Sophos is using it. (I couldn't say which.)
A patch for Sophos' Talpa component that will supposedly get it
compiling and working on 19.10 is apparently available, but I haven't
tried it myself: https://github.com/sophos/talpa/issues/17 More details
can be found here: https://community.sophos.com/products/server-
protection-integration/f/sophos-anti-virus-for-linux-basic/117256/sav-
protect-service-breaks-system-updates-on-ubuntu

** Bug watch added: github.com/sophos/talpa/issues #17
   https://github.com/sophos/talpa/issues/17

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Title:
  apt broken by unattended upgrade in Ubuntu 19.10

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I've got this issue on a fresh (last week) Ubuntu-server 19.10
  install, with gnome-session installed on top.

  From history.log:

  Start-Date: 2019-12-04  06:24:37
  Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
  Install: linux-image-5.3.0-24-generic:amd64 (5.3.0-24.26, automatic), linux-headers-5.3.0-24-generic:amd64 (5.3.0-24.26, automatic), linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-24-generic:amd64 (5.3.0-24.26, automatic), linux-headers-5.3.0-24:amd64 (5.3.0-24.26, automatic), linux-modules-5.3.0-24-generic:amd64 (5.3.0-24.26, automatic)
  Upgrade: linux-headers-generic:amd64 (5.3.0.23.27, 5.3.0.24.28), linux-image-generic:amd64 (5.3.0.23.27, 5.3.0.24.28), linux-generic:amd64 (5.3.0.23.27, 5.3.0.24.28)
  Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  End-Date: 2019-12-04  06:25:04 get this error

  From term.log:

  Log started: 2019-12-04  06:24:37
  Selecting previously unselected package linux-modules-5.3.0-24-generic.
  (Reading database ... 162957 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../0-linux-modules-5.3.0-24-generic_5.3.0-24.26_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-modules-5.3.0-24-generic (5.3.0-24.26) ...
  dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Axvsef/0-linux-modules-5.3.0-24-generic_5.3.0-24.26_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   unable to create new file '/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-modules-5.3.0-24-generic.list-new': Operation not permitted
  dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute rm command for cleanup (rm): Operation not permitted
  dpkg: error while cleaning up:
   rm command for cleanup subprocess returned error exit status 2
  Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-5.3.0-24-generic.
  Preparing to unpack .../1-linux-image-5.3.0-24-generic_5.3.0-24.26_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-image-5.3.0-24-generic (5.3.0-24.26) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-24-generic.
  Preparing to unpack .../2-linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-24-generic_5.3.0-24.26_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-24-generic (5.3.0-24.26) ...
  dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Axvsef/2-linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-24-generic_5.3.0-24.26_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   unable to open '/lib/modules/5.3.0-24-generic/kernel/net/wireless/lib80211.ko.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted
  Preparing to unpack .../3-linux-generic_5.3.0.24.28_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-generic (5.3.0.24.28) over (5.3.0.23.27) ...
  Preparing to unpack .../4-linux-image-generic_5.3.0.24.28_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-image-generic (5.3.0.24.28) over (5.3.0.23.27) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-5.3.0-24.
  Preparing to unpack .../5-linux-headers-5.3.0-24_5.3.0-24.26_all.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-headers-5.3.0-24 (5.3.0-24.26) ...
  dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Axvsef/5-linux-headers-5.3.0-24_5.3.0-24.26_all.deb (--unpack):
   unable to create new file '/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-5.3.0-24.list-new': Operation not permitted
  Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-5.3.0-24-generic.
  Preparing to unpack .../6-linux-headers-5.3.0-24-generic_5.3.0-24.26_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-headers-5.3.0-24-generic (5.3.0-24.26) ...
  Preparing to unpack .../7-linux-headers-generic_5.3.0.24.28_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-headers-generic (5.3.0.24.28) over (5.3.0.23.27) ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Axvsef/0-linux-modules-5.3.0-24-generic_5.3.0-24.26_amd64.deb
   /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Axvsef/2-linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-24-generic_5.3.0-24.26_amd64.deb
   /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Axvsef/5-linux-headers-5.3.0-24_5.3.0-24.26_all.deb
  Log ended: 2019-12-04  06:25:04

  Try to fix it, following apt instructions. From term.log:

  Start-Date: 2019-12-04  23:32:41
  Commandline: apt --fix-broken install
  Requested-By: ### (1000)
  Install: linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-24-generic:amd64 (5.3.0-24.26, automatic)
  Upgrade: linux-headers-5.3.0-24:amd64 (5.3.0-24.26, 5.3.0-24.26), linux-modules-5.3.0-24-generic:amd64 (5.3.0-24.26, 5.3.0-24.26)
  Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  End-Date: 2019-12-04  23:33:01

  From history.log:

  Log started: 2019-12-04  23:32:41
  (Reading database ... 174863 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../linux-modules-5.3.0-24-generic_5.3.0-24.26_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-modules-5.3.0-24-generic (5.3.0-24.26) over (5.3.0-24.26) ...
  Preparing to unpack .../linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-24-generic_5.3.0-24.26_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-24-generic (5.3.0-24.26) ...
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-24-generic_5.3.0-24.26_amd64.deb (--unpack):
   unable to open '/lib/modules/5.3.0-24-generic/kernel/sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-rt5640.ko.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted
  Preparing to unpack .../linux-headers-5.3.0-24_5.3.0-24.26_all.deb ...
  Unpacking linux-headers-5.3.0-24 (5.3.0-24.26) over (5.3.0-24.26) ...
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-24-generic_5.3.0-24.26_amd64.deb
  Log ended: 2019-12-04  23:33:01

  Fails. Tried apt clean, apt autoclean, to no avail. apt is now broken.

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