[Bug 1551419] [NEW] Fix UUID endianness patch breaks cloud-init on Azure

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On Azure, cloud-init relies on the system-uuid as based by SMBIOS a
unique ID for a cloud instance.  If this ID ever changes, then cloud-
init will attempt to reprovision the VM.

This recent kernel patch in the Ubuntu kernel corrects the endianness
for some SMBIOS fields, but also has the effect causing cloud-init to
think that the system-uuid has changed:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/ubuntu-
trusty.git/commit/drivers/firmware?id=3ec24c55be6c543797ba3ee9a227a5631aef607e

The impact is that cloud-init attempts to reprovision the VM, often
causing the customer to lose access to their VM.

** Affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Critical
         Status: Confirmed

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Fix UUID endianness patch breaks cloud-init on Azure
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1551419
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