kernel 4.4.0-108 / 16.04 LTS does not boot anymore

[NoOp]

On 1/9/2018 11:42 PM, robert rottermann wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> my good old pc  running 16.04 LTS Desktop got a an update today.
> 
> Now it does not boot any more.
> 
> it is a: Intel® Core™ i5-2500 CPU @ 3.30GHz × 4
> 
> The kernel it got is 4.4.0-108.
> 
> Fro this one it does not boot any more.
> 
> Kernel 4.4.0-104 boots fine.
> 
> 
> Is there something I can do about this?
> 
> 
> thanks
> 
> robert
> 
> 


See:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3522-3/
"Details

USN-3522-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel to address
Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754). Unfortunately, that update introduced
a regression where a few systems failed to boot successfully. This
update fixes the problem."

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1741934
Kernel trace with xenial 4.4 (4.4.0-108.131, Candidate kernels for PTI fix)