My Lenovo G50-80 is also fixed by updating to 4.14.9. I've updated the Bug Description so anyone facing the issue can repair their devices.
** Description changed: - SRU Justification + Description: An update to linux kernel on Ubuntu 17.10 that enabled the + intel-spi-* drivers made Insyde BIOS unusable. Main issues were Settings + being not stored, USB Boot impossible and EFI entries read-only. - Impact: Many users are reporting issues with bios corruption with 17.10. - This seems to stem from enabling the intel-spi-* drivers in the kernel, - which don't appear to be ready for use on end-user machines. + Fix: The issue was fixed in Kernel Version 4.13.0-21. But previous + affected machines still suffered from a broken BIOS. - Fix: Disable this driver. + Repair: Boot Linux and Install Kernel Version 4.14.9. Reboot into Linux + and BIOS should be restored to a working state. + + --- Test Case: Fix has been verified by our HWE team on affected hardware. Regression Potential: Minimal, it's unlikely anyone is actually doing anything which requires this driver. --- - Hi all, - - Basically on Lenovo Y50-70 after installing Ubuntu 17.10, many users - reported a corrupted BIOS. - - It's not possible to save new settings in BIOS anymore and after - rebooting, the system starts with the old settings. - - Moreover (and most important) USB booting is not possible anymore since - USB is not recognized. It's very serious, since our machines do not have - a CDROM. - - Lenovo forums at the moment are full of topics regading this issue. - - Thank you!! - - #### UPDATE (22/12/2017) #### - - LENOVO machines affected so far (please add your affected model to this - list): + Affected Machines: Lenovo B40-70 Lenovo B50-70 Lenovo B50-80 Lenovo Flex-3 Lenovo Flex-10 Lenovo G40-30 Lenovo G50-30 Lenovo G50-70 Lenovo G50-80 Lenovo S20-30 Lenovo U31-70 Lenovo Y50-70 Lenovo Y70-70 Lenovo Yoga Thinkpad (20C0) Lenovo Yoga 2 11" - 20332 Lenovo Z50-70 Lenovo Z51-70 Lenovo ideapad 100-15IBY - The bug also affects: Acer Aspire E5-771G Acer Aspire ES1-111M-C1LE Acer TravelMate B113 Toshiba Satellite S55T-B5233 Toshiba Satellite L50-B-1R7 Toshiba Satellite S50-B-13G Dell Inspiron 15-3531 Mediacom Smartbook 14 Ultra M-SB14UC Acer Aspire E3-111-C0UM - Bug may effect machines from any manufacturer that uses BIOS based on - Insyde Software. Insyde is responding to emails acknowledging that they - are aware of issue but are not providing details. - --- - Temporary workaround: - https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-P-Y-and-Z-series/Y50-70-BIOS-Can-t - -Save-Settings-Or-Exit/m-p/3853208#M157885 + Original Description: - --- + Basically on Lenovo Y50-70 after installing Ubuntu 17.10, many users + reported a corrupted BIOS. - result from apport-collect 1734147: + It's not possible to save new settings in BIOS anymore and after + rebooting, the system starts with the old settings. - --- + Moreover (and most important) USB booting is not possible anymore since + USB is not recognized. It's very serious, since our machines do not have + a CDROM. - Architecture: amd64 - InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-22 (37 days ago) - InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) - MachineType: LENOVO 20378 - ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-17-generic root=UUID=7def04d3-7336-44b2-a084-2415f9dc2328 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-17.20-generic 4.13.8 - RelatedPackageVersions: - linux-restricted-modules-4.13.0-17-generic N/A - linux-backports-modules-4.13.0-17-generic N/A - linux-firmware 1.169 - Tags: artful wayland-session - Uname: Linux 4.13.0-17-generic x86_64 - dmi.bios.date: 08/12/2015 - dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO - dmi.bios.version: 9ECN43WW(V3.03) - dmi.board.name: Lenovo Y50-70 - dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO - dmi.board.version: 00000000Not Defined - dmi.chassis.type: 10 - dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO - dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo Y50-70 - dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr9ECN43WW(V3.03):bd08/12/2015:svnLENOVO:pn20378:pvrLenovoY50-70:rvnLENOVO:rnLenovoY50-70:rvr00000000NotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoY50-70: - dmi.product.family: IDEAPAD - dmi.product.name: 20378 - dmi.product.version: Lenovo Y50-70 - dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO + Lenovo forums at the moment are full of topics regading this issue. - --- + Thank you!! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1734147 Title: Ubuntu 17.10 corrupting BIOS - many LENOVO laptops models Status in Linux: Unknown Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux-hwe-edge package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux-oem package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Xenial: Invalid Status in linux-hwe-edge source package in Xenial: Fix Released Status in linux-oem source package in Xenial: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Artful: Fix Released Status in linux-hwe-edge source package in Artful: Invalid Status in linux-oem source package in Artful: Invalid Status in linux package in openSUSE: New Bug description: Description: An update to linux kernel on Ubuntu 17.10 that enabled the intel-spi-* drivers made Insyde BIOS unusable. Main issues were Settings being not stored, USB Boot impossible and EFI entries read- only. Fix: The issue was fixed in Kernel Version 4.13.0-21. But previous affected machines still suffered from a broken BIOS. Repair: Boot Linux and Install Kernel Version 4.14.9. Reboot into Linux and BIOS should be restored to a working state. --- Test Case: Fix has been verified by our HWE team on affected hardware. Regression Potential: Minimal, it's unlikely anyone is actually doing anything which requires this driver. --- Affected Machines: Lenovo B40-70 Lenovo B50-70 Lenovo B50-80 Lenovo Flex-3 Lenovo Flex-10 Lenovo G40-30 Lenovo G50-30 Lenovo G50-70 Lenovo G50-80 Lenovo S20-30 Lenovo U31-70 Lenovo Y50-70 Lenovo Y70-70 Lenovo Yoga Thinkpad (20C0) Lenovo Yoga 2 11" - 20332 Lenovo Z50-70 Lenovo Z51-70 Lenovo ideapad 100-15IBY Acer Aspire E5-771G Acer Aspire ES1-111M-C1LE Acer TravelMate B113 Toshiba Satellite S55T-B5233 Toshiba Satellite L50-B-1R7 Toshiba Satellite S50-B-13G Dell Inspiron 15-3531 Mediacom Smartbook 14 Ultra M-SB14UC Acer Aspire E3-111-C0UM --- Original Description: Basically on Lenovo Y50-70 after installing Ubuntu 17.10, many users reported a corrupted BIOS. It's not possible to save new settings in BIOS anymore and after rebooting, the system starts with the old settings. Moreover (and most important) USB booting is not possible anymore since USB is not recognized. It's very serious, since our machines do not have a CDROM. Lenovo forums at the moment are full of topics regading this issue. Thank you!! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1734147/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
