This has broken a test environment that runs CI installations via MAAS provisioning the baremetals for the tests. I could revert the kernel on the MAAS node but all the other nodes that are automatically installed using latest images are much more complicated to control and force old kernels.
All nodes are using this same usb adapter, multiple adapters per node. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-hwe-6.5 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2070246 Title: Incorrect MAC address on ax88179_178a USB Ethernet adapter Status in linux-hwe-6.5 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Starting with linux-image-6.5.0-41-generic, my AX88179 Ethernet adapter (ax88179_178a driver) changed its MAC address to a completely different one that has the "locally administered" bit set. I believe this is caused by this backport: https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu- kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/jammy/commit/?h=hwe-6.5-next&id=3c860cd9296f00ef68c43f78ee3a4533d9ba5a1b linux-stable has the following fixup that is currently missing from Ubuntu's hwe-6.5: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=linux-6.9.y&id=56f78615bcb1c3ba58a5d9911bad3d9185cf141b Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS Package: linux-image-6.5.0-41-generic 6.5.0-41.41~22.04.2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe-6.5/+bug/2070246/+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