How to recover from a broken kernel upgrade

From	"M. Cuffaro" <mcuffar@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	How to recover from a broken kernel upgrade
Date	2023-09-14 01:10 +0200
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Hello all,

I have looked around for an answer but was unable to find one, and was 
hoping that someone here could help me. *First, some background to my 
information about my question*. I recently ran

apt full-upgrade

on my Debian bookworm system. Because of what seems like a bug in dkms, 
the upgrade to linux-image-6.1.0-12-amd64 could not complete. Running

apt -f install

does not help. The uphshot is that, although I can still boot into my 
laptop using the old version of my kernel (either 
linux-image-6.1.0-11-amd64 or linux-image-6.1.0-10-amd64), I can no 
longer use apt to upgrade other packages on my system. Furthermore when 
I run

needrestart

I am informed that:

The currently running kernel version is 6.1.0-10-amd64 which is not the 
expected kernel version 6.1.0-12-amd64.

*Here is my question: How can I rollback the broken upgrade safely so 
that I can continue to use my system (in particular, apt) normally? Any 
help anyone can provide would be much appreciated.

*Below are some further details. First, here is the result of running 
apt -f install:

$ sudo apt -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer 
required:
   linux-headers-6.1.0-10-amd64 linux-headers-6.1.0-10-common 
linux-image-6.1.0-10-amd64
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up linux-image-6.1.0-12-amd64 (6.1.52-1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.1.0-12-amd64.
Sign command: /usr/lib/linux-kbuild-6.1/scripts/sign-file
Signing key: /var/lib/dkms/mok.key
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/dkms/mok.pub

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
'./driverctl' make all............(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.1.0-12-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/make.log for more information.
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
dkms: autoinstall for kernel: 6.1.0-12-amd64 failed!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.1.0-12-amd64 (--configure):
  installed linux-image-6.1.0-12-amd64 package post-installation script 
subprocess returned error exit status 1
Setting up linux-headers-6.1.0-12-amd64 (6.1.52-1) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.1.0-12-amd64.
Sign command: /usr/lib/linux-kbuild-6.1/scripts/sign-file
Signing key: /var/lib/dkms/mok.key
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/dkms/mok.pub

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
'./driverctl' make all...........(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.1.0-12-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/make.log for more information.
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
dkms: autoinstall for kernel: 6.1.0-12-amd64 failed!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
Failed to process /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d at 
/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-6.1.0-12-amd64.postinst line 11.
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-6.1.0-12-amd64 (--configure):
  installed linux-headers-6.1.0-12-amd64 package post-installation 
script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-amd64:
  linux-headers-amd64 depends on linux-headers-6.1.0-12-amd64 (= 
6.1.52-1); however:
   Package linux-headers-6.1.0-12-amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-amd64 (--configure):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-amd64:
  linux-image-amd64 depends on linux-image-6.1.0-12-amd64 (= 6.1.52-1); 
however:
   Package linux-image-6.1.0-12-amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-amd64 (--configure):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
  linux-image-6.1.0-12-amd64
  linux-headers-6.1.0-12-amd64
  linux-headers-amd64
  linux-image-amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Here are the contents of /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/make.log:

$ cat /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/make.log
DKMS make.log for rtl88x2bu-5.13.1 for kernel 6.1.0-12-amd64 (x86_64)
Wed 13 Sep 2023 11:09:22 AM EDT
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/6.1.0-12-amd64/build 
M=/var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build  modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.1.0-12-amd64'
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_cmd.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_security.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_debug.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_io.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_ioctl_query.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_ioctl_set.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_ieee80211.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_mlme.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_mlme_ext.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_mi.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_wlan_util.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_vht.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_pwrctrl.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_rf.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_chplan.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/monitor/rtw_radiotap.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_recv.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_sta_mgt.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_ap.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/wds/rtw_wds.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/mesh/rtw_mesh.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/mesh/rtw_mesh_pathtbl.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/mesh/rtw_mesh_hwmp.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_xmit.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_p2p.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_rson.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_tdls.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_br_ext.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_iol.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_sreset.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_btcoex_wifionly.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_btcoex.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_beamforming.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_odm.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_rm.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_rm_fsm.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_ft.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_wnm.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_mbo.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_rm_util.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/efuse/rtw_efuse.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_roch.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/crypto/aes-internal.o
   CC [M] 
/var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/crypto/aes-internal-enc.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/crypto/aes-gcm.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/crypto/aes-ccm.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/crypto/aes-omac1.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/crypto/ccmp.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/crypto/gcmp.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/crypto/aes-siv.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/crypto/aes-ctr.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/crypto/sha256-internal.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/crypto/sha256.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/crypto/sha256-prf.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/crypto/rtw_crypto_wrap.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/core/rtw_swcrypto.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/osdep_service.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/usb_intf.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/usb_ops_linux.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/ioctl_linux.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/xmit_linux.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/mlme_linux.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/recv_linux.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/ioctl_cfg80211.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/rtw_cfgvendor.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/wifi_regd.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/rtw_android.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/rtw_proc.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/nlrtw.o
/var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/wifi_regd.c: In 
function ‘rtw_regd_init’:
/var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/wifi_regd.c:409:36: 
error: ‘REGULATORY_IGNORE_STALE_KICKOFF’ undeclared (first use in this 
function)
   409 |         wiphy->regulatory_flags |= REGULATORY_IGNORE_STALE_KICKOFF;
       | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/wifi_regd.c:409:36: 
note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function 
it appears in
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/rtw_rhashtable.o
make[2]: *** 
[/usr/src/linux-headers-6.1.0-12-common/scripts/Makefile.build:255: 
/var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/wifi_regd.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.1.0-12-common/Makefile:2037: 
/var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.1.0-12-amd64'
make: *** [Makefile:2506: modules] Error 2

Here is some information about my system:

** Model information
sys_vendor: Acer
product_name: Swift SF314-56
product_version: V1.08
chassis_vendor: Acer
chassis_version: V1.08
bios_vendor: Insyde Corp.
bios_version: V1.08
board_vendor: WL
board_name: Strongbow_WL
board_version: V1.08

Here is the output of uname -a and lsb_release -a:

[mike@dallben ~]$ uname -a
Linux dallben 6.1.0-10-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.38-2 
(2023-07-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux
[mike@dallben ~]$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Release:    12
Codename:    bookworm

Best,
-Mike

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How to recover from a broken kernel upgrade "M. Cuffaro" <mcuffar@gmail.com> - 2023-09-14 01:10 +0200
  Re: How to recover from a broken kernel upgrade Marco <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2023-09-14 06:50 +0200
    Re: How to recover from a broken kernel upgrade "M. Cuffaro" <mcuffar@gmail.com> - 2023-09-14 17:20 +0200
  Re: How to recover from a broken kernel upgrade Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2023-09-14 08:50 +0200
    Re: How to recover from a broken kernel upgrade "M. Cuffaro" <mcuffar@gmail.com> - 2023-09-14 17:20 +0200

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