[Bug 2097397] [NEW] Can't Upgrade wireless-regdb on Ubuntu 24.04 w/ TPM FDE

[Lyndon Lapierre]

Public bug reported:

Running apt-get dist-upgrade on my system causes the below error, likely
due to the read only filesystem from the Ubuntu TPM FDE setup.

root at ll-inspiron5585:~# apt dist-upgrade  -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following upgrades have been deferred due to phasing:
  python3-distupgrade ubuntu-release-upgrader-core ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk zip
The following packages will be upgraded:
  wireless-regdb
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/7,058 B of archives.
After this operation, 1,024 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 137199 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../wireless-regdb_2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking wireless-regdb (2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1) over (2022.06.06-0ubuntu2) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/wireless-regdb_2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1_all.deb (--unpack):
 unable to create '/lib/firmware/regulatory.db.dpkg-new' (while processing './lib/firmware/regulatory.db'): Read-only file system
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 unable to remove newly-extracted version of '/lib/firmware/regulatory.db': Read-only file system
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/wireless-regdb_2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.22
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-50.51-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-50-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashDB: ubuntu
CrashReports: 600:0:109:140382:2025-02-04 19:07:19.602934106 -0600:2025-02-04 19:11:41.577783969 -0600:/var/crash/wireless-regdb.0.crash
Date: Tue Feb  4 19:24:04 2025
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: dist-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade noble

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Title:
  Can't Upgrade wireless-regdb on Ubuntu 24.04 w/ TPM FDE

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Running apt-get dist-upgrade on my system causes the below error,
  likely due to the read only filesystem from the Ubuntu TPM FDE setup.

  root at ll-inspiron5585:~# apt dist-upgrade  -y
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree... Done
  Reading state information... Done
  Calculating upgrade... Done
  The following upgrades have been deferred due to phasing:
    python3-distupgrade ubuntu-release-upgrader-core ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk zip
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    wireless-regdb
  1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
  1 not fully installed or removed.
  Need to get 0 B/7,058 B of archives.
  After this operation, 1,024 B of additional disk space will be used.
  (Reading database ... 137199 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../wireless-regdb_2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1_all.deb ...
  Unpacking wireless-regdb (2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1) over (2022.06.06-0ubuntu2) ...
  dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/wireless-regdb_2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1_all.deb (--unpack):
   unable to create '/lib/firmware/regulatory.db.dpkg-new' (while processing './lib/firmware/regulatory.db'): Read-only file system
  dpkg: error while cleaning up:
   unable to remove newly-extracted version of '/lib/firmware/regulatory.db': Read-only file system
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/wireless-regdb_2024.07.04-0ubuntu1~24.04.1_all.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.22
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-50.51-generic 6.8.12
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-50-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CrashReports: 600:0:109:140382:2025-02-04 19:07:19.602934106 -0600:2025-02-04 19:11:41.577783969 -0600:/var/crash/wireless-regdb.0.crash
  Date: Tue Feb  4 19:24:04 2025
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: dist-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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