I was able to reproduce this bug by emulating an IDE in QEMU device and running the smartctl-validate test. I have filed an upstream bug as well.
https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/1098 ** Bug watch added: github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues #1098 https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/1098 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1869116 Title: smartctl-validate is borked in a recent release To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lxd/+bug/1869116/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs