Thanks for your work on this. Does this:"Status in b43-fwcutter source package in Noble: In Progress" mean that sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade will not yet honor the github address you have changed if executed in lubuntu noble? I'll hold off until its clear that it is safe to upgrade b43 firmware.
On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 5:30 AM Sudhakar Verma <[email protected]> wrote: > I have released fixes for all of these releases > > > 18:42:57 $ ./unembargo --ppa=ubuntu-security-proposed/ppa $SRCPKG > Loading Ubuntu Distribution ... > Loading Ubuntu Archive ... > Loading ubuntu-security-proposed 'ppa' PPA ... > Locating b43-fwcutter ... > Publishing b43-fwcutter 1:019-11ubuntu0.1 to ubuntu/primary noble > (Security)... > Publishing b43-fwcutter 1:019-7ubuntu0.1 to ubuntu/primary jammy > (Security)... > > bionic and focal did not have hash verification and this could have let > the attackers execute arbitrary code. ESM fixes for > > > 18:37:46 $ ./unembargo --esm-infra -r xenial,bionic,focal $SRCPKG > Loading ubuntu-esm 'esm-infra-security' PPA ... > Loading ubuntu-esm 'esm-infra-security-staging' PPA ... > Locating b43-fwcutter ... > Publishing b43-fwcutter 1:019-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 to > ubuntu-esm/esm-infra-security focal (Release)... > Publishing b43-fwcutter 1:019-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 to > ubuntu-esm/esm-infra-security bionic (Release)... > Publishing b43-fwcutter 1:019-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 to > ubuntu-esm/esm-infra-security xenial (Release)... > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (2138509). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2116888 > > Title: > firmware-b43-installer fails due to suspended domain > > Status in b43-fwcutter package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > Status in b43-fwcutter source package in Jammy: > In Progress > Status in b43-fwcutter source package in Noble: > In Progress > Status in b43-fwcutter source package in Plucky: > Won't Fix > Status in b43-fwcutter source package in Questing: > Fix Released > > Bug description: > [ Impact ] > > The lwfinger.com domain has been suspended and downloading isn't > possible, users are seeing this in terminal trying to install > > A card known to work was found. > Unknown device(s) found: PCI id > Trying to install latest firmware 6.30.163.46 . > --2025-07-14 10:11:20-- > https://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-6.30. > 163.46.tar.bz2 > Resolving www.lwfinger.com (www.lwfinger.com)... 173.254.30.178 > Connecting to www.lwfinger.com (www.lwfinger.com)|173.254.30.178|:443... > connect > ed. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found > Location: https://www.lwfinger.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi [following] > --2025-07-14 10:11:20-- > https://www.lwfinger.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi > Reusing existing connection to www.lwfinger.com:443. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: unspecified [text/html] > Saving to: ‘broadcom-wl-6.30.163.46.tar.bz2’ > > broadcom-wl-6.30.16 [ <=> ] 891 --.-KB/s in > 0s > > 2025-07-14 10:11:21 (39.2 MB/s) - ‘broadcom-wl-6.30.163.46.tar.bz2’ > saved [891] > > broadcom-wl-6.30.163.46.tar.bz2: FAILED > sha512sum: WARNING: 1 computed checksum did NOT match > /var/lib/dpkg/info/firmware-b43-installer.postinst: Downloaded firmware > did not > match known SHA512 checksum, aborting. > dpkg: error processing package firmware-b43-installer (--configure): > installed firmware-b43-installer package post-installation script > subprocess re > turned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > firmware-b43-installer > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > [ Test Plan ] > > Install package and verify the firmware is downloaded and extracted > properly. Verify that package installation succeeds. > > [ Where Problems Could Occur ] > > New firmware gets installed and is being loaded by the kernel on > supported HW. As with any other firmware this can result in kernel > stack traces, hangs, crashes, ... > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/2116888/+subscriptions > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2116888 Title: firmware-b43-installer fails due to suspended domain To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/2116888/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
