"Failed to parse bus message: Invalid argument" with Linux 5.8

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https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/16424

Now that we have the 5.8 kernel in HWE for focal, all my servers are hitting this, both on metal and in containers. This causes things like "systemctl show" to show an error as well as partial data.

It really feels like this should have been fixed before the rollout of the 5.8 kernel through HWE...

Sorry for the delay; the patched systemd is in the upload queue:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/focal/+queue?queue_state=1&queue_text=

Hello Gary, or anyone else affected,

Accepted systemd into focal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/245.4-4ubuntu3.4 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-focal to verification-done-focal. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-focal. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Hello Gary, or anyone else affected,

Accepted systemd into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/237-3ubuntu10.44 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

All autopkgtests for the newly accepted systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.4) for focal have finished running.
The following regressions have been reported in tests triggered by the package:

linux-hwe-5.8/5.8.0-37.42~20.04.1 (arm64)
netplan.io/0.100-0ubuntu4~20.04.3 (amd64)
apt/2.0.2ubuntu0.2 (armhf)
munin/2.0.56-1ubuntu1 (ppc64el)
gvfs/1.44.1-1ubuntu1 (amd64, arm64)
prometheus-alertmanager/0.15.3+ds-3ubuntu1 (armhf)
lxc/1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 (amd64)
indicator-session/17.3.20+19.10.20190921-0ubuntu1 (ppc64el)
pyudev/0.21.0-3ubuntu1 (s390x)

Please visit the excuses page listed below and investigate the failures, proceeding afterwards as per the StableReleaseUpdates policy regarding autopkgtest regressions [1].

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/focal/update_excuses.html#systemd

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Autopkgtest_Regressions

Thank you!

All autopkgtests for the newly accepted systemd (237-3ubuntu10.44) for bionic have finished running.
The following regressions have been reported in tests triggered by the package:

linux-azure-4.15/4.15.0-1104.116 (amd64)
munin/2.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 (arm64)
gvfs/1.36.1-0ubuntu1.3.3 (amd64)
libvirt/4.0.0-1ubuntu8.17 (i386)
apt/1.6.12ubuntu0.2 (armhf)
netplan.io/0.99-0ubuntu3~18.04.3 (amd64)
linux-hwe-5.0/5.0.0-63.69 (armhf)
openssh/1:7.6p1-4ubuntu0.3 (armhf, s390x, ppc64el, arm64, i386, amd64)
corosync/2.4.3-0ubuntu1.1 (armhf)
nut/2.7.4-5.1ubuntu2 (i386)

Please visit the excuses page listed below and investigate the failures, proceeding afterwards as per the StableReleaseUpdates policy regarding autopkgtest regressions [1].

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/bionic/update_excuses.html#systemd

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Autopkgtest_Regressions

Thank you!

focal host reproduction:

root@lp1905245-f:~# uname -a
Linux lp1905245-f 5.8.0-36-generic #40~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 6 10:15:55 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@lp1905245-f:~# dpkg -l systemd|grep systemd
ii systemd 245.4-4ubuntu3.3 amd64 system and service manager
root@lp1905245-f:~# systemctl show -p CapabilityBoundingSet apparmor
Failed to parse bus message: Invalid argument
root@lp1905245-f:~# echo $?
1

focal container repro:

root@lp1905245-f:~# lxc shell focal
root@focal:~# dpkg -l systemd|grep systemd
ii systemd 245.4-4ubuntu3.3 amd64 system and service manager
root@focal:~# systemctl show -p CapabilityBoundingSet apparmor
Failed to parse bus message: Invalid argument
root@focal:~# echo $?
1

bionic container repro:

root@lp1905245-f:~# lxc shell bionic
root@bionic:~# dpkg -l systemd|grep systemd
ii systemd 237-3ubuntu10.43 amd64 system and service manager
root@bionic:~# systemctl show -p CapabilityBoundingSet apparmor
Failed to parse bus message: Invalid argument
root@bionic:~# echo $?
1

focal host verification:

root@lp1905245-f:~# dpkg -l systemd|grep systemd
ii systemd 245.4-4ubuntu3.4 amd64 system and service manager
root@lp1905245-f:~# systemctl show -p CapabilityBoundingSet apparmor
CapabilityBoundingSet=cap_chown cap_dac_override cap_dac_read_search cap_fowner cap_fsetid cap_kill cap_setgid cap_setuid cap_setpcap cap_linux_immutable cap_net_bind_service cap_net_broadcast cap_net_admin cap_net_raw cap_ipc_lock cap_ipc_owner cap_sys_module cap_sys_>
root@lp1905245-f:~# echo $?
0

focal container verification:

root@focal:~# dpkg -l systemd|grep systemd
ii systemd 245.4-4ubuntu3.4 amd64 system and service manager
root@focal:~# systemctl show -p CapabilityBoundingSet apparmor
CapabilityBoundingSet=cap_chown cap_dac_override cap_dac_read_search cap_fowner cap_fsetid cap_kill cap_setgid cap_setuid cap_setpcap cap_linux_immutable cap_net_bind_service cap_net_broadcast cap_net_admin cap_net_raw cap_ipc_lock cap_ipc_owner cap_sys_module cap_sys_>
root@focal:~# echo $?
0

bionic container verification:

root@bionic:~# dpkg -l systemd|grep systemd
ii systemd 237-3ubuntu10.44 amd64 system and service manager
root@bionic:~# systemctl show -p CapabilityBoundingSet apparmor
CapabilityBoundingSet=cap_chown cap_dac_override cap_dac_read_search cap_fowner cap_fsetid cap_kill cap_setgid cap_setuid cap_setpcap cap_linux_immutable cap_net_bind_service cap_net_broadcast cap_net_admin cap_net_raw cap_ipc_lock cap_ipc_owner cap_sys_module cap_sys_r
root@bionic:~# echo $?
0

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 245.4-4ubuntu3.4

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systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.4) focal; urgency=medium

  * d/p/lp1905245/0001-basic-cap-list-parse-print-numerical-capabilities.patch,
    d/p/lp1905245/0002-basic-capability-util-let-cap_last_cap-return-unsign.patch,
    d/p/lp1905245/0003-basic-cap-list-reduce-scope-of-variables.patch:
    - print number of unknown capabilities instead of failing
      (LP: #1905245)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=5cd98102e16a6e4acc1444b10db3308d87930933
  * d/p/lp1890448-hwdb-Add-EliteBook-to-use-micmute-hotkey.patch:
    Add EliteBook to use micmute hotkey (LP: #1890448)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=238c8c1a7b9d75f69bdeafb1d55f1faf00acb063
  * d/extra/dhclient-enter-resolved-hook:
    suppress output of cmp command in dhclient hook (LP: #1878955)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=83df4fc182f8ffe87256f5d7c4b49cee5192529a
  * d/p/lp1905044-test-use-cap_last_cap-for-max-supported-cap-number-n.patch:
    test: use cap_last_cap() instead of capability_list_length()
    (LP: #1905044)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=ff21f41e624d9e603f3be463846ce981a433842a
  * d/p/lp1903300/0001-network-VXLan-fix-adding-Group-address.patch,
    d/p/lp1903300/0002-network-VXLan-Add-support-for-remote-address.patch,
    d/p/lp1903300/0003-networkctl-Add-support-to-display-VXLan-remote-addre.patch:
    set vxlan multicast group when specified (LP: #1903300)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=9deff4b7c5495dbe738561ca47daf3756df9fcde
  * d/p/lp1907306/0001-sd-dhcp-client-don-t-log-timeouts-if-already-expired.patch,
    d/p/lp1907306/0002-sd-dhcp-client-track-dhcp4-t1-t2-expire-times.patch,
    d/p/lp1907306/0003-sd-dhcp-client-add-RFC2131-retransmission-details.patch,
    d/p/lp1907306/0004-sd-dhcp-client-simplify-dhcp4-t1-t2-parsing.patch,
    d/p/lp1907306/0005-sd-dhcp-client-correct-dhcpv4-renew-rebind-retransmi.patch,
    d/p/lp1907306/0006-sd-dhcp-client-correct-retransmission-timeout-to-mat.patch,
    d/p/lp1907306/0007-test-network-increase-wait_online-timeout-to-handle-.patch,
    d/p/lp1907306/0008-sd-dhcp-client-fix-renew-rebind-timeout-calculation-.patch:
    Send correct number of dhcpv4 renew and rebind requests
    (LP: #1907306)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=a73c51d0df284dcc38e6924d40eed810554bab2e
  * d/p/lp1902960-udev-re-assign-ID_NET_DRIVER-ID_NET_LINK_FILE-ID_NET.patch:
    Run net_setup_link on 'change' uevents (LP: #1902960)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=ec7ba2358aa68d8d6276ed56ef91caafc287cecf
  * d/t/root-unittests:
    Remove any corrupt journal files (LP: #1881947)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=5481fececdb3cb35ca7118598cad537681b5ff14

 -- Dan Streetman <email address hidden> Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:47:39 -0500

The verification of the Stable Release Update for systemd has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 237-3ubuntu10.44

---------------
systemd (237-3ubuntu10.44) bionic; urgency=medium

  * d/extra/dhclient-enter-resolved-hook:
    suppress output of cmp command in dhclient hook (LP: #1878955)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=c5a2db69aafc7a3ab4e71bae44fd7ad9dd955c97
  * d/p/lp1905044/0001-capability-add-a-way-to-get-a-uint64_t-with-all-caps.patch,
    d/p/lp1905044/0002-test-use-cap_last_cap-for-max-supported-cap-number-n.patch:
    test: use cap_last_cap() instead of capability_list_length()
    (LP: #1905044)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=34ebc6e28e63881d40c91c5839597acc2fdab546
  * d/p/lp1905245/0001-basic-cap-list-parse-print-numerical-capabilities.patch:
    print number of unknown capabilities instead of failing
    (LP: #1905245)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=5ab225b7f731c6cf6b4655cb27c3a842150c4c1a
  * d/p/lp1907306/0001-sd-dhcp-client-don-t-log-timeouts-if-already-expired.patch,
    d/p/lp1907306/0002-sd-dhcp-client-track-dhcp4-t1-t2-expire-times.patch,
    d/p/lp1907306/0003-sd-dhcp-client-add-RFC2131-retransmission-details.patch,
    d/p/lp1907306/0004-sd-dhcp-client-simplify-dhcp4-t1-t2-parsing.patch,
    d/p/lp1907306/0005-sd-dhcp-client-correct-dhcpv4-renew-rebind-retransmi.patch,
    d/p/lp1907306/0008-sd-dhcp-client-fix-renew-rebind-timeout-calculation-.patch:
    Send correct number of dhcpv4 renew and rebind requests
    (LP: #1907306)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=036230cac8232bf4f970e565c355ee1a82fc2ee6
  * d/t/root-unittests:
    Remove any corrupt journal files (LP: #1881947)
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=b284b93e40b6cb834bb40dd3db94850853ab5bb8

 -- Dan Streetman <email address hidden> Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:04:25 -0500