The description of this bug has been updated for how to repair affected
BIOS. If you are still suffering from this issue and the Ubuntu system
on your laptop is functional, please give it a try. Including the
solution into v4.13 kernel is being investigated. However, if you can no
longer boot to Ubuntu for some reasons, besides posting your questions
here, https://askubuntu.com/ or https://ubuntuforums.org/ are two other
excellent support channels that you can ask for help and advice from the
wider community.

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Title:
  Ubuntu 17.10 corrupting BIOS - many LENOVO laptops models

Status in Linux:
  Unknown
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in linux-hwe-edge source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-oem source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Artful:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Description: An update to linux kernel on Ubuntu 17.10 that enabled
  the intel-spi-* drivers made Insyde BIOS unusable. Main issues were
  Settings being not stored, USB Boot impossible and EFI entries read-
  only.

  Fix: The issue was fixed in Kernel Version 4.13.0-21. But previous
  affected machines still suffered from a broken BIOS.

  Repair: If you still can boot into Ubuntu, you can recover your BIOS
  with the following steps:

  1. Boot into Ubuntu
  2. Download 
http://people.canonical.com/~ypwong/lp1734147/linux-image-4.15.0-041500rc6-generic_4.15.0-041500rc6.201712312330+20170103+1_amd64.deb
  3. Install the downloaded package:
    $ sudo dpkg -i 
linux-image-4.15.0-041500rc6-generic_4.15.0-041500rc6.201712312330+20170103+1_amd64.deb
  4. Make sure the kernel is installed without any error. Once installed, 
reboot.
  5. At grub, choose the newly installed kernel. You can choose the "recovery" 
mode.
  6. Reboot and go to BIOS settings to confirm your BIOS has been recovered.
  7. In case your BIOS is not recovered, reboot to the new kernel, then reboot 
*once again* to the new kernel, do not enter BIOS settings before the reboot. 
After the second reboot, check BIOS.
  8. If your BIOS issue remains, download another kernel from 
http://people.canonical.com/~ypwong/lp1734147/linux-image-4.15.0-041500rc6-generic_4.15.0-041500rc6.201712312330+clear+debug_amd64.deb,
 and use dpkg to install it, then repeat steps 4 to 6.

  After your BIOS is fixed, the kernel packages you just installed are
  no longer needed, you can remove it by running 'sudo dpkg -r linux-
  image-4.15.0-041500rc6-generic'.

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  Test Case: Fix has been verified by our HWE team on affected hardware.

  Regression Potential: Minimal, it's unlikely anyone is actually doing
  anything which requires this driver.

  ---

  Affected Machines:

  Lenovo B40-70
  Lenovo B50-70
  Lenovo B50-80
  Lenovo Flex-3
  Lenovo Flex-10
  Lenovo G40-30
  Lenovo G50-30
  Lenovo G50-70
  Lenovo G50-80
  Lenovo S20-30
  Lenovo U31-70
  Lenovo Y50-70
  Lenovo Y70-70
  Lenovo Yoga Thinkpad (20C0)
  Lenovo Yoga 2 11" - 20332
  Lenovo Z50-70
  Lenovo Z51-70
  Lenovo ideapad 100-15IBY

  Acer Aspire E5-771G
  Acer Aspire ES1-111M-C1LE (not fixed by 4.14.9 and 4.14.10)
  Acer TravelMate B113
  Acer Swift SF314-52 (Fixed by 4.14.9)
  Toshiba Satellite S55T-B5233
  Toshiba Satellite L50-B-1R7
  Toshiba Satellite S50-B-13G
  Dell Inspiron 15-3531  (not fixed by 4.14.9)
  Mediacom Smartbook 14 Ultra M-SB14UC
  Acer Aspire E3-111-C0UM
  HP 14-r012la

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  Original Description:

  Basically on Lenovo Y50-70 after installing Ubuntu 17.10, many users
  reported a corrupted BIOS.

  It's not possible to save new settings in BIOS anymore and after
  rebooting, the system starts with the old settings.

  Moreover (and most important) USB booting is not possible anymore
  since USB is not recognized. It's very serious, since our machines do
  not have a CDROM.

  Lenovo forums at the moment are full of topics regading this issue.

  Thank you!!

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