Well there's your root cause. It prevents dpdk from reading firmware files.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/898606/operation-not-permitted-while- installing-linux-headers-4-8-0-45 ** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Focal) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1947188 Title: package linux-firmware 1.187.17 failed to install/upgrade: unable to open '/lib/firmware/r128/r128_cce.bin.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux-firmware source package in Focal: Invalid Bug description: this is encountered when I tried apt upgrade ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: linux-firmware 1.187.17 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-37.41~20.04.2-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-37-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.20 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: kumaradepu 2858 F.... pulseaudio CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Date: Thu Oct 14 22:53:56 2021 Dependencies: ErrorMessage: unable to open '/lib/firmware/r128/r128_cce.bin.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-09-24 (20 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210819) Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:5539 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Integrated_Webcam_HD Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf3:e007 Qualcomm Atheros Communications Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude 5300 PackageArchitecture: all ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.11.0-37-generic root=UUID=f7268264-7e38-446b-b987-ce6c36322ac6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2 PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, unpackaged RelatedPackageVersions: grub-pc 2.04-1ubuntu26.13 SourcePackage: linux-firmware Title: package linux-firmware 1.187.17 failed to install/upgrade: unable to open '/lib/firmware/r128/r128_cce.bin.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/22/2021 dmi.bios.release: 1.13 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.13.1 dmi.board.name: 0932VT dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.13.1:bd01/22/2021:br1.13:svnDellInc.:pnLatitude5300:pvr:sku08B7:rvnDellInc.:rn0932VT:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.family: Latitude dmi.product.name: Latitude 5300 dmi.product.sku: 08B7 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1947188/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp