I've worked my way back through the kernels. The bug, as it was (avoided by ip=dhcp in the kernel command line), was in effect in version 4.4.0-38-generic. It was fixed in 4.4.0-42-generic. This is the state of play so far with kernels I've tested:
linux-image-4.4.0-38-generic - Affected linux-image-4.4.0-42-generic - Fine linux-image-4.4.0-43-generic - Fine linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic - Fine linux-image-4.4.0-47-generic - Fine linux-image-4.4.0-51-generic - Fine linux-image-4.4.0-53-generic - Fine linux-image-4.4.0-57-generic - Affected linux-image-4.4.0-58-generic - Affected (kernel in proposed) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1652348 Title: initrd dhcp fails / ignores valid response To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1652348/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs