My Ubuntu 18.04 is no longer affected. I was able to get past "Cannot use CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y" with some cleanup - removing all nvidia drivers, manually blacklisting nouveau, updating initramfs, and rebooting - before installing nvidia drivers and dkms again.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-azure in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1760876 Title: DKMS driver builds fail with: Cannot use CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux-azure package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux-azure-edge package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Trusty: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Xenial: Fix Released Status in linux-azure source package in Xenial: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Artful: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Bionic: Fix Released Status in linux-azure source package in Bionic: Fix Released Bug description: Was installing the kernel 4.15.0-14-generic when that crash happened. Now libelf-dev is requested and need to be added as a dependency. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: fwts-efi-runtime-dkms 18.03.00-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.16.0-041600-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: r8168 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 DKMSKernelVersion: 4.15.0-14-generic Date: Tue Apr 3 15:39:06 2018 PackageVersion: 18.03.00-0ubuntu1 Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-2 PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14+, python-minimal, 2.7.14-4 RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu1 apt 1.6~beta1 SourcePackage: fwts Title: fwts-efi-runtime-dkms 18.03.00-0ubuntu1: fwts-efi-runtime-dkms kernel module failed to build UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1760876/+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