Hmm, I had missed that : $ sudo update-initramfs -u -k 4.15.0-23-generic update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-23-generic modinfo: ERROR: could not get modinfo from 'qxl': Exec format error depmod: ERROR: failed to load symbols from /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_a65BM0/lib/modules/4.15.0-23-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl.ko: Exec format error
Side note : all upstream kernel packages I tested *do* boot correctly: - 4.15.16, 4.15.17, 4.15.18 - 4.16.16 - 4.17.2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1777242 Title: 4.15.0-23-generic fails to boot in qemu on amd64 host (kernel panic) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1777242/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs