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Bug 2168046 - [edk2] BIOS Release Date string is unexpected length
Summary: [edk2] BIOS Release Date string is unexpected length
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Classification: Red Hat
Component: edk2
Version: 9.2
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Windows
high
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Gerd Hoffmann
QA Contact: Xueqiang Wei
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 2144442 2169904
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-02-08 06:30 UTC by dehanmeng
Modified: 2023-05-09 08:02 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

Fixed In Version: edk2-20221207gitfff6d81270b5-6.el9
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Last Closed: 2023-05-09 07:25:12 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Gitlab redhat/centos-stream/src edk2 merge_requests 26 0 None opened update build script (rhel only) 2023-02-08 16:41:03 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-147894 0 None None None 2023-02-08 06:31:05 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:2165 0 None None None 2023-05-09 07:25:43 UTC

Comment 1 dehanmeng 2023-02-08 07:57:16 UTC 
About the error info "BIOS Release Date string is unexpected length: 7. This string must be in MM/DD/YYYY format. No other format is allowed and no additional information may be included. See field description in the SMBIOS specification." 

I talked with xuwei, and run a edk2-ovmf-20220826gitba0e0e4c6a-2.el9.noarch pkg, that error was disappeared. but case still got failed. just update latest debug progress here. and thanks to xueqiang.  debugging in progress as well.
Comment 6 Gerd Hoffmann 2023-02-08 11:14:47 UTC 
https://kojihub.stream.rdu2.redhat.com/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1921102
https://gitlab.com/kraxel/centos-edk2/-/commits/bz2168046-smbios-release-date
Comment 7 Xueqiang Wei 2023-02-08 17:09:59 UTC 
Boot a Win2022 guest with the attached build in Comment 6 (edk2-ovmf-20221207gitfff6d81270b5-5.el9.bz2168046.20230208.1117.noarch.rpm)

Check the BIOS string, the release date format is correct.


PS C:\Users\Administrator> systeminfo | findstr BIOS
BIOS Version: EDK II edk2-20221207gitfff6d81270b5-5.el9.bz2168046.20230208.1117, 12/7/2022
Comment 8 Qianqian Zhu 2023-02-10 10:12:23 UTC 
Hi Dehan,

Please help check if the build in comment 6 could pass SVVP job.
Comment 9 dehanmeng 2023-02-13 02:05:20 UTC 
(In reply to Qianqian Zhu from comment #8)
> Hi Dehan,
> 
> Please help check if the build in comment 6 could pass SVVP job.

After updating rpm to edk2-ovmf-20221207gitfff6d81270b5-5.el9.bz2168046.20230208.1117.noarch, svvp failed case still be there.  please 
contact me if you need to check the whole log. @kraxel @xuwei .
Comment 11 Qianqian Zhu 2023-02-13 10:19:39 UTC 
Please be aware that the test case still failed with the provided build.
Hi Dehan,

Would you please paste the latest fail log here?
Comment 13 Yanan Fu 2023-02-14 10:15:45 UTC 
QE bot(pre verify): Set 'Verified:Tested,SanityOnly' as gating/tier1 test pass.
Comment 16 Qianqian Zhu 2023-02-15 06:28:35 UTC 
Move this back to MODIFIED as we open another bz 2169904 against qemu-kvm.
Comment 20 Xueqiang Wei 2023-02-15 08:39:08 UTC 
Tested with edk2-ovmf-20221207gitfff6d81270b5-6.el9.noarch, it works as expected. So set status to VERIFIED.


1. boot a rhel9.2 guest, check the release date

# dmidecode -t 0
# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.8 present.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 26 bytes
BIOS Information
        Vendor: EDK II
        Version: edk2-20221207gitfff6d81270b5-6.el9
        Release Date: 12/07/2022
        Address: 0xE8000
        Runtime Size: 96 kB
        ROM Size: 64 kB
        Characteristics:
                BIOS characteristics not supported
                Targeted content distribution is supported
                UEFI is supported
                System is a virtual machine
        BIOS Revision: 0.0


2. boot a win2022 guest, check the release date

PS C:\Users\Administrator> systeminfo | findstr BIOS
BIOS Version:              EDK II edk2-20221207gitfff6d81270b5-6.el9, 12/7/2022
Comment 22 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-09 07:25:12 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Important: edk2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2165
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