As stories go, this one would be a lot better if it actually linked to some technical information about the bug. Does anyone have a reference for what the samsung_laptop driver's doing that is so bad? The kernel bugzilla link (#47121) that someone has speculated is related is a boot panic, not a complete bricking, so while it _may_ be the same thing ...
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=samsung-... # but nothing else in there looks to be any closer either