Recommended update for grub2

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:0377-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • Magnum Orchestration 7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

An update that has six fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for grub2 provides the following fixes and enhancements:

  • Fix reboot in UEFI environments. (bsc#1047331)
  • Support LVM physical volumes created without metadata. (bsc#1027526)
  • Fix page fault exception when grub loads with Nvidia cards. (bsc#1038533)
  • Grub not working correctly with Xen and btrfs snapshots. (bsc#1026511)
  • Use /boot/<arch>/loader/linux instead of /contents file to determine if the installation media is a SUSE distribution. (bsc#1054453)
  • Use the pvops-enabled default kernel if the traditional xen pv kernel and initrd are not found. (bsc#1054453)
  • Fix a "no symbol table" error seen in some hardware and in openQA tests. (bsc#1072648)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2018-266=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2018-266=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-266=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-266=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-266=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-266=1

Package List:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (noarch)
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64)
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64)
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (ppc64le)
    • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (s390x)
    • grub2-s390x-emu-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le)
    • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-115.20.1
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-115.20.1

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