Recommended update for grub2

Announcement ID:	SUSE-RU-2023:1963-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1187810 bsc#1189036 bsc#1207064 bsc#1209165 bsc#1209234 bsc#1209372 bsc#1209667
Affected Products:	Basesystem Module 15-SP4 openSUSE Leap 15.4 openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 Server Applications Module 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 Module 4.3 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 SUSE Manager Server 4.3

An update that has seven fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for grub2 fixes the following issues:

• Fix aarch64 kiwi image's file not found due to '/@' prepended to path in btrfs filesystem. (bsc#1209165)
• Make grub more robust against storage race condition causing system boot failures (bsc#1189036)
• Fix unknown filesystem error on disks with 4096 sector size (bsc#1207064, bsc#1209234)
• Fix installation over serial console ends up in infinite boot loop (bsc#1187810, bsc#1209667, bsc#1209372)

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:

• openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3
  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2023-1963=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4
  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-1963=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-1963=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-1963=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-1963=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-1963=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-1963=1
• Server Applications Module 15-SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP4-2023-1963=1
• SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 Module 4.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.3-2023-1963=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • grub2-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-debugsource-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (noarch)
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-i386-pc-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-arm64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
  • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-debug-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-i386-pc-debug-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-s390x-emu-extras-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-debug-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-extras-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-arm64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-i386-pc-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-i386-pc-extras-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-arm64-efi-debug-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-i386-efi-extras-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-arm64-efi-extras-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-extras-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-extras-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-i386-xen-extras-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • grub2-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-branding-upstream-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • grub2-debugsource-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (s390x)
  • grub2-s390x-emu-debug-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-s390x-emu-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • grub2-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-debugsource-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (noarch)
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-i386-pc-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-arm64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (s390x)
  • grub2-s390x-emu-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • grub2-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-debugsource-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (noarch)
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-i386-pc-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-arm64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (s390x)
  • grub2-s390x-emu-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • grub2-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-debugsource-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (noarch)
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-i386-pc-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-arm64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (s390x)
  • grub2-s390x-emu-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • grub2-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-debugsource-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (noarch)
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-i386-pc-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-arm64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (s390x)
  • grub2-s390x-emu-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • grub2-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (noarch)
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-i386-pc-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-arm64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.06-150400.11.30.1
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • grub2-debugsource-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (s390x)
  • grub2-s390x-emu-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• Server Applications Module 15-SP4 (noarch)
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.06-150400.11.30.1
• SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 Module 4.3 (noarch)
  • grub2-arm64-efi-2.06-150400.11.30.1

References:

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187810
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1189036
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207064
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209165
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209234
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209372
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209667