Recommended update for shim

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for shim
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:0014-1
Rating: moderate
References: #919675 #920515 #945178
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that has three recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    The shim bootloader for UEFI secure boot support was updated to the
    unified version 0.9 between SUSE Linux Enterprise versions (same as SUSE
    Linux Enterprise 12 SP1). (FATE#318904)

    This also fixes two bugs:

    * RSOD comes when you enter and exit from grub commandline (bsc#919675)
    * StrCpy() could crash fallback.efi due to the under-allocated buffer
    (bsc#920515)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-6=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-6=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64):
      • shim-0.9-15.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • shim-0.9-15.3.1

    References: