Recommended update for grub2

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:1569-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for grub2 provides the following fixes:

  • Fix a wrong command output when default subvolume is a toplevel tree with ID 5. (bsc#1078775)
  • Insert mdraid modules to support software RAID. (bsc#1078775)
  • Fix a problem that was causing a Nvidia GPU in legacy I/O slot 2 to disappear during system startup. (bsc#1082914)
  • Fix a corruption of contents in "grub2-install --help" and grub2-install manual page. (bsc#1086670)
  • Add a fallback to 'raw mode' when grub fails to open a disk for the first time. (bsc#1071559)

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1085=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1085=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1085=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1085=1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • grub2-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64)
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (ppc64le)
    • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (s390x)
    • grub2-s390x-emu-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • grub2-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64)
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • grub2-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le)
    • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 (x86_64)
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 (noarch)
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 (x86_64)
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02-4.19.1
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02-4.19.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 (noarch)
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02-4.19.1

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