Recommended update for grub2

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:1269-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for grub2 fixes the following issues:

  • Fix error grub_file_filters not found in Azure virtual machine. (bsc#1182012)
  • Fix executable stack marking in grub-emu. (bsc#1181696)
  • Remove 95_textmode for PowerPC given that there's no efi port on that architecture. (bsc#1174166)

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-1269=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP2-2021-1269=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-1269=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.04-9.42.1
    • grub2-2.04-9.42.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.04-9.42.1
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.04-9.42.1
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.04-9.42.1
    • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.04-9.42.1
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.04-9.42.1
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.04-9.42.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • grub2-debugsource-2.04-9.42.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (s390x)
    • grub2-s390x-emu-2.04-9.42.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.04-9.42.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • grub2-debugsource-2.04-9.42.1
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.04-9.42.1
    • grub2-2.04-9.42.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (noarch)
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.04-9.42.1
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.04-9.42.1
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.04-9.42.1
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.04-9.42.1
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.04-9.42.1

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