Recommended update for shim

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:1702-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem 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 two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for shim fixes the following issues:

  • shim-install: instead of assuming "removable" for Azure, remove fallback.efi from \EFI\Boot and copy grub.efi/cfg to \EFI\Boot to make \EFI\Boot bootable and keep the boot option created by efibootmgr (bsc#1185464, bsc#1185961)

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-SP2-2021-1702=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-1702=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • shim-debugsource-15.4-3.23.1
    • shim-debuginfo-15.4-3.23.1
    • shim-15.4-3.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (x86_64)
    • shim-debugsource-15.4-3.23.1
    • shim-debuginfo-15.4-3.23.1
    • shim-15.4-3.23.1

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