Recommended update for tboot

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2023:4074-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for tboot fixes the following issues:

  • Changes in the SLE-12-SP5 compiler toolchain seem to have broken the build. This upstream patch fixes a linker error in this context.

  • Correctly move MBI from a lower address above tboot (bsc#1207833). This fixes a broken boot situation in some configurations stopping with log line "TBOOT: loader context was moved from 0x<address> to 0x<address>".

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 Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4074=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4074=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4074=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • tboot-debugsource-20190704_1.9.10-3.12.5
    • tboot-debuginfo-20190704_1.9.10-3.12.5
    • tboot-20190704_1.9.10-3.12.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • tboot-debugsource-20190704_1.9.10-3.12.5
    • tboot-debuginfo-20190704_1.9.10-3.12.5
    • tboot-20190704_1.9.10-3.12.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • tboot-debugsource-20190704_1.9.10-3.12.5
    • tboot-debuginfo-20190704_1.9.10-3.12.5
    • tboot-20190704_1.9.10-3.12.5

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