Recommended update for grub2

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for grub2
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0253-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1004324 #1004398 #1004959 #1008545 #1008568 #1015599 #899465 #998097
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2

  • An update that has 8 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for grub2 provides the following fixes:

    - Ensure that the path starts with / and has no //. (bsc#1015599)
    - Load lvm module to support Xen PV booting from LVM volumes. (bsc#1004324)
    - Fix ARMv7 configuration issues that could lead to unbootable systems.
    (bsc#1008568)
    - Fix potential crash when booting ARMv7 systems. (bsc#1008545)
    - Add support for netboot on arm64-efi platforms. (bsc#998097)
    - Add support for booting huge pv-domains to grub-xen. (bsc#1004398,
    bsc#899465)
    - Build arm-efi and arm64-efi for openSUSE. (bsc#1004959)

    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 for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-135=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-135=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-135=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64):
      • grub2-2.02~beta2-113.1
      • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02~beta2-113.1
      • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-113.1
      • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-113.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
      • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64):
      • grub2-2.02~beta2-113.1
      • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-113.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 x86_64):
      • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-113.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (ppc64le):
      • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02~beta2-113.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64):
      • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02~beta2-113.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-113.1
      • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-113.1
      • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-113.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
      • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
      • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • grub2-2.02~beta2-113.1
      • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-113.1
      • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-113.1
      • grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-113.1
      • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-113.1
      • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-113.1

    References: