Recommended update for grub2

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:3469-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for grub2 fixes the following issues:

  • Fixed an issue, where the https boot was interrupted by an unrecognized network address error message (bsc#1172952)
  • Improve the error handling when grub2-install fails with short mbr gap (bsc#1176062)
  • Fixed an error in grub2-install where it exited with "failed to get canonical path of `/boot/grub2/i386-pc'." (bsc#1177957)
  • Fixed a boot failure issue on blocklist installations (bsc#1178278)

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 ESPOS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-3469=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-3469=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-3469=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-3469=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • grub2-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (aarch64)
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (noarch)
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • grub2-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64)
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (noarch)
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • grub2-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64)
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (noarch)
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (ppc64le)
    • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (s390x)
    • grub2-s390x-emu-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • grub2-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (ppc64le)
    • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (noarch)
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02-19.63.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (x86_64)
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02-19.63.3
    • grub2-debugsource-2.02-19.63.3

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