Recommended update for tboot

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:3580-1
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 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 one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for tboot fixes the following issues:

  • Do not generate 'tboot' menu entries in grub when the system is running with UEFI Secure Boot. (bsc#1175114) The tboot bootloader is not an EFI compatible binary and therefore not digitally signed appropriately to be part of a Secure Boot trust chain.

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-SP2-2020-3580=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • tboot-debuginfo-20170711_1.9.8-15.6.1
    • tboot-debugsource-20170711_1.9.8-15.6.1
    • tboot-20170711_1.9.8-15.6.1

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