Recommended update for grub2, efibootmgr

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:3133-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for grub2, efibootmgr provides the following fixes:

  • Ship package grub2-arm64-efi and the required efibootmgr also to ppc64le, s390x and x86_64 (bsc#1186565)
  • Fix error gfxterm isn't found with multiple terminals (bsc#1187565)
  • Fix ocasional boot failure after kdump procedure when using XFS (bsc#1186975)

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-SP2-2021-3133=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-3133=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP2-2021-3133=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-3133=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • efibootmgr-debuginfo-14-4.3.2
    • efibootmgr-debugsource-14-4.3.2
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.04-9.49.3
    • efibootmgr-14-4.3.2
    • grub2-2.04-9.49.3
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.04-9.49.3
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.04-9.49.3
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.04-9.49.3
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.04-9.49.3
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.04-9.49.3
    • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.04-9.49.3
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • grub2-debugsource-2.04-9.49.3
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (s390x)
    • grub2-s390x-emu-2.04-9.49.3
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • efibootmgr-debuginfo-14-4.3.2
    • efibootmgr-14-4.3.2
    • efibootmgr-debugsource-14-4.3.2
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.04-9.49.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • efibootmgr-debuginfo-14-4.3.2
    • efibootmgr-debugsource-14-4.3.2
    • grub2-debugsource-2.04-9.49.3
    • grub2-debuginfo-2.04-9.49.3
    • efibootmgr-14-4.3.2
    • grub2-2.04-9.49.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (noarch)
    • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.04-9.49.3
    • grub2-arm64-efi-2.04-9.49.3
    • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.04-9.49.3
    • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.04-9.49.3
    • grub2-i386-pc-2.04-9.49.3

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