RHBA-2015:0433 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated efibootmgr packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The efibootmgr utility is responsible for the boot loader installation on
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) systems.

The efibootmgr packages have been upgraded to upstream version 0.8.0, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
(BZ#1129435)

This update also fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the efibootmgr utility could terminate unexpectedly when trying to

remove entries from the boot order which have already been removed. This bug has
been fixed and efibootmgr no longer crashes in the described case. (BZ#1168019, BZ#1188313)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

• With this update, the efibootmgr package has been modified to build

successfully on host machines using the ARM 64-bit CPU architecture. (BZ#967969)

• This update adds the --remove-dups option to the efibootmgr utility. This

option allows efibootmgr to remove duplicate entries in the BootOrder list.
(BZ#1097396)

• With this update, the efivar utility, which is used to manipulate UEFI

variables, has been added to the efibootmgr package. (BZ#1129831)

Users of efibootmgr are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 x86_64

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal