Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:0170 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2019-01-29
Updated:
2019-01-29

RHBA-2019:0170 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

efivar bugfix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated efivar packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The efivar packages provide a command line interface for UEFI Variable Facility management.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Upgrading a system UEFI firmware with the fwupdmgr utility previously did not work due to a bug in the efivar library. With this update, efivar has been fixed, and upgrading firmware now works properly on UEFI systems. (BZ#1649712)

Users of efivar are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 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 - TUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 17d10429f63c199571ce384d930070574a8e2160bbfd6ef1a72b131cca497d6a
x86_64
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b362d9aaf0c861b33fca764a3ad6575c2498b373ff47c9b8ec7661c35482b105
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-devel-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a2edc80c88eef4a0b71f1413df52e367965a834ee9ea73af3f690941fc90afc9
efivar-libs-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 141ba2beaeeb519061be43920c6551d4f3c39224144d28f751e7abf64776b9c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 17d10429f63c199571ce384d930070574a8e2160bbfd6ef1a72b131cca497d6a
x86_64
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b362d9aaf0c861b33fca764a3ad6575c2498b373ff47c9b8ec7661c35482b105
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-devel-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a2edc80c88eef4a0b71f1413df52e367965a834ee9ea73af3f690941fc90afc9
efivar-libs-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 141ba2beaeeb519061be43920c6551d4f3c39224144d28f751e7abf64776b9c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6

SRPM
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 17d10429f63c199571ce384d930070574a8e2160bbfd6ef1a72b131cca497d6a
x86_64
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b362d9aaf0c861b33fca764a3ad6575c2498b373ff47c9b8ec7661c35482b105
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-devel-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a2edc80c88eef4a0b71f1413df52e367965a834ee9ea73af3f690941fc90afc9
efivar-libs-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 141ba2beaeeb519061be43920c6551d4f3c39224144d28f751e7abf64776b9c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 17d10429f63c199571ce384d930070574a8e2160bbfd6ef1a72b131cca497d6a
x86_64
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b362d9aaf0c861b33fca764a3ad6575c2498b373ff47c9b8ec7661c35482b105
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-devel-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a2edc80c88eef4a0b71f1413df52e367965a834ee9ea73af3f690941fc90afc9
efivar-libs-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 141ba2beaeeb519061be43920c6551d4f3c39224144d28f751e7abf64776b9c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 17d10429f63c199571ce384d930070574a8e2160bbfd6ef1a72b131cca497d6a
x86_64
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b362d9aaf0c861b33fca764a3ad6575c2498b373ff47c9b8ec7661c35482b105
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-devel-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a2edc80c88eef4a0b71f1413df52e367965a834ee9ea73af3f690941fc90afc9
efivar-libs-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 141ba2beaeeb519061be43920c6551d4f3c39224144d28f751e7abf64776b9c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 17d10429f63c199571ce384d930070574a8e2160bbfd6ef1a72b131cca497d6a
x86_64
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b362d9aaf0c861b33fca764a3ad6575c2498b373ff47c9b8ec7661c35482b105
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-devel-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a2edc80c88eef4a0b71f1413df52e367965a834ee9ea73af3f690941fc90afc9
efivar-libs-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 141ba2beaeeb519061be43920c6551d4f3c39224144d28f751e7abf64776b9c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 17d10429f63c199571ce384d930070574a8e2160bbfd6ef1a72b131cca497d6a
x86_64
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b362d9aaf0c861b33fca764a3ad6575c2498b373ff47c9b8ec7661c35482b105
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-devel-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a2edc80c88eef4a0b71f1413df52e367965a834ee9ea73af3f690941fc90afc9
efivar-libs-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 141ba2beaeeb519061be43920c6551d4f3c39224144d28f751e7abf64776b9c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6

SRPM
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 17d10429f63c199571ce384d930070574a8e2160bbfd6ef1a72b131cca497d6a
x86_64
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b362d9aaf0c861b33fca764a3ad6575c2498b373ff47c9b8ec7661c35482b105
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-devel-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a2edc80c88eef4a0b71f1413df52e367965a834ee9ea73af3f690941fc90afc9
efivar-libs-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 141ba2beaeeb519061be43920c6551d4f3c39224144d28f751e7abf64776b9c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7

SRPM
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 17d10429f63c199571ce384d930070574a8e2160bbfd6ef1a72b131cca497d6a
aarch64
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 7c11d207f621f590a21ce6c461e50f127fd02e3a729b13c296fa59a631738cbd
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 6e2029470a8cbaba9fee936dbac0d164916ba43c97555c15bb0e825ecb252b5e
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 6e2029470a8cbaba9fee936dbac0d164916ba43c97555c15bb0e825ecb252b5e
efivar-devel-36-11.el7_6.1.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f086f118be7caa113dab4fd4809080db0a2d0447d22a9b24e197b181ed8b7a80
efivar-libs-36-11.el7_6.1.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 21676e919761c0b65ee9a3c83b8424f1fc0d623cab10f8a74af4b5b29c992758

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6

SRPM
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 17d10429f63c199571ce384d930070574a8e2160bbfd6ef1a72b131cca497d6a
x86_64
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b362d9aaf0c861b33fca764a3ad6575c2498b373ff47c9b8ec7661c35482b105
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-devel-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a2edc80c88eef4a0b71f1413df52e367965a834ee9ea73af3f690941fc90afc9
efivar-libs-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 141ba2beaeeb519061be43920c6551d4f3c39224144d28f751e7abf64776b9c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 17d10429f63c199571ce384d930070574a8e2160bbfd6ef1a72b131cca497d6a
x86_64
efivar-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b362d9aaf0c861b33fca764a3ad6575c2498b373ff47c9b8ec7661c35482b105
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-debuginfo-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fa8f1ce4ed00ff5d935f96d62e21f6992f04ceda9c076847cede4429d719fe33
efivar-devel-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a2edc80c88eef4a0b71f1413df52e367965a834ee9ea73af3f690941fc90afc9
efivar-libs-36-11.el7_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 141ba2beaeeb519061be43920c6551d4f3c39224144d28f751e7abf64776b9c2

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