RHEA-2022:7971 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An update for edk2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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 for x86_64 9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.2 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 2021116 - [RFE] update variable locking
• BZ - 2022381 - uefi: booting from http/1.0 server fails
• BZ - 2026132 - RFE: set default video resolution to a more sensible modern size like 1280x800 (WXGA)
• BZ - 2056910 - [rebase] update edk2 to feb '22 release (edk2-stable202202xx)
• BZ - 2074831 - rebase edk2 to May 2022 release (edk2-stable202205)
• BZ - 2074843 - edk2: sync openssl sources with rhel openssl rpm [rhel.9.1]
• BZ - 2087220 - VNC display show "Guest has not initialized the display" when using ramfb + ovmf
• BZ - 2090752 - Add RHEL 8.5, 8,6 and 9.x machine types to firmware descriptor files 50-edk2-ovmf-{amdsev,cc}.json
• BZ - 2111567 - EDK2 build stuck with qemu-kvm-7.0.0-8.el9 or newer

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.1_release_notes/index