Issued:

2011-05-19

Updated:

2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0674 - efibootmgr bug fix update

Synopsis

efibootmgr bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated efibootmgr package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

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

This update fixes the following bug:

• Due to missing support for 4KB disk sectors, an attempt to use the efibootmgr utility to create a boot option on such a device caused the utility to fail with the following error message:

  Error: no partition information on disk [device]. Cowardly refusing to create a boot option.

This update adapts the efibootmgr utility to provide support for 4KB disk sectors, resolving this issue. (BZ#612280)

All users of efibootmgr are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• efibootmgr-0.5.4-9.el6.src.rpm
• efibootmgr-debuginfo-0.5.4-9.el6.x86_64.rpm
• efibootmgr-0.5.4-9.el6.i686.rpm
• efibootmgr-0.5.4-9.el6.x86_64.rpm
• efibootmgr-debuginfo-0.5.4-9.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 612280

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.