Issued:
2015-03-05
Updated:
2015-03-05

RHBA-2015:0433 - efibootmgr bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

efibootmgr bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • efibootmgr-0.8.0-5.el7.src.rpm
  • efibootmgr-0.8.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • efivar-devel-0.11-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • efibootmgr-debuginfo-0.8.0-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • efivar-0.11-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • efivar-0.11-1.el7.src.rpm
  • efivar-debuginfo-0.11-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • efivar-libs-0.11-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

Additional information