Issued:
2018-10-30
Updated:
2018-10-30

RHEA-2018:3171 - efibootmgr enhancement update

Synopsis

efibootmgr enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory None

Topic

An update for efibootmgr is 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.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of efibootmgr are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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

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

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 647aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • efibootmgr-17-2.el7.aarch64.rpm
  • efibootmgr-17-2.el7.src.rpm
  • efibootmgr-debuginfo-17-2.el7.aarch64.rpm
  • efibootmgr-debuginfo-17-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • efibootmgr-17-2.el7.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

Additional information