[El-errata] ELSA-2020-0335 Moderate: Oracle Linux 8 grub2 security update

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Fri Feb 7 19:24:35 PST 2020


Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2020-0335

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-0335.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
grub2-common-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-modules-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-ia32-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-efi-ia32-modules-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-x64-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-efi-x64-cdboot-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-efi-x64-modules-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-pc-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-pc-modules-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-tools-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-efi-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
grub2-common-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-modules-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-ia32-modules-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-x64-modules-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-pc-modules-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-tools-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/grub2-2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[2.02-78.0.3.el8_1.1]
- honor /etc/sysconfig/kernel DEFAULTKERNEL setting for BLS [Orabug: 
30643497]
- set EFIDIR as redhat for additional grub2 tools [Orabug: 29875597]
- Update upstream references [Orabug: 26388226]
- Copy symvers.gz to /boot during kernel install [Orabug: 29773086]
- Insert Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel text into BLS config file 
[Orabug: 29417955]
- fix symlink removal scriptlet, to be executed only on removal [Orabug: 
19231481]
- Fix comparison in patch for 18504756
- Remove symlink to grub environment file during uninstall on EFI 
platforms [Orabug: 19231481]
- update Oracle Linux certificates (Alexey Petrenko)
- Put "with" in menuentry instead of "using" [Orabug: 18504756]
- Use different titles for UEK and RHCK kernels [Orabug: 18504756]

[2.02-78.el8_1.1]
- grub-set-bootflag: Write new env to tmpfile and then rename (hdegoede)
Resolves: CVE-2019-14865





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