A grub2 bug fix and enhancement update has been released for Oracle Linux 8.

El-errata: ELBA-2020-3008 Oracle Linux 8 grub2 bug fix and enhancement update

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2020-3008

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2020-3008.html

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

x86_64:
grub2-common-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-modules-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-ia32-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-efi-ia32-modules-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-x64-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-efi-x64-cdboot-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-efi-x64-modules-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-pc-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-pc-modules-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-tools-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-efi-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
grub2-common-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-modules-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-ia32-modules-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-x64-modules-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-pc-modules-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
grub2-tools-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/grub2-2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[2.02-82.0.1.el8_2.1]
- 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]

[2.02-82.el8_2.1]
- Fix a segfault in grub2-editenv when attempting to shrink a variable
Resolves: rhbz#1836196