A grub2 bug fix and enhancement update (aarch64) has been released for Oracle Linux 7.

El-errata: ELBA-2022-4640 Oracle Linux 7 grub2 bug fix and enhancement update (aarch64)

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2022-4640

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2022-4640.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

aarch64:
grub2-2.02-0.87.0.12.el7_9.9.aarch64.rpm
grub2-common-2.02-0.87.0.12.el7_9.9.noarch.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-2.02-0.87.0.12.el7_9.9.aarch64.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot-2.02-0.87.0.12.el7_9.9.aarch64.rpm
grub2-efi-aa64-modules-2.02-0.87.0.12.el7_9.9.noarch.rpm
grub2-tools-2.02-0.87.0.12.el7_9.9.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-extra-2.02-0.87.0.12.el7_9.9.aarch64.rpm
grub2-tools-minimal-2.02-0.87.0.12.el7_9.9.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates/grub2-2.02-0.87.0.12.el7_9.9.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[2.02-0.87.0.12.el7_9.9]
- Restore versioned certificate provide for aarch64 package to satisfy shim [Orabug: 32670043]
- Enable common subpackage for aarch64
- Disable RHEL patch 0183-efinet-retransmit-if-our-device-is-busy.patch to comply with UEFI spec [Orabug: 27982684]
- Do not sign aarch64 efi binaries [Orabug: 32670043]
- Remove aarch64 deps on shim [Orabug: 32670043]
- xfs: Don't attempt to iterate over empty directory [Orabug: 32584717]
- add SBAT metadata for Oracle Linux grub2
- Use similar format for menu entry in grub environment block
- config file. [Orabug: 32172943]
- Fix degradation in multiboot2 code [Orabug: 32069510]
- Update signing certificate for efi binaries
- Update upstream references [Orabug: 30138841]
- Restore symlink to grub environment file, that was removed during grub2-efi update
if grub2 package is also installed on UEFI machines [Orabug: 27345750]
- fix symlink removal scriptlet, to be executed only on removal [Orabug: 19231481]
- Fix comparison in patch for [Orabug: 18504756]
- Remove symlink to grub environment file during uninstall on EFI platforms [Orabug: 19231481]
- replace dynamic EFI boot folder path generation with predefined 'redhat' (Alex Burmashev)
- Put "with" in menuentry instead of "using" [Orabug: 18504756]
- Use different titles for UEK and RHCK kernels [Orabug: 18504756]

[2.02-087.e7.9]
- Bump for signing
- Resolves: #1892860

[2.02-0.87.e7.8]
- Fix accidental reboot in grub_exit
- Resolves: #1892860

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