(RHSA-2023:0048) Moderate: grub2 security and bug fix update

The grub2 packages provide version 2 of the Grand Unified Boot Loader (GRUB), a highly configurable and customizable boot loader with modular architecture. The packages support a variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures, and hardware devices.

Security Fix(es):

• grub2: Buffer overflow in grub_font_construct_glyph() can lead to out-of-bound write and possible secure boot bypass (CVE-2022-2601)

• grub2: Heap based out-of-bounds write when redering certain unicode sequences (CVE-2022-3775)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

• [RHEL8.6][SecureBoot][Denali/P10] boot process stops at grub prompt after copying the signed grub to prep partition (BZ#2108049)