SUSE-RU-2026:1473-1: important: Recommended update for grub2

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# Recommended update for grub2

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2026:1473-1  
Release Date: 2026-04-20T09:32:11Z  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1249385
  * bsc#1259543

  
Affected Products:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

  
  
An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for grub2 fixes the following issues:

  * Fix PowerPC network boot prefix to correctly locate grub.cfg (bsc#1249385)
    * use net config for boot location instead of
  * Fix double free in xen booting if root filesystem is Btrfs (bsc#1259543)
    * btrfs: add ability to boot from subvolumes
    * btrfs: get default subvolume

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.6  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1473=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-1473=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-1473=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    * grub2-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-branding-upstream-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-debuginfo-2.12-150600.8.52.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    * grub2-debugsource-2.12-150600.8.52.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
    * grub2-i386-pc-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-snapper-plugin-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-i386-xen-debug-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-extras-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-i386-efi-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-x86_64-efi-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-arm64-efi-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-debug-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-x86_64-efi-debug-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-i386-xen-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-s390x-emu-extras-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-x86_64-efi-extras-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-i386-efi-extras-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-x86_64-xen-debug-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-i386-xen-extras-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-arm64-efi-debug-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-i386-pc-extras-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-i386-efi-debug-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-arm64-efi-extras-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-i386-pc-debug-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-x86_64-xen-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-x86_64-xen-extras-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.12-150600.8.52.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (s390x)
    * grub2-s390x-emu-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-s390x-emu-debug-2.12-150600.8.52.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * grub2-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-debuginfo-2.12-150600.8.52.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (noarch)
    * grub2-arm64-efi-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-i386-pc-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-snapper-plugin-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-x86_64-efi-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-x86_64-xen-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.12-150600.8.52.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    * grub2-debugsource-2.12-150600.8.52.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (s390x)
    * grub2-s390x-emu-2.12-150600.8.52.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
    * grub2-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-debuginfo-2.12-150600.8.52.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (noarch)
    * grub2-i386-pc-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-snapper-plugin-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-x86_64-efi-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-x86_64-xen-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.12-150600.8.52.1
    * grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.12-150600.8.52.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (x86_64)
    * grub2-debugsource-2.12-150600.8.52.1

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249385
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259543

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