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<h1>Recommended update for ovmf</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-RU-2025:21004-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-11-18T23:11:50Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245454">bsc#1245454</a>
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247847">bsc#1247847</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0</li>
</ul>
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<p>An update that has two fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>Enable iSCSI boot support by default (bsc#1245454)<ul>
<li>OvmfPkg: Add NETWORK_ISCSI_DEFAULT_ENABLE build flag</li>
<li>Add build flag NETWORK_ISCSI_DEFAULT_ENABLE for x64 OVMF to enable iSCSI boot support by default</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Update firmware descriptors to remove tab whitespace (bsc#1247847)<ul>
<li>Replace tab whitespace with spaces in 50-ovmf-x86_64-sev.json</li>
<li>Replace tab whitespace with spaces in 50-ovmf-x86_64-sev-snp.json</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Update firmware descriptors for SEV-SNP and TDX (bsc#1247847)<ul>
<li>Add 50-ovmf-x86_64-sev-snp.json to support the 'amd-sev-snp' feature.</li>
<li>Remove the sev-snp feature from 50-ovmf-x86_64-sev.json.</li>
<li>Update the device in 60-ovmf-x86_64-tdx.json from 'pflash' to 'memory'.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-21=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-21=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ovmf-202502-160000.3.1</li>
<li>ovmf-tools-202502-160000.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>qemu-ovmf-x86_64-202502-160000.3.1</li>
<li>qemu-uefi-aarch64-202502-160000.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ovmf-debuginfo-202502-160000.3.1</li>
<li>ovmf-debugsource-202502-160000.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>ovmf-debuginfo-202502-160000.3.1</li>
<li>ovmf-debugsource-202502-160000.3.1</li>
<li>ovmf-202502-160000.3.1</li>
<li>ovmf-tools-202502-160000.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>qemu-ovmf-x86_64-202502-160000.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245454">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245454</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247847">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247847</a>
</li>
</ul>
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