This update for grub2 fixes the following issues:
* CVE-2024-56738: Fixed side-channel attack due to not constant-time algorithm
in grub_crypto_memcmp (bsc#1234959)
## 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 15.5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2706=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-2706=1
* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
* grub2-branding-upstream-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-debuginfo-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 s390x x86_64 i586)
* grub2-debugsource-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
* grub2-x86_64-xen-extras-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-arm64-efi-extras-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-i386-pc-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-x86_64-xen-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-x86_64-efi-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-x86_64-xen-debug-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-s390x-emu-extras-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-x86_64-efi-extras-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-i386-efi-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-snapper-plugin-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-extras-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-i386-pc-debug-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-i386-efi-debug-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-i386-pc-extras-2.06-150500.29.53.1
* grub2-i386-xen-2.06-150500.29.53.1
*...
Read the Full Advisory* bsc#1234959
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56738.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234959
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