bootloader-updates: automatic updates for the bootloader are enabled by default #779
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…by default Starting from F43, the `bootloader-update.service` is enabled by default.
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Thanks @rich-purnell - I think some of the flow here can be cleaned up but we can do that in a followup PR. |
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| hypervisors that support Secure Boot. An example reason to update the | ||
| bootloader is for https://eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/[the BootHole vulnerability]. | ||
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| At the moment, only the EFI system partition (i.e. not the BIOS MBR) can be updated by bootupd. |
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I think we update the MBR now too. @HuijingHei do you know?
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I think we update the MBR now too. @HuijingHei do you know?
Yes, you are right. Will update this later.
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Starting from F43, the
bootloader-update.serviceis enabled by default.Related commit: https://gitlab.com/fedora/bootc/base-images/-/commit/6af3341f8037c872985e5b0e8a92e9470b18ddb7