More than two years after the release of GRUB 2.12, GRUB 2.14 shipped today as the newest feature release of this widely-used bootloader on Linux systems and elsewhere.
GRUB 2.14 adds support for the EROFS read-only file-system, LVM support enhancements, NX support for EFI platforms, shim loader protocol support, Argon2 KDF support, supporting dates beyond Year 2038, Zstdio decompression support, EFI improvements, and more. GRUB 2.14 is yet another heavy release in incorporating more than two years worth of improvements.
The NEWS file for GRUB 2.14 notes the release highlights as:
* libgcrypt 1.11.
* LVM LV integrity and cachevol support.
* EROFS support.
* GRUB environment block inside the Btrfs header support.
* NX support for EFI platforms.
* shim loader protocol support.
* BLS and UKI support.
* Argon2 KDF support.
* TPM2 key protector support.
* Appended Signature Secure Boot Support for PowerPC.
* New option to block command line interface.
* Support dates outside of 1901..2038 range.
* zstdio decompression support.
* EFI code improvements and fixes.
* TPM driver fixes.
* Filesystems fixes.
* CVE and Coverity fixes.
* Tests improvements.
* Documentation improvements.
* … and tons of other fixes and cleanups…
The brief GRUB 2.14 release announcement can be read on the mailing list.
