[PATCH] efi_loader: fix efi_debug_image_info_normal allocation
Heinrich Schuchardt
heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com
Fri Feb 6 09:55:03 CET 2026
On 2/3/26 13:59, Vincent Stehlé wrote:
> When adding a new EFI Debug Image Info entry, we allocate memory for a new
> EFI Debug Image Info Normal structure and we add a new entry into the EFI
> Debug Image Info Table, which is in fact just a pointer to the allocated
> structure.
>
> However, when allocating memory for the new structure we allocate memory
> for the wrong type, leading to allocating memory for just a pointer instead
> of the desired structure.
>
> Fix the type used during allocation.
>
> Fixes: 146546138af5 ("efi: add EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO for debug")
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Stehlé <vincent.stehle at arm.com>
> Cc: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
> Cc: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>
> Cc: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
> Cc: Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) <paul.liu at linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>
> ---
> lib/efi_loader/efi_debug_support.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_debug_support.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_debug_support.c
> index 490b0bb7088..8d0c133871e 100644
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_debug_support.c
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_debug_support.c
> @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_core_new_debug_image_info_entry(u32 image_info_type,
>
> /* Allocate data for new entry. */
> ret = efi_allocate_pool(EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA,
> - sizeof(union efi_debug_image_info),
> + sizeof(struct efi_debug_image_info_normal),
> (void **)(&(*table)[index].normal_image));
> if (ret == EFI_SUCCESS && (*table)[index].normal_image) {
> /* Update the entry. */
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