[PATCH] efi_loader: fix ecpt size computation

Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com
Wed Feb 11 10:56:30 CET 2026


On 2/11/26 10:33, Vincent Stehlé wrote:
> The size of the memory allocated for the EFI Conformance Profiles Table is
> computed with `num_entries' always equal to zero, which is incorrect when
> CONFIG_EFI_EBBR_2_1_CONFORMANCE is enabled.
> 
> This can be verified by allocating the ECPT memory with malloc() instead of
> efi_allocate_pool(), building u-boot with sandbox_defconfig and
> CONFIG_VALGRIND=y, and by finally running the following command:
> 
>    valgrind --suppressions=scripts/u-boot.supp \
>      ./u-boot -T -c 'efidebug tables'
> 
> Fix this by using an array of the supported profiles GUIDs instead, which
> should also be easier to extend in the future.

Thank you Vincent for this patch.

Maybe mention in the commit message that U-Boot should publish all 
supported EBBR revisions.

> 
> Fixes: 6b92c1735205 ("efi: Create ECPT table")
> 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: Jose Marinho <jose.marinho at arm.com>
> ---
>   lib/efi_loader/efi_conformance.c | 18 +++++++++---------
>   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_conformance.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_conformance.c
> index 2bae93a94bd..9768b5ae824 100644
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_conformance.c
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_conformance.c
> @@ -13,8 +13,12 @@
>   #include <malloc.h>
>   
>   static const efi_guid_t efi_ecpt_guid = EFI_CONFORMANCE_PROFILES_TABLE_GUID;
> -static const efi_guid_t efi_ebbr_2_1_guid =
> -	EFI_CONFORMANCE_PROFILE_EBBR_2_1_GUID;
> +
> +static const efi_guid_t profiles[] = {

As profiles[] is not used outside efi_ecpt_register(), there is no need 
to make it a static variable.

Otherwise looks good to me.

Best regards

Heinrich


> +#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(EFI_EBBR_2_1_CONFORMANCE)
> +	EFI_CONFORMANCE_PROFILE_EBBR_2_1_GUID,
> +#endif
> +};
>   
>   /**
>    * efi_ecpt_register() - Install the ECPT system table.
> @@ -23,12 +27,11 @@ static const efi_guid_t efi_ebbr_2_1_guid =
>    */
>   efi_status_t efi_ecpt_register(void)
>   {
> -	u16 num_entries = 0;
>   	struct efi_conformance_profiles_table *ecpt;
>   	efi_status_t ret;
>   	size_t ecpt_size;
>   
> -	ecpt_size = num_entries * sizeof(efi_guid_t)
> +	ecpt_size = sizeof(profiles)
>   		+ sizeof(struct efi_conformance_profiles_table);
>   	ret = efi_allocate_pool(EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA, ecpt_size,
>   				(void **)&ecpt);
> @@ -39,12 +42,9 @@ efi_status_t efi_ecpt_register(void)
>   		return ret;
>   	}
>   
> -	if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(EFI_EBBR_2_1_CONFORMANCE))
> -		guidcpy(&ecpt->conformance_profiles[num_entries++],
> -			&efi_ebbr_2_1_guid);
> -
> +	memcpy(ecpt->conformance_profiles, profiles, sizeof(profiles));
>   	ecpt->version = EFI_CONFORMANCE_PROFILES_TABLE_VERSION;
> -	ecpt->number_of_profiles = num_entries;
> +	ecpt->number_of_profiles = ARRAY_SIZE(profiles);
>   
>   	/* Install the ECPT in the system configuration table. */
>   	ret = efi_install_configuration_table(&efi_ecpt_guid, (void *)ecpt);



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