[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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