[PATCH] efi_loader: add missing EFI_CALL around tcg2 read_blocks calls

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Sun Feb 15 08:28:17 CET 2026


On 2/11/26 13:43, Vincent Stehlé wrote:
> The read_blocks() function from the Block IO protocol is a UEFI function;
> make sure to call it from within U-Boot using the EFI_CALL() macro.
> 
> To demonstrate the issue on an AArch64 machine, define the DEBUG macro in
> include/efi_loader.h and build u-boot with sandbox_defconfig, then download
> and uncompress the ACS-DT image [1], and finally execute the following
> command:
> 
>    $ ./u-boot -T -c " \
>        host bind 0 systemready-dt_acs_live_image.wic; \
>        setenv loadaddr 0x10000; \
>        load host 0 \${loadaddr} EFI/BOOT/Shell.efi; \
>        bootefi \${loadaddr} \${fdtcontroladdr}"
> 
> The following assertion should fail:
> 
>    lib/efi_loader/efi_net.c:858: efi_network_timer_notify: Assertion `__efi_entry_check()' failed.
> 
> This happens due to the following EFIAPI functions call chain:
> 
>    efi_start_image()
>      efi_disk_read_blocks()
>        (due to the missing EFI_CALL, entry_count == 2)
>        efi_network_timer_notify()
> 
> Link: https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-systemready/releases/download/v25.12_DT_3.1.1/systemready-dt_acs_live_image.wic.xz [1]
> Fixes: ce3dbc5d080d ("efi_loader: add UEFI GPT measurement")
> 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: Masahisa Kojima <kojima.masahisa at socionext.com>

Reviewed-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>

> ---
>   lib/efi_loader/efi_tcg2.c | 13 ++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_tcg2.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_tcg2.c
> index bdf78897d47..1860dc50238 100644
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_tcg2.c
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_tcg2.c
> @@ -1213,8 +1213,10 @@ tcg2_measure_gpt_data(struct udevice *dev,
>   		goto out2;
>   	}
>   
> -	ret = block_io->read_blocks(block_io, block_io->media->media_id, 1,
> -				    block_io->media->block_size, gpt_h);
> +	ret = EFI_CALL(block_io->read_blocks(block_io,
> +					     block_io->media->media_id, 1,
> +					     block_io->media->block_size,
> +					     gpt_h));
>   	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
>   		goto out2;
>   
> @@ -1227,9 +1229,10 @@ tcg2_measure_gpt_data(struct udevice *dev,
>   		goto out2;
>   	}
>   
> -	ret = block_io->read_blocks(block_io, block_io->media->media_id,
> -				    gpt_h->partition_entry_lba,
> -				    total_gpt_entry_size, entry);
> +	ret = EFI_CALL(block_io->read_blocks(block_io,
> +					     block_io->media->media_id,
> +					     gpt_h->partition_entry_lba,
> +					     total_gpt_entry_size, entry));
>   	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
>   		goto out2;
>   



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