[PATCH 1/2] efi_loader: fix specific LoadImage() return code

Vincent Stehlé vincent.stehle at arm.com
Mon Feb 16 12:30:16 CET 2026


When the LoadImage() UEFI function is called with both its SourceBuffer and
DevicePath input arguments equal to NULL, it must return EFI_NOT_FOUND [1].
However, it does return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER instead; fix it.

Link: https://uefi.org/specs/UEFI/2.11/07_Services_Boot_Services.html#efi-boot-services-loadimage [1]
Reported-by: Sathisha Shivaramappa <sathisha.shivaramappa at arm.com>
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>
---
 lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
index b424d924896..de57823bd44 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
@@ -2096,8 +2096,12 @@ efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_load_image(bool boot_policy,
 	EFI_ENTRY("%d, %p, %pD, %p, %zu, %p", boot_policy, parent_image,
 		  file_path, source_buffer, source_size, image_handle);
 
-	if (!image_handle || (!source_buffer && !file_path) ||
-	    !efi_search_obj(parent_image) ||
+	if (!source_buffer && !file_path) {
+		ret = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	if (!image_handle || !efi_search_obj(parent_image) ||
 	    /* The parent image handle must refer to a loaded image */
 	    !parent_image->type) {
 		ret = EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
-- 
2.51.0



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