[PATCH 3/4] efi_loader: bootmgr: install the firmware-owned devicetree

Carlo Caione ccaione at baylibre.com
Mon Jul 6 17:06:44 CEST 2026


SystemReady IR boots through the UEFI boot manager, which does not go
through the per-device EFI bootmeth, so hooking the bootmeth alone
would leave the boot-manager path (including autoboot) on the control
devicetree.

Consume the firmware-FDT source in efi_bootmgr_run() too, so the
firmware-owned devicetree is installed via efi_install_fdt() regardless
of which EFI launch path is taken.

The firmware-owned devicetree is tried before the Boot#### load-option
FDT, so a stale or broken load option can neither override nor block a
configured (and possibly signed) firmware devicetree. As a side effect,
a devicetree passed directly to efi_bootmgr_run() now also outranks the
load-option FDT, which previously overrode it: an explicitly supplied
devicetree is the operator's immediate intent, and stored boot options
must not replace it.

Signed-off-by: Carlo Caione <ccaione at baylibre.com>
---
 lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
index 8c9a9b5eb56..8835891c003 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <efi.h>
 #include <efi_device_path.h>
 #include <env.h>
+#include <firmware_fdt.h>
 #include <log.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <net.h>
@@ -1296,7 +1297,9 @@ out:
  *
  * Invoke EFI boot manager and execute a binary depending on
  * boot options. If @fdt is not NULL, it will be passed to
- * the executed binary.
+ * the executed binary. Otherwise a configured firmware-owned
+ * devicetree source takes precedence over both a Boot#### load
+ * option FDT and the distro one.
  *
  * Return:	status code
  */
@@ -1305,7 +1308,8 @@ efi_status_t efi_bootmgr_run(void *fdt)
 	efi_handle_t handle;
 	void *load_options;
 	efi_status_t ret;
-	void *fdt_lo, *fdt_distro = NULL;
+	struct firmware_fdt fw = { 0 };
+	void *fdt_lo = NULL, *fdt_distro = NULL;
 	efi_uintn_t fdt_size;
 
 	/* Initialize EFI drivers */
@@ -1320,11 +1324,40 @@ efi_status_t efi_bootmgr_run(void *fdt)
 	}
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_GENERATE_ACPI_TABLE)) {
-		ret = load_fdt_from_load_option(&fdt_lo);
-		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
-			return ret;
-		if (fdt_lo)
-			fdt = fdt_lo;
+		/*
+		 * Prefer a firmware-owned devicetree (EBBR) over both the
+		 * Boot#### load-option FDT and the distro/ESP one, and try it
+		 * first, so a configured (and, in secure mode, signed)
+		 * firmware DT can neither be overridden nor blocked by a
+		 * stale or broken load-option FDT. An FDT explicitly passed
+		 * to efi_bootmgr_run() (e.g. "bootefi bootmgr <addr>") still
+		 * wins. Fail closed: a configured source that cannot be
+		 * assembled ends the boot rather than falling back to an
+		 * unverified devicetree.
+		 */
+		if (!fdt && CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(BOOTSTD_FIRMWARE_FDT)) {
+			int err;
+
+			err = firmware_fdt_load(&fw);
+			if (!err) {
+				fdt = fw.fdt;
+				log_debug("Using firmware-owned devicetree\n");
+			} else if (err != -ENOENT) {
+				log_err("Failed to assemble the firmware devicetree (err %d)\n",
+					err);
+				ret = EFI_LOAD_ERROR;
+				goto out;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!fdt) {
+			ret = load_fdt_from_load_option(&fdt_lo);
+			if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
+				return ret;
+			if (fdt_lo)
+				fdt = fdt_lo;
+		}
+
 		if (!fdt) {
 			efi_load_distro_fdt(handle, &fdt_distro, &fdt_size);
 			fdt = fdt_distro;
@@ -1337,7 +1370,10 @@ efi_status_t efi_bootmgr_run(void *fdt)
 	 */
 	ret = efi_install_fdt(fdt);
 
+out:
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_GENERATE_ACPI_TABLE)) {
+		/* efi_install_fdt() has copied the devicetree */
+		firmware_fdt_free(&fw);
 		free(fdt_lo);
 		if (fdt_distro)
 			efi_free_pages((uintptr_t)fdt_distro,

-- 
2.55.0



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