[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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