On Wed, 11 Mar 2026 at 19:30, Heinrich Schuchardt
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The value of buf->length comes from outside U-Boot and may be incorrect.
> We must avoid to overrun our internal buffer for excessive values.
>
> If buf->length is shorter than the variable file header, the variable
> file is invalid.
>
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Ilias Apalodimas <[email protected]>

>  lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c
> index 5ea1688dca3..c89a4fce4ff 100644
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c
> @@ -497,6 +497,8 @@ efi_status_t efi_var_restore(struct efi_var_file *buf, 
> bool safe)
>         efi_status_t ret;
>
>         if (buf->reserved || buf->magic != EFI_VAR_FILE_MAGIC ||
> +           buf->length > EFI_VAR_BUF_SIZE ||
> +           buf->length < sizeof(struct efi_var_file) ||
>             buf->crc32 != crc32(0, (u8 *)buf->var,
>                                 buf->length - sizeof(struct efi_var_file))) {
>                 log_err("Invalid EFI variables file\n");
> --
> 2.53.0
>

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