On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 at 09:47, Leif Lindholm <leif@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 21:58:09 +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > Commit 9f9223778ef3 ("efi/libstub/arm: Make efi_entry() an ordinary
> > PE/COFF entrypoint") did some code refactoring to get rid of the
> > EFI entry point assembler code, and in the process, it got rid of the
> > assignment of image_addr to the value of _text. Instead, it switched
> > to using the image_base field of the efi_loaded_image struct provided
> > by UEFI, which should contain the same value.
> >
> > However, Michael reports that this is not the case: older GRUB builds
> > corrupt this value in some way, and since we can easily switch back to
> > referring to _text to discover this value, let's simply do that.
>
> It is not clear to me how "older GRUB builds" would differ here.
> I think more investigation is needed before making that claim.
> My suspicion is that some (old) version of non-upstream, shim-enabled
> distro-specific build is playing a part.
>
> So, do we have the option for more detailed investigations, or can we
> vague the claim up to say "some GRUB builds seen in the wild, based
> on an upstream 2.02" or suchlike?
>
I've queued a fix that prints a nastygram if the value deviates from
the expected one. Let's see if this triggers any reports.
