File shim-bsc1185232-relax-loadoptions-length-check.patch of Package shim-susesigned

From 795c62cb023886d39f1ee15977dc3194e01da57f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gary Lin <glin@suse.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 17:02:31 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] shim: don't fail on the odd LoadOptions length

Some firmware feeds the LoadOptions with an odd length when booting from
an USB device(*). We should only skip this kind of LoadOptions, not fail
it, or the user won't be able to boot the system from USB or CD-ROM.

(*) https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185232#c62

Signed-off-by: Gary Lin <glin@suse.com>
---
 shim.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/shim.c b/shim.c
index c5cfbb83..dd563cf6 100644
--- a/shim.c
+++ b/shim.c
@@ -1411,9 +1411,16 @@ EFI_STATUS set_second_stage (EFI_HANDLE image_handle)
 		return efi_status;
 	}
 
-	/* Sanity check since we make several assumptions about the length */
+	/* Sanity check since we make several assumptions about the length
+	 * Some firmware feeds the following load option when booting from
+	 * an USB device:
+	 *
+	 *    0x46 0x4a 0x00 |FJ.|
+	 *
+	 * The string is meaningless for shim and so just ignore it.
+	 * */
 	if (li->LoadOptionsSize % 2 != 0)
-		return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+		return EFI_SUCCESS;
 
 	/* So, load options are a giant pain in the ass.  If we're invoked
 	 * from the EFI shell, we get something like this:
-- 
2.31.1

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