[Bug 2130774] [NEW] chainloader fails due to peimage.

[jichan]

Public bug reported:

The command chainloader /efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi fails due to the PE image.
The error log says: “error: malformed EFI Device Path node has length=0.”

A script that can reproduce this issue with QEMU is available at:
https://github.com/jclab-joseph/grub2-peimage-issue

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  chainloader fails due to peimage.

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The command chainloader /efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi fails due to the PE image.
  The error log says: “error: malformed EFI Device Path node has length=0.”

  A script that can reproduce this issue with QEMU is available at:
  https://github.com/jclab-joseph/grub2-peimage-issue

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