--- /dev/null
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jan Janssen <medhefgo@web.de>
+Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 18:35:19 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] boot: Read files in small chunks on broken firmware
+
+Fixes: #25911
+(cherry picked from commit f70f992273a7add1ec98a894ffadb1f1e43c0c31)
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Lamprecht <t.lamprecht@proxmox.com>
+---
+ src/boot/efi/boot.c | 2 +-
+ src/boot/efi/util.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
+ src/boot/efi/util.h | 1 +
+ 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/boot/efi/boot.c b/src/boot/efi/boot.c
+index 1f4a7dbc90..4592ff5fe8 100644
+--- a/src/boot/efi/boot.c
++++ b/src/boot/efi/boot.c
+@@ -2327,7 +2327,7 @@ static EFI_STATUS initrd_prepare(
+ return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
+ initrd = xrealloc(initrd, size, new_size);
+
+- err = handle->Read(handle, &read_size, initrd + size);
++ err = chunked_read(handle, &read_size, initrd + size);
+ if (err != EFI_SUCCESS)
+ return err;
+
+diff --git a/src/boot/efi/util.c b/src/boot/efi/util.c
+index 7a0d5c608f..66056f0f15 100644
+--- a/src/boot/efi/util.c
++++ b/src/boot/efi/util.c
+@@ -288,6 +288,44 @@ void mangle_stub_cmdline(char16_t *cmdline) {
+ }
+ }
+
++EFI_STATUS chunked_read(EFI_FILE *file, size_t *size, void *buf) {
++ EFI_STATUS err;
++
++ assert(file);
++ assert(size);
++ assert(buf);
++
++ /* This is a drop-in replacement for EFI_FILE->Read() with the same API behavior.
++ * Some broken firmwares cannot handle large file reads and will instead return
++ * an error. As a workaround, read such files in small chunks.
++ * Note that we cannot just try reading the whole file first on such firmware as
++ * that will permanently break the handle even if it is re-opened.
++ *
++ * https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/25911 */
++
++ if (*size == 0)
++ return EFI_SUCCESS;
++
++ size_t read = 0, remaining = *size;
++ while (remaining > 0) {
++ size_t chunk = MIN(1024U * 1024U, remaining);
++
++ err = file->Read(file, &chunk, (uint8_t *) buf + read);
++ if (err != EFI_SUCCESS)
++ return err;
++ if (chunk == 0)
++ /* Caller requested more bytes than are in file. */
++ break;
++
++ assert(chunk <= remaining);
++ read += chunk;
++ remaining -= chunk;
++ }
++
++ *size = read;
++ return EFI_SUCCESS;
++}
++
+ EFI_STATUS file_read(EFI_FILE *dir, const char16_t *name, UINTN off, UINTN size, char **ret, UINTN *ret_size) {
+ _cleanup_(file_closep) EFI_FILE *handle = NULL;
+ _cleanup_free_ char *buf = NULL;
+@@ -321,13 +359,11 @@ EFI_STATUS file_read(EFI_FILE *dir, const char16_t *name, UINTN off, UINTN size,
+ UINTN extra = size % sizeof(char16_t) + sizeof(char16_t);
+
+ buf = xmalloc(size + extra);
+- if (size > 0) {
+- err = handle->Read(handle, &size, buf);
+- if (err != EFI_SUCCESS)
+- return err;
+- }
++ err = chunked_read(handle, &size, buf);
++ if (err != EFI_SUCCESS)
++ return err;
+
+- /* Note that handle->Read() changes size to reflect the actually bytes read. */
++ /* Note that chunked_read() changes size to reflect the actual bytes read. */
+ memset(buf + size, 0, extra);
+
+ *ret = TAKE_PTR(buf);
+diff --git a/src/boot/efi/util.h b/src/boot/efi/util.h
+index 9f8439480e..565f517d55 100644
+--- a/src/boot/efi/util.h
++++ b/src/boot/efi/util.h
+@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ void convert_efi_path(char16_t *path);
+ char16_t *xstr8_to_path(const char *stra);
+ void mangle_stub_cmdline(char16_t *cmdline);
+
++EFI_STATUS chunked_read(EFI_FILE *file, size_t *size, void *buf);
+ EFI_STATUS file_read(EFI_FILE *dir, const char16_t *name, UINTN off, UINTN size, char **content, UINTN *content_size);
+
+ static inline void file_closep(EFI_FILE **handle) {