diff --git a/hw/uefi/var-service-siglist.c b/hw/uefi/var-service-siglist.c
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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ *
+ * uefi vars device - parse and generate efi signature databases
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "system/dma.h"
+
+#include "hw/uefi/var-service.h"
+
+/*
+ * Add x509 certificate to list (with duplicate check).
+ */
+static void uefi_vars_siglist_add_x509(uefi_vars_siglist *siglist,
+                                       QemuUUID *owner,
+                                       void *data, uint64_t size)
+{
+    uefi_vars_cert *c;
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(c, &siglist->x509, next) {
+        if (c->size != size) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (memcmp(c->data, data, size) != 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    c = g_malloc(sizeof(*c) + size);
+    c->owner = *owner;
+    c->size = size;
+    memcpy(c->data, data, size);
+    QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&siglist->x509, c, next);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add sha256 hash to list (with duplicate check).
+ */
+static void uefi_vars_siglist_add_sha256(uefi_vars_siglist *siglist,
+                                         QemuUUID *owner,
+                                         void *data)
+{
+    uefi_vars_hash *h;
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(h, &siglist->sha256, next) {
+        if (memcmp(h->data, data, 32) != 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    h = g_malloc(sizeof(*h) + 32);
+    h->owner = *owner;
+    memcpy(h->data, data, 32);
+    QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&siglist->sha256, h, next);
+}
+
+void uefi_vars_siglist_init(uefi_vars_siglist *siglist)
+{
+    memset(siglist, 0, sizeof(*siglist));
+    QTAILQ_INIT(&siglist->x509);
+    QTAILQ_INIT(&siglist->sha256);
+}
+
+void uefi_vars_siglist_free(uefi_vars_siglist *siglist)
+{
+    uefi_vars_cert *c, *cs;
+    uefi_vars_hash *h, *hs;
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(c, &siglist->x509, next, cs) {
+        QTAILQ_REMOVE(&siglist->x509, c, next);
+        g_free(c);
+    }
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(h, &siglist->sha256, next, hs) {
+        QTAILQ_REMOVE(&siglist->sha256, h, next);
+        g_free(h);
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parse UEFI signature list.
+ */
+void uefi_vars_siglist_parse(uefi_vars_siglist *siglist,
+                             void *data, uint64_t size)
+{
+    efi_siglist *efilist;
+    uint64_t start;
+
+    while (size) {
+        if (size < sizeof(*efilist)) {
+            break;
+        }
+        efilist = data;
+        if (size < efilist->siglist_size) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (uadd64_overflow(sizeof(*efilist), efilist->header_size, &start)) {
+            break;
+        }
+        if (efilist->sig_size <= sizeof(QemuUUID)) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (qemu_uuid_is_equal(&efilist->guid_type, &EfiCertX509Guid)) {
+            if (start + efilist->sig_size != efilist->siglist_size) {
+                break;
+            }
+            uefi_vars_siglist_add_x509(siglist,
+                                       (QemuUUID *)(data + start),
+                                       data + start + sizeof(QemuUUID),
+                                       efilist->sig_size - sizeof(QemuUUID));
+
+        } else if (qemu_uuid_is_equal(&efilist->guid_type, &EfiCertSha256Guid)) {
+            if (efilist->sig_size != sizeof(QemuUUID) + 32) {
+                break;
+            }
+            if (start + efilist->sig_size > efilist->siglist_size) {
+                break;
+            }
+            while (start <= efilist->siglist_size - efilist->sig_size) {
+                uefi_vars_siglist_add_sha256(siglist,
+                                             (QemuUUID *)(data + start),
+                                             data + start + sizeof(QemuUUID));
+                start += efilist->sig_size;
+            }
+
+        } else {
+            QemuUUID be = qemu_uuid_bswap(efilist->guid_type);
+            char *str_uuid = qemu_uuid_unparse_strdup(&be);
+            warn_report("%s: unknown type (%s)", __func__, str_uuid);
+            g_free(str_uuid);
+        }
+
+        data += efilist->siglist_size;
+        size -= efilist->siglist_size;
+    }
+}
+
+uint64_t uefi_vars_siglist_blob_size(uefi_vars_siglist *siglist)
+{
+    uefi_vars_cert *c;
+    uefi_vars_hash *h;
+    uint64_t size = 0;
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(c, &siglist->x509, next) {
+        size += sizeof(efi_siglist) + sizeof(QemuUUID) + c->size;
+    }
+
+    if (!QTAILQ_EMPTY(&siglist->sha256)) {
+        size += sizeof(efi_siglist);
+        QTAILQ_FOREACH(h, &siglist->sha256, next) {
+            size += sizeof(QemuUUID) + 32;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return size;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Generate UEFI signature list.
+ */
+void uefi_vars_siglist_blob_generate(uefi_vars_siglist *siglist,
+                                     void *data, uint64_t size)
+{
+    uefi_vars_cert *c;
+    uefi_vars_hash *h;
+    efi_siglist *efilist;
+    uint64_t pos = 0, start;
+    uint32_t i;
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(c, &siglist->x509, next) {
+        efilist = data + pos;
+        efilist->guid_type = EfiCertX509Guid;
+        efilist->sig_size = sizeof(QemuUUID) + c->size;
+        efilist->header_size = 0;
+
+        start = pos + sizeof(efi_siglist);
+        memcpy(data + start,
+               &c->owner, sizeof(QemuUUID));
+        memcpy(data + start + sizeof(QemuUUID),
+               c->data, c->size);
+
+        efilist->siglist_size = sizeof(efi_siglist) + efilist->sig_size;
+        pos += efilist->siglist_size;
+    }
+
+    if (!QTAILQ_EMPTY(&siglist->sha256)) {
+        efilist = data + pos;
+        efilist->guid_type = EfiCertSha256Guid;
+        efilist->sig_size = sizeof(QemuUUID) + 32;
+        efilist->header_size = 0;
+
+        i = 0;
+        start = pos + sizeof(efi_siglist);
+        QTAILQ_FOREACH(h, &siglist->sha256, next) {
+            memcpy(data + start + efilist->sig_size * i,
+                   &h->owner, sizeof(QemuUUID));
+            memcpy(data + start + efilist->sig_size * i + sizeof(QemuUUID),
+                   h->data, 32);
+            i++;
+        }
+
+        efilist->siglist_size = sizeof(efi_siglist) + efilist->sig_size * i;
+        pos += efilist->siglist_size;
+    }
+
+    assert(pos == size);
+}
