2 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.uni b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.uni
index 301d8797ff..3947d01b53 100644
--- a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.uni
+++ b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.uni
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // *++
 //
 // (C) Copyright 2013-2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.<BR>
-// Copyright (c) 2009 - 2015, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. <BR>
+// Copyright (c) 2009 - 2016, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. <BR>
 // This program and the accompanying materials
 // are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
 // which accompanies this distribution. The full text of the license may be found at
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@
 #string STR_VER_OUTPUT_MAIN_UEFI      #language en-US "UEFI v%d.%02d (%s, 0x%08x)\r\n"
 
 #string STR_SHELL_NO_IN_EX            #language en-US "No SimpleTextInputEx was found. CTRL-based features are not usable.\r\n"
+
+#string STR_SHELL_IMAGE_NOT_APP       #language en-US "The image is not an application.\r\n"
+
diff --git a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellProtocol.c b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellProtocol.c
index 17c30029e4..dc65b7d09a 100644
--- a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellProtocol.c
+++ b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellProtocol.c
@@ -1441,6 +1441,7 @@ InternalShellExecuteDevicePath(
   }
 
   InitializeListHead(&OrigEnvs);
+  ZeroMem(&ShellParamsProtocol, sizeof(EFI_SHELL_PARAMETERS_PROTOCOL));
 
   NewHandle = NULL;
   
@@ -1483,6 +1484,20 @@ InternalShellExecuteDevicePath(
     EFI_OPEN_PROTOCOL_GET_PROTOCOL);
 
   if (!EFI_ERROR(Status)) {
+    //
+    // If the image is not an app abort it.
+    //
+    if (LoadedImage->ImageCodeType != EfiLoaderCode){
+      ShellPrintHiiEx(
+        -1, 
+        -1, 
+        NULL,
+        STRING_TOKEN (STR_SHELL_IMAGE_NOT_APP),
+        ShellInfoObject.HiiHandle
+      );
+      goto UnloadImage;
+    }
+
     ASSERT(LoadedImage->LoadOptionsSize == 0);
     if (NewCmdLine != NULL) {
       LoadedImage->LoadOptionsSize  = (UINT32)StrSize(NewCmdLine);