diff --git a/sections/cper-section-ipf.c b/sections/cper-section-ipf.c
index a50cfab..2cf6f13 100644
--- a/sections/cper-section-ipf.c
+++ b/sections/cper-section-ipf.c
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@
 json_object *cper_ipf_mod_error_to_ir(EFI_IPF_MOD_ERROR_INFO *mod_error);
 
 //Converts a single Intel IPF error CPER section into JSON IR.
-json_object *cper_section_ipf_to_ir(const void *section)
+json_object *cper_section_ipf_to_ir(const UINT8 *section, UINT32 size)
 {
+	if (size < sizeof(EFI_IPF_ERROR_INFO_HEADER)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	EFI_IPF_ERROR_INFO_HEADER *ipf_error =
 		(EFI_IPF_ERROR_INFO_HEADER *)section;
 	json_object *section_ir = json_object_new_object();