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[xen stable-4.16] tools/libxl: env variable to signal whether disk/nic backend is trusted



commit 6689cab2bcc066f063abe6ded0043f1eeb211207
Author:     Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed Aug 3 12:38:36 2022 +0200
Commit:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed Aug 3 12:38:36 2022 +0200

    tools/libxl: env variable to signal whether disk/nic backend is trusted
    
    Introduce support in libxl for fetching the default backend trusted
    option for disk and nic devices.
    
    Users can set LIBXL_{DISK,NIC}_BACKEND_UNTRUSTED environment variable
    to notify libxl of whether the backends for disk and nic devices
    should be trusted.  Such information is passed into the frontend so it
    can take the appropriate measures.
    
    This is part of XSA-403.
    
    Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 docs/man/xl.1.pod.in          | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 tools/libs/light/libxl_disk.c |  5 +++++
 tools/libs/light/libxl_nic.c  |  7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/man/xl.1.pod.in b/docs/man/xl.1.pod.in
index e2176bd696..45e1430aeb 100644
--- a/docs/man/xl.1.pod.in
+++ b/docs/man/xl.1.pod.in
@@ -1946,6 +1946,24 @@ shows the decimal value. For non-linear mode, it shows 
hexadecimal value.
 
 =back
 
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<LIBXL_DISK_BACKEND_UNTRUSTED>
+
+Set this environment variable to "1" to suggest to the guest that the disk
+backend shouldn't be trusted. If the variable is absent or set to "0", the
+backend will be trusted.
+
+=item B<LIBXL_NIC_BACKEND_UNTRUSTED>
+
+Set this environment variable to "1" to suggest to the guest that the network
+backend shouldn't be trusted. If the variable is absent or set to "0", the
+backend will be trusted.
+
+=back
+
 =head1 IGNORED FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH XM
 
 xl is mostly command-line compatible with the old xm utility used with
diff --git a/tools/libs/light/libxl_disk.c b/tools/libs/light/libxl_disk.c
index 93936d0dd0..67d1cc1857 100644
--- a/tools/libs/light/libxl_disk.c
+++ b/tools/libs/light/libxl_disk.c
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ static void device_disk_add(libxl__egc *egc, uint32_t domid,
     libxl_domain_config d_config;
     libxl_device_disk disk_saved;
     libxl__flock *lock = NULL;
+    const char *envvar;
 
     libxl_domain_config_init(&d_config);
     libxl_device_disk_init(&disk_saved);
@@ -395,6 +396,10 @@ static void device_disk_add(libxl__egc *egc, uint32_t 
domid,
         flexarray_append(front, GCSPRINTF("%d", device->devid));
         flexarray_append(front, "device-type");
         flexarray_append(front, disk->is_cdrom ? "cdrom" : "disk");
+        flexarray_append(front, "trusted");
+        envvar = getenv("LIBXL_DISK_BACKEND_UNTRUSTED");
+        /* Set "trusted=1" if envvar missing or is "0". */
+        flexarray_append(front, !envvar || !strcmp("0", envvar) ? "1" : "0");
 
         /*
          * Old PV kernel disk frontends before 2.6.26 rely on tool stack to
diff --git a/tools/libs/light/libxl_nic.c b/tools/libs/light/libxl_nic.c
index 0b9e70c9d1..f87890d1d6 100644
--- a/tools/libs/light/libxl_nic.c
+++ b/tools/libs/light/libxl_nic.c
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ static int libxl__set_xenstore_nic(libxl__gc *gc, uint32_t 
domid,
                                    flexarray_t *back, flexarray_t *front,
                                    flexarray_t *ro_front)
 {
+    const char *envvar;
+
     flexarray_grow(back, 2);
 
     if (nic->script)
@@ -255,6 +257,11 @@ static int libxl__set_xenstore_nic(libxl__gc *gc, uint32_t 
domid,
     flexarray_append(back, "hotplug-status");
     flexarray_append(back, "");
 
+    flexarray_append(front, "trusted");
+    envvar = getenv("LIBXL_NIC_BACKEND_UNTRUSTED");
+    /* Set "trusted=1" if envvar missing or is "0". */
+    flexarray_append(front, !envvar || !strcmp("0", envvar) ? "1" : "0");
+
     return 0;
 }
 
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