[[PATCH v3]] xen/guest_access: Harden *copy_to_guest_offset() to prevent const dest operand

[Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>]

From: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>

At the moment, *copy_to_guest_offset() will allow the hypervisor to copy
data to guest handle marked const.

Thankfully, no users of the helper will do that. Rather than hoping this
can be caught during review, harden copy_to_guest_offset() so the build
will fail if such users are introduced.

There is no easy way to check whether a const is NULL in C99. The
approach used is to introduce an unused variable that is non-const and
assign the handle. If the handle were const, this would fail at build
because without an explicit cast, it is not possible to assign a const
variable to a non-const variable.

Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
    Changes in v3:
        - Reduce the length of the comments and move it within the
        macro.

    Changes in v2:
        - Use a void * variable to check the handle is not const.
---
 xen/include/asm-arm/guest_access.h | 4 ++++
 xen/include/asm-x86/guest_access.h | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xen/include/asm-arm/guest_access.h 
b/xen/include/asm-arm/guest_access.h
index 8997a1cbfe..97cf3384f1 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-arm/guest_access.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-arm/guest_access.h
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ int access_guest_memory_by_ipa(struct domain *d, paddr_t ipa, 
void *buf,
 #define copy_to_guest_offset(hnd, off, ptr, nr) ({      \
     const typeof(*(ptr)) *_s = (ptr);                   \
     char (*_d)[sizeof(*_s)] = (void *)(hnd).p;          \
+    /* Check if the handle is not const */              \
+    void *__maybe_unused _t = (hnd).p;                  \
     ((void)((hnd).p == (ptr)));                         \
     raw_copy_to_guest(_d+(off), _s, sizeof(*_s)*(nr));  \
 })
@@ -127,6 +129,8 @@ int access_guest_memory_by_ipa(struct domain *d, paddr_t 
ipa, void *buf,
 #define __copy_to_guest_offset(hnd, off, ptr, nr) ({    \
     const typeof(*(ptr)) *_s = (ptr);                   \
     char (*_d)[sizeof(*_s)] = (void *)(hnd).p;          \
+    /* Check if the handle is not const */              \
+    void *__maybe_unused _t = (hnd).p;                  \
     ((void)((hnd).p == (ptr)));                         \
     __raw_copy_to_guest(_d+(off), _s, sizeof(*_s)*(nr));\
 })
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/guest_access.h 
b/xen/include/asm-x86/guest_access.h
index ca700c959a..6f5107951c 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/guest_access.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/guest_access.h
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
 #define copy_to_guest_offset(hnd, off, ptr, nr) ({      \
     const typeof(*(ptr)) *_s = (ptr);                   \
     char (*_d)[sizeof(*_s)] = (void *)(hnd).p;          \
+    /* Check if the handle is not const */              \
+    void *__maybe_unused _t = (hnd).p;                  \
     ((void)((hnd).p == (ptr)));                         \
     raw_copy_to_guest(_d+(off), _s, sizeof(*_s)*(nr));  \
 })
@@ -137,6 +139,8 @@
 #define __copy_to_guest_offset(hnd, off, ptr, nr) ({    \
     const typeof(*(ptr)) *_s = (ptr);                   \
     char (*_d)[sizeof(*_s)] = (void *)(hnd).p;          \
+    /* Check if the handle is not const */              \
+    void *__maybe_unused _t = (hnd).p;                  \
     ((void)((hnd).p == (ptr)));                         \
     __raw_copy_to_guest(_d+(off), _s, sizeof(*_s)*(nr));\
 })
-- 
2.17.1