rust: pin-init: fix incorrect accessor reference lifetime

When a field has been initialized, `init!`/`pin_init!` create a reference
or pinned reference to the field so it can be accessed later during the
initialization of other fields. However, the reference it created is
incorrectly `&'static` rather than just the scope of the initializer.

This means that you can do

    init!(Foo {
        a: 1,
        _: {
            let b: &'static u32 = a;
        }
    })

which is unsound.

This is caused by `&mut (*#slot).#ident`, which actually allows arbitrary
lifetime, so this is effectively `'static`. Somewhat ironically, the safety
justification of creating the accessor is.. "SAFETY: TODO".

Fix it by adding `let_binding` method on `DropGuard` to shorten lifetime.
This results in exactly what we want for these accessors. The safety and
invariant comments of `DropGuard` have been reworked; instead of reasoning
about what caller can do with the guard, express it in a way that the
ownership is transferred to the guard and `forget` takes it back, so the
unsafe operations within the `DropGuard` can be more easily justified.

Fixes: 42415d163e ("rust: pin-init: add references to previously initialized fields")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260427-pin-init-fix-v3-2-496a699674dd@garyguo.net
[ Reworded for missing word. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

rust/pin-init/internal/src/init.rs

@@ -249,18 +249,6 @@ fn init_fields(
                 });
                 // Again span for better diagnostics
                 let write = quote_spanned!(ident.span()=> ::core::ptr::write);
-                let accessor = if pinned {
-                    let project_ident = format_ident!("__project_{ident}");
-                    quote! {
-                        // SAFETY: TODO
-                        unsafe { #data.#project_ident(&mut (*#slot).#ident) }
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    quote! {
-                        // SAFETY: TODO
-                        unsafe { &mut (*#slot).#ident }
-                    }
-                };
                 quote! {
                     #(#attrs)*
                     {
@@ -268,21 +256,12 @@ fn init_fields(
                         // SAFETY: TODO
                         unsafe { #write(&raw mut (*#slot).#ident, #value_ident) };
                     }
-                    #(#cfgs)*
-                    #[allow(unused_variables)]
-                    let #ident = #accessor;
                 }
             }
             InitializerKind::Init { ident, value, .. } => {
                 // Again span for better diagnostics
                 let init = format_ident!("init", span = value.span());
-                // NOTE: the field accessor ensures that the initialized field is properly aligned.
+                let value_init = if pinned {
-                // Unaligned fields will cause the compiler to emit E0793. We do not support
-                // unaligned fields since `Init::__init` requires an aligned pointer; the call to
-                // `ptr::write` below has the same requirement.
-                let (value_init, accessor) = if pinned {
-                    let project_ident = format_ident!("__project_{ident}");
-                    (
                     quote! {
                         // SAFETY:
                         // - `slot` is valid, because we are inside of an initializer closure, we
@@ -290,14 +269,8 @@ fn init_fields(
                         // - We also use `#data` to require the correct trait (`Init` or `PinInit`)
                         //   for `#ident`.
                         unsafe { #data.#ident(&raw mut (*#slot).#ident, #init)? };
-                        },
+                    }
-                        quote! {
-                            // SAFETY: TODO
-                            unsafe { #data.#project_ident(&mut (*#slot).#ident) }
-                        },
-                    )
                 } else {
-                    (
                     quote! {
                         // SAFETY: `slot` is valid, because we are inside of an initializer
                         // closure, we return when an error/panic occurs.
@@ -307,12 +280,7 @@ fn init_fields(
                                 &raw mut (*#slot).#ident,
                             )?
                         };
-                        },
+                    }
-                        quote! {
-                            // SAFETY: TODO
-                            unsafe { &mut (*#slot).#ident }
-                        },
-                    )
                 };
                 quote! {
                     #(#attrs)*
@@ -320,9 +288,6 @@ fn init_fields(
                         let #init = #value;
                         #value_init
                     }
-                    #(#cfgs)*
-                    #[allow(unused_variables)]
-                    let #ident = #accessor;
                 }
             }
             InitializerKind::Code { block: value, .. } => quote! {
@@ -335,18 +300,41 @@ fn init_fields(
         if let Some(ident) = kind.ident() {
             // `mixed_site` ensures that the guard is not accessible to the user-controlled code.
             let guard = format_ident!("__{ident}_guard", span = Span::mixed_site());
+
+            // NOTE: The reference is derived from the guard so that it only lives as long as the
+            // guard does and cannot escape the scope. If it's created via `&mut (*#slot).#ident`
+            // like the unaligned field guard, it will become effectively `'static`.
+            let accessor = if pinned {
+                let project_ident = format_ident!("__project_{ident}");
+                quote! {
+                    // SAFETY: the initialization is pinned.
+                    unsafe { #data.#project_ident(#guard.let_binding()) }
+                }
+            } else {
+                quote! {
+                    #guard.let_binding()
+                }
+            };
+
             res.extend(quote! {
                 #(#cfgs)*
-                // Create the drop guard:
+                // Create the drop guard.
                 //
-                // We rely on macro hygiene to make it impossible for users to access this local
+                // SAFETY:
-                // variable.
+                // - `&raw mut (*slot).#ident` is valid.
-                // SAFETY: We forget the guard later when initialization has succeeded.
+                // - `make_field_check` checks that `&raw mut (*slot).#ident` is properly aligned.
-                let #guard = unsafe {
+                // - `(*slot).#ident` has been initialized above.
+                // - We only need the ownership to the pointee back when initialization has
+                //   succeeded, where we `forget` the guard.
+                let mut #guard = unsafe {
                     ::pin_init::__internal::DropGuard::new(
                         &raw mut (*slot).#ident
                     )
                 };
+
+                #(#cfgs)*
+                #[allow(unused_variables)]
+                let #ident = #accessor;
             });
             guards.push(guard);
             guard_attrs.push(cfgs);

rust/pin-init/src/__internal.rs

@@ -238,32 +238,42 @@ fn stack_init_reuse() {
 /// When a value of this type is dropped, it drops a `T`.
 ///
 /// Can be forgotten to prevent the drop.
+///
+/// # Invariants
+///
+/// - `ptr` is valid and properly aligned.
+/// - `*ptr` is initialized and owned by this guard.
 pub struct DropGuard<T: ?Sized> {
     ptr: *mut T,
 }
 
 impl<T: ?Sized> DropGuard<T> {
-    /// Creates a new [`DropGuard<T>`]. It will [`ptr::drop_in_place`] `ptr` when it gets dropped.
+    /// Creates a drop guard and transfer the ownership of the pointer content.
+    ///
+    /// The ownership is only relinguished if the guard is forgotten via [`core::mem::forget`].
     ///
     /// # Safety
     ///
-    /// `ptr` must be a valid pointer.
+    /// - `ptr` is valid and properly aligned.
-    ///
+    /// - `*ptr` is initialized, and the ownership is transferred to this guard.
-    /// It is the callers responsibility that `self` will only get dropped if the pointee of `ptr`:
-    /// - has not been dropped,
-    /// - is not accessible by any other means,
-    /// - will not be dropped by any other means.
     #[inline]
     pub unsafe fn new(ptr: *mut T) -> Self {
+        // INVARIANT: By safety requirement.
         Self { ptr }
     }
+
+    /// Create a let binding for accessor use.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn let_binding(&mut self) -> &mut T {
+        // SAFETY: Per type invariant.
+        unsafe { &mut *self.ptr }
+    }
 }
 
 impl<T: ?Sized> Drop for DropGuard<T> {
     #[inline]
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        // SAFETY: A `DropGuard` can only be constructed using the unsafe `new` function
+        // SAFETY: `self.ptr` is valid, properly aligned and `*self.ptr` is owned by this guard.
-        // ensuring that this operation is safe.
         unsafe { ptr::drop_in_place(self.ptr) }
     }
 }