backport: Only check pointer if length is non-zero

This is a backport of #2137

A pointer is allowed to be any undefined value if the original slice's
length is 0.

See: rust-lang/rust#128257

Author: flaub

Diff for: risc0/circuit/rv32im/src/prove/emu/exec/mod.rs

@@ -378,10 +378,10 @@ impl<'a, 'b, S: Syscall> Executor<'a, 'b, S> {
     fn ecall_software(&mut self) -> Result<bool> {
         tracing::debug!("[{}] ecall_software", self.insn_cycles);
         let into_guest_ptr = ByteAddr(self.load_register(REG_A0)?);
-        if !is_guest_memory(into_guest_ptr.0) && !into_guest_ptr.is_null() {
+        let into_guest_len = self.load_register(REG_A1)? as usize;
+        if into_guest_len > 0 && !is_guest_memory(into_guest_ptr.0) {
             bail!("{into_guest_ptr:?} is an invalid guest address");
         }
-        let into_guest_len = self.load_register(REG_A1)? as usize;
         let name_ptr = self.load_guest_addr_from_register(REG_A2)?;
         let syscall_name = self.peek_string(name_ptr)?;
         let name_end = name_ptr + syscall_name.len();
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, S: Syscall> Executor<'a, 'b, S> {
 
         // The guest uses a null pointer to indicate that a transfer from host
         // to guest is not needed.
-        if !into_guest_ptr.is_null() {
+        if into_guest_len > 0 && !into_guest_ptr.is_null() {
             Self::check_guest_addr(into_guest_ptr + into_guest_len)?;
             self.store_region(into_guest_ptr, bytemuck::cast_slice(&syscall.to_guest))?
         }
@@ -431,8 +431,6 @@ impl<'a, 'b, S: Syscall> Executor<'a, 'b, S> {
         tracing::debug!("[{}] ecall_sha", self.insn_cycles);
         let state_out_ptr = self.load_guest_addr_from_register(REG_A0)?;
         let state_in_ptr = self.load_guest_addr_from_register(REG_A1)?;
-        let mut block1_ptr = self.load_guest_addr_from_register(REG_A2)?;
-        let mut block2_ptr = self.load_guest_addr_from_register(REG_A3)?;
         let count = self.load_register(REG_A4)?;
 
         let state_in: [u8; DIGEST_BYTES] = self.load_array_from_guest(state_in_ptr)?;
@@ -441,25 +439,30 @@ impl<'a, 'b, S: Syscall> Executor<'a, 'b, S> {
             *word = word.to_be();
         }
 
-        // tracing::debug!("ecall_sha: start state: {state:08x?}");
-        let mut block = [0u32; BLOCK_WORDS];
+        if count > 0 {
+            let mut block1_ptr = self.load_guest_addr_from_register(REG_A2)?;
+            let mut block2_ptr = self.load_guest_addr_from_register(REG_A3)?;
 
-        for _ in 0..count {
-            let (digest1, digest2) = block.split_at_mut(DIGEST_WORDS);
-            for (i, word) in digest1.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-                *word = self.load_u32_from_guest(block1_ptr + (i * WORD_SIZE))?;
-            }
-            for (i, word) in digest2.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-                *word = self.load_u32_from_guest(block2_ptr + (i * WORD_SIZE))?;
+            // tracing::debug!("ecall_sha: start state: {state:08x?}");
+            let mut block = [0u32; BLOCK_WORDS];
+
+            for _ in 0..count {
+                let (digest1, digest2) = block.split_at_mut(DIGEST_WORDS);
+                for (i, word) in digest1.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+                    *word = self.load_u32_from_guest(block1_ptr + (i * WORD_SIZE))?;
+                }
+                for (i, word) in digest2.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+                    *word = self.load_u32_from_guest(block2_ptr + (i * WORD_SIZE))?;
+                }
+                // tracing::debug!("Compressing block {block:02x?}");
+                sha2::compress256(
+                    &mut state,
+                    &[*GenericArray::from_slice(bytemuck::cast_slice(&block))],
+                );
+
+                block1_ptr += BLOCK_BYTES;
+                block2_ptr += BLOCK_BYTES;
             }
-            // tracing::debug!("Compressing block {block:02x?}");
-            sha2::compress256(
-                &mut state,
-                &[*GenericArray::from_slice(bytemuck::cast_slice(&block))],
-            );
-
-            block1_ptr += BLOCK_BYTES;
-            block2_ptr += BLOCK_BYTES;
         }
 
         // tracing::debug!("ecall_sha: final state: {state:08x?}");