fix crostini antigravity

patch_va39

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
VA39 patch for the Antigravity linux_arm64 binary on Chromebook/Crostini.

Scans instruction patterns to patch TCMalloc for a 39-bit
virtual address space instead of the default 48-bit, fixing 
the MmapAligned() crash.
"""

import hashlib
import shutil
import struct
import sys
from pathlib import Path

# Adjust this path if the crash output specified a different $BINARY_PATH
src = Path(sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "/usr/local/bin/agy")
dst = Path(str(src) + ".va39")

if not src.exists():
    raise SystemExit(f"Input binary does not exist: {src}")

print(f"Input binary : {src}")
print(f"SHA256 in    : {hashlib.sha256(src.read_bytes()).hexdigest()}\n")

shutil.copyfile(src, dst)
data = bytearray(dst.read_bytes())

def get(off):
    return struct.unpack_from("<I", data, off)[0]

def put(off, word):
    struct.pack_into("<I", data, off, word)

# 1. Find google_malloc section
lo, hi = 0, len(data)
if data[:4] == b"\x7fELF":
    e_shoff = struct.unpack_from("<Q", data, 40)[0]
    e_shentsize = struct.unpack_from("<H", data, 58)[0]
    e_shnum = struct.unpack_from("<H", data, 60)[0]
    e_shstrndx = struct.unpack_from("<H", data, 62)[0]

    shstr_base = e_shoff + e_shstrndx * e_shentsize
    shstr_off = struct.unpack_from("<Q", data, shstr_base + 24)[0]

    for i in range(e_shnum):
        base = e_shoff + i * e_shentsize
        sh_name = struct.unpack_from("<I", data, base)[0]
        sh_offset = struct.unpack_from("<Q", data, base + 24)[0]
        sh_size = struct.unpack_from("<Q", data, base + 32)[0]

        try:
            nend = data.index(b"\x00", shstr_off + sh_name)
            section = data[shstr_off + sh_name : nend].decode("utf-8")
            if section == "google_malloc":
                lo, hi = sh_offset, sh_offset + sh_size
                print(f"Found google_malloc section: 0x{lo:x} - 0x{hi:x}")
                break
        except ValueError:
            pass

# 2. ubfx #42,#3 -> #35,#3 and lsl #42 -> #35
ubfx_count, lsl_count = 0, 0
for off in range(lo, hi, 4):
    w = get(off)
    if (w & 0x7F800000) == 0x53000000:
        immr, imms = (w >> 16) & 0x3F, (w >> 10) & 0x3F
        if immr == 42 and imms == 44:
            put(off, (w & ~((0x3F << 16) | (0x3F << 10))) | (35 << 16) | (37 << 10))
            ubfx_count += 1
        elif immr == 22 and imms == 21:
            put(off, (w & ~((0x3F << 16) | (0x3F << 10))) | (29 << 16) | (28 << 10))
            lsl_count += 1

print(f"[1] ubfx patches : {ubfx_count}\n    lsl patches  : {lsl_count}")

# 3. Random address mask pairs
mask_count = 0
for off in range(lo, hi - 4, 4):
    if get(off) == 0x92D3800A and get(off + 4) == 0xF2E0000A:
        put(off, 0x9280000A)
        put(off + 4, 0xD35DFD4A)
        mask_count += 1
print(f"[2] Random mask  : {mask_count}")

# 4. MmapAlignedLocked upper bound
mmap_count = 0
for off in range(lo, hi, 4):
    if get(off) == 0xF2E00029:
        put(off, 0xD3596129)
        mmap_count += 1
print(f"[3] MmapAligned  : {mmap_count}")

# 5. Inlined tag constants
word_rewrites = {
    0xD2C20009: 0xD2C00409, 0xD2C2000A: 0xD2C0040A, 0xF2C20008: 0xF2DFF408,
    0xF2C20009: 0xF2DFF409, 0xD2C10009: 0xD2C00209, 0xD2C1000A: 0xD2C0020A,
    0xF2C38008: 0xF2DFF708, 0xF2C38009: 0xF2DFF709, 0x92560A6C: 0x925D0A6C,
    0x92560A6A: 0x925D0A6A, 0xD2C3000D: 0xD2C0060D, 0xD2C3000C: 0xD2C0060C,
    0xD2C08008: 0xD2C00108,
}
counts = {old: 0 for old in word_rewrites}
for off in range(lo, hi, 4):
    w = get(off)
    if w in word_rewrites:
        put(off, word_rewrites[w])
        counts[w] += 1
print(f"[4] Tag constants: {sum(counts.values())} words rewritten")

dst.write_bytes(data)
dst.chmod(0o755)

print(f"\nSHA256 out   : {hashlib.sha256(dst.read_bytes()).hexdigest()}")
print(f"Output       : {dst}\n")

if ubfx_count == 0 or mask_count == 0:
    print("WARNING: No patches applied - binary structure may have changed.")
else:
    print("Patch looks complete. To replace original and test:")
    print(f"  sudo mv {dst} {src}")
    print(f"  {src} --version")

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