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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package com.android.server;
+
+import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.xfrm.XfrmNetlinkMessage.IPPROTO_ESP;
+import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.xfrm.XfrmNetlinkMessage.NETLINK_XFRM;
+import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.xfrm.XfrmNetlinkMessage.XFRM_MSG_NEWSA;
+
+import android.annotation.TargetApi;
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.system.ErrnoException;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import com.android.internal.annotations.GuardedBy;
+import com.android.internal.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.android.net.module.util.HexDump;
+import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkConstants;
+import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkErrorMessage;
+import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkMessage;
+import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkUtils;
+import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.xfrm.XfrmNetlinkGetSaMessage;
+import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.xfrm.XfrmNetlinkMessage;
+import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.xfrm.XfrmNetlinkNewSaMessage;
+
+import libcore.io.IoUtils;
+
+import java.io.FileDescriptor;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InterruptedIOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.SocketException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+/**
+ * This class handles IPSec XFRM commands between IpSecService and the Linux kernel
+ *
+ * <p>Synchronization in IpSecXfrmController is done on all entrypoints due to potential race
+ * conditions at the kernel/xfrm level.
+ */
+public class IpSecXfrmController {
+    private static final String TAG = IpSecXfrmController.class.getSimpleName();
+
+    private static final boolean VDBG = false; // STOPSHIP: if true
+
+    private static final int TIMEOUT_MS = 500;
+    private static final int DEFAULT_RECV_BUFSIZE = 8 * 1024;
+
+    @NonNull private final Dependencies mDependencies;
+    @Nullable private FileDescriptor mNetlinkSocket;
+
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    public IpSecXfrmController(@NonNull Dependencies dependencies) {
+        mDependencies = dependencies;
+    }
+
+    public IpSecXfrmController() {
+        this(new Dependencies());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Start the XfrmController
+     *
+     * <p>The method is idempotent
+     */
+    public synchronized void openNetlinkSocketIfNeeded() throws ErrnoException, SocketException {
+        if (mNetlinkSocket == null) {
+            mNetlinkSocket = mDependencies.newNetlinkSocket();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Stop the XfrmController
+     *
+     * <p>The method is idempotent
+     */
+    public synchronized void closeNetlinkSocketIfNeeded() {
+        if (mNetlinkSocket != null) {
+            mDependencies.releaseNetlinkSocket(mNetlinkSocket);
+            mNetlinkSocket = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    public synchronized FileDescriptor getNetlinkSocket() {
+        return mNetlinkSocket;
+    }
+
+    /** Dependencies of IpSecXfrmController, for injection in tests. */
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    public static class Dependencies {
+        /** Get a new XFRM netlink socket and connect it */
+        public FileDescriptor newNetlinkSocket() throws ErrnoException, SocketException {
+            final FileDescriptor fd = NetlinkUtils.netlinkSocketForProto(NETLINK_XFRM);
+            NetlinkUtils.connectToKernel(fd);
+            return fd;
+        }
+
+        /** Close the netlink socket */
+        // TODO: b/205923322 This annotation is to suppress the lint error complaining that
+        // #closeQuietly requires Android S. It can be removed when the infra supports setting
+        // service-connectivity min_sdk to 31
+        @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.S)
+        public void releaseNetlinkSocket(FileDescriptor fd) {
+            IoUtils.closeQuietly(fd);
+        }
+
+        /** Send a netlink message to a socket */
+        public void sendMessage(FileDescriptor fd, byte[] bytes)
+                throws ErrnoException, InterruptedIOException {
+            NetlinkUtils.sendMessage(fd, bytes, 0, bytes.length, TIMEOUT_MS);
+        }
+
+        /** Receive a netlink message from a socket */
+        public ByteBuffer recvMessage(FileDescriptor fd)
+                throws ErrnoException, InterruptedIOException {
+            return NetlinkUtils.recvMessage(fd, DEFAULT_RECV_BUFSIZE, TIMEOUT_MS);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GuardedBy("IpSecXfrmController.this")
+    private NetlinkMessage sendRequestAndGetResponse(String methodTag, byte[] req)
+            throws ErrnoException, InterruptedIOException, IOException {
+        openNetlinkSocketIfNeeded();
+
+        logD(methodTag + ":  send request " + req.length + " bytes");
+        logV(HexDump.dumpHexString(req));
+        mDependencies.sendMessage(mNetlinkSocket, req);
+
+        final ByteBuffer response = mDependencies.recvMessage(mNetlinkSocket);
+        logD(methodTag + ": receive response " + response.limit() + " bytes");
+        logV(HexDump.dumpHexString(response.array(), 0 /* offset */, response.limit()));
+
+        final NetlinkMessage msg = XfrmNetlinkMessage.parse(response, NETLINK_XFRM);
+        if (msg == null) {
+            throw new IOException("Fail to parse the response message");
+        }
+
+        final int msgType = msg.getHeader().nlmsg_type;
+        if (msgType == NetlinkConstants.NLMSG_ERROR) {
+            final NetlinkErrorMessage errorMsg = (NetlinkErrorMessage) msg;
+            final int errorCode = errorMsg.getNlMsgError().error;
+            throw new ErrnoException(methodTag, errorCode);
+        }
+
+        return msg;
+    }
+
+    /** Get the state of an IPsec SA */
+    @NonNull
+    public synchronized XfrmNetlinkNewSaMessage ipSecGetSa(
+            @NonNull final InetAddress destAddress, long spi)
+            throws ErrnoException, InterruptedIOException, IOException {
+        logD("ipSecGetSa: destAddress=" + destAddress + " spi=" + spi);
+
+        final byte[] req =
+                XfrmNetlinkGetSaMessage.newXfrmNetlinkGetSaMessage(
+                        destAddress, spi, (short) IPPROTO_ESP);
+        try {
+            final NetlinkMessage msg = sendRequestAndGetResponse("ipSecGetSa", req);
+
+            final int messageType = msg.getHeader().nlmsg_type;
+            if (messageType != XFRM_MSG_NEWSA) {
+                throw new IOException("unexpected response type " + messageType);
+            }
+
+            return (XfrmNetlinkNewSaMessage) msg;
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException exception) {
+            // Maybe thrown from Struct.parse
+            throw new IOException("Failed to parse the response " + exception);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void logV(String details) {
+        if (VDBG) {
+            Log.v(TAG, details);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void logD(String details) {
+        Log.d(TAG, details);
+    }
+}