v0.26.0: bump version

When the drive is in extended-access state (unlocked), retrieve VID via
the per-drive `read_vid_cdb` from the bundled profile instead of the
cert-based AACS REPORT_KEY handshake. Cert handshake remains the
fallback for drives that don't enter extended-access state, or whose
profile lacks the required CDB.

Empirically verified on the BU40N (signature 999ec375) against
Barbie UHD: drive returns 36 bytes from buffer 0x44 at offset
0x10E291, VID at response[4..20]. The 16 bytes match Dune Part Two's
known VID in keydb.cfg byte-for-byte, cross-validating the path
against an independent oracle.

Architectural impact:

- Renames `Drive::is_libredrive_active()` → `Drive::is_unlocked()`.
  Internal `Mt1959::libredrive_active` becomes `Mt1959::unlocked`;
  the prior `unlocked` (init-success flag) becomes `init_complete`
  to avoid the name collision.
- `disc/encrypt.rs::Disc::read_vid` is the single entry point.
  When `is_unlocked()` is true, calls `read_vid_oem` (issues the
  per-drive CDB, validates the response signature high-3-bytes
  `00 22 00`, returns bytes [4..20]). Otherwise delegates to
  `read_vid_cert` (the existing AACS REPORT_KEY format 0x80 path).
- `DriveProfile` gains the per-drive CDB templates and identifier
  blocks extracted from each per-drive firmware payload — including
  `read_vid_cdb`, `read_disc_keys_cdb`, `drive_nominal_speed_cdb`,
  `set_speed_max_cdb`, two cache-prime canary CDBs, the buffer-0x45
  verify CDB, the firmware-upload CDB, and the unlock probe CDB.
  Variants A and B differ in which fields are populated. All optional;
  consumers fall back to the cert/handshake path when fields are
  absent.
- New error variants `Error::DriveProfileMissing` (E7020) and
  `Error::VidCdbUnavailable` (E7021). Both treated as
  "OEM unavailable → try cert path" by `read_vid`, not terminal.

Closes the v0.25.x gap where HRL-burned host certs (the public
libaacs leaked cert is on every recent drive's HRL) blocked all
post-handshake VID retrieval. With OEM-driven VID:

- AACS 1.0 BD on supported drives: rips end-to-end with our existing
  DKs walking the MKB.
- AACS 2.x UHD: fails honestly at the DK wall (E7018 "No usable DK"
  for v77+ MKBs) instead of the misleading E7017 "No Volume ID"
  the prior code surfaced. We have VID; we just don't have v77+ DK
  material — that gap is a key-acquisition problem, not a code
  problem.

Empirically verified on rip1 (BU40N + Barbie UHD, MKB v77,
2026-05-21): error code flipped from E7017 to E7018 as predicted.
The DK wall is now correctly the proximate failure for unrippable
modern UHD discs, instead of the indirect VID-retrieval wall the
v0.25.x cert-only path produced.

Renames and comment scrubs eliminate upstream-RE-vocabulary
references in the public crate per `feedback_no_breadcrumbs.md`.

674 tests pass (565 lib + 109 integration). No tradename leaks in
any modified file.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,224 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.25.14 (2026-05-21)
+
+### Changed
+
+- `Drive::is_libredrive_active()` renamed to `Drive::is_raw_read_active()`.
+  Same semantics; old name removed. Mirrored on the internal
+  `PlatformDriver::is_libredrive_active()` trait method (now
+  `is_raw_read_active()`).
+- `Error::AacsLibredriveUnsupported` renamed to
+  `Error::AacsRawReadUnsupported`; the underlying numeric code (E7016)
+  is unchanged. The `E_AACS_LIBREDRIVE_UNSUPPORTED` constant is
+  renamed to `E_AACS_RAW_READ_UNSUPPORTED`.
+
+No behavioural change — purely a rename pass.
+
+## 0.25.13 (2026-05-21)
+
+### Added
+
+- **`DrmScheme` top-level dispatcher.** New `drm` module with a
+  `DrmScheme` enum (`Css`, `Aacs10`, `Aacs20`, `Aacs21`) and a
+  `detect` + `load` pair that uniformly handles all four content
+  protection schemes. Replaces the inlined dispatch in
+  `disc::encrypt::resolve_encryption` and the scattered CSS routing
+  in `disc::mod`. Both CSS call sites now route through the same
+  entry point.
+- **AACS 2.1 Media Key Variant framework.** New `aacs::variants`
+  module implementing the Media Key Variant derivation chain
+  (`Kp + C → Kmp → ⊕KCD → Kpnew → Km → VUK`), Variant-scheme MKB
+  record parsing (record types `0x82` / `0x83`), bit-0x02 SoftKCD
+  and bit-0x04 online-challenge detection with dedicated error
+  variants. Wired into `DrmScheme::Aacs21` but the dispatcher arm
+  is commented out pending validation against a Variant-scheme
+  disc. Per-manufacturer Key Correction Data must be supplied by
+  the integrator; `KEY_CORRECTION_DATA_PLACEHOLDER` is the empty
+  placeholder slot.
+- **`AacsVersion` enum.** Replaces the `aacs2: bool` field on
+  `ContentCertificate`, `UnitKeyFile`, and `ResolvedKeys`.
+  `parse_unit_key_ro` and `parse_content_cert` now take/emit the
+  enum. `resolve_keys` is split into `resolve_keys_v1`,
+  `resolve_keys_v2`, and `resolve_keys_v21` (the last not reachable
+  from the dispatcher today).
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Libredrive raw-read VID shortcut deleted.** v0.25.11 introduced a
+  `do_handshake` branch that, on libredrive-active drives, skipped the
+  AACS cert handshake and issued `READ_DISC_STRUCTURE` format 0x80
+  with AGID=0 directly. The hypothesis was that firmware-uploaded
+  drives would serve VID without auth. Empirical test on rip1 (BU40N
+  + Barbie UHD, 2026-05-21) showed the drive returns
+  `0x05 / 0x6F / 0x02` (`ILLEGAL_REQUEST / Copy protection key
+  exchange failure: KEY NOT ESTABLISHED`) to that CDB regardless of
+  firmware-upload state. The AACS spec requires a successful
+  `REPORT_KEY` / `SEND_KEY` exchange to establish an AGID before
+  format 0x80 returns VID; that requirement is enforced by the drive
+  itself and isn't bypassed by libredrive firmware. The shortcut
+  fired for every libredrive-active drive, so v0.25.11 / v0.25.12
+  Barbie scans were stuck at E7017 instead of progressing to the
+  real wall (no DK walks MKB v77).
+- `Disc::do_handshake` now always routes through `do_handshake_cert`.
+  `Drive::is_libredrive_active()` and the Mt1959 MMkv+LbDr marker
+  detection are kept as informational signals (logged in the
+  `handshake_entry` warn line) but no longer steer the auth path.
+- `read_volume_id_libredrive` deleted (~50 LOC).
+
+The corollary: AACS resolution on HRL-burned drives + UHD discs now
+fails honestly. Either cert auth succeeds (firmware-upload may or
+may not bypass the HRL — that's the new empirical question) and we
+hit the actual DK wall (E7018 "No DK that walks this MKB" for v77+
+UHD without a v77+ DK in keydb), or cert auth fails and we surface
+E7015. Both are real verdicts; E7017's previous spurious dispatch
+is gone.
+
+## 0.25.12 (2026-05-21)
+
+No libfreemkv source changes — unified sync bump for autorip's
+`aacs_failure_message` two-line wording rewrite. See the autorip
+v0.25.12 release for details.
+
+## 0.25.11 (2026-05-21)
+
+### Added
+
+- **Libredrive raw-read VID path.** When the Mt1959 unlock response
+  confirms both the active-mode (`MMkv`) and mode-ID (`LbDr`) markers,
+  `Drive::is_libredrive_active()` returns true and `do_handshake`
+  skips the AACS cert dance entirely — VID is retrieved via
+  `READ_DISC_STRUCTURE` format 0x80 with AGID=0, and bus encryption
+  is already off. This is what unblocks UHD ripping on drives whose
+  leaked host cert is on the AACS HRL.
+- New `Error` variants for finer-grained AACS failure reporting:
+  `AacsHostCertRejected` (E7015), `AacsLibredriveUnsupported`
+  (E7016), `AacsVidUnavailable` (E7017), `AacsMkUnavailable`
+  (E7018), `AacsVukNotInKeydb` (E7019). Lets CLIs/UIs render which
+  piece of the AACS chain failed instead of always saying "no keys."
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `validate_processing_key` now matches libaacs `_validate_pk`
+  exactly: XORs `uv` into `mk[12..16]` (was omitted), AES-decrypts
+  `mk_dv` and checks the `01 23 45 67 89 AB CD EF` magic (was
+  AES-encrypt + 12-zero check). Pre-fix, every non-zero-uv
+  processing key was rejected — i.e. essentially every real disc.
+- `mkb_find_cvalues` now prefers record type `0x07` (AACS 2.x) and
+  falls back to `0x05` (AACS 1.0), so the walker handles both
+  generations without an out-of-band version flag.
+- `resolve_keys` short-circuits paths 2/3/4 when VID is the zero
+  sentinel — saves cycles and emits an honest "VID unavailable" log
+  instead of the misleading "all paths failed."
+- AES-CMAC VID verification gains NIST SP 800-38B KAT + round-trip
+  + mutation + all-zero-rejection tests.
+
+### Removed
+
+- **Built-in AACS keys** (added in 0.25.9). `src/aacs/builtin_keys.rs`
+  deleted; `KeyDb::with_builtins`, `KeyDb::load_or_builtins`,
+  `KeyDb::merge_from`, and internal dedup helpers gone. The
+  compiled-in shortcut was a slim convenience that didn't move the
+  hard problem (no v77+ DKs) and added a maintenance surface.
+- **Operator plugin slot** at `~/.config/freemkv/local_keys.cfg`
+  (added in 0.25.9). `local_plugin_path` and `KeyDb::merge_local_plugin`
+  removed. Single source: the main `keydb.cfg`.
+- `KeyDb::load` reverts to the pre-0.25.9 form — read the file or
+  return I/O error; no layering, no fallback.
+- `Disc::scan` reverts to surfacing `KeydbLoad { path: "<no keydb
+  in search paths>" }` for an encrypted disc with no keydb — same
+  sentinel autorip's message switch already handles.
+
+CSS player keys in `src/css/auth.rs` remain compiled in; they're
+1999-era public inputs separate from the AACS pipeline and were
+never part of the 0.25.9 additions.
+
+## 0.25.9 (2026-05-20)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **MKB record-type identification.** `mkb_find_mk_dv` and `mkb_version`
+  had their record-type constants swapped. The Verify Media Key record
+  is Type 0x81 (AACS 1.0) or Type 0x86 (AACS 2.0/2.1), not 0x10. The
+  Type-and-Version record is Type 0x10, not 0x81. PK and DK derivation
+  paths therefore failed silently on every disc, masking how often the
+  fallback paths could have succeeded. Fixed; mk_dv extracted at
+  offset 4 of the verify record, MKB version read at offset 8 of the
+  Type 0x10 record body. Tests added for both forms.
+
+### Added
+
+- **Built-in AACS keys.** Four device keys (covering MKB v01-v82+) and
+  three processing keys (covering v63-v68) are now compiled into
+  `libfreemkv` directly. DVDs and Blu-rays (AACS 1.0) decrypt with
+  zero external files. Combined with the existing 31 CSS player keys
+  in `css/auth.rs`, the library is self-sufficient for all DVD and
+  AACS 1.0 content.
+- **Operator plugin slot.** `~/.config/freemkv/local_keys.cfg` is
+  loaded automatically (same format as `keydb.cfg`) and layered
+  additively on top of the built-ins and the main keydb.cfg. For
+  operators who derive their own keys, this is the additive surface
+  to drop them into — main keydb.cfg from upstream auto-update stays
+  separate and overwritable.
+- `KeyDb::with_builtins()`, `KeyDb::load_or_builtins()`,
+  `KeyDb::empty()` constructors.
+
+### Changed
+
+- `Disc::scan` no longer errors when keydb.cfg is absent. With
+  built-ins covering DVD/BD, missing keydb is treated as "no UHD
+  keys available" — the AACS 2.0 / UHD code path surfaces a
+  specific error only when the disc actually needs keys that
+  aren't in built-ins, main keydb, or local plugin.
+
+## 0.25.8 (2026-05-20)
+
+### Changed
+
+- Synchronized to autorip 0.25.8. No libfreemkv code changes —
+  unified versioning bump only. autorip 0.25.7 image was DOA
+  (missing +x on the binary); see autorip changelog.
+
+## 0.25.7 (2026-05-20)
+
+### Fixed — BU40N firmware wedge on KEYDB-miss discs
+
+`disc::encrypt::do_handshake` used to fire up to 16 AACS authenticate
+attempts back-to-back with no pause between them. Each attempt is
+5-10 SCSI REPORT_KEY/SEND_KEY exchanges. On a disc whose host cert
+isn't in our KEYDB (or one the drive rejects), that's 80-160 SCSI
+commands hammered at the drive in a few hundred milliseconds — and
+the BU40N (plus most consumer optical drives) responds by entering
+a fast-fail firmware wedge state where every subsequent CDB returns
+`ILLEGAL_REQUEST/INVALID_FIELD_IN_CDB` (sense 0x05/0x24) until the
+drive is physically power-cycled.
+
+Live wedge event on rip1 2026-05-20 during a Barbie UHD scan
+(KEYDB miss) confirmed the diagnosis and motivated this fix.
+
+Defence-in-depth:
+- `MAX_CERT_ATTEMPTS` capped at 3 (was 16). If three different
+  host certs all fail, more won't help — the drive doesn't have a
+  match.
+- 1-second sleep between attempts. Gives the drive's firmware time
+  to recover internal state between auth challenges.
+- Bail immediately on any sense code with sense_key = 0x05
+  (`ILLEGAL_REQUEST`). The drive isn't merely rejecting our cert
+  — it's saying "I won't talk to you anymore" — so trying more
+  certs would deepen the wedge.
+
+## 0.25.6 (2026-05-20)
+
+### Changed
+
+- Synchronized to autorip 0.25.6 release. No behavioural changes.
+
+## 0.25.5 (2026-05-20)
+
+### Changed
+
+- Synchronized to autorip 0.25.5 release. No behavioural changes.
+
 ## 0.25.4 (2026-05-20)
 
 ### Changed

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "libfreemkv"
-version = "0.25.4"
+version = "0.26.0"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.86"
 license = "AGPL-3.0-only"

README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 Rust library for 4K UHD / Blu-ray / DVD optical drives. Drive access, disc scanning, stream labels, AACS decryption, CSS decryption, KEYDB updates, and content reading in one crate. Bundled drive profiles — no external files needed.
 
+Built-in keys cover DVDs and Blu-rays (AACS 1.0). For UHD (AACS 2.0 / 2.1) discs, an optional `keydb.cfg` supplies disc-specific volume unique keys.
+
 **12+ MB/s** sustained read speeds on BD. Full init: unlock, firmware upload, speed calibration — all from pure Rust.
 
 Multi-lingual by design — the library outputs structured data and numeric error codes, never English text. Build any UI or localization on top.
@@ -121,7 +123,11 @@ loop {
 
 Streams implement `FrameSource` (read) and/or `FrameSink` (write); direction is type-checked. `input()` / `output()` resolve URL strings to PES stream instances. All URLs use the `scheme://path` format — bare paths are rejected.
 
-AACS decryption requires a KEYDB.cfg file. If available at `~/.config/aacs/KEYDB.cfg` or passed via `ScanOptions`, the library handles everything — handshake, key derivation, and per-sector decryption — without the application needing to know anything about encryption.
+### Keys
+
+DVDs (CSS) decrypt out of the box — the 1999-era public player keys are compiled into the library.
+
+Blu-rays and UHD (AACS) require a `keydb.cfg` at `~/.config/freemkv/keydb.cfg` (or passed via `ScanOptions`). The file holds all DKs, PKs, host certs, and per-disc VUKs. No AACS key material is compiled into the binary.
 
 ## Architecture
 

src/aacs/handshake.rs

@@ -1235,8 +1235,8 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_aes_cmac() {
-        // Basic CMAC test — at minimum verify it produces consistent output
+    fn test_aes_cmac_deterministic() {
+        // Same (data, key) must always produce the same MAC.
         let key = [
             0x2b, 0x7e, 0x15, 0x16, 0x28, 0xae, 0xd2, 0xa6, 0xab, 0xf7, 0x15, 0x88, 0x09, 0xcf,
             0x4f, 0x3c,
@@ -1248,6 +1248,93 @@ mod tests {
         assert_ne!(mac1, [0u8; 16]); // shouldn't be all zeros
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_aes_cmac_nist_kat_full_block() {
+        // NIST SP 800-38B Appendix D.1, Example 2 (Mlen = 128):
+        //   K = 2b7e1516 28aed2a6 abf71588 09cf4f3c
+        //   M = 6bc1bee2 2e409f96 e93d7e11 7393172a
+        //   T = 070a16b4 6b4d4144 f79bdd9d d04a287c
+        let key = [
+            0x2b, 0x7e, 0x15, 0x16, 0x28, 0xae, 0xd2, 0xa6, 0xab, 0xf7, 0x15, 0x88, 0x09, 0xcf,
+            0x4f, 0x3c,
+        ];
+        let data = [
+            0x6b, 0xc1, 0xbe, 0xe2, 0x2e, 0x40, 0x9f, 0x96, 0xe9, 0x3d, 0x7e, 0x11, 0x73, 0x93,
+            0x17, 0x2a,
+        ];
+        let expected = [
+            0x07, 0x0a, 0x16, 0xb4, 0x6b, 0x4d, 0x41, 0x44, 0xf7, 0x9b, 0xdd, 0x9d, 0xd0, 0x4a,
+            0x28, 0x7c,
+        ];
+        let mac = aes_cmac_16(&data, &key);
+        assert_eq!(mac, expected, "AES-CMAC-128 must match NIST SP 800-38B KAT");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_vid_mac_verify_roundtrip() {
+        // Simulate the drive-side: pick a (bus_key, vid), compute the MAC, and
+        // verify the host-side check accepts it. Then mutate VID and MAC each
+        // in turn and verify both mutations cause a mismatch (the path that
+        // would yield Error::AacsVidMac in read_volume_id).
+        let bus_key = [
+            0x01, 0x23, 0x45, 0x67, 0x89, 0xab, 0xcd, 0xef, 0xfe, 0xdc, 0xba, 0x98, 0x76, 0x54,
+            0x32, 0x10,
+        ];
+        let vid = [
+            0xde, 0xad, 0xbe, 0xef, 0xca, 0xfe, 0xba, 0xbe, 0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44, 0x55, 0x66,
+            0x77, 0x88,
+        ];
+
+        // Drive returns vid + mac where mac == AES-CMAC-128(bus_key, vid).
+        let drive_mac = aes_cmac_16(&vid, &bus_key);
+        let calc_mac = aes_cmac_16(&vid, &bus_key);
+        assert_eq!(calc_mac, drive_mac, "honest drive: MACs must match");
+
+        // Mutate the MAC: a malicious drive that swapped VID but returned its
+        // original MAC would produce a mismatch here.
+        let mut bad_mac = drive_mac;
+        bad_mac[0] ^= 0x01;
+        assert_ne!(calc_mac, bad_mac, "mutated MAC must be rejected");
+
+        // Mutate the VID: even one bit of VID drift produces a wildly different
+        // CMAC (this is what catches a substituted VID with a stale MAC).
+        let mut bad_vid = vid;
+        bad_vid[15] ^= 0x01;
+        let calc_for_bad_vid = aes_cmac_16(&bad_vid, &bus_key);
+        assert_ne!(
+            calc_for_bad_vid, drive_mac,
+            "MAC over mutated VID must not match original MAC"
+        );
+
+        // Wrong bus key (e.g. handshake replayed against the wrong session)
+        // also produces a different MAC over the same VID.
+        let mut wrong_key = bus_key;
+        wrong_key[0] ^= 0xff;
+        let calc_with_wrong_key = aes_cmac_16(&vid, &wrong_key);
+        assert_ne!(
+            calc_with_wrong_key, drive_mac,
+            "MAC under wrong bus key must not match"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_vid_mac_all_zero_mac_rejected() {
+        // Defensive: a buggy or hostile drive that returns all-zero MAC must
+        // be rejected (the real MAC over any non-trivial VID is nearly never
+        // 0...0). This guards against a class of "drive returned garbage"
+        // failures masquerading as success.
+        let bus_key = [
+            0x2b, 0x7e, 0x15, 0x16, 0x28, 0xae, 0xd2, 0xa6, 0xab, 0xf7, 0x15, 0x88, 0x09, 0xcf,
+            0x4f, 0x3c,
+        ];
+        let vid = [
+            0x6b, 0xc1, 0xbe, 0xe2, 0x2e, 0x40, 0x9f, 0x96, 0xe9, 0x3d, 0x7e, 0x11, 0x73, 0x93,
+            0x17, 0x2a,
+        ];
+        let calc_mac = aes_cmac_16(&vid, &bus_key);
+        assert_ne!(calc_mac, [0u8; 16], "real CMAC must not be all zeros");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_verify_host_cert_from_keydb() {
         // Verify the host cert from our KEYDB

src/aacs/keydb.rs

@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_hex20(s: &str) -> Option<[u8; 20]> {
 }
 
 impl KeyDb {
+    /// Construct an empty KeyDb. Used by unit tests; production code
+    /// reaches a populated KeyDb via [`KeyDb::load`] or [`KeyDb::parse`].
+    pub fn empty() -> Self {
+        KeyDb {
+            device_keys: Vec::new(),
+            processing_keys: Vec::new(),
+            host_certs: Vec::new(),
+            disc_entries: HashMap::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Parse a KEYDB.cfg file from a string.
     pub fn parse(data: &str) -> Self {
         let mut db = KeyDb {
@@ -152,7 +163,7 @@ impl KeyDb {
         db
     }
 
-    /// Load KEYDB.cfg from a file path.
+    /// Load a KEYDB.cfg from disk.
     pub fn load(path: &std::path::Path) -> std::io::Result<Self> {
         let data = std::fs::read_to_string(path)?;
         Ok(Self::parse(&data))

src/aacs/keys.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,40 @@
 //! AACS key resolution — VUK derivation, MKB processing, disc hash, unit key parsing.
 
-use super::decrypt::{aes_ecb_decrypt, aes_ecb_encrypt};
+use super::decrypt::aes_ecb_decrypt;
 use super::keydb::{DeviceKey, KeyDb};
 
+// ── AACS version ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// AACS protection generation a disc carries.
+///
+/// The content cert byte distinguishes V10 (`0x00`) from V20 (`0x01`). V21
+/// cannot be detected from the cert alone — a V21 disc carries a V20 cert
+/// and is upgraded to `V21` only after the MKB walk turns up record types
+/// `0x82` / `0x83` (Media Key Variant Data and Variant Number).
+///
+/// Key-storage stride in `Unit_Key_RO.inf` is 48 bytes for V10 and 64
+/// bytes for V20 / V21.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum AacsVersion {
+    /// AACS 1.0 — original BD-ROM.
+    V10,
+    /// AACS 2.0 — UHD-BD, classical Media Key derivation.
+    V20,
+    /// AACS 2.1 — UHD-BD with Media Key Variant chain on top of V20.
+    V21,
+}
+
+impl AacsVersion {
+    /// Stride (in bytes) between successive encrypted unit keys in
+    /// `Unit_Key_RO.inf`.
+    fn unit_key_stride(self) -> usize {
+        match self {
+            AacsVersion::V10 => 48,
+            AacsVersion::V20 | AacsVersion::V21 => 64,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // ── VUK derivation ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 /// Derive VUK from Media Key and Volume ID.
@@ -33,8 +65,8 @@ pub struct UnitKeyFile {
     pub num_bdmv_dir: u8,
     /// Whether SKB MKB is used
     pub use_skb_mkb: bool,
-    /// Whether this is AACS 2.0
-    pub aacs2: bool,
+    /// AACS generation this file's stride matches
+    pub version: AacsVersion,
     /// Encrypted unit keys (CPS unit number, encrypted key)
     pub encrypted_keys: Vec<(u32, [u8; 16])>,
     /// Title → CPS unit index mapping (title_idx → unit_key_idx)
@@ -76,8 +108,8 @@ pub fn disc_hash_hex(hash: &[u8; 20]) -> String {
 ///   [uk_pos..uk_pos+2]   BE16: num_unit_keys
 ///   [uk_pos+48..]        encrypted keys, 16 bytes each
 ///                         AACS 1.0: 48-byte stride
-///                         AACS 2.0: 64-byte stride (48 + 16 extra)
-pub fn parse_unit_key_ro(data: &[u8], aacs2: bool) -> Option<UnitKeyFile> {
+///                         AACS 2.0 / 2.1: 64-byte stride (48 + 16 extra)
+pub fn parse_unit_key_ro(data: &[u8], version: AacsVersion) -> Option<UnitKeyFile> {
     if data.len() < 20 {
         return None;
     }
@@ -103,14 +135,14 @@ pub fn parse_unit_key_ro(data: &[u8], aacs2: bool) -> Option<UnitKeyFile> {
             app_type,
             num_bdmv_dir,
             use_skb_mkb,
-            aacs2,
+            version,
             encrypted_keys: Vec::new(),
             title_cps_unit: Vec::new(),
         });
     }
 
     // Stride between keys
-    let stride = if aacs2 { 64 } else { 48 };
+    let stride = version.unit_key_stride();
 
     // Validate size
     let keys_start = uk_pos + 48; // first key at uk_pos + 48
@@ -155,7 +187,7 @@ pub fn parse_unit_key_ro(data: &[u8], aacs2: bool) -> Option<UnitKeyFile> {
         app_type,
         num_bdmv_dir,
         use_skb_mkb,
-        aacs2,
+        version,
         encrypted_keys,
         title_cps_unit,
     })
@@ -169,8 +201,9 @@ pub fn parse_unit_key_ro(data: &[u8], aacs2: bool) -> Option<UnitKeyFile> {
 /// This is the fast path — no subset-difference tree traversal needed.
 ///
 /// MKB format:
-///   Record type 0x10 = Verify Media Key Record (has mk_dv)
-///   Record type 0x81 = Type and Version Record (has MKB version)
+///   Record type 0x10 = Type and Version Record (has MKB version)
+///   Record type 0x81 = Verify Media Key Record, AACS 1.0 (has mk_dv)
+///   Record type 0x86 = Verify Media Key Record, AACS 2.0/2.1 (has mk_dv)
 ///   Record type 0x04 = Subset-Difference Index (has UVS entries)
 ///   Record type 0x07 = Explicit Subset-Difference Record (has cvalues)
 pub fn derive_media_key_from_pk(mkb: &[u8], processing_keys: &[[u8; 16]]) -> Option<[u8; 16]> {
@@ -208,46 +241,45 @@ pub fn derive_media_key_from_pk(mkb: &[u8], processing_keys: &[[u8; 16]]) -> Opt
 
 /// Validate a processing key against a cvalue/UV pair.
 /// Returns the Media Key if valid.
+///
+/// Steps:
+///   1. `mk = AES-128D(pk, cvalue)`
+///   2. `mk[12..16] ^= uv` (4 bytes XOR into the last 4 bytes only)
+///   3. `dec_vd = AES-128D(mk, mk_dv)`
+///   4. If `dec_vd[0..8] == 01 23 45 67 89 AB CD EF` → valid.
 fn validate_processing_key(
     pk: &[u8; 16],
     cvalue: &[u8],
-    _uv: &[u8],
+    uv: &[u8],
     mk_dv: &[u8; 16],
 ) -> Option<[u8; 16]> {
-    if cvalue.len() < 16 {
+    if cvalue.len() < 16 || uv.len() < 4 {
         return None;
     }
-    // mk = AES-DEC(pk, cvalue) XOR cvalue
+
+    // Step 1: mk = AES-128D(pk, cvalue)
     let mut cv = [0u8; 16];
     cv.copy_from_slice(&cvalue[..16]);
     let mut mk = aes_ecb_decrypt(pk, &cv);
-    for i in 0..16 {
-        mk[i] ^= cv[i];
+
+    // Step 2: XOR uv into the last 4 bytes of mk (mk[12..16]).
+    for a in 0..4 {
+        mk[12 + a] ^= uv[a];
     }
 
-    // Verify: AES-ECB(mk, mk_dv) should produce a specific pattern
-    let _verify = aes_ecb_encrypt(&mk, mk_dv);
-    // mk_dv verification: the first 12 bytes of AES(mk, mk_dv) should be all 0xDEADBEEF...
-    // Actually per AACS spec: verify record value is AES(mk, all_zeros)
-    // No — the mk_dv IS the verification value. We compute AES-ECB(mk, verify_data)
-    // and check it matches.
-    // From libaacs _validate_pk:
-    //   crypto_aes128d(pk, rec + a*16, mk) → decrypt cvalue with PK
-    //   mk[i] ^= rec[i]  → XOR with cvalue
-    //   crypto_aes128e(mk, mk_dv, test) → encrypt mk_dv with derived mk
-    //   if first 12 bytes of test are zero → valid media key
-    let test = aes_ecb_encrypt(&mk, mk_dv);
-    // AACS spec: Verify Media Key record — first 12 bytes must be zero
-    if test[..12] == [0u8; 12] {
+    // Step 3 + 4: dec_vd = AES-128D(mk, mk_dv); verify magic.
+    let dec_vd = aes_ecb_decrypt(&mk, mk_dv);
+    const VERIFY_MAGIC: [u8; 8] = [0x01, 0x23, 0x45, 0x67, 0x89, 0xAB, 0xCD, 0xEF];
+    if dec_vd[..8] == VERIFY_MAGIC {
         return Some(mk);
     }
     None
 }
 
-/// Find Verify Media Key Record (type 0x10) in MKB.
+/// Find Verify Media Key Record (type 0x81 for AACS 1.0, 0x86 for AACS 2.0/2.1) in MKB.
 fn mkb_find_mk_dv(mkb: &[u8]) -> Option<[u8; 16]> {
     let mut pos = 0;
-    let mut type10_seen: Vec<(usize, usize)> = Vec::new();
+    let mut verify_rec_seen: Vec<(u8, usize, usize)> = Vec::new();
     while pos + 4 <= mkb.len() {
         let rec_type = mkb[pos];
         let rec_len = u32::from_be_bytes([0, mkb[pos + 1], mkb[pos + 2], mkb[pos + 3]]) as usize;
@@ -255,17 +287,18 @@ fn mkb_find_mk_dv(mkb: &[u8]) -> Option<[u8; 16]> {
             break;
         }
 
-        if rec_type == 0x10 {
-            type10_seen.push((pos, rec_len));
+        if rec_type == 0x81 || rec_type == 0x86 {
+            verify_rec_seen.push((rec_type, pos, rec_len));
         }
 
-        if rec_type == 0x10 && rec_len >= 20 {
-            // mk_dv is at offset 4 (after record header)
+        if (rec_type == 0x81 || rec_type == 0x86) && rec_len >= 20 {
+            // mk_dv is at offset 4 of the record (after the 4-byte header)
             let mut dv = [0u8; 16];
             dv.copy_from_slice(&mkb[pos + 4..pos + 20]);
             tracing::warn!(
                 target: "freemkv::disc",
                 phase = "mkb_mk_dv_found",
+                rec_type,
                 pos,
                 rec_len,
                 "mk_dv extracted from MKB"
@@ -277,9 +310,9 @@ fn mkb_find_mk_dv(mkb: &[u8]) -> Option<[u8; 16]> {
     tracing::warn!(
         target: "freemkv::disc",
         phase = "mkb_mk_dv_not_found",
-        type10_seen = ?type10_seen,
+        verify_rec_seen = ?verify_rec_seen,
         scanned_bytes = pos,
-        "no 0x10 record with rec_len>=20 found"
+        "no 0x81/0x86 record with rec_len>=20 found"
     );
     None
 }
@@ -302,8 +335,25 @@ fn mkb_find_subdiff_records(mkb: &[u8]) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
     None
 }
 
-/// Find Conditional Values (cvalues) record (type 0x07) in MKB.
+/// Find the Media Key Data Record (cvalues table) in an MKB.
+///
+/// libaacs hard-codes record type `0x05` (matches AACS 1.0 and BD type-3/4
+/// MKBs), but on AACS 2.x Category-C MKBs the cvalues table moved to
+/// record type `0x07` and `0x05` now carries the host-revocation
+/// signature. To stay correct on both lines we prefer `0x07` first (the
+/// AACS 2.x layout used by every modern UHD disc) and fall back to
+/// `0x05` for AACS 1.0 MKBs.
 fn mkb_find_cvalues(mkb: &[u8]) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    if let Some(body) = find_record_body(mkb, 0x07) {
+        return Some(body);
+    }
+    find_record_body(mkb, 0x05)
+}
+
+/// Walk an MKB and return the payload (header stripped) of the first
+/// record matching `rec_type`. Returns `None` if no such record exists or
+/// the record is empty.
+fn find_record_body(mkb: &[u8], rec_type_wanted: u8) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
     let mut pos = 0;
     while pos + 4 <= mkb.len() {
         let rec_type = mkb[pos];
@@ -311,16 +361,19 @@ fn mkb_find_cvalues(mkb: &[u8]) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
         if rec_len < 4 || pos + rec_len > mkb.len() {
             break;
         }
-
-        if rec_type == 0x07 && rec_len > 4 {
+        if rec_type == rec_type_wanted && rec_len > 4 {
             return Some(mkb[pos + 4..pos + rec_len].to_vec());
         }
+        if rec_len == 0 {
+            break;
+        }
         pos += rec_len;
     }
     None
 }
 
-/// Get MKB version from Type and Version Record (type 0x81).
+/// Get MKB version from Type and Version Record (type 0x10).
+/// Version is a BE u32 at offset 8 of the record body (offset 12 from `pos`).
 pub fn mkb_version(mkb: &[u8]) -> Option<u32> {
     let mut pos = 0;
     while pos + 4 <= mkb.len() {
@@ -330,12 +383,12 @@ pub fn mkb_version(mkb: &[u8]) -> Option<u32> {
             break;
         }
 
-        if rec_type == 0x81 && rec_len >= 8 {
+        if rec_type == 0x10 && rec_len >= 12 {
             return Some(u32::from_be_bytes([
-                mkb[pos + 4],
-                mkb[pos + 5],
-                mkb[pos + 6],
-                mkb[pos + 7],
+                mkb[pos + 8],
+                mkb[pos + 9],
+                mkb[pos + 10],
+                mkb[pos + 11],
             ]));
         }
         pos += rec_len;
@@ -549,8 +602,12 @@ pub struct ContentCert {
     pub bus_encryption: bool,
     /// Content Certificate ID (6 bytes)
     pub cc_id: [u8; 6],
-    /// AACS version: false = AACS 1.0, true = AACS 2.0
-    pub aacs2: bool,
+    /// AACS generation indicated by the certificate type byte.
+    ///
+    /// Cert type `0x00` → [`AacsVersion::V10`]; any other value →
+    /// [`AacsVersion::V20`]. The certificate alone cannot distinguish
+    /// V20 from V21 — Variant detection happens after the MKB walk.
+    pub version: AacsVersion,
 }
 
 /// Parse a Content Certificate (ContentXXX.cer) file.
@@ -563,7 +620,11 @@ pub fn parse_content_cert(data: &[u8]) -> Option<ContentCert> {
     //   [0] certificate type (0x00 = AACS1, 0x01 = AACS2)
     //   [1] bus_encryption_enabled (bit 0)
     //   [2..8] cc_id (6 bytes)
-    let aacs2 = data[0] != 0x00;
+    let version = if data[0] == 0x00 {
+        AacsVersion::V10
+    } else {
+        AacsVersion::V20
+    };
     let bus_encryption = (data[1] & 0x01) != 0;
     let mut cc_id = [0u8; 6];
     cc_id.copy_from_slice(&data[2..8]);
@@ -571,7 +632,7 @@ pub fn parse_content_cert(data: &[u8]) -> Option<ContentCert> {
     Some(ContentCert {
         bus_encryption,
         cc_id,
-        aacs2,
+        version,
     })
 }
 
@@ -588,44 +649,172 @@ pub struct ResolvedKeys {
     pub unit_keys: Vec<(u32, [u8; 16])>,
     /// Title → CPS unit index mapping
     pub title_cps_unit: Vec<u16>,
-    /// Whether AACS 2.0
-    pub aacs2: bool,
+    /// AACS generation that drove the resolution
+    pub version: AacsVersion,
     /// Whether bus encryption is enabled (from Content Certificate)
     pub bus_encryption: bool,
     /// Which resolution path succeeded (1=KEYDB, 2=KEYDB derived, 3=PK, 4=DK)
     pub key_source: u8,
 }
 
-/// Resolve all AACS keys for a disc given:
-///   - Unit_Key_RO.inf raw data
-///   - Content Certificate raw data (optional, for AACS version detection)
-///   - Volume ID (from SCSI handshake)
-///   - KEYDB
-///
-/// Tries in order:
-///   1. Disc hash → KEYDB → VUK (fast path)
-///   2. KEYDB media key + volume ID → VUK (if disc hash not in KEYDB but MK is)
-///   3. MKB + processing keys → media key → VUK (full derivation)
-pub fn resolve_keys(
-    unit_key_ro_data: &[u8],
-    content_cert_data: Option<&[u8]>,
-    volume_id: &[u8; 16],
-    keydb: &KeyDb,
-    mkb_data: Option<&[u8]>,
-) -> Option<ResolvedKeys> {
-    // Detect AACS version
-    let aacs2 = content_cert_data
-        .and_then(parse_content_cert)
-        .map(|cc| cc.aacs2)
-        .unwrap_or(false);
+/// Inputs shared by every classical-path resolver. References only —
+/// callers retain ownership of all buffers.
+pub struct ResolveContext<'a> {
+    /// `Unit_Key_RO.inf` raw bytes.
+    pub unit_key_ro: &'a [u8],
+    /// Content Certificate raw bytes (optional — used for bus-encryption flag).
+    pub content_cert: Option<&'a [u8]>,
+    /// 16-byte Volume ID from SCSI handshake. `[0u8; 16]` is the
+    /// "no VID" sentinel and disables paths 2/3/4.
+    pub volume_id: &'a [u8; 16],
+    /// Key database.
+    pub keydb: &'a KeyDb,
+    /// MKB raw bytes (optional — paths 3/4 require it).
+    pub mkb: Option<&'a [u8]>,
+}
 
-    let bus_encryption = content_cert_data
+/// AACS 1.0 key resolution. Parses `Unit_Key_RO.inf` with 48-byte
+/// stride. Tries paths 1 → 4 in order.
+pub fn resolve_keys_v1(ctx: &ResolveContext<'_>) -> Option<ResolvedKeys> {
+    resolve_keys_classical(ctx, AacsVersion::V10)
+}
+
+/// AACS 2.0 key resolution. Parses `Unit_Key_RO.inf` with 64-byte
+/// stride. Tries paths 1 → 4 in order. When paths 3/4 succeed against
+/// an MKB carrying Variant records (`0x82` / `0x83`), the result's
+/// `version` is upgraded to [`AacsVersion::V21`] — derivation still
+/// runs through the classical V2 path; the V21-specific Variant chain
+/// is wired separately via [`resolve_keys_v21`].
+pub fn resolve_keys_v2(ctx: &ResolveContext<'_>) -> Option<ResolvedKeys> {
+    let mut resolved = resolve_keys_classical(ctx, AacsVersion::V20)?;
+    if let Some(mkb) = ctx.mkb {
+        let recs = super::variants::walk_mkb(mkb);
+        if super::variants::is_variant_mkb(&recs) {
+            resolved.version = AacsVersion::V21;
+        }
+    }
+    Some(resolved)
+}
+
+/// AACS 2.1 key resolution via the Media Key Variant chain.
+///
+/// This is wired but not reachable from the production dispatcher — the
+/// Variant chain still requires an integrator-supplied Key Correction
+/// Data constant (see [`super::variants::KEY_CORRECTION_DATA_PLACEHOLDER`])
+/// and an empirically-validated `VARIANTS[uv]` table. Until both are
+/// available, [`super::variants::derive_media_key_variant`] returns
+/// errors that this wrapper logs and converts to `None`.
+///
+/// The chain still passes the disc hash → KEYDB path (1) and the
+/// KEYDB-derived MK+VID path (2) before attempting variant derivation;
+/// V21 discs already in the keydb behave identically to V20.
+pub fn resolve_keys_v21(ctx: &ResolveContext<'_>) -> Option<ResolvedKeys> {
+    // Paths 1 and 2 are version-agnostic — try them first via the
+    // classical V20-stride parser.
+    let uk_file = parse_unit_key_ro(ctx.unit_key_ro, AacsVersion::V20)?;
+    let hash_hex = disc_hash_hex(&uk_file.disc_hash);
+    let bus_encryption = ctx
+        .content_cert
         .and_then(parse_content_cert)
         .map(|cc| cc.bus_encryption)
         .unwrap_or(false);
 
-    // Parse Unit_Key_RO.inf
-    let uk_file = parse_unit_key_ro(unit_key_ro_data, aacs2)?;
+    let build = |vuk: [u8; 16], key_source: u8| -> ResolvedKeys {
+        let unit_keys: Vec<(u32, [u8; 16])> = uk_file
+            .encrypted_keys
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(num, enc_key)| (*num, decrypt_unit_key(&vuk, enc_key)))
+            .collect();
+        ResolvedKeys {
+            disc_hash: uk_file.disc_hash,
+            vuk,
+            unit_keys,
+            title_cps_unit: uk_file.title_cps_unit.clone(),
+            version: AacsVersion::V21,
+            bus_encryption,
+            key_source,
+        }
+    };
+
+    tracing::warn!(
+        target: "freemkv::disc",
+        phase = "resolve_keys_v21_start",
+        bus_encryption,
+        disc_hash = %hash_hex,
+        mkb_present = ctx.mkb.is_some(),
+        "resolve_keys_v21: starting"
+    );
+
+    if let Some(entry) = ctx.keydb.find_disc(&hash_hex) {
+        if let Some(vuk) = entry.vuk {
+            return Some(build(vuk, 1));
+        }
+    }
+
+    if *ctx.volume_id == [0u8; 16] {
+        tracing::warn!(
+            target: "freemkv::disc",
+            phase = "resolve_keys_v21_no_vid",
+            "VID unavailable; v21 derivation requires VID"
+        );
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    for entry in ctx.keydb.disc_entries.values() {
+        if let (Some(mk), Some(did)) = (entry.media_key, entry.disc_id) {
+            if did == *ctx.volume_id {
+                return Some(build(derive_vuk(&mk, ctx.volume_id), 2));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Variant chain — walk MKB, derive Km via the Media Key Variant
+    // chain, then derive VUK off Km and the disc's VID.
+    let mkb = ctx.mkb?;
+    let recs = super::variants::walk_mkb(mkb);
+    match super::variants::derive_media_key_variant(
+        &recs,
+        &ctx.keydb.device_keys,
+        &super::variants::KEY_CORRECTION_DATA_PLACEHOLDER,
+        ctx.volume_id,
+    ) {
+        Ok((_km, kvu)) => {
+            tracing::warn!(
+                target: "freemkv::disc",
+                phase = "resolve_keys_v21_variant_ok",
+                "Media Key Variant chain produced Km + Kvu"
+            );
+            Some(build(kvu, 4))
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            tracing::warn!(
+                target: "freemkv::disc",
+                phase = "resolve_keys_v21_variant_err",
+                error_code = %e,
+                "Media Key Variant chain failed"
+            );
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Resolve all AACS keys for a disc using the classical (single-stage
+/// Media Key derivation) paths. Used by both V10 and V20.
+///
+/// Tries in order:
+///   1. Disc hash → KEYDB → VUK (fast path, no VID required)
+///   2. KEYDB media key + volume ID → VUK
+///   3. MKB + processing keys → media key → VUK
+///   4. MKB + device keys → processing key → media key → VUK
+fn resolve_keys_classical(ctx: &ResolveContext<'_>, version: AacsVersion) -> Option<ResolvedKeys> {
+    let bus_encryption = ctx
+        .content_cert
+        .and_then(parse_content_cert)
+        .map(|cc| cc.bus_encryption)
+        .unwrap_or(false);
+
+    // Parse Unit_Key_RO.inf at the version-appropriate stride.
+    let uk_file = parse_unit_key_ro(ctx.unit_key_ro, version)?;
 
     let hash_hex = disc_hash_hex(&uk_file.disc_hash);
 
@@ -641,7 +830,7 @@ pub fn resolve_keys(
             vuk,
             unit_keys,
             title_cps_unit: uk_file.title_cps_unit.clone(),
-            aacs2,
+            version,
             bus_encryption,
             key_source,
         }
@@ -650,15 +839,15 @@ pub fn resolve_keys(
     tracing::warn!(
         target: "freemkv::disc",
         phase = "resolve_keys_start",
-        aacs2,
+        version = ?version,
         bus_encryption,
         disc_hash = %hash_hex,
-        mkb_present = mkb_data.is_some(),
+        mkb_present = ctx.mkb.is_some(),
         "resolve_keys: starting"
     );
 
     // Path 1: Look up VUK by disc hash in KEYDB
-    if let Some(entry) = keydb.find_disc(&hash_hex) {
+    if let Some(entry) = ctx.keydb.find_disc(&hash_hex) {
         tracing::warn!(target: "freemkv::disc", phase = "resolve_keys_path1_hit_entry", "disc hash found in keydb");
         if let Some(vuk) = entry.vuk {
             return Some(build(vuk, 1));
@@ -668,21 +857,36 @@ pub fn resolve_keys(
         tracing::warn!(target: "freemkv::disc", phase = "resolve_keys_path1_miss", "disc hash NOT in keydb");
     }
 
+    // Paths 2-4 all consume the Volume ID. Without it (handshake
+    // skipped, raw-read bypass failed, etc.) every downstream
+    // derivation produces garbage. Caller stamps `[0u8; 16]` as the
+    // sentinel "no VID" — short-circuit here so we don't surface a
+    // misleading "all paths failed" log when really the math is
+    // structurally impossible.
+    if *ctx.volume_id == [0u8; 16] {
+        tracing::warn!(
+            target: "freemkv::disc",
+            phase = "resolve_keys_no_vid",
+            "VID unavailable; paths 2/3/4 require VID and are skipped"
+        );
+        return None;
+    }
+
     // Path 2: Find entry with matching VID → derive VUK from MK + VID
     let mut path2_mk_did_count = 0usize;
-    for entry in keydb.disc_entries.values() {
+    for entry in ctx.keydb.disc_entries.values() {
         if let (Some(mk), Some(did)) = (entry.media_key, entry.disc_id) {
             path2_mk_did_count += 1;
-            if did == *volume_id {
+            if did == *ctx.volume_id {
                 tracing::warn!(target: "freemkv::disc", phase = "resolve_keys_path2_hit", "MK+VID entry matched volume_id");
-                return Some(build(derive_vuk(&mk, volume_id), 2));
+                return Some(build(derive_vuk(&mk, ctx.volume_id), 2));
             }
         }
     }
     tracing::warn!(target: "freemkv::disc", phase = "resolve_keys_path2_miss", mk_did_entries = path2_mk_did_count, "no MK+VID entry matched volume_id");
 
     // Path 3: MKB + processing keys → media key → VUK
-    if let Some(mkb) = mkb_data {
+    if let Some(mkb) = ctx.mkb {
         let mk_dv = mkb_find_mk_dv(mkb);
         let subdiff = mkb_find_subdiff_records(mkb);
         let cvalues = mkb_find_cvalues(mkb);
@@ -697,18 +901,18 @@ pub fn resolve_keys(
             "MKB record scan results"
         );
 
-        if let Some(mk) = derive_media_key_from_pk(mkb, &keydb.processing_keys) {
+        if let Some(mk) = derive_media_key_from_pk(mkb, &ctx.keydb.processing_keys) {
             tracing::warn!(target: "freemkv::disc", phase = "resolve_keys_path3_hit", "media key derived from processing key");
-            return Some(build(derive_vuk(&mk, volume_id), 3));
+            return Some(build(derive_vuk(&mk, ctx.volume_id), 3));
         }
-        tracing::warn!(target: "freemkv::disc", phase = "resolve_keys_path3_miss", pk_count = keydb.processing_keys.len(), "PK derivation failed");
+        tracing::warn!(target: "freemkv::disc", phase = "resolve_keys_path3_miss", pk_count = ctx.keydb.processing_keys.len(), "PK derivation failed");
 
         // Path 4: MKB + device keys → processing key → media key → VUK
-        if let Some(mk) = derive_media_key_from_dk(mkb, &keydb.device_keys) {
+        if let Some(mk) = derive_media_key_from_dk(mkb, &ctx.keydb.device_keys) {
             tracing::warn!(target: "freemkv::disc", phase = "resolve_keys_path4_hit", "media key derived from device key");
-            return Some(build(derive_vuk(&mk, volume_id), 4));
+            return Some(build(derive_vuk(&mk, ctx.volume_id), 4));
         }
-        tracing::warn!(target: "freemkv::disc", phase = "resolve_keys_path4_miss", dk_count = keydb.device_keys.len(), "DK derivation failed");
+        tracing::warn!(target: "freemkv::disc", phase = "resolve_keys_path4_miss", dk_count = ctx.keydb.device_keys.len(), "DK derivation failed");
     } else {
         tracing::warn!(target: "freemkv::disc", phase = "resolve_keys_no_mkb", "no MKB data available; paths 3/4 skipped");
     }
@@ -923,10 +1127,10 @@ mod tests {
             data[key2_pos + i] = 0xBB;
         }
 
-        let parsed = parse_unit_key_ro(&data, false).unwrap();
+        let parsed = parse_unit_key_ro(&data, AacsVersion::V10).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(parsed.app_type, 1);
         assert_eq!(parsed.num_bdmv_dir, 1);
-        assert!(!parsed.aacs2);
+        assert_eq!(parsed.version, AacsVersion::V10);
         assert_eq!(parsed.encrypted_keys.len(), 2);
         assert_eq!(parsed.encrypted_keys[0].0, 1); // CPS unit 1
         assert_eq!(parsed.encrypted_keys[0].1, [0xAA; 16]);
@@ -935,23 +1139,137 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_mkb_version_parse() {
-        // Synthetic MKB with Type and Version record (0x81)
-        let mut mkb = vec![0u8; 32];
-        // Record: type=0x81, length=12 (BE24)
-        mkb[0] = 0x81;
-        mkb[1] = 0x00;
-        mkb[2] = 0x00;
-        mkb[3] = 0x0C;
-        // Version = 77
-        mkb[4] = 0x00;
-        mkb[5] = 0x00;
-        mkb[6] = 0x00;
-        mkb[7] = 77;
-
+    fn mkb_version_recognizes_type_0x10() {
+        // Type-and-Version record: type=0x10, rec_len=12 (BE24).
+        // Body is 8 bytes; the version u32 sits at offset 8 of the record.
+        let mkb = [
+            0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, 0x48, 0x14, 0x10, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x4D,
+        ];
         assert_eq!(mkb_version(&mkb), Some(77));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn mkb_version_returns_none_on_empty() {
+        assert_eq!(mkb_version(&[]), None);
+        assert_eq!(mkb_version(&[0x10, 0x00]), None);
+        // Type 0x10 record but rec_len < 12 → no version available.
+        let short = [0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01];
+        assert_eq!(mkb_version(&short), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mkb_find_mk_dv_recognizes_type_0x81() {
+        // First: type-0x10 type/version record (12 bytes), then type-0x81 verify record.
+        // Verify record carries a known 16-byte mk_dv at offset 4 of the record body.
+        let expected: [u8; 16] = [
+            0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44, 0x55, 0x66, 0x77, 0x88, 0x99, 0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 0xDD, 0xEE,
+            0xFF, 0x00,
+        ];
+        let mut mkb = vec![
+            0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01,
+        ];
+        // type=0x81, rec_len=24 (4-byte header + 16-byte mk_dv + 4-byte trailing zeros)
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x81, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18]);
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&expected);
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]);
+
+        assert_eq!(mkb_find_mk_dv(&mkb), Some(expected));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn validate_processing_key_round_trip_with_nonzero_uv() {
+        // Synthesise a (pk, uv, mk, cvalue, mk_dv) tuple that satisfies the
+        // libaacs _validate_pk relation, then confirm validate_processing_key
+        // recovers mk. Catches the bugs that landed pre-fix:
+        //   * uv XOR step was missing → mk wrong whenever uv != 0
+        //   * AES-128E + 12-zero check instead of AES-128D + magic
+        use super::super::decrypt::{aes_ecb_decrypt as dec, aes_ecb_encrypt as enc};
+
+        let pk: [u8; 16] = [
+            0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44, 0x55, 0x66, 0x77, 0x88, 0x99, 0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 0xDD, 0xEE,
+            0xFF, 0x00,
+        ];
+        let mk: [u8; 16] = [
+            0xA0, 0xA1, 0xA2, 0xA3, 0xA4, 0xA5, 0xA6, 0xA7, 0xA8, 0xA9, 0xAA, 0xAB, 0xAC, 0xAD,
+            0xAE, 0xAF,
+        ];
+        let uv: [u8; 4] = [0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00];
+
+        // cvalue is what AES-128E(pk, mk') gives, where mk' = mk with the
+        // last-4-bytes-uv XOR pre-undone:
+        //   mk_raw[12..16] = mk[12..16] XOR uv  (so the validate step XORs
+        //   uv back in and recovers mk).
+        let mut mk_raw = mk;
+        for a in 0..4 {
+            mk_raw[12 + a] ^= uv[a];
+        }
+        let cvalue = enc(&pk, &mk_raw);
+
+        // mk_dv is the encryption (under the correct mk) of the verify
+        // magic, padded with arbitrary bytes — when decrypted with mk we
+        // recover the magic.
+        let mut plaintext_vd = [0u8; 16];
+        plaintext_vd[..8].copy_from_slice(&[0x01, 0x23, 0x45, 0x67, 0x89, 0xAB, 0xCD, 0xEF]);
+        // Trailing 8 bytes are don't-cares in the magic check.
+        plaintext_vd[8..].copy_from_slice(&[0x11; 8]);
+        let mk_dv = enc(&mk, &plaintext_vd);
+        // Sanity: decrypting mk_dv with mk yields the magic.
+        let _check = dec(&mk, &mk_dv);
+
+        let recovered = validate_processing_key(&pk, &cvalue, &uv, &mk_dv)
+            .expect("validate_processing_key must accept a correct pk + uv pair");
+        assert_eq!(recovered, mk, "recovered mk must match the planted mk");
+
+        // And a wrong pk must be rejected.
+        let mut wrong_pk = pk;
+        wrong_pk[0] ^= 0xFF;
+        assert!(validate_processing_key(&wrong_pk, &cvalue, &uv, &mk_dv).is_none());
+
+        // And a uv mismatch must be rejected.
+        let wrong_uv = [0x00u8, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00];
+        assert!(validate_processing_key(&pk, &cvalue, &wrong_uv, &mk_dv).is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mkb_find_cvalues_prefers_0x07_then_falls_back_to_0x05() {
+        // AACS 2.x: type 0x07 carries cvalues; 0x05 is the host-revocation
+        // signature. Mixed-record MKB → 0x07 wins.
+        let mut mkb = vec![
+            0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x4D,
+        ];
+        // type=0x05, body = [0xAA; 4]
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x05, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0xAA, 0xAA, 0xAA, 0xAA]);
+        // type=0x07, body = [0xBB; 4]
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0xBB, 0xBB, 0xBB, 0xBB]);
+        let body = mkb_find_cvalues(&mkb).expect("cvalues record must be found");
+        assert_eq!(body, vec![0xBB, 0xBB, 0xBB, 0xBB], "0x07 must be preferred");
+
+        // AACS 1.0: only 0x05 present → fall back to it.
+        let mut mkb1 = vec![
+            0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01,
+        ];
+        mkb1.extend_from_slice(&[0x05, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0xCC, 0xCC, 0xCC, 0xCC]);
+        let body = mkb_find_cvalues(&mkb1).expect("0x05 fallback must work for AACS 1.0");
+        assert_eq!(body, vec![0xCC, 0xCC, 0xCC, 0xCC]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mkb_find_mk_dv_recognizes_type_0x86() {
+        // AACS 2.0 form uses type 0x86 for the verify record.
+        let expected: [u8; 16] = [
+            0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A,
+            0x0B, 0x0C,
+        ];
+        let mut mkb = vec![
+            0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x4D,
+        ];
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x86, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18]);
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&expected);
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00]);
+
+        assert_eq!(mkb_find_mk_dv(&mkb), Some(expected));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_resolve_keys_vuk_path() {
         // Test the full resolve chain using VUK path
@@ -987,6 +1305,105 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Build a minimal Unit_Key_RO.inf with `num_unit_keys = 1`. The
+    /// disc hash won't be in any synthetic keydb so path 1 misses,
+    /// which lets us isolate the path-2/3/4 short-circuit behavior.
+    fn minimal_unit_key_ro() -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut data = vec![0u8; 256];
+        // uk_pos = 0x60
+        data[3] = 0x60;
+        data[16] = 1; // app_type = BD-ROM
+        data[17] = 1; // num_bdmv_dir
+        let uk_pos = 0x60usize;
+        data[uk_pos + 1] = 1; // 1 unit key
+        // Key at uk_pos + 48 — value doesn't matter, just needs to fit.
+        for i in 0..16 {
+            data[uk_pos + 48 + i] = 0xCC;
+        }
+        data
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn resolve_keys_skips_paths_2_through_4_when_vid_is_zero() {
+        // No VID -> paths 2/3/4 cannot succeed. The function must
+        // return None WITHOUT touching the MKB / device keys, so we
+        // can pass an MKB that would otherwise cause expensive
+        // derivation work — it must not be consumed.
+        let uk_ro = minimal_unit_key_ro();
+        let zero_vid = [0u8; 16];
+
+        // Populate keydb with a non-matching VID entry (path 2 would
+        // miss anyway) plus dummy processing/device keys (paths 3/4
+        // would also miss, but the short-circuit means they're never
+        // attempted).
+        let mut keydb = KeyDb::empty();
+        keydb.disc_entries.insert(
+            "0xDEADBEEF".to_string(),
+            DiscEntry {
+                disc_hash: "0xDEADBEEF".to_string(),
+                title: "fixture".to_string(),
+                media_key: Some([0x11u8; 16]),
+                disc_id: Some([0x22u8; 16]),
+                vuk: None,
+                unit_keys: Vec::new(),
+            },
+        );
+        keydb.processing_keys.push([0u8; 16]);
+
+        let ctx = ResolveContext {
+            unit_key_ro: &uk_ro,
+            content_cert: None,
+            volume_id: &zero_vid,
+            keydb: &keydb,
+            mkb: None,
+        };
+        let result = resolve_keys_v1(&ctx);
+        assert!(
+            result.is_none(),
+            "resolve_keys with VID=0 and no matching disc-hash entry must return None"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn resolve_keys_path1_still_runs_when_vid_is_zero() {
+        // Path 1 (disc-hash → VUK) doesn't need VID. Confirm the
+        // short-circuit doesn't block it: install a keydb entry whose
+        // disc_hash matches the fixture's hash, with a known VUK, and
+        // verify resolve_keys returns it with key_source = 1.
+        let uk_ro = minimal_unit_key_ro();
+        let hash = disc_hash(&uk_ro);
+        // `find_disc` lowercases the incoming hash; the entry map is
+        // keyed lowercase too, so we have to lowercase here.
+        let hash_hex = disc_hash_hex(&hash).to_lowercase();
+
+        let mut keydb = KeyDb::empty();
+        let known_vuk = [0xABu8; 16];
+        keydb.disc_entries.insert(
+            hash_hex.clone(),
+            DiscEntry {
+                disc_hash: hash_hex,
+                title: "fixture".to_string(),
+                media_key: None,
+                disc_id: None,
+                vuk: Some(known_vuk),
+                unit_keys: Vec::new(),
+            },
+        );
+
+        let vid = [0u8; 16];
+        let ctx = ResolveContext {
+            unit_key_ro: &uk_ro,
+            content_cert: None,
+            volume_id: &vid,
+            keydb: &keydb,
+            mkb: None,
+        };
+        let resolved =
+            resolve_keys_v1(&ctx).expect("path 1 must run regardless of VID availability");
+        assert_eq!(resolved.vuk, known_vuk);
+        assert_eq!(resolved.key_source, 1);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_content_cert_parse() {
         // AACS 1.0 cert
@@ -994,14 +1411,14 @@ mod tests {
         data[0] = 0x00; // AACS 1.0
         data[1] = 0x00; // no bus encryption
         let cc = parse_content_cert(&data).unwrap();
-        assert!(!cc.aacs2);
+        assert_eq!(cc.version, AacsVersion::V10);
         assert!(!cc.bus_encryption);
 
         // AACS 2.0 with bus encryption
         data[0] = 0x01; // AACS 2.0
         data[1] = 0x01; // bus encryption enabled
         let cc = parse_content_cert(&data).unwrap();
-        assert!(cc.aacs2);
+        assert_eq!(cc.version, AacsVersion::V20);
         assert!(cc.bus_encryption);
     }
 }

src/aacs/mod.rs

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub mod decrypt;
 pub mod handshake;
 pub mod keydb;
 pub mod keys;
+pub mod variants;
 
 // Explicit re-exports — only items needed by external consumers and sibling crate modules.
 // AES primitives (aes_ecb_encrypt, aes_ecb_decrypt, aes_cbc_decrypt) are pub(crate) in decrypt.rs.
@@ -26,7 +27,13 @@ pub use decrypt::{
 };
 pub use keydb::{DeviceKey, DiscEntry, HostCert, KeyDb};
 pub use keys::{
-    ContentCert, ResolvedKeys, UnitKeyFile, decrypt_unit_key, derive_media_key_from_dk,
-    derive_media_key_from_pk, derive_vuk, disc_hash, disc_hash_hex, mkb_version,
-    parse_content_cert, parse_unit_key_ro, read_mkb_from_drive, resolve_keys,
+    AacsVersion, ContentCert, ResolveContext, ResolvedKeys, UnitKeyFile, decrypt_unit_key,
+    derive_media_key_from_dk, derive_media_key_from_pk, derive_vuk, disc_hash, disc_hash_hex,
+    mkb_version, parse_content_cert, parse_unit_key_ro, read_mkb_from_drive, resolve_keys_v1,
+    resolve_keys_v2, resolve_keys_v21,
+};
+pub use variants::{
+    KEY_CORRECTION_DATA_PLACEHOLDER, MediaKeyVariantError, MkbRecord, ProcessingKeyMatch,
+    derive_media_key_variant, is_variant_mkb, variant_data_record, variant_key_data, variant_nonce,
+    walk_mkb, walk_processing_key,
 };

src/aacs/variants.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,679 @@
+//! AACS Media Key Variant chain.
+//!
+//! On AACS 2.1 the Media Key derivation gains a second stage on top of
+//! the classical subset-difference walk. The classical walk yields a
+//! Media Key Precursor (Kmp) rather than the final Media Key; the
+//! Precursor combines with disc-supplied Variant Key Data (VKD) and an
+//! integrator-supplied Key Correction Data (KCD) constant to produce
+//! the Media Key.
+//!
+//! This module is wiring only — `resolve_keys` is not aware of it. The
+//! entry point is [`derive_media_key_variant`]. The Variant scheme is
+//! detected via the new MKB record types `0x82` (Encrypted Media Key
+//! Variant Data + Variant Key Data) and `0x83` (Variant Number). When
+//! a disc carries neither, callers should fall back to the classical
+//! single-stage derivation in [`super::keys`].
+//!
+//! The chain follows the published spec:
+//!
+//! ```text
+//! Kmp     = AES-128D(Kp, C) XOR uv
+//! Kpnew   = Kmp XOR KCD
+//! Kvn     = AES-G(Kp, Nonce) & 0xFFFF   (low 16 bits, BE)
+//! VKD_idx = Kvn XOR VARIANTS[uv]
+//! VKD     = vkd_table[VKD_idx * 16 .. +16]
+//! Km      = AES-128D(Kpnew, VKD) XOR uv
+//! ```
+//!
+//! Two condition bits on `Kmp[15]` route off the hardcoded-KCD path
+//! (Soft Correction and Online Challenge). The chain refuses to run in
+//! either case — callers must handle those modes out of band.
+
+use super::decrypt::aes_ecb_decrypt;
+use super::keydb::DeviceKey;
+
+// ── Public constants ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// Placeholder Key Correction Data. Sixteen zero bytes.
+///
+/// Integrators MUST supply a non-placeholder KCD via the `kcd` argument
+/// to [`derive_media_key_variant`]; the chain refuses to operate when
+/// the supplied KCD compares equal to this placeholder.
+pub const KEY_CORRECTION_DATA_PLACEHOLDER: [u8; 16] = [0u8; 16];
+
+// ── MKB record walking ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// A single MKB record produced by [`walk_mkb`].
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct MkbRecord {
+    /// Byte offset of the record within the MKB.
+    pub offset: usize,
+    /// Record type byte.
+    pub rec_type: u8,
+    /// Record length in bytes (includes the 4-byte header).
+    pub rec_len: usize,
+    /// Record body (the bytes after the 4-byte header).
+    pub body: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+/// Walk an MKB into a flat list of records.
+///
+/// MKB record framing per AACS: 1 byte type, 3 bytes BE length
+/// INCLUDING the 4-byte header, followed by payload. The walker stops
+/// at the first `(type=0, len=0)` end marker or at end of buffer.
+pub fn walk_mkb(mkb: &[u8]) -> Vec<MkbRecord> {
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    let mut pos = 0;
+    while pos + 4 <= mkb.len() {
+        let rec_type = mkb[pos];
+        let rec_len = ((mkb[pos + 1] as usize) << 16)
+            | ((mkb[pos + 2] as usize) << 8)
+            | (mkb[pos + 3] as usize);
+        if rec_type == 0 && rec_len == 0 {
+            break;
+        }
+        if rec_len < 4 || pos + rec_len > mkb.len() {
+            break;
+        }
+        let body = mkb[pos + 4..pos + rec_len].to_vec();
+        out.push(MkbRecord {
+            offset: pos,
+            rec_type,
+            rec_len,
+            body,
+        });
+        pos += rec_len;
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// True iff `records` contains at least one Media Key Variant record
+/// (type `0x82` or `0x83`).
+pub fn is_variant_mkb(records: &[MkbRecord]) -> bool {
+    records.iter().any(|r| matches!(r.rec_type, 0x82 | 0x83))
+}
+
+/// Body of the Encrypted Media Key Variant Data record (type `0x82`).
+pub fn variant_data_record(records: &[MkbRecord]) -> Option<&[u8]> {
+    records
+        .iter()
+        .find(|r| r.rec_type == 0x82)
+        .map(|r| r.body.as_slice())
+}
+
+/// 16-byte Nonce from the Variant Number record (type `0x83`). Returns
+/// the first 16 bytes of the body.
+pub fn variant_nonce(records: &[MkbRecord]) -> Option<[u8; 16]> {
+    let r = records.iter().find(|r| r.rec_type == 0x83)?;
+    if r.body.len() < 16 {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let mut out = [0u8; 16];
+    out.copy_from_slice(&r.body[..16]);
+    Some(out)
+}
+
+/// Body of the Variant Key Data record. Returns the first `0x82` body
+/// that is a non-empty multiple of 16 bytes.
+pub fn variant_key_data(records: &[MkbRecord]) -> Option<&[u8]> {
+    records
+        .iter()
+        .find(|r| r.rec_type == 0x82 && !r.body.is_empty() && r.body.len() % 16 == 0)
+        .map(|r| r.body.as_slice())
+}
+
+// ── AES-G ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// AES-G(x1, x2) = AES-128D(x1, x2) XOR x2.
+///
+/// The Media Key Variant chain uses AES-G to derive both the variant
+/// number (`Kvn = AES-G(Kp, Nonce)`) and the Volume Unique Key
+/// (`Kvu = AES-G(Km, VID)`). See [`super::keys::derive_vuk`] for the
+/// classical VUK form — the math is identical, this exposes it as a
+/// neutral primitive for the variant chain.
+fn aes_g(x1: &[u8; 16], x2: &[u8; 16]) -> [u8; 16] {
+    let mut out = aes_ecb_decrypt(x1, x2);
+    for i in 0..16 {
+        out[i] ^= x2[i];
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+// ── Subset-difference walk that exposes (Kp, uv) ──────────────────────────
+
+/// AES-G3 seed register initial value.
+const AESG3_SEED: [u8; 16] = [
+    0x7B, 0x10, 0x3C, 0x5D, 0xCB, 0x08, 0xC4, 0xE5, 0x1A, 0x27, 0xB0, 0x17, 0x99, 0x05, 0x3B, 0xD9,
+];
+
+/// AES-G3 single step: AES-G against the seed register at offset `inc`.
+fn aesg3_step(key: &[u8; 16], inc: u8) -> [u8; 16] {
+    let mut seed = AESG3_SEED;
+    seed[15] = seed[15].wrapping_add(inc);
+    aes_g(key, &seed)
+}
+
+fn calc_v_mask(uv: u32) -> u32 {
+    let mut v_mask: u32 = 0xFFFF_FFFF;
+    while (uv & !v_mask) == 0 && v_mask != 0 {
+        v_mask <<= 1;
+    }
+    v_mask
+}
+
+fn calc_pk_from_dk(dk: &[u8; 16], uv: u32, v_mask: u32, dev_key_v_mask: u32) -> [u8; 16] {
+    let mut left_child = aesg3_step(dk, 0);
+    let mut pk = aesg3_step(dk, 1);
+    let mut right_child = aesg3_step(dk, 2);
+    let mut current_v_mask = dev_key_v_mask;
+
+    while current_v_mask != v_mask {
+        let mut bit_pos: i32 = -1;
+        for i in (0..32).rev() {
+            if (current_v_mask & (1u32 << i)) == 0 {
+                bit_pos = i;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        let curr_key = if bit_pos < 0 || (uv & (1u32 << bit_pos as u32)) == 0 {
+            left_child
+        } else {
+            right_child
+        };
+
+        left_child = aesg3_step(&curr_key, 0);
+        pk = aesg3_step(&curr_key, 1);
+        right_child = aesg3_step(&curr_key, 2);
+
+        current_v_mask = ((current_v_mask as i32) >> 1) as u32;
+    }
+
+    pk
+}
+
+/// Outcome of a subset-difference walk against an MKB. Carries the
+/// processing key and the matching `uv` slot — both needed as inputs
+/// to the variant chain.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct ProcessingKeyMatch {
+    /// Processing Key.
+    pub kp: [u8; 16],
+    /// Subset-difference node number that matched.
+    pub uv: u32,
+    /// 16-byte cvalue that the matched uv selected.
+    pub cvalue: [u8; 16],
+    /// Index of the matching cvalue within the cvalues record.
+    pub cvalue_index: usize,
+}
+
+fn mkb_find_body(records: &[MkbRecord], rec_type: u8) -> Option<&[u8]> {
+    records
+        .iter()
+        .find(|r| r.rec_type == rec_type && !r.body.is_empty())
+        .map(|r| r.body.as_slice())
+}
+
+fn mkb_find_mk_dv(records: &[MkbRecord]) -> Option<[u8; 16]> {
+    let r = records
+        .iter()
+        .find(|r| (r.rec_type == 0x81 || r.rec_type == 0x86) && r.body.len() >= 16)?;
+    let mut out = [0u8; 16];
+    out.copy_from_slice(&r.body[..16]);
+    Some(out)
+}
+
+/// Walk an MKB and return the first `(Kp, uv, cvalue)` that
+/// `device_keys` covers. Returns `None` if no DK walks any uv.
+pub fn walk_processing_key(
+    records: &[MkbRecord],
+    device_keys: &[DeviceKey],
+) -> Option<ProcessingKeyMatch> {
+    let mk_dv = mkb_find_mk_dv(records)?;
+    let uvs = mkb_find_body(records, 0x04)?;
+    let cvalues = mkb_find_body(records, 0x07).or_else(|| mkb_find_body(records, 0x05))?;
+
+    let num_uvs = uvs
+        .chunks(5)
+        .take_while(|c| c.len() == 5 && (c[0] & 0xC0) == 0)
+        .count();
+
+    for dk in device_keys {
+        let device_number = dk.node as u32;
+
+        for uvs_idx in 0..num_uvs {
+            let p_uv = &uvs[1 + 5 * uvs_idx..];
+            let u_mask_shift = uvs[5 * uvs_idx];
+
+            if u_mask_shift & 0xC0 != 0 {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            let uv = u32::from_be_bytes([p_uv[0], p_uv[1], p_uv[2], p_uv[3]]);
+            if uv == 0 {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            let u_mask: u32 = 0xFFFF_FFFFu32.wrapping_shl(u_mask_shift as u32);
+            let v_mask = calc_v_mask(uv);
+
+            if ((device_number & u_mask) == (uv & u_mask))
+                && ((device_number & v_mask) != (uv & v_mask))
+            {
+                let dev_key_v_mask = calc_v_mask(dk.uv);
+                let dev_key_u_mask: u32 = 0xFFFF_FFFFu32.wrapping_shl(dk.u_mask_shift as u32);
+
+                if u_mask == dev_key_u_mask && (uv & dev_key_v_mask) == (dk.uv & dev_key_v_mask) {
+                    let pk = calc_pk_from_dk(&dk.key, uv, v_mask, dev_key_v_mask);
+
+                    if uvs_idx >= cvalues.len() / 16 {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    let mut cv = [0u8; 16];
+                    cv.copy_from_slice(&cvalues[uvs_idx * 16..(uvs_idx + 1) * 16]);
+
+                    // Validate: AES-D(Kp, cv), XOR uv into low 4 bytes,
+                    // then AES-D(.., mk_dv) must reveal the verify magic.
+                    let mut km_candidate = aes_ecb_decrypt(&pk, &cv);
+                    let uv_bytes = uv.to_be_bytes();
+                    for i in 0..4 {
+                        km_candidate[12 + i] ^= uv_bytes[i];
+                    }
+                    let dec_vd = aes_ecb_decrypt(&km_candidate, &mk_dv);
+                    const VERIFY_MAGIC: [u8; 8] = [0x01, 0x23, 0x45, 0x67, 0x89, 0xAB, 0xCD, 0xEF];
+                    // On a classical (non-variant) MKB this magic must
+                    // match. On a variant MKB it won't — `km_candidate`
+                    // is really Kmp and the magic check is moot. We
+                    // still gate the walk on cvalue indexing being
+                    // sane; the chain itself enforces the variant
+                    // semantics downstream.
+                    let classical_ok = dec_vd[..8] == VERIFY_MAGIC;
+                    let variant_present = is_variant_mkb(records);
+                    if !(classical_ok || variant_present) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    return Some(ProcessingKeyMatch {
+                        kp: pk,
+                        uv,
+                        cvalue: cv,
+                        cvalue_index: uvs_idx,
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+// ── Error reporting ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// Outcome of [`derive_media_key_variant`] when the chain cannot
+/// produce a Media Key. Every variant is a classification only — no
+/// strings, no Display impl beyond the error code.
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
+pub enum MediaKeyVariantError {
+    /// MKB carries no Variant records. Caller should fall back to the
+    /// classical single-stage derivation.
+    NotVariantMkb,
+    /// MKB is missing a required record (mk_dv, subset-difference,
+    /// cvalues, variant data, or variant nonce).
+    MkbIncomplete,
+    /// `device_keys` did not cover any uv slot in this MKB.
+    ProcessingKeyUnavailable,
+    /// `Kmp[15]` carries bit `0x02`: the soft-correction path applies
+    /// for this Precursor. Out of scope for the hardcoded-KCD chain.
+    SoftCorrectionRequired,
+    /// `Kmp[15]` carries bit `0x04`: the online-challenge path applies
+    /// for this Precursor. Out of scope for the hardcoded-KCD chain.
+    OnlineChallengeRequired,
+    /// Supplied KCD equals [`KEY_CORRECTION_DATA_PLACEHOLDER`]. The
+    /// derivation refuses to run with the all-zero placeholder.
+    KcdNotProvided,
+    /// `VARIANTS[uv]` lookup for the matched uv is not implemented.
+    VariantsTableUnavailable,
+    /// VKD index resolved out of the supplied `vkd_table`.
+    VkdIndexOutOfRange,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for MediaKeyVariantError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        let code: u16 = match self {
+            MediaKeyVariantError::NotVariantMkb => 7100,
+            MediaKeyVariantError::MkbIncomplete => 7101,
+            MediaKeyVariantError::ProcessingKeyUnavailable => 7102,
+            MediaKeyVariantError::SoftCorrectionRequired => 7103,
+            MediaKeyVariantError::OnlineChallengeRequired => 7104,
+            MediaKeyVariantError::KcdNotProvided => 7105,
+            MediaKeyVariantError::VariantsTableUnavailable => 7106,
+            MediaKeyVariantError::VkdIndexOutOfRange => 7107,
+        };
+        write!(f, "E{code}")
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for MediaKeyVariantError {}
+
+// ── Chain ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// Look up `VARIANTS[uv]` for the matched uv. The byte layout of the
+/// per-uv slot in the Variant Number record is undocumented and is
+/// disc-specific; this helper returns `None` until a Variant disc is
+/// available to fix the layout against.
+fn variants_for_uv(_records: &[MkbRecord], _uv_index: usize) -> Option<u16> {
+    None
+}
+
+/// Run the Media Key Variant chain on an MKB.
+///
+/// Inputs:
+///
+/// - `mkb_records`  : MKB pre-walked via [`walk_mkb`].
+/// - `device_keys`  : pool of device keys; the chain runs against the
+///   first uv slot any DK covers.
+/// - `kcd`          : integrator-supplied Key Correction Data. Must not
+///   equal [`KEY_CORRECTION_DATA_PLACEHOLDER`].
+/// - `vid`          : 16-byte Volume ID for the disc. Used to derive
+///   the final VUK alongside the Media Key.
+///
+/// Returns `(Km, Kvu)` on success.
+pub fn derive_media_key_variant(
+    mkb_records: &[MkbRecord],
+    device_keys: &[DeviceKey],
+    kcd: &[u8; 16],
+    vid: &[u8; 16],
+) -> Result<([u8; 16], [u8; 16]), MediaKeyVariantError> {
+    if !is_variant_mkb(mkb_records) {
+        return Err(MediaKeyVariantError::NotVariantMkb);
+    }
+
+    let pkm = walk_processing_key(mkb_records, device_keys)
+        .ok_or(MediaKeyVariantError::ProcessingKeyUnavailable)?;
+
+    let nonce = variant_nonce(mkb_records).ok_or(MediaKeyVariantError::MkbIncomplete)?;
+    let vkd_table = variant_key_data(mkb_records).ok_or(MediaKeyVariantError::MkbIncomplete)?;
+    let c_value = variant_data_record(mkb_records).ok_or(MediaKeyVariantError::MkbIncomplete)?;
+    if c_value.len() < 16 {
+        return Err(MediaKeyVariantError::MkbIncomplete);
+    }
+    let mut c_block = [0u8; 16];
+    c_block.copy_from_slice(&c_value[..16]);
+
+    // Step: Kmp = AES-128D(Kp, C) XOR uv  (uv into low 4 bytes).
+    let mut kmp = aes_ecb_decrypt(&pkm.kp, &c_block);
+    let uv_bytes = pkm.uv.to_be_bytes();
+    for i in 0..4 {
+        kmp[12 + i] ^= uv_bytes[i];
+    }
+
+    // Condition bits on Kmp[15] route off the hardcoded-KCD path.
+    if kmp[15] & 0b0000_0010 != 0 {
+        return Err(MediaKeyVariantError::SoftCorrectionRequired);
+    }
+    if kmp[15] & 0b0000_0100 != 0 {
+        return Err(MediaKeyVariantError::OnlineChallengeRequired);
+    }
+    if kcd == &KEY_CORRECTION_DATA_PLACEHOLDER {
+        return Err(MediaKeyVariantError::KcdNotProvided);
+    }
+
+    // Step: Kpnew = Kmp XOR KCD.
+    let mut kpnew = [0u8; 16];
+    for i in 0..16 {
+        kpnew[i] = kmp[i] ^ kcd[i];
+    }
+
+    // Step: Kvn = AES-G(Kp, Nonce) & 0xFFFF  (low 16 bits, BE).
+    let kvn_block = aes_g(&pkm.kp, &nonce);
+    let kvn = u16::from_be_bytes([kvn_block[14], kvn_block[15]]);
+
+    // Step: VKD_idx = Kvn XOR VARIANTS[uv].
+    let v_for_uv = variants_for_uv(mkb_records, pkm.cvalue_index)
+        .ok_or(MediaKeyVariantError::VariantsTableUnavailable)?;
+    let vkd_idx = kvn ^ v_for_uv;
+
+    // Step: VKD = vkd_table[VKD_idx * 16 .. +16].
+    let off = (vkd_idx as usize) * 16;
+    if off + 16 > vkd_table.len() {
+        return Err(MediaKeyVariantError::VkdIndexOutOfRange);
+    }
+    let mut vkd = [0u8; 16];
+    vkd.copy_from_slice(&vkd_table[off..off + 16]);
+
+    // Step: Km = AES-128D(Kpnew, VKD) XOR uv.
+    let mut km = aes_ecb_decrypt(&kpnew, &vkd);
+    for i in 0..4 {
+        km[12 + i] ^= uv_bytes[i];
+    }
+
+    // Step: Kvu = AES-G(Km, VID).
+    let kvu = aes_g(&km, vid);
+
+    Ok((km, kvu))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    // ── Helpers ──
+
+    fn synthetic_mkb_classical() -> Vec<u8> {
+        // Minimal MKB: type/version record + cvalues + mk_dv. No variant
+        // records.
+        let mut mkb = vec![
+            0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, 0x48, 0x14, 0x10, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x4D,
+        ];
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x14]);
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0xAB; 16]);
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x86, 0x00, 0x00, 0x14]);
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0xCD; 16]);
+        mkb
+    }
+
+    fn synthetic_mkb_with_variant() -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut mkb = synthetic_mkb_classical();
+        // 0x82 — 16-byte body (Variant data / VKD slot).
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x82, 0x00, 0x00, 0x14]);
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0xEE; 16]);
+        // 0x83 — 16-byte body (Variant Nonce).
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x83, 0x00, 0x00, 0x14]);
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x55; 16]);
+        mkb
+    }
+
+    // ── Walker / record detection ──
+
+    #[test]
+    fn walker_parses_synthetic_mkb() {
+        let mkb = synthetic_mkb_classical();
+        let recs = walk_mkb(&mkb);
+        assert_eq!(recs.len(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(recs[0].rec_type, 0x10);
+        assert_eq!(recs[1].rec_type, 0x07);
+        assert_eq!(recs[2].rec_type, 0x86);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_detection_negative_on_classical() {
+        let recs = walk_mkb(&synthetic_mkb_classical());
+        assert!(!is_variant_mkb(&recs));
+        assert!(variant_nonce(&recs).is_none());
+        assert!(variant_key_data(&recs).is_none());
+        assert!(variant_data_record(&recs).is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_detection_positive_on_variant() {
+        let recs = walk_mkb(&synthetic_mkb_with_variant());
+        assert!(is_variant_mkb(&recs));
+        assert_eq!(variant_nonce(&recs), Some([0x55; 16]));
+        assert_eq!(variant_key_data(&recs), Some(&[0xEE; 16][..]));
+        assert_eq!(variant_data_record(&recs), Some(&[0xEE; 16][..]));
+    }
+
+    // ── Chain entry-point classification ──
+
+    #[test]
+    fn chain_rejects_non_variant_mkb() {
+        let recs = walk_mkb(&synthetic_mkb_classical());
+        let err = derive_media_key_variant(&recs, &[], &[0xAA; 16], &[0u8; 16])
+            .expect_err("classical MKB must be rejected");
+        assert_eq!(err, MediaKeyVariantError::NotVariantMkb);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn chain_rejects_placeholder_kcd() {
+        // To reach the KCD check we need a complete variant MKB AND a
+        // DK that walks it. We construct both via the synthetic
+        // fixture below.
+        let (recs, dk, _kp, _expected_kmp) = synthetic_variant_setup(/*kmp15*/ 0x00);
+        let err =
+            derive_media_key_variant(&recs, &[dk], &KEY_CORRECTION_DATA_PLACEHOLDER, &[0u8; 16])
+                .expect_err("placeholder KCD must be rejected");
+        assert_eq!(err, MediaKeyVariantError::KcdNotProvided);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn chain_detects_soft_correction_bit() {
+        let (recs, dk, _, _) = synthetic_variant_setup(/*kmp15*/ 0x02);
+        let err = derive_media_key_variant(&recs, &[dk], &[0xAA; 16], &[0u8; 16])
+            .expect_err("bit 0x02 must surface SoftCorrectionRequired");
+        assert_eq!(err, MediaKeyVariantError::SoftCorrectionRequired);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn chain_detects_online_challenge_bit() {
+        let (recs, dk, _, _) = synthetic_variant_setup(/*kmp15*/ 0x04);
+        let err = derive_media_key_variant(&recs, &[dk], &[0xAA; 16], &[0u8; 16])
+            .expect_err("bit 0x04 must surface OnlineChallengeRequired");
+        assert_eq!(err, MediaKeyVariantError::OnlineChallengeRequired);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn chain_surfaces_variants_table_gap_on_clean_kmp() {
+        // With both condition bits clear and a non-placeholder KCD, the
+        // chain advances to the per-uv VARIANTS[uv] lookup, which is
+        // not yet wired. That returns VariantsTableUnavailable —
+        // proving the bit checks and KCD check all passed.
+        let (recs, dk, _, _) = synthetic_variant_setup(/*kmp15*/ 0x00);
+        let err = derive_media_key_variant(&recs, &[dk], &[0xAA; 16], &[0u8; 16])
+            .expect_err("expected VariantsTableUnavailable at the per-uv lookup");
+        assert_eq!(err, MediaKeyVariantError::VariantsTableUnavailable);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn error_display_is_code_only() {
+        // No English in Display — every variant emits "E7xxx" and
+        // nothing else.
+        let cases = [
+            MediaKeyVariantError::NotVariantMkb,
+            MediaKeyVariantError::MkbIncomplete,
+            MediaKeyVariantError::ProcessingKeyUnavailable,
+            MediaKeyVariantError::SoftCorrectionRequired,
+            MediaKeyVariantError::OnlineChallengeRequired,
+            MediaKeyVariantError::KcdNotProvided,
+            MediaKeyVariantError::VariantsTableUnavailable,
+            MediaKeyVariantError::VkdIndexOutOfRange,
+        ];
+        for e in cases {
+            let s = e.to_string();
+            assert!(
+                s.starts_with('E') && s.len() == 5,
+                "error display must be E#### only, got {s:?}"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                s.chars().skip(1).all(|c| c.is_ascii_digit()),
+                "error display must be E + digits, got {s:?}"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    // ── Fixture construction ──
+
+    /// Build a synthetic variant MKB plus a DK that walks the single
+    /// subset-difference slot it carries. `kmp15` is the value of the
+    /// low byte of `Kmp[15]` that the chain will land on — pick `0x02`
+    /// to exercise the SoftCorrection bit, `0x04` to exercise
+    /// OnlineChallenge, `0x00` otherwise.
+    ///
+    /// The fixture pins:
+    /// - MKB subset-difference: `u_mask_shift=3, uv=2`. With these
+    ///   masks the discriminator bit (u_mask=1, v_mask=0) is bit 2.
+    /// - one DK at `node=4, uv=2, u_mask_shift=3`. node 4 has bit 2 set
+    ///   (differs from uv=2 on bit 2 → disagrees on v_mask) while
+    ///   agreeing with uv on bits 3+ (the u_mask=1 region). dk.uv ==
+    ///   MKB.uv and dk.u_mask_shift == MKB.u_mask_shift make
+    ///   `dev_key_v_mask == v_mask`, so `calc_pk_from_dk` loops zero
+    ///   times — Kp = aesg3_step(dk, 1).
+    /// - one cvalue in record 0x07 chosen so AES-D(Kp, C) ⊕ uv produces a
+    ///   Kmp whose byte-15 is exactly `kmp15`.
+    /// - record 0x82 with a 16-byte body (acts as both Variant Data
+    ///   and Variant Key Data; satisfies the parser heuristics).
+    /// - record 0x83 with a 16-byte Nonce.
+    ///
+    /// Returns (records, dk, planted_kp, planted_kmp).
+    fn synthetic_variant_setup(kmp15: u8) -> (Vec<MkbRecord>, DeviceKey, [u8; 16], [u8; 16]) {
+        use crate::aacs::decrypt::aes_ecb_encrypt;
+
+        // Build header.
+        let mut mkb = vec![
+            0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, 0x48, 0x14, 0x10, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x4D,
+        ];
+
+        // Subset-difference (0x04): u_mask_shift=3, uv=00 00 00 02.
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x09]);
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02]);
+
+        // Pick a known DK; with dk.uv == MKB.uv (==2) and
+        // dk.u_mask_shift == MKB.u_mask_shift (==1), dev_key_v_mask
+        // equals the MKB's v_mask and the calc_pk_from_dk loop is a
+        // no-op — Kp = aesg3_step(dk, 1).
+        let dk_bytes: [u8; 16] = [
+            0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44, 0x55, 0x66, 0x77, 0x88, 0x99, 0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 0xDD, 0xEE,
+            0xFF, 0x00,
+        ];
+        let kp = aesg3_step(&dk_bytes, 1);
+
+        // Plant Kmp with chosen byte-15, then compute C such that
+        // AES-D(Kp, C) ⊕ uv == Kmp. uv=2 → low-4 bytes XOR is 00 00 00 02.
+        let mut kmp = [0x42u8; 16];
+        kmp[15] = kmp15;
+        let mut aes_d_result = kmp;
+        aes_d_result[15] ^= 0x02;
+        let c_block = aes_ecb_encrypt(&kp, &aes_d_result);
+
+        // cvalues record (0x07): one 16-byte cvalue. The walker
+        // indexes it for the magic-check step; on a variant MKB the
+        // magic check fails but `variant_present` is true so the
+        // walker still returns the match. Content is don't-care.
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x14]);
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0xAB; 16]);
+
+        // Verify Media Key (0x86): body content is don't-care.
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x86, 0x00, 0x00, 0x14]);
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0xCD; 16]);
+
+        // 0x82 record: holds C (Encrypted Media Key Variant Data) AND
+        // doubles as the VKD table (single 16-byte entry → VKDidx must
+        // resolve to 0 for `chain_surfaces_variants_table_gap` test —
+        // but the test never reaches the VKD lookup since the
+        // VARIANTS[uv] helper is not yet wired).
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x82, 0x00, 0x00, 0x14]);
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&c_block);
+
+        // 0x83 record: 16-byte Nonce.
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x83, 0x00, 0x00, 0x14]);
+        mkb.extend_from_slice(&[0x77; 16]);
+
+        let recs = walk_mkb(&mkb);
+
+        let dk = DeviceKey {
+            key: dk_bytes,
+            node: 4,
+            uv: 2,
+            u_mask_shift: 3,
+        };
+        (recs, dk, kp, kmp)
+    }
+}

src/css/auth.rs

@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 //!   1. Bus authentication (challenge-response) → bus key
 //!   2. Read disc key block (READ DVD STRUCTURE) → XOR with bus key → decrypt with player keys → disc key
 //!   3. Read title key (REPORT KEY format 0x04) → XOR with bus key → decrypt with disc key → title key
-//!
-//! Based on libdvdcss (VideoLAN) and Stevenson 1999 analysis.
 
 use crate::drive::Drive;
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 
-// ── Player keys (from libdvdcss, Stevenson's PlayerKey cracker) ───────────
+// ── Built-in public DVD CSS player keys ────────────────────────────────────
+//
+// These 31 5-byte player keys are long-public CSS inputs. With them
+// compiled in, DVD ripping works with no external key file required.
 
 const PLAYER_KEYS: [[u8; 5]; 31] = [
     [0x01, 0xaf, 0xe3, 0x12, 0x80],

src/css/mod.rs

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ pub mod lfsr;
 pub(crate) mod tables;
 
 use crate::disc::Extent;
+use crate::drive::Drive;
 use crate::sector::SectorSource;
 
 /// CSS decryption state for a DVD title.
@@ -25,6 +26,50 @@ pub struct CssState {
     pub title_key: [u8; 5],
 }
 
+/// Inputs for CSS key acquisition.
+///
+/// The acquisition path depends on which inputs the caller supplies:
+///
+/// - With `drive` + `auth_lba` set, [`resolve`] runs the full SCSI bus
+///   auth + title-key path (live BU40N / DVD drive).
+/// - With `reader` + `extents` set, [`resolve`] falls back to the
+///   crack path (Stevenson known-plaintext attack on encrypted PES
+///   headers; works on disc images and on drives whose CSS auth path
+///   is unavailable).
+///
+/// `live_drive` always wins when both modes are populated.
+pub struct CssContext<'a> {
+    /// Live SCSI drive — when present, [`resolve`] tries the auth path.
+    pub drive: Option<&'a mut Drive>,
+    /// LBA of a known-scrambled sector for the auth path's title-key
+    /// query. Required when `drive` is set.
+    pub auth_lba: Option<u32>,
+    /// Sector source for the crack path.
+    pub reader: Option<&'a mut dyn SectorSource>,
+    /// Extents to scan for the crack path. Required when `reader` is
+    /// set.
+    pub extents: Option<&'a [Extent]>,
+}
+
+/// Acquire a CSS title key using whichever inputs the context provides.
+///
+/// Order of attempts:
+///   1. SCSI auth path (when `drive` and `auth_lba` are set).
+///   2. Crack path (when `reader` and `extents` are set).
+///
+/// Returns `None` if neither path is configured or both fail.
+pub fn resolve(ctx: &mut CssContext<'_>) -> Option<CssState> {
+    if let (Some(drive), Some(lba)) = (ctx.drive.as_deref_mut(), ctx.auth_lba) {
+        if let Ok(title_key) = auth::authenticate_and_read_title_key(drive, lba) {
+            return Some(CssState { title_key });
+        }
+    }
+    if let (Some(reader), Some(extents)) = (ctx.reader.as_deref_mut(), ctx.extents) {
+        return crack_key(reader, extents);
+    }
+    None
+}
+
 /// Crack the CSS title key by reading encrypted sectors and applying
 /// a known-plaintext attack on MPEG-2 headers.
 ///

src/disc/encrypt.rs

@@ -14,19 +14,173 @@ pub(super) struct HandshakeResult {
 }
 
 impl Disc {
-    /// SCSI handshake result — volume ID and bus keys from ECDH authentication.
-    /// Only available when scanning from a real drive (not ISO images).
+    /// Acquire the Volume ID. Tries the per-drive OEM CDB path first
+    /// when the drive reports `is_unlocked()` (extended-access state),
+    /// and falls back to the cert-based AACS mutual-auth handshake
+    /// otherwise.
+    ///
+    /// The OEM path is a single READ_BUFFER CDB built from the drive
+    /// profile's `read_vid_cdb` template. The response carries a 3-byte
+    /// header (validated against `00 22 00`) followed by the 16-byte
+    /// VID at bytes [4..20]. Crucially, no AGID setup is required —
+    /// the drive's runtime firmware serves the VID directly when in
+    /// extended-access state.
+    ///
+    /// The cert path is the standard AACS spec flow: ECDH key
+    /// agreement, bus-key derivation, then `REPORT_DISC_STRUCTURE`
+    /// format 0x80 to retrieve VID under bus-key MAC.
+    pub(super) fn read_vid(
+        session: &mut crate::drive::Drive,
+        opts: &ScanOptions,
+    ) -> Result<[u8; 16]> {
+        if session.is_unlocked() {
+            let profile = session
+                .drive_profile()
+                .ok_or(Error::DriveProfileMissing)?
+                .clone();
+            return Self::read_vid_oem(session, &profile);
+        }
+        Self::read_vid_cert(session, opts)
+    }
+
+    /// OEM VID retrieval — issues the per-drive READ_BUFFER CDB and
+    /// parses the response.
+    ///
+    /// Response layout (36 bytes):
+    ///   * [0..3]   3-byte response signature; expected `00 22 00`
+    ///   * [3]      reserved
+    ///   * [4..20]  16-byte Volume ID
+    ///   * [20..36] reserved / per-drive padding
+    fn read_vid_oem(
+        session: &mut crate::drive::Drive,
+        profile: &crate::profile::DriveProfile,
+    ) -> Result<[u8; 16]> {
+        const RESPONSE_LEN: usize = 36;
+        const EXPECTED_HEADER: [u8; 3] = [0x00, 0x22, 0x00];
+
+        let cdb = profile.read_vid_cdb.ok_or(Error::VidCdbUnavailable)?;
+        let mut buf = vec![0u8; RESPONSE_LEN];
+        let result = session.scsi_execute(
+            &cdb,
+            crate::scsi::DataDirection::FromDevice,
+            &mut buf,
+            5_000,
+        )?;
+        if result.bytes_transferred < RESPONSE_LEN {
+            tracing::warn!(
+                target: "freemkv::disc",
+                phase = "oem_vid_short_response",
+                bytes_transferred = result.bytes_transferred,
+                "OEM VID CDB returned short response"
+            );
+            return Err(Error::AacsVidRead);
+        }
+        if buf[0..3] != EXPECTED_HEADER {
+            tracing::warn!(
+                target: "freemkv::disc",
+                phase = "oem_vid_bad_header",
+                header_0 = buf[0],
+                header_1 = buf[1],
+                header_2 = buf[2],
+                "OEM VID response header mismatch"
+            );
+            return Err(Error::AacsVidRead);
+        }
+        let mut vid = [0u8; 16];
+        vid.copy_from_slice(&buf[4..20]);
+        tracing::warn!(
+            target: "freemkv::disc",
+            phase = "oem_vid_ok",
+            "OEM VID retrieved"
+        );
+        Ok(vid)
+    }
+
+    /// Cert-based VID retrieval — runs the full AACS mutual-auth
+    /// handshake and extracts VID from the bus-key-MAC'd
+    /// `REPORT_DISC_STRUCTURE` response.
+    fn read_vid_cert(session: &mut crate::drive::Drive, opts: &ScanOptions) -> Result<[u8; 16]> {
+        match Self::do_handshake_cert(session, opts) {
+            (Some(h), _) => Ok(h.volume_id),
+            (None, Some(e)) => Err(e),
+            (None, None) => Err(Error::AacsVidUnavailable),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// SCSI handshake — drives the VID-acquisition flow and returns
+    /// a structured `HandshakeResult` for downstream key resolution.
+    /// Prefers the OEM path when `Drive::is_unlocked()` is true and
+    /// falls back to cert-based mutual auth otherwise.
+    ///
+    /// The OEM path produces only VID (no bus-key, so no
+    /// `read_data_key`); the cert path can produce both. AACS 2.0
+    /// content that needs read_data_key for bus decryption requires
+    /// the cert path.
+    ///
+    /// Returns `(handshake, error)`:
+    ///   * `(Some(_), None)`  — VID acquired
+    ///   * `(None, Some(_))`  — specific failure mode (see
+    ///     `AacsHostCertRejected` / `AacsRawReadUnsupported` /
+    ///     `AacsVidUnavailable` / `DriveProfileMissing` /
+    ///     `VidCdbUnavailable` variants in `error.rs`)
+    ///   * `(None, None)`     — handshake not attempted (no keydb;
+    ///     resolution will proceed with VID=zero and rely on path 1
+    ///     disc-hash → VUK lookup)
     pub(super) fn do_handshake(
         session: &mut crate::drive::Drive,
         opts: &ScanOptions,
-    ) -> Option<HandshakeResult> {
-        use crate::aacs::{self, KeyDb};
-
+    ) -> (Option<HandshakeResult>, Option<Error>) {
+        let unlocked = session.is_unlocked();
         tracing::warn!(
             target: "freemkv::disc",
             phase = "handshake_entry",
+            unlocked,
             "do_handshake entered"
         );
+
+        if unlocked {
+            // Try OEM VID retrieval first. If the drive's profile
+            // doesn't carry the CDB template, or the response is
+            // malformed, fall through to cert-based auth.
+            match Self::read_vid(session, opts) {
+                Ok(volume_id) => {
+                    return (
+                        Some(HandshakeResult {
+                            volume_id,
+                            read_data_key: None,
+                        }),
+                        None,
+                    );
+                }
+                Err(Error::DriveProfileMissing) | Err(Error::VidCdbUnavailable) => {
+                    tracing::warn!(
+                        target: "freemkv::disc",
+                        phase = "handshake_oem_unavailable",
+                        "OEM VID path unavailable for this drive; trying cert handshake"
+                    );
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    tracing::warn!(
+                        target: "freemkv::disc",
+                        phase = "handshake_oem_failed",
+                        error_code = e.code(),
+                        "OEM VID retrieval failed; trying cert handshake"
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Self::do_handshake_cert(session, opts)
+    }
+
+    /// Cert-based AACS handshake. The legacy auth path; still used as
+    /// the fallback when the OEM VID path isn't available or fails.
+    fn do_handshake_cert(
+        session: &mut crate::drive::Drive,
+        opts: &ScanOptions,
+    ) -> (Option<HandshakeResult>, Option<Error>) {
+        use crate::aacs::{self, KeyDb};
+
         let keydb_path = match opts.resolve_keydb() {
             Some(p) => p,
             None => {
@@ -35,7 +189,7 @@ impl Disc {
                     phase = "handshake_no_keydb",
                     "no KEYDB found in search paths; handshake skipped"
                 );
-                return None;
+                return (None, None);
             }
         };
         let keydb = match KeyDb::load(&keydb_path) {
@@ -48,7 +202,12 @@ impl Disc {
                     keydb = %keydb_path.display(),
                     "KEYDB load failed; handshake skipped"
                 );
-                return None;
+                return (
+                    None,
+                    Some(Error::KeydbLoad {
+                        path: keydb_path.display().to_string(),
+                    }),
+                );
             }
         };
 
@@ -61,9 +220,36 @@ impl Disc {
             "handshake starting"
         );
 
-        const MAX_CERT_ATTEMPTS: usize = 16;
+        if host_cert_count == 0 {
+            // No host certs in keydb -> cert auth cannot proceed.
+            // Surface as RawReadUnsupported so the caller knows
+            // neither path is available on this configuration.
+            return (None, Some(Error::AacsRawReadUnsupported));
+        }
+
+        // v0.25.7 wedge fix. Pre-0.25.7 this loop fired up to 16 AACS
+        // authenticate attempts back-to-back with no pause. Each attempt
+        // is 5-10 SCSI REPORT_KEY/SEND_KEY exchanges. On a disc whose
+        // host cert isn't in our KEYDB (or one the drive rejects),
+        // that's 80-160 SCSI commands hammered at the drive in a
+        // few hundred milliseconds — and the BU40N (and most consumer
+        // optical drives) responds by entering a fast-fail firmware
+        // wedge state where every subsequent CDB returns
+        // ILLEGAL_REQUEST/INVALID_FIELD_IN_CDB (sense 05/24) until
+        // power-cycled. Hit live on rip1 2026-05-20 during a Barbie
+        // UHD scan: KEYDB miss → 16 cert attempts in a tight loop →
+        // wedge → forced host reboot + drive disconnect to recover.
+        //
+        // Defense-in-depth: cap attempts, sleep between, and bail
+        // early on the drive's wedge sense so any later regression
+        // can't undo the protection silently.
+        const MAX_CERT_ATTEMPTS: usize = 3;
+        const PER_CERT_BACKOFF_MS: u64 = 1000;
         let mut last_err_code: Option<u16> = None;
         for (idx, hc) in keydb.host_certs.iter().take(MAX_CERT_ATTEMPTS).enumerate() {
+            if idx > 0 {
+                std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(PER_CERT_BACKOFF_MS));
+            }
             match aacs::handshake::aacs_authenticate(session, &hc.private_key, &hc.certificate) {
                 Ok(mut auth) => {
                     let volume_id = match aacs::handshake::read_volume_id(session, &mut auth) {
@@ -76,7 +262,7 @@ impl Disc {
                                 error_code = e.code(),
                                 "auth ok but volume ID read failed"
                             );
-                            return None;
+                            return (None, Some(Error::AacsVidUnavailable));
                         }
                     };
                     let read_data_key = aacs::handshake::read_data_keys(session, &mut auth)
@@ -88,13 +274,33 @@ impl Disc {
                         cert_index = idx,
                         has_read_data_key = read_data_key.is_some(),
                     );
-                    return Some(HandshakeResult {
-                        volume_id,
-                        read_data_key,
-                    });
+                    return (
+                        Some(HandshakeResult {
+                            volume_id,
+                            read_data_key,
+                        }),
+                        None,
+                    );
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
-                    last_err_code = Some(e.code());
+                    let code = e.code();
+                    last_err_code = Some(code);
+                    // Drive wedge senses (any with high byte 0x05 =
+                    // ILLEGAL_REQUEST). The drive isn't merely
+                    // rejecting our cert — it's saying "I won't talk
+                    // to you anymore." Trying more certs makes the
+                    // wedge worse. Bail out immediately.
+                    let sense_key = ((code >> 8) & 0xFF) as u8;
+                    if sense_key == 0x05 {
+                        tracing::warn!(
+                            target: "freemkv::disc",
+                            phase = "handshake_wedge_detected",
+                            cert_index = idx,
+                            error_code = code,
+                            "drive returned ILLEGAL_REQUEST during auth; bailing out to avoid wedge"
+                        );
+                        return (None, Some(Error::AacsHostCertRejected));
+                    }
                     continue;
                 }
             }
@@ -105,10 +311,10 @@ impl Disc {
             host_cert_count,
             tried = host_cert_count.min(MAX_CERT_ATTEMPTS),
             last_error_code = last_err_code,
-            "all host certs in KEYDB rejected by drive"
+            "all host certs in KEYDB rejected by drive (capped at {} attempts to prevent firmware wedge)",
+            MAX_CERT_ATTEMPTS
         );
-        // All host certs failed — return None, not a fake success
-        None
+        (None, Some(Error::AacsHostCertRejected))
     }
 
     /// Resolve disc encryption — AACS 1.0, AACS 2.0, CSS, or none.
@@ -123,6 +329,7 @@ impl Disc {
         handshake: Option<&HandshakeResult>,
     ) -> Result<AacsState> {
         use crate::aacs::{self, KeyDb};
+        use crate::drm::{DrmContext, DrmProbe, DrmScheme, ResolvedScheme};
 
         let keydb = KeyDb::load(keydb_path).map_err(|_| Error::KeydbLoad {
             path: keydb_path.display().to_string(),
@@ -181,22 +388,67 @@ impl Disc {
         );
 
         // Use handshake volume ID if available, otherwise zeros
-        // (KEYDB VUK lookup by disc hash works without volume ID)
+        // (KEYDB VUK lookup by disc hash works without volume ID;
+        // paths 2/3/4 in `resolve_keys` short-circuit on the zero
+        // sentinel and don't waste cycles trying to derive against
+        // garbage input).
         let volume_id = handshake.map(|h| h.volume_id).unwrap_or([0u8; 16]);
+        let vid_available = volume_id != [0u8; 16];
         let read_data_key = handshake.and_then(|h| h.read_data_key);
 
-        // Resolve: tries all available paths — KEYDB VUK, media key, processing key, device key
-        let resolved = aacs::resolve_keys(
-            &uk_ro_data,
-            cc_data.as_deref(),
-            &volume_id,
-            &keydb,
-            mkb_data.as_deref(),
-        )
-        .ok_or(Error::AacsNoKeys)?;
+        // Resolve: tries all available paths — KEYDB VUK, media key, processing key, device key.
+        //
+        // Distinguish "we had every input and still missed" from "we
+        // never had VID so the derivation paths couldn't run." The
+        // former points at a stale keydb / unsupported MKB; the
+        // latter points at a failed handshake upstream. Path 1
+        // (disc-hash lookup) ran without VID and missed -> disc isn't
+        // in the keydb. If the caller has a handshake-failure reason
+        // it overrides this in `scan_with`.
+        let miss_error = if vid_available {
+            Error::AacsMkUnavailable
+        } else {
+            Error::AacsVukNotInKeydb
+        };
+
+        // Build a probe + context and let the dispatcher pick V10 / V20
+        // / V21. CSS is impossible here (this function is only called
+        // when /AACS exists), so we don't populate the DVD probe sector
+        // or a CSS context.
+        let probe = DrmProbe {
+            dvd_sample_sector: None,
+            content_cert: cc_data.as_deref(),
+            mkb: mkb_data.as_deref(),
+        };
+        let scheme = match DrmScheme::detect(&probe) {
+            Some(s) => s,
+            None => return Err(miss_error),
+        };
+        let aacs_ctx = aacs::ResolveContext {
+            unit_key_ro: &uk_ro_data,
+            content_cert: cc_data.as_deref(),
+            volume_id: &volume_id,
+            keydb: &keydb,
+            mkb: mkb_data.as_deref(),
+        };
+        let mut ctx = DrmContext {
+            aacs: Some(aacs_ctx),
+            css: None,
+        };
+        let resolved = match scheme.load(&mut ctx) {
+            Some(ResolvedScheme::Aacs(r)) => r,
+            // Resolution against /AACS inputs can only produce AACS
+            // keys. Either the dispatcher returned None (load failed)
+            // or — structurally impossible here — a CSS state. Both
+            // surface as the upstream miss-error.
+            _ => return Err(miss_error),
+        };
 
         Ok(AacsState {
-            version: if resolved.aacs2 { 2 } else { 1 },
+            version: match resolved.version {
+                aacs::AacsVersion::V10 => 1,
+                aacs::AacsVersion::V20 | aacs::AacsVersion::V21 => 2,
+            },
             bus_encryption: resolved.bus_encryption,
             mkb_version: mkb_ver,
             disc_hash: aacs::disc_hash_hex(&resolved.disc_hash),

src/disc/mod.rs

@@ -1043,8 +1043,11 @@ impl Disc {
     /// The session must be open and unlocked (Drive::open handles this).
     /// All disc reads use standard READ(10) via UDF -- no vendor SCSI commands.
     pub fn scan(session: &mut Drive, opts: &ScanOptions) -> Result<Self> {
-        // AACS handshake (Blu-ray/UHD)
-        let handshake = Self::do_handshake(session, opts);
+        // AACS handshake (Blu-ray/UHD). Routes through Disc::read_vid,
+        // which prefers the per-drive OEM CDB path when the drive is
+        // in the extended-access state and falls back to cert-based
+        // mutual auth otherwise.
+        let (handshake, handshake_error) = Self::do_handshake(session, opts);
 
         // Request max read speed — removes riplock on DVD
         // (BD/UHD speed is set by firmware init, but DVD needs explicit SET CD SPEED)
@@ -1059,31 +1062,56 @@ impl Disc {
             buffered.prefetch_ranges(&ranges);
         }
 
-        let mut disc = Self::scan_with(&mut buffered, capacity, handshake, opts, udf_fs)?;
+        let mut disc = Self::scan_with(
+            &mut buffered,
+            capacity,
+            handshake,
+            handshake_error,
+            opts,
+            udf_fs,
+        )?;
 
         // CSS key extraction for DVDs (bus auth → disc key → title key).
         // Must be a single auth session — can't call authenticate() separately.
+        // Route through the DRM dispatcher: probe a title sector, detect
+        // CSS if scrambled, then load via the SCSI auth path.
         if disc.css.is_none()
             && disc.content_format == ContentFormat::MpegPs
             && !disc.titles.is_empty()
         {
-            let lba = disc.titles[0].extents.iter().find_map(|ext| {
-                let mut buf = vec![0u8; 2048];
+            let mut probe_buf = vec![0u8; 2048];
+            let auth_lba = disc.titles[0].extents.iter().find_map(|ext| {
                 if session
-                    .read_sectors(ext.start_lba, 1, &mut buf, true)
+                    .read_sectors(ext.start_lba, 1, &mut probe_buf, true)
                     .is_ok()
-                    && crate::css::is_scrambled(&buf)
                 {
-                    return Some(ext.start_lba);
+                    let probe = crate::drm::DrmProbe {
+                        dvd_sample_sector: Some(&probe_buf),
+                        content_cert: None,
+                        mkb: None,
+                    };
+                    if crate::drm::DrmScheme::detect(&probe) == Some(crate::drm::DrmScheme::Css) {
+                        return Some(ext.start_lba);
+                    }
                 }
                 None
             });
 
-            if let Some(lba) = lba {
-                if let Ok(title_key) =
-                    crate::css::auth::authenticate_and_read_title_key(session, lba)
+            if let Some(lba) = auth_lba {
+                let css_ctx = crate::css::CssContext {
+                    drive: Some(session),
+                    auth_lba: Some(lba),
+                    reader: None,
+                    extents: None,
+                };
+                let mut ctx = crate::drm::DrmContext {
+                    aacs: None,
+                    css: Some(css_ctx),
+                };
+                if let Some(crate::drm::ResolvedScheme::Css(state)) =
+                    crate::drm::DrmScheme::Css.load(&mut ctx)
                 {
-                    disc.css = Some(crate::css::CssState { title_key });
+                    disc.css = Some(state);
                     disc.encrypted = true;
                 }
             }
@@ -1100,14 +1128,21 @@ impl Disc {
         opts: &ScanOptions,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let udf_fs = udf::read_filesystem(reader)?;
-        Self::scan_with(reader, capacity, None, opts, udf_fs)
+        Self::scan_with(reader, capacity, None, None, opts, udf_fs)
     }
 
     /// Core scan pipeline — works with any SectorSource.
+    ///
+    /// `handshake_error` is plumbed from `do_handshake` so failures
+    /// (cert rejected, raw-read unsupported, VID read failed) are
+    /// preserved as `disc.aacs_error` for callers to render. When key
+    /// resolution succeeds despite the handshake failure (built-in
+    /// keys + disc-hash lookup hit) the error is dropped.
     fn scan_with(
         reader: &mut dyn SectorSource,
         capacity: u32,
         handshake: Option<HandshakeResult>,
+        handshake_error: Option<Error>,
         opts: &ScanOptions,
         udf_fs: udf::UdfFs,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
@@ -1122,15 +1157,28 @@ impl Disc {
                     {
                         Ok(state) => (Some(state), None),
                         Err(e) => {
+                            // When the handshake itself failed AND resolution
+                            // bottomed out at "no keys", surface the upstream
+                            // handshake failure — it's more actionable than
+                            // the generic AacsNoKeys.
+                            let final_err = match (&e, handshake_error.as_ref()) {
+                                (
+                                    Error::AacsNoKeys
+                                    | Error::AacsVukNotInKeydb
+                                    | Error::AacsVidUnavailable,
+                                    Some(_),
+                                ) => handshake_error.unwrap(),
+                                _ => e,
+                            };
                             tracing::warn!(
                                 target: "freemkv::disc",
                                 phase = "scan_aacs_resolve_failed",
-                                error_code = e.code(),
+                                error_code = final_err.code(),
                                 keydb = %keydb_path.display(),
                                 handshake_ok = handshake.is_some(),
                                 "AACS key resolution failed"
                             );
-                            (None, Some(e))
+                            (None, Some(final_err))
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -1140,16 +1188,14 @@ impl Disc {
                         phase = "scan_aacs_no_keydb",
                         "encrypted disc but no KEYDB found in search paths"
                     );
-                    // Reuse KeydbLoad with sentinel path — adding a new Error
-                    // variant would be a breaking change for downstream
-                    // exhaustive matches. The path string makes the cause
-                    // unambiguous to autorip's message switch.
-                    (
-                        None,
-                        Some(crate::error::Error::KeydbLoad {
+                    // Sentinel path string lets autorip's message switch
+                    // distinguish "no keydb found anywhere" from "keydb at
+                    // <path> failed to parse".
+                    let final_err =
+                        handshake_error.unwrap_or_else(|| crate::error::Error::KeydbLoad {
                             path: String::from("<no keydb in search paths>"),
-                        }),
-                    )
+                        });
+                    (None, Some(final_err))
                 }
             }
         } else {
@@ -1190,9 +1236,27 @@ impl Disc {
         let layers = if capacity > 24_000_000 { 2 } else { 1 };
         let region = DiscRegion::Free;
 
-        // 6. CSS detection for DVDs
+        // 6. CSS detection for DVDs — route through the DRM dispatcher.
+        //    Detection from a single probe sector would miss
+        //    DVDs whose first sector is unscrambled, so we go straight
+        //    to `DrmScheme::Css.load` with the crack-path context; the
+        //    crack path scans extents internally and bottoms out at
+        //    None on unencrypted media.
         let css = if content_format == ContentFormat::MpegPs && !titles.is_empty() {
-            crate::css::crack_key(reader, &titles[0].extents)
+            let css_ctx = crate::css::CssContext {
+                drive: None,
+                auth_lba: None,
+                reader: Some(reader),
+                extents: Some(&titles[0].extents),
+            };
+            let mut ctx = crate::drm::DrmContext {
+                aacs: None,
+                css: Some(css_ctx),
+            };
+            match crate::drm::DrmScheme::Css.load(&mut ctx) {
+                Some(crate::drm::ResolvedScheme::Css(s)) => Some(s),
+                _ => None,
+            }
         } else {
             None
         };

src/drive/mod.rs

@@ -184,6 +184,13 @@ impl Drive {
         self.profile.is_some()
     }
 
+    /// Borrow the matched drive profile, if any. Used by callers that
+    /// need to issue per-drive OEM CDB templates (e.g. the OEM VID
+    /// retrieval path in `disc::encrypt`).
+    pub fn drive_profile(&self) -> Option<&DriveProfile> {
+        self.profile.as_ref()
+    }
+
     /// Access the SCSI transport for direct commands (used by CSS/AACS auth).
     pub fn scsi_mut(&mut self) -> &mut dyn ScsiTransport {
         self.scsi.as_mut()
@@ -432,6 +439,27 @@ impl Drive {
         }
     }
 
+    /// True if the drive is currently in the extended-access state.
+    ///
+    /// Detected by the platform driver during `init()` from the unlock
+    /// response's mode markers. When true:
+    ///   - SCSI READ_10 returns plaintext sectors (no AACS bus
+    ///     encryption applied)
+    ///   - VID retrieval works via the per-drive OEM CDB in
+    ///     [`DriveProfile`] without the cert-based AACS handshake
+    ///   - Disc-side Host Revocation List enforcement is effectively
+    ///     bypassed by the alternate data path
+    ///
+    /// AACS layer code branches on this: if true, issue the OEM
+    /// `read_vid_cdb` to retrieve VID directly; if false, fall back
+    /// to the cert-based mutual-auth handshake.
+    pub fn is_unlocked(&self) -> bool {
+        match self.driver {
+            Some(ref d) => d.is_unlocked(),
+            None => false,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Read sectors from the disc. Single-shot — no inline retries, no
     /// SCSI reset.
     ///

src/drm/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,287 @@
+//! Top-level DRM scheme dispatch.
+//!
+//! Four content-protection schemes ride through a single
+//! detect-then-load pipeline:
+//!
+//! | Scheme              | Discriminator                                  |
+//! |---------------------|------------------------------------------------|
+//! | [`DrmScheme::Css`]  | DVD probe sector flagged scrambled             |
+//! | [`DrmScheme::Aacs10`] | Content cert type byte `0x00`                |
+//! | [`DrmScheme::Aacs20`] | Content cert type byte `!= 0x00`, no Variant |
+//! | [`DrmScheme::Aacs21`] | Content cert + MKB records `0x82` / `0x83`   |
+//!
+//! Detection happens from a [`DrmProbe`] (raw inputs the caller has
+//! already extracted from the disc); resolution runs through a
+//! [`DrmContext`] (the full set of inputs the loaders need).
+//!
+//! The AACS 2.1 arm is wired but disabled. The dispatcher leaves
+//! [`crate::aacs::resolve_keys_v21`] reachable as a library entry point
+//! for fixture-driven validation, but production consumers go through
+//! [`DrmScheme::load`], which short-circuits V21 to `None` until the
+//! Variant chain has a real Variant-scheme disc to validate against.
+
+use crate::aacs;
+use crate::css;
+
+/// Which content-protection scheme governs a disc.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum DrmScheme {
+    /// DVD Content Scramble System.
+    Css,
+    /// AACS 1.0 — original BD-ROM.
+    Aacs10,
+    /// AACS 2.0 — UHD-BD, classical Media Key chain.
+    Aacs20,
+    /// AACS 2.1 — UHD-BD with Media Key Variant chain.
+    Aacs21,
+}
+
+/// Inputs to [`DrmScheme::detect`]. All borrows — caller retains
+/// ownership.
+pub struct DrmProbe<'a> {
+    /// 2048-byte sample sector from inside a DVD title's extents. Used
+    /// only for CSS scramble-flag detection. `None` for non-DVD discs.
+    pub dvd_sample_sector: Option<&'a [u8]>,
+    /// Content Certificate file bytes (typically `/AACS/Content000.cer`).
+    /// `None` when the disc has no AACS directory.
+    pub content_cert: Option<&'a [u8]>,
+    /// MKB file bytes (typically `/AACS/MKB_RW.inf`). Required to
+    /// distinguish AACS 2.0 from AACS 2.1.
+    pub mkb: Option<&'a [u8]>,
+}
+
+/// Inputs to [`DrmScheme::load`]. Carries everything needed by either
+/// the AACS or CSS loader.
+pub struct DrmContext<'a> {
+    /// AACS resolver inputs — required when the scheme is any AACS
+    /// variant.
+    pub aacs: Option<aacs::ResolveContext<'a>>,
+    /// CSS resolver inputs — required when the scheme is [`DrmScheme::Css`].
+    pub css: Option<css::CssContext<'a>>,
+}
+
+/// Resolved key material, tagged by scheme.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ResolvedScheme {
+    Css(css::CssState),
+    Aacs(aacs::ResolvedKeys),
+}
+
+impl DrmScheme {
+    /// Detect which DRM scheme protects the disc described by `probe`.
+    ///
+    /// Returns `None` for unencrypted media. The order is intentional:
+    /// CSS is checked first (DVD-format probe), then AACS (Blu-ray
+    /// format).
+    pub fn detect(probe: &DrmProbe<'_>) -> Option<DrmScheme> {
+        // CSS — DVD probe sector carries the scramble flag.
+        if let Some(sector) = probe.dvd_sample_sector {
+            if css::is_scrambled(sector) {
+                return Some(DrmScheme::Css);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // AACS — content cert type byte distinguishes V10 from V20+.
+        // V21 promotion requires MKB Variant records.
+        let cc = probe.content_cert.and_then(aacs::parse_content_cert)?;
+        match cc.version {
+            aacs::AacsVersion::V10 => Some(DrmScheme::Aacs10),
+            aacs::AacsVersion::V20 | aacs::AacsVersion::V21 => {
+                if let Some(mkb) = probe.mkb {
+                    let recs = aacs::variants::walk_mkb(mkb);
+                    if aacs::variants::is_variant_mkb(&recs) {
+                        return Some(DrmScheme::Aacs21);
+                    }
+                }
+                Some(DrmScheme::Aacs20)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Run key resolution for this scheme against `ctx`.
+    ///
+    /// Returns `None` when the scheme's resolver could not produce keys
+    /// (missing context, KEYDB miss, failed crypto walk, etc.) or when
+    /// the scheme itself is gated off (see the inline comment on the
+    /// `Aacs21` arm).
+    pub fn load(self, ctx: &mut DrmContext<'_>) -> Option<ResolvedScheme> {
+        match self {
+            DrmScheme::Css => ctx
+                .css
+                .as_mut()
+                .and_then(css::resolve)
+                .map(ResolvedScheme::Css),
+            DrmScheme::Aacs10 => ctx
+                .aacs
+                .as_ref()
+                .and_then(aacs::resolve_keys_v1)
+                .map(ResolvedScheme::Aacs),
+            DrmScheme::Aacs20 => ctx
+                .aacs
+                .as_ref()
+                .and_then(aacs::resolve_keys_v2)
+                .map(ResolvedScheme::Aacs),
+            // AACS 2.1 derivation is wired but disabled. KCD validation
+            // against a Variant-scheme disc is pending. To enable,
+            // uncomment the line below.
+            // DrmScheme::Aacs21 => ctx
+            //     .aacs
+            //     .as_ref()
+            //     .and_then(aacs::resolve_keys_v21)
+            //     .map(ResolvedScheme::Aacs),
+            DrmScheme::Aacs21 => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    // Build a minimal cert: type byte + bus-encryption byte + 6 zero
+    // cc_id bytes.
+    fn cert(type_byte: u8) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut v = vec![0u8; 8];
+        v[0] = type_byte;
+        v
+    }
+
+    // Synthetic AACS 2.x MKB with no Variant records.
+    fn mkb_classical() -> Vec<u8> {
+        vec![
+            0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, 0x48, 0x14, 0x10, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x4D,
+        ]
+    }
+
+    // Synthetic AACS 2.x MKB with a 0x82 + 0x83 record pair.
+    fn mkb_with_variant() -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut m = mkb_classical();
+        m.extend_from_slice(&[0x82, 0x00, 0x00, 0x14]);
+        m.extend_from_slice(&[0xEE; 16]);
+        m.extend_from_slice(&[0x83, 0x00, 0x00, 0x14]);
+        m.extend_from_slice(&[0x55; 16]);
+        m
+    }
+
+    // Synthetic scrambled DVD sector — byte 0x14 carries the CSS
+    // scramble flag in bits 4-5.
+    fn scrambled_dvd_sector() -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut s = vec![0u8; 2048];
+        s[0x14] = 0x30;
+        s
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn detect_returns_none_for_unencrypted() {
+        let probe = DrmProbe {
+            dvd_sample_sector: None,
+            content_cert: None,
+            mkb: None,
+        };
+        assert_eq!(DrmScheme::detect(&probe), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn detect_returns_css_for_scrambled_dvd() {
+        let sector = scrambled_dvd_sector();
+        let probe = DrmProbe {
+            dvd_sample_sector: Some(&sector),
+            content_cert: None,
+            mkb: None,
+        };
+        assert_eq!(DrmScheme::detect(&probe), Some(DrmScheme::Css));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn detect_returns_aacs10_for_type0_cert() {
+        let c = cert(0x00);
+        let probe = DrmProbe {
+            dvd_sample_sector: None,
+            content_cert: Some(&c),
+            mkb: None,
+        };
+        assert_eq!(DrmScheme::detect(&probe), Some(DrmScheme::Aacs10));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn detect_returns_aacs20_for_type1_cert_no_variant() {
+        let c = cert(0x01);
+        let mkb = mkb_classical();
+        let probe = DrmProbe {
+            dvd_sample_sector: None,
+            content_cert: Some(&c),
+            mkb: Some(&mkb),
+        };
+        assert_eq!(DrmScheme::detect(&probe), Some(DrmScheme::Aacs20));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn detect_returns_aacs21_for_type1_cert_with_variant() {
+        let c = cert(0x01);
+        let mkb = mkb_with_variant();
+        let probe = DrmProbe {
+            dvd_sample_sector: None,
+            content_cert: Some(&c),
+            mkb: Some(&mkb),
+        };
+        assert_eq!(DrmScheme::detect(&probe), Some(DrmScheme::Aacs21));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn detect_returns_aacs20_when_mkb_absent() {
+        // Type-1 cert but no MKB to upgrade with -> Aacs20.
+        let c = cert(0x01);
+        let probe = DrmProbe {
+            dvd_sample_sector: None,
+            content_cert: Some(&c),
+            mkb: None,
+        };
+        assert_eq!(DrmScheme::detect(&probe), Some(DrmScheme::Aacs20));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn load_aacs21_returns_none() {
+        // The Aacs21 dispatch arm is commented out; load() must
+        // return None until KCD validation lands.
+        let uk_ro = vec![0u8; 256];
+        let vid = [0u8; 16];
+        let keydb = aacs::KeyDb::empty();
+        let ctx_aacs = aacs::ResolveContext {
+            unit_key_ro: &uk_ro,
+            content_cert: None,
+            volume_id: &vid,
+            keydb: &keydb,
+            mkb: None,
+        };
+        let mut ctx = DrmContext {
+            aacs: Some(ctx_aacs),
+            css: None,
+        };
+        assert!(DrmScheme::Aacs21.load(&mut ctx).is_none());
+    }
+
+    /// Exercises the V21 helper directly. Gated `#[ignore]` because
+    /// the chain reaches `MediaKeyVariantError::VariantsTableUnavailable`
+    /// without a real Variant-scheme disc to fix the per-uv table
+    /// layout against — running it here would assert only the
+    /// not-yet-wired error code. Kept as a wiring smoke-test for
+    /// future enablement.
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore]
+    fn resolve_keys_v21_helper_exists() {
+        let uk_ro = vec![0u8; 256];
+        let vid = [0xAAu8; 16];
+        let keydb = aacs::KeyDb::empty();
+        let mkb = mkb_with_variant();
+        let ctx = aacs::ResolveContext {
+            unit_key_ro: &uk_ro,
+            content_cert: None,
+            volume_id: &vid,
+            keydb: &keydb,
+            mkb: Some(&mkb),
+        };
+        // Just confirm the symbol is callable; we don't assert on the
+        // result.
+        let _ = aacs::resolve_keys_v21(&ctx);
+    }
+}

src/error.rs

@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ pub const E_AACS_VID_MAC: u16 = 7010;
 pub const E_AACS_DATA_KEY: u16 = 7011;
 pub const E_DECRYPT_FAILED: u16 = 7013;
 pub const E_CSS_AUTH_FAILED: u16 = 7014;
+pub const E_AACS_HOST_CERT_REJECTED: u16 = 7015;
+pub const E_AACS_RAW_READ_UNSUPPORTED: u16 = 7016;
+pub const E_AACS_VID_UNAVAILABLE: u16 = 7017;
+pub const E_AACS_MK_UNAVAILABLE: u16 = 7018;
+pub const E_AACS_VUK_NOT_IN_KEYDB: u16 = 7019;
+pub const E_DRIVE_PROFILE_MISSING: u16 = 7020;
+pub const E_VID_CDB_UNAVAILABLE: u16 = 7021;
 
 // Keydb (8xxx)
 pub const E_KEYDB_CONNECT: u16 = 8000;
@@ -222,6 +229,30 @@ pub enum Error {
     AacsDataKey,
     DecryptFailed,
     CssAuthFailed,
+    /// Host certificate rejected by the drive's revocation list (HRL hit).
+    /// All available host certs failed mutual auth on this drive.
+    AacsHostCertRejected,
+    /// Drive cannot be put into raw-read mode and standard AACS cert
+    /// auth failed. No path to decryption remains.
+    AacsRawReadUnsupported,
+    /// Volume ID could not be retrieved from the drive (neither via cert
+    /// auth nor via the alternate VID read path). Downstream of step 1
+    /// of the AACS chain.
+    AacsVidUnavailable,
+    /// No available path produced a Media Key (no MK+VID in keydb, no
+    /// PK match, no DK derivation).
+    AacsMkUnavailable,
+    /// Disc-hash lookup in the keydb missed and no other path is
+    /// available (typically because VID is missing).
+    AacsVukNotInKeydb,
+    /// Drive identity did not match any bundled profile; per-drive CDB
+    /// templates aren't available so the OEM VID retrieval path can't
+    /// run.
+    DriveProfileMissing,
+    /// Drive's profile is present but doesn't carry a VID-retrieval CDB
+    /// template (older profile blob, or a drive class without an OEM
+    /// VID path).
+    VidCdbUnavailable,
 
     // Keydb (8xxx)
     KeydbConnect {
@@ -307,6 +338,13 @@ impl Error {
             Error::AacsDataKey => E_AACS_DATA_KEY,
             Error::DecryptFailed => E_DECRYPT_FAILED,
             Error::CssAuthFailed => E_CSS_AUTH_FAILED,
+            Error::AacsHostCertRejected => E_AACS_HOST_CERT_REJECTED,
+            Error::AacsRawReadUnsupported => E_AACS_RAW_READ_UNSUPPORTED,
+            Error::AacsVidUnavailable => E_AACS_VID_UNAVAILABLE,
+            Error::AacsMkUnavailable => E_AACS_MK_UNAVAILABLE,
+            Error::AacsVukNotInKeydb => E_AACS_VUK_NOT_IN_KEYDB,
+            Error::DriveProfileMissing => E_DRIVE_PROFILE_MISSING,
+            Error::VidCdbUnavailable => E_VID_CDB_UNAVAILABLE,
             Error::KeydbConnect { .. } => E_KEYDB_CONNECT,
             Error::KeydbHttp { .. } => E_KEYDB_HTTP,
             Error::KeydbInvalid => E_KEYDB_INVALID,

src/lib.rs

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ pub mod css;
 pub mod decrypt;
 pub mod disc;
 pub mod drive;
+pub mod drm;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod event;
 pub mod halt;

src/platform/mod.rs

@@ -18,4 +18,19 @@ pub(crate) trait PlatformDriver: Send {
 
     /// True after successful init().
     fn is_ready(&self) -> bool;
+
+    /// True if the drive is currently in the extended-access state —
+    /// per-drive runtime firmware uploaded AND the unlock response's
+    /// marker bytes confirm the mode is live. When true:
+    ///   - host can issue the per-drive OEM CDBs in
+    ///     [`crate::profile::DriveProfile`]
+    ///   - VID retrieval works via the OEM CDB path (no cert-based
+    ///     mutual auth required)
+    ///   - SCSI READ_10 returns plaintext sectors (no bus encryption)
+    ///
+    /// Default `false` — platforms without this mode always report
+    /// inactive.
+    fn is_unlocked(&self) -> bool {
+        false
+    }
 }

src/platform/mt1959/mod.rs

@@ -25,8 +25,16 @@ const SUB_CMD_INIT: u8 = 0x12;
 const SUB_CMD_PROBE: u8 = 0x14;
 const UNLOCK_RESPONSE_SIZE: u8 = 64;
 const VALIDATE_RESPONSE_SIZE: u8 = 4;
+/// Primary mode marker at bytes [12..16] of the unlock response — set
+/// by the platform firmware when the runtime image is loaded and the
+/// extended-access surface is live.
 const FIRMWARE_ACTIVE_OFFSET: usize = 12;
 const FIRMWARE_ACTIVE_SIG: [u8; 4] = [0x4D, 0x4D, 0x6B, 0x76];
+/// Secondary mode marker repeated through bytes [16..64] of the unlock
+/// response. Confirms the runtime firmware is the one driving the
+/// response, not a stale image's residual buffer.
+const FIRMWARE_MODE_OFFSET: usize = 16;
+const FIRMWARE_MODE_SIG: [u8; 4] = [0x4C, 0x62, 0x44, 0x72];
 
 // ── Init address (per disc type) ──────────────────────────────────────
 const INIT_ADDR_BD: u16 = 0x0100;
@@ -46,7 +54,18 @@ pub struct Mt1959 {
     pub(crate) profile: DriveProfile,
     pub(crate) mode: u8,
     pub(crate) buffer_id: u8,
-    pub(crate) unlocked: bool,
+    /// True after `run_init` has completed the unlock handshake (and any
+    /// required firmware upload). Gates probe + downstream control
+    /// commands; says nothing about whether the drive is in
+    /// extended-access mode.
+    pub(crate) init_complete: bool,
+    /// True when the unlock response carried both the per-drive
+    /// signature AND the primary mode marker at offset 12 AND the
+    /// secondary mode marker at offset 16. When true the drive is in
+    /// the extended-access state — host can issue the per-drive
+    /// OEM CDBs and read sectors without the cert-based AACS bus
+    /// encryption / mutual-auth gate.
+    unlocked: bool,
     probed: bool,
 }
 
@@ -61,6 +80,7 @@ impl Mt1959 {
             profile,
             mode,
             buffer_id,
+            init_complete: false,
             unlocked: false,
             probed: false,
         }
@@ -141,7 +161,20 @@ impl Mt1959 {
             return Err(Error::UnlockFailed);
         }
 
-        self.unlocked = true;
+        // Extended-access state is active when BOTH the per-drive
+        // signature matched AND the response carries the secondary
+        // marker at offset 16 (repeated through bytes 16..64) AND the
+        // primary mode marker at [12..16] is present. The active-mode
+        // marker at [12..16] is the primary gate; the [16..20] marker
+        // is the redundant confirmation the firmware writes through
+        // the rest of the response. Requiring both before we tell the
+        // upper layer "OEM path is live" keeps any partial / corrupted
+        // response from steering us off the cert-auth fallback.
+        self.unlocked = response.len() >= FIRMWARE_MODE_OFFSET + 4
+            && response[FIRMWARE_ACTIVE_OFFSET..FIRMWARE_ACTIVE_OFFSET + 4] == FIRMWARE_ACTIVE_SIG
+            && response[FIRMWARE_MODE_OFFSET..FIRMWARE_MODE_OFFSET + 4] == FIRMWARE_MODE_SIG;
+
+        self.init_complete = true;
         Ok(response)
     }
 
@@ -177,11 +210,11 @@ impl Mt1959 {
     // ── Init (unlock + firmware) ───────────────────────────────────────
 
     fn run_init(&mut self, scsi: &mut dyn ScsiTransport) -> Result<()> {
-        let mut unlocked = false;
+        let mut succeeded = false;
         for _attempt in 0..3 {
             match self.do_unlock(scsi) {
                 Ok(_) => {
-                    unlocked = true;
+                    succeeded = true;
                     break;
                 }
                 Err(Error::SignatureMismatch { .. }) => {
@@ -202,7 +235,7 @@ impl Mt1959 {
                 }
             }
         }
-        if !unlocked {
+        if !succeeded {
             return Err(Error::UnlockFailed);
         }
         Ok(())
@@ -214,14 +247,14 @@ impl Mt1959 {
     /// per region. Two passes, then SET_CD_SPEED(max). After this the
     /// drive manages per-zone speeds internally.
     fn run_probe(&mut self, scsi: &mut dyn ScsiTransport) -> Result<()> {
-        if !self.unlocked {
+        if !self.init_complete {
             self.do_unlock(scsi)?;
         }
 
         // Detect disc type from capacity to select probe mode.
         // BD:  3C 01 44 12 01 00 00 00 04 00  (init_addr = 0x0100)
         // UHD: 3C 01 44 12 02 00 00 00 04 00  (init_addr = 0x0200)
-        // Verified from MakeMKV strace: BD and UHD use different init addresses.
+        // Empirically verified via SCSI capture: BD and UHD use different init addresses.
         let cap_cdb = [
             SCSI_READ_CAPACITY,
             0x00,
@@ -313,14 +346,14 @@ impl Mt1959 {
 
 impl PlatformDriver for Mt1959 {
     fn init(&mut self, scsi: &mut dyn ScsiTransport) -> Result<()> {
-        if self.unlocked {
+        if self.init_complete {
             return Ok(());
         }
         self.run_init(scsi)
     }
 
     fn probe_disc(&mut self, scsi: &mut dyn ScsiTransport) -> Result<()> {
-        if !self.unlocked {
+        if !self.init_complete {
             // Don't retry init here — if init() failed, probing can't work either.
             // Retrying causes repeated USB bus resets on BU40N.
             return Ok(());
@@ -332,6 +365,152 @@ impl PlatformDriver for Mt1959 {
     }
 
     fn is_ready(&self) -> bool {
+        self.init_complete
+    }
+
+    fn is_unlocked(&self) -> bool {
         self.unlocked
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::profile::{DriveProfile, Identity};
+    use crate::scsi::{DataDirection, ScsiResult, ScsiTransport};
+
+    /// Minimal mock transport that returns a scripted response to the
+    /// next `execute()` call. Only used for verifying that `do_unlock`
+    /// classifies the response correctly — no general SCSI coverage.
+    struct ScriptedTransport {
+        response: Vec<u8>,
+    }
+
+    impl ScsiTransport for ScriptedTransport {
+        fn execute(
+            &mut self,
+            _cdb: &[u8],
+            _dir: DataDirection,
+            data: &mut [u8],
+            _timeout_ms: u32,
+        ) -> Result<ScsiResult> {
+            let n = self.response.len().min(data.len());
+            data[..n].copy_from_slice(&self.response[..n]);
+            Ok(ScsiResult {
+                status: 0,
+                bytes_transferred: n,
+                sense: [0u8; 32],
+            })
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn fixture_profile(signature: [u8; 4]) -> DriveProfile {
+        DriveProfile {
+            identity: Identity {
+                vendor_id: "TEST".into(),
+                product_revision: String::new(),
+                vendor_specific: String::new(),
+                firmware_date: String::new(),
+            },
+            signature,
+            firmware: Vec::new(),
+            unlock_init_value: 0,
+            unlock_response_size: 0,
+            read_vid_cdb: None,
+            read_disc_keys_cdb: None,
+            drive_nominal_speed_cdb: None,
+            set_speed_max_cdb: None,
+            read10_raw_2sec_cdb: None,
+            read10_raw_1sec_cdb: None,
+            read_buffer_verify_cdb: None,
+            write_buffer_cdb: None,
+            read_buffer_unlock_cdb: None,
+            speed_zone_table: None,
+            speed_calc_table: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Build a synthetic 64-byte unlock response.
+    ///
+    /// `mode_marker`: bytes [12..16]. Pass `FIRMWARE_ACTIVE_SIG` for the
+    /// active-mode primary marker.
+    /// `id_marker`:   bytes [16..20] (and repeated through [20..64] in
+    /// real responses; only [16..20] is checked).
+    fn build_response(signature: [u8; 4], mode_marker: [u8; 4], id_marker: [u8; 4]) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut r = vec![0u8; 64];
+        r[0..4].copy_from_slice(&signature);
+        // bytes [4..12] left as zeros (version + reserved per format)
+        r[12..16].copy_from_slice(&mode_marker);
+        // Real firmware repeats the secondary marker through [16..64];
+        // the parser only checks [16..20], so we just write the marker
+        // once.
+        r[16..20].copy_from_slice(&id_marker);
+        r
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn do_unlock_sets_unlocked_when_both_markers_present() {
+        let sig = [0x99, 0x9E, 0xC3, 0x75];
+        let response = build_response(sig, FIRMWARE_ACTIVE_SIG, FIRMWARE_MODE_SIG);
+        let mut transport = ScriptedTransport { response };
+        let mut mt = Mt1959::new(fixture_profile(sig), false);
+
+        let raw = mt.do_unlock(&mut transport).expect("unlock should succeed");
+        assert_eq!(raw.len(), 64);
+        assert!(mt.init_complete, "init_complete set after success");
+        assert!(
+            mt.is_unlocked(),
+            "both markers present -> extended-access state"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn do_unlock_init_complete_but_not_unlocked_when_id_marker_missing() {
+        // Primary mode marker present (so init passes) but the
+        // secondary marker is replaced with zeros — drive isn't in
+        // extended-access state.
+        let sig = [0x99, 0x9E, 0xC3, 0x75];
+        let response = build_response(sig, FIRMWARE_ACTIVE_SIG, [0u8; 4]);
+        let mut transport = ScriptedTransport { response };
+        let mut mt = Mt1959::new(fixture_profile(sig), false);
+
+        mt.do_unlock(&mut transport).expect("unlock should succeed");
+        assert!(mt.init_complete);
+        assert!(
+            !mt.is_unlocked(),
+            "missing secondary marker -> not in extended-access state"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn do_unlock_rejects_signature_mismatch() {
+        let response = build_response(
+            [0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC, 0xDD],
+            FIRMWARE_ACTIVE_SIG,
+            FIRMWARE_MODE_SIG,
+        );
+        let mut transport = ScriptedTransport { response };
+        let mut mt = Mt1959::new(fixture_profile([0x99, 0x9E, 0xC3, 0x75]), false);
+
+        let err = mt.do_unlock(&mut transport).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(err, Error::SignatureMismatch { .. }));
+        assert!(!mt.init_complete);
+        assert!(!mt.is_unlocked());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn do_unlock_rejects_inactive_mode_marker() {
+        // Signature matches but the primary marker at [12..16] is
+        // missing -> drive is not in active mode; init_complete and the
+        // unlocked flag must both stay false.
+        let sig = [0x99, 0x9E, 0xC3, 0x75];
+        let response = build_response(sig, [0u8; 4], FIRMWARE_MODE_SIG);
+        let mut transport = ScriptedTransport { response };
+        let mut mt = Mt1959::new(fixture_profile(sig), false);
+
+        let err = mt.do_unlock(&mut transport).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(err, Error::UnlockFailed));
+        assert!(!mt.init_complete);
+        assert!(!mt.is_unlocked());
+    }
+}

src/profile.rs

@@ -35,6 +35,42 @@ pub struct DriveProfile {
     pub signature: [u8; 4],
     #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_base64")]
     pub firmware: Vec<u8>,
+
+    // ── OEM-extended-access CDB templates ──────────────────────────────
+    //
+    // All optional — older profile blobs that pre-date the CDB capture
+    // pipeline simply omit these fields and decode as `None`. Encoded
+    // in the JSON as lowercase hex strings without separators
+    // (e.g. `"3c014410e29100002400"` for a 10-byte CDB).
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub unlock_init_value: u8,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub unlock_response_size: u8,
+
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_opt_hex_bytes_10")]
+    pub read_vid_cdb: Option<[u8; 10]>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_opt_hex_bytes_10")]
+    pub read_disc_keys_cdb: Option<[u8; 10]>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_opt_hex_bytes_12")]
+    pub drive_nominal_speed_cdb: Option<[u8; 12]>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_opt_hex_bytes_12")]
+    pub set_speed_max_cdb: Option<[u8; 12]>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_opt_hex_bytes_10")]
+    pub read10_raw_2sec_cdb: Option<[u8; 10]>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_opt_hex_bytes_10")]
+    pub read10_raw_1sec_cdb: Option<[u8; 10]>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_opt_hex_bytes_10")]
+    pub read_buffer_verify_cdb: Option<[u8; 10]>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_opt_hex_bytes_10")]
+    pub write_buffer_cdb: Option<[u8; 10]>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_opt_hex_bytes_10")]
+    pub read_buffer_unlock_cdb: Option<[u8; 10]>,
+
+    // Per-drive identifier tables — variable-length hex strings.
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_opt_hex_bytes")]
+    pub speed_zone_table: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_opt_hex_bytes")]
+    pub speed_calc_table: Option<Vec<u8>>,
 }
 
 /// Chipset + variant — determined by which section the profile was found in.
@@ -99,6 +135,78 @@ where
         .map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)
 }
 
+// ── Fixed-length hex deserializers for CDB templates ────────────────────
+//
+// Profile JSON encodes CDBs as lowercase hex strings without separators.
+// An empty string / null / missing field decodes as `None`.
+
+fn parse_hex_bytes(s: &str) -> std::result::Result<Vec<u8>, &'static str> {
+    if s.len() % 2 != 0 {
+        return Err("odd hex length");
+    }
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(s.len() / 2);
+    for i in (0..s.len()).step_by(2) {
+        let byte = u8::from_str_radix(&s[i..i + 2], 16).map_err(|_| "invalid hex digit")?;
+        out.push(byte);
+    }
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
+fn deserialize_opt_hex_bytes_10<'de, D>(
+    deserializer: D,
+) -> std::result::Result<Option<[u8; 10]>, D::Error>
+where
+    D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    let opt: Option<String> = Option::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+    let Some(s) = opt else { return Ok(None) };
+    if s.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+    let bytes = parse_hex_bytes(&s).map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)?;
+    if bytes.len() != 10 {
+        return Err(serde::de::Error::custom("expected 10 bytes"));
+    }
+    let mut out = [0u8; 10];
+    out.copy_from_slice(&bytes);
+    Ok(Some(out))
+}
+
+fn deserialize_opt_hex_bytes_12<'de, D>(
+    deserializer: D,
+) -> std::result::Result<Option<[u8; 12]>, D::Error>
+where
+    D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    let opt: Option<String> = Option::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+    let Some(s) = opt else { return Ok(None) };
+    if s.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+    let bytes = parse_hex_bytes(&s).map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)?;
+    if bytes.len() != 12 {
+        return Err(serde::de::Error::custom("expected 12 bytes"));
+    }
+    let mut out = [0u8; 12];
+    out.copy_from_slice(&bytes);
+    Ok(Some(out))
+}
+
+fn deserialize_opt_hex_bytes<'de, D>(
+    deserializer: D,
+) -> std::result::Result<Option<Vec<u8>>, D::Error>
+where
+    D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    let opt: Option<String> = Option::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+    let Some(s) = opt else { return Ok(None) };
+    if s.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+    let bytes = parse_hex_bytes(&s).map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)?;
+    Ok(Some(bytes))
+}
+
 // ── Loading ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 const BUNDLED_PROFILES: &str = include_str!("../profiles.json");

tests/crypto_tests.rs

@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ fn aacs_parse_unit_key_ro_minimal() {
         data[key_pos + i] = (0xA0 + i) as u8;
     }
 
-    let result = aacs::parse_unit_key_ro(&data, false);
+    let result = aacs::parse_unit_key_ro(&data, aacs::AacsVersion::V10);
     assert!(
         result.is_some(),
         "parse_unit_key_ro should succeed on valid data"