feat(binary): detect memcpy/memmove with a non-constant length (#151)

* test(binary): RED — no rule for memcpy/memmove with a non-constant length

Adds two corpus fixtures + direct assertions for a memcpy/memmove sink:
- memcpy-wire-length (bad): a wire-decoded length into a fixed buffer,
  expect B-MEMCPY. Fails on main — the ruleset has no memcpy rule.
- memcpy-bounded-control (clean): two safe memcpys (sizeof-bounded + a
  constant length). This forces a DISCRIMINATING rule: a naive /memcpy/
  match false-positives here and fails the zero-false-positive gate.

Refs #150

* feat(binary): detect memcpy/memmove with a non-constant length

Adds B-MEMCPY to the decompiled-vuln ruleset — the classic unbounded-copy
overflow. The framework's own reasoning layer treats this as its textbook
target (src/orchestration/prompts.ts:60,80 — 'a wire-controlled length flowing
into an unchecked memcpy'; orchestration/index.ts:11), but the static
pre-filter had no rule for it: strcpy was covered, its memcpy(dst, src, len)
sibling was not.

The rule inspects the length (3rd) argument and fires only when it is
non-constant — a variable, struct field, deref, or computed/decoded value —
staying silent on a sizeof(...) or numeric-literal length. Validated against a
22-case dangerous/safe matrix (perfect discrimination). Corpus 6+2 -> 7+3; the
new sizeof/constant-bounded control keeps the rule honest — a bare /memcpy/
match would false-positive on it.

Closes #150

* fix(binary): stop B-MEMCPY false-positive on nested-call args; disclose limits

Adversarial review found a real false positive: a comma inside a nested call in
arg 1/2 (memcpy(dst, get_src(a,b), sizeof(dst))) mis-split the naive
[^,]+,[^,]+, arg list, so a sizeof-BOUNDED call fired. Restricting args 1-2 to
[^,()]+ (paren-free) removes it — verified the bounded nested-call form is now
silent while every common non-constant length still fires. The trade is a
memcpy whose 1st/2nd arg is itself a call is not matched (an acceptable miss for
a directional pre-filter, now disclosed).

Rule comment rewritten to honestly enumerate the directional misses (leading-
digit computed length, sizeof-plus-term, nested-call args, inline comments,
__memcpy_chk/memcpy_s/wmemcpy variants). Test expanded into an in-tree
discrimination matrix (fires / silent / pinned disclosed-limit cases) so the
scope boundary is auditable and any future tightening surfaces deliberately.

Refs #150

* fix(binary): match pointer casts in B-MEMCPY args; correct disclosed limits

A second adversarial pass on the shipped rule caught that the previous
paren-free tightening ([^,()]+) over-corrected: it also stopped matching
pointer CASTS on args 1-2 — memcpy((void *)dst, (void *)src, len) — which are
the most common memcpy shape in real decompiled output. The rule was silently
missing the main case.

Replace the arg matcher with one level of BALANCED parens,
(?:[^,()]|\([^()]*\))+, so a cast (void *)dst and a comma-bearing call
get(a,b) are each consumed as ONE arg. This fires on casts again, still fires on
a call-bearing arg with a non-constant length (now a true positive, previously a
disclosed miss), and keeps the original nested-call-with-bounded-length false
positive silent. Verified no catastrophic backtracking on pathological input.

Also corrects the disclosed-limits comment: the previous 'arg is itself a call'
miss is now only DOUBLY-nested parens, and the inline-comment note was
backwards (a comment obscuring a sizeof/literal false-fires, it does not cause a
miss) — restated accurately, with decompiled output not emitting inline comments
noted. Tests pin the cast fires and the variant exclusions.

Refs #150
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@@ -26,6 +26,24 @@ export const RULES = [
{ id: 'B-FORMAT-STRING', desc: 'printf(var) — user-controlled format string', test: rx(/\bf?printf\s*\(\s*[a-zA-Z_]\w*\s*\)/) },
{ id: 'B-CMD-INJECTION', desc: 'system()/popen() on a variable — command injection', test: rx(/\b(system|popen)\s*\(\s*[a-zA-Z_]\w*/) },
{ id: 'B-INT-OVERFLOW', desc: 'malloc/calloc with multiplication — integer-overflow alloc size', test: rx(/\b(malloc|calloc|alloca|realloc)\s*\([^)]*\*/) },
// Inspects the length (3rd) arg: fires when it begins with a variable / field /
// deref / decoded value (`len`, `hdr->len`, `ntohl(hdr->len)`) and stays silent
// when it begins with a `sizeof` expression or a numeric literal. Two subtleties:
// the `[^)\s]` after the lookahead is load-bearing — without it `\s*` backtracks
// onto whitespace and bounded forms leak through; and args 1-2 are matched with a
// single level of BALANCED parens `(?:[^,()]|\([^()]*\))+` so a cast `(void *)dst`
// and a comma-bearing call `get(a,b)` are each consumed as ONE arg — neither
// mis-splits the list (the original naive `[^,]+` split on the comma inside a
// call and false-fired on a bounded length). Directional static pre-filter, not
// taint analysis — disclosed misses (silently NOT flagged): a computed length
// that starts with a digit (`8*count`) or with `sizeof` plus a term
// (`sizeof(x)+n`), and a 1st/2nd arg with a DOUBLY-nested paren
// (`wrap(get(a,b))`). The `__memcpy_chk`/`memcpy_s`/`wmemcpy` variants are out of
// scope (the `\b...\(` shape); the `_chk` form is usually the bounded, safe one.
// Comments aren't stripped: a mid-argument `/* ... */` obscuring a sizeof/literal
// length would false-fire, but decompiled output does not emit inline comments.
// Decompiled output inlines constants, so a named-macro length does not arise.
{ id: 'B-MEMCPY', desc: 'memcpy()/memmove() with a non-constant length — candidate overflow from an unchecked/wire-controlled size', test: rx(/\b(?:memcpy|memmove)\s*\((?:[^,()]|\([^()]*\))+,\s*(?:[^,()]|\([^()]*\))+,\s*(?!\d|sizeof\b)[^)\s][^)]*\)/) },
];
export function loadCorpus() {