Cedric De Boom

38 papers A* 1A 2B 2Misc 1Journal 23Unranked 8
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Cedric De Boom, Michael Reusens
2022 J jnl
CoRR
James Marien, Sam Leroux, Bart Dhoedt, Cedric De Boom
2022 J jnl
Frontiers Neurorobotics
Samuel T. Wauthier, Cedric De Boom, Ozan Çatal, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Paloma Rabaey, Cedric De Boom, Thomas Demeester
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Samuel T. Wauthier, Pietro Mazzaglia, Ozan Çatal, Cedric De Boom, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt
2021 J jnl
Frontiers Neurorobotics
Toon Van de Maele, Tim Verbelen, Ozan Çatal, Cedric De Boom, Bart Dhoedt
2021 J jnl
Sensors
Pieter Van Molle, Cedric De Boom, Tim Verbelen, Bert Vankeirsbilck, Jonas De Vylder, Bart Diricx, Pieter Simoens, Bart Dhoedt
2021 B conf
IJCNN
Cedric De Boom, Samuel Wauthier, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt
2020 ed.
IWAI
Tim Verbelen, Pablo Lanillos, Christopher L. Buckley, Cedric De Boom
2020 A conf
IROS
Ozan Çatal, Sam Leroux, Cedric De Boom, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Ozan Çatal, Samuel Wauthier, Tim Verbelen, Cedric De Boom, Bart Dhoedt
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Cedric De Boom, Samuel Wauthier, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt
2020 J jnl
Frontiers Comput. Neurosci.
Ozan Çatal, Samuel Wauthier, Cedric De Boom, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt
2020 Misc conf
ICASSP
Ozan Çatal, Tim Verbelen, Johannes Nauta, Cedric De Boom, Bart Dhoedt
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Ozan Çatal, Tim Verbelen, Johannes Nauta, Cedric De Boom, Bart Dhoedt
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Cedric De Boom, Stephanie Van Laere, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt
2020 conf
IWAI
Samuel T. Wauthier, Ozan Çatal, Cedric De Boom, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt
2020 conf
IWAI
Toon Van de Maele, Tim Verbelen, Ozan Çatal, Cedric De Boom, Bart Dhoedt
2019 J jnl
Neural Comput. Appl.
Cedric De Boom, Thomas Demeester, Bart Dhoedt
2019 conf
UNSURE/CLIP@MICCAI
Pieter Van Molle, Tim Verbelen, Cedric De Boom, Bert Vankeirsbilck, Jonas De Vylder, Bart Diricx, Tom Kimpe, Pieter Simoens, Bart Dhoedt
2019 conf
PKDD/ECML Workshops (2)
Cedric De Boom, Stephanie Van Laere, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt
2018 B conf
NOMS
Jeroen van der Hooft, Cedric De Boom, Stefano Petrangeli, Tim Wauters, Filip De Turck
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Cedric De Boom, Thomas Demeester, Bart Dhoedt
2018 J jnl
Multim. Tools Appl.
Cedric De Boom, Rohan Agrawal, Samantha Hansen, Esh Kumar, Romain Yon, Ching-Wei Chen, Thomas Demeester, Bart Dhoedt
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Pieter Van Molle, Tim Verbelen, Elias De Coninck, Cedric De Boom, Pieter Simoens, Bart Dhoedt
2018 A conf
MMSys
Jeroen van der Hooft, Dries Pauwels, Cedric De Boom, Stefano Petrangeli, Tim Wauters, Filip De Turck
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Jeroen van der Hooft, Cedric De Boom, Stefano Petrangeli, Tim Wauters, Filip De Turck
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Cedric De Boom, Rohan Agrawal, Samantha Hansen, Esh Kumar, Romain Yon, Ching-Wei Chen, Thomas Demeester, Bart Dhoedt
2016 J jnl
CoRR
Cedric De Boom, Sam Leroux, Steven Bohez, Pieter Simoens, Thomas Demeester, Bart Dhoedt
2016 J jnl
CoRR
Sam Leroux, Steven Bohez, Cedric De Boom, Elias De Coninck, Tim Verbelen, Bert Vankeirsbilck, Pieter Simoens, Bart Dhoedt
2016 J jnl
CoRR
Cedric De Boom, Steven Van Canneyt, Thomas Demeester, Bart Dhoedt
2016 J jnl
Pattern Recognit. Lett.
Cedric De Boom, Steven Van Canneyt, Thomas Demeester, Bart Dhoedt
2016 A* conf
AAAI
Rein Houthooft, Cedric De Boom, Stijn Verstichel, Femke Ongenae, Filip De Turck
2015 conf
ICDM Workshops
Cedric De Boom, Steven Van Canneyt, Steven Bohez, Thomas Demeester, Bart Dhoedt
2015 J jnl
CoRR
Cedric De Boom, Steven Van Canneyt, Steven Bohez, Thomas Demeester, Bart Dhoedt
2015 conf
ICDM Workshops
Rupert Lemahieu, Steven Van Canneyt, Cedric De Boom, Bart Dhoedt
2015 conf
#MSM
Cedric De Boom, Steven Van Canneyt, Bart Dhoedt
2014 conf
Probabilistic Graphical Models
Cedric De Boom, Jasper De Bock, Arthur Van Camp, Gert de Cooman
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/cfg-old.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/cfg-old.py python
from collections import deque
from enum import Enum

from binaryninja.enums import (
    BranchType,
    InstructionTextTokenType,
)

# Support both package and standalone imports
try:
    from ..utils.hashes import calculate_md5, calculate_sha256
except ImportError:
    # Fallback to absolute imports (for multiprocessing spawned processes)
    from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.utils.hashes import calculate_md5, calculate_sha256


class CFGAnalysis:
    def __init__(self, function):
        self.function = function

    def determine_block_type(self, block) -> str:
        """Determine the type of a basic block."""
        # Check if it's a thunk function (usually just a jump or call)
        if len(block.disassembly_text) <= 2 and any(
            "jmp" in line.tokens[0].text.lower() for line in block.disassembly_text
        ):
            return "THUNK"

        # Check if it contains only data (no valid instructions)
        if all(not line.tokens for line in block.disassembly_text):
            return "DATA"

        # Default to code
        return "CODE"

    def extract_cyclomatic_complexity(self):
        """
        Cyclomatic complexity (McCabe’s metric) measures the number of linearly independent paths
        through a function’s control flow graph (CFG).
        The standard formula is:

            M = E - N + 2

        where:
            - E = number of edges in the CFG
            - N = number of nodes (basic blocks)
            - 2 accounts for the entry and exit nodes of a single connected graph
        """
        if self.function is None:
            return 0

        # number of basic blocks
        num_blocks = len(self.function.basic_blocks)
        # number of edges in the graph
        num_edges = sum(
            len(basic_block.outgoing_edges)
            for basic_block in self.function.basic_blocks
        )
        return num_edges - num_blocks + 2

    def extract_function_cfg(self):
        """Extract information about a function CFG and return it as a dictionary."""

        function = self.function
        function_data = {
            "function_address": self.function.start,
            "blocks": [],
            "measures": {
                "cyclomatic_complexity": self.extract_cyclomatic_complexity(),
            },
        }

        if self.function is None:
            return function_data

        # Get the map of the depth associated to every block
        depths = self.get_map_depth()

        # Get the map of the positions associated to every block
        id_maps = self.get_block_id_map()

        # Extract block data with graph structure information
        for block in function.basic_blocks:
            # dominators per every block translated
            dominators = sorted(self.extract_dominators(block, id_maps))

            # post dominators
            post_dominators = sorted(self.extract_post_dominators(block, id_maps))

            # Build block instructions string
            block_instructions = "\n".join(str(line) for line in block.disassembly_text)

            # Determine block type
            block_type = self.determine_block_type(block)

            # Extract successors directly from basic block
            successor_blocks = [edge.target.start for edge in block.outgoing_edges]
            # We ensure a canonical order and we sort the edges
            successor_blocks.sort()

            # Extract predecessors directly from basic block
            predecessor_blocks = [edge.source.start for edge in block.incoming_edges]
            # We ensure a canonical order and we sort the edges
            predecessor_blocks.sort()

            # Determine branch type from outgoing edges
            branch_type = self.determine_branch_type(block)

            instructions_count = len(block.disassembly_text)

            # Create block record
            block_json = {
                "function_address": self.function.start,
                "block_start_address": block.start,
                "block_end_address": block.end,
                "block_size": block.end - block.start,
                "instructions_count": instructions_count,
                "block_instructions_hash": calculate_sha256(block_instructions),
                "predecessor_blocks": predecessor_blocks,
                "successor_blocks": successor_blocks,
                "depth": depths[block.start],
                "position": id_maps[block.start],
                "branch_type": branch_type,
                "block_type": block_type,
                "flags": self.extract_block_flags(block),
                "dominators": dominators,
                "post_dominators": post_dominators,
            }
            function_data["blocks"].append(block_json)

        return function_data

    def extract_dominators(self, bb, id_maps):
        """Extract the dominators normalized"""
        dom_idx = [id_maps[d.start] for d in bb.dominators]
        return dom_idx

    def extract_post_dominators(self, bb, id_maps):
        """Extract the post-dominators normalized"""
        post_dom_idx = [id_maps[d.start] for d in bb.post_dominators]
        return post_dom_idx

    def determine_branch_type(self, block):
        """
        Determine the type of branch at the end of a basic block.
        This combines edge type information with instruction analysis.
        """
        # If no outgoing edges, it might be a return or terminal block
        if not block.outgoing_edges:
            # Check if the last instruction is a return
            for line in reversed(list(block.disassembly_text)):
                if line.tokens and any(
                    token.text.lower() in ["ret", "retn"] for token in line.tokens
                ):
                    return "RETURN"
            return "UNKNOWN"

        # Collect branch types from all outgoing edges
        branch_types = []
        for edge in block.outgoing_edges:
            edge_type = edge.type
            # Map edge type to our branch type enum
            if isinstance(edge_type, str):
                if edge_type == "IndirectCall":
                    branch_types.append("CALL")
                else:
                    branch_types.append("UNKNOWN")
            else:
                # Use our mapping for integer/enum values
                type_mapping = {
                    BranchType.UnconditionalBranch: "DIRECT",
                    BranchType.FalseBranch: "CONDITIONAL",
                    BranchType.TrueBranch: "CONDITIONAL",
                    BranchType.CallDestination: "CALL",
                    BranchType.FunctionReturn: "RETURN",
                    BranchType.SystemCall: "CALL",
                    BranchType.IndirectBranch: "INDIRECT",
                    BranchType.ExceptionBranch: "UNKNOWN",
                    BranchType.UnresolvedBranch: "UNKNOWN",
                    BranchType.UserDefinedBranch: "UNKNOWN",
                }
                branch_types.append(type_mapping.get(edge_type, "UNKNOWN"))

        # Determine overall branch type (prioritize CALL > RETURN > CONDITIONAL > DIRECT)
        if "CALL" in branch_types:
            return "CALL"
        elif "RETURN" in branch_types:
            return "RETURN"
        elif "CONDITIONAL" in branch_types:
            return "CONDITIONAL"
        elif "DIRECT" in branch_types:
            return "DIRECT"
        elif len(block.outgoing_edges) == 1:
            return "FALLTHROUGH"

        # If edge analysis was inconclusive, fall back to instruction analysis
        last_instr = None
        for line in reversed(list(block.disassembly_text)):
            if line.tokens:
                last_instr = line
                break

        if last_instr:
            mnemonic = None
            for token in last_instr.tokens:
                if token.type == InstructionTextTokenType.InstructionToken:
                    mnemonic = token.text.lower()
                    break

            if mnemonic:
                if mnemonic == "call":
                    return "CALL"
                elif mnemonic == "jmp":
                    return "DIRECT"
                elif mnemonic.startswith("j") and mnemonic != "jmp":
                    return "CONDITIONAL"
                elif mnemonic in ["ret", "retn"]:
                    return "RETURN"

        return "UNKNOWN"

    def get_map_depth(self):
        """
        Run a BFS on the basic blocks of the function to assign a depth to every block
        """

        depths = {}
        entry = self.function.get_basic_block_at(self.function.start)

        ### Simple BFS
        q = deque()
        q.append(entry)
        depths[entry.start] = 0

        while q:
            b = q.popleft()
            b_depth = depths[b.start]
            for edge in b.outgoing_edges:
                tgt = edge.target

                if tgt is None:
                    continue

                if tgt.start not in depths:
                    depths[tgt.start] = b_depth + 1
                    q.append(tgt)

        return depths

    def get_block_id_map(self):
        """
        Assign a unique, sequential ID to each basic block of the function using a BFS starting from the entry block.
        """

        id_map = {}
        entry = self.function.get_basic_block_at(self.function.start)

        q = deque()
        q.append(entry)

        current_id = 0
        id_map[entry.start] = current_id

        while q:
            b = q.popleft()
            for edge in b.outgoing_edges:
                tgt = edge.target

                if tgt is None:
                    continue

                if tgt.start not in id_map:
                    current_id += 1
                    id_map[tgt.start] = current_id
                    q.append(tgt)

        return id_map

    def extract_block_flags(self, block):
        """
        Get the flags for every basic block. Currently, we implemented these heuristics:
            - if a basic block is the entry node for a function
            - if a basic block is the exit block for a function
            - if a basic block is part of a natural loop
        """
        flags = []

        if block.start == self.function.start:
            flags.append(BlockFlags.EntryBlock.value)

        if any(edge.type == BranchType.FunctionReturn for edge in block.outgoing_edges):
            flags.append(BlockFlags.ExitBlock.value)

        # if this block is in its dominance frontier, then it's part of a natural loop
        if block in block.dominance_frontier:
            flags.append(BlockFlags.LoopBlock.value)

        return flags


class BlockFlags(Enum):
    # generally, the basic block identifying the entry point of the function
    EntryBlock = "EntryBlock"
    # any basic blocks that makes the control flow exiting from the current function
    ExitBlock = "ExitBlock"
    # any block is in a natural loop if it is in its own dominance frontier
    LoopBlock = "LoopBlock"


class BlockType(Enum):
    THUNK = "THUNK"
    DATA = "DATA"
    PADDING = "PADDING"
    CODE = "CODE"