Cesare Svelto

47 papers Misc 1Journal 35Unranked 11
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 conf
I2MTC
Hossein Shabanalinezhad, Cesare Svelto, Christian Laurano, Piero Malcovati, Gianluca Gatti
2025 conf
I2MTC
Gianluca Crotti, Roberto Cantù, Gianluca Gatti, Hossein Shabanalinezhad, Minh Long Hoang, Giovanni Chiorboli, Christian Laurano, Francesco Casella, Cesare Svelto
2025 conf
I2MTC
Minh Long Hoang, Cesare Svelto, Paolo Ciampolini, Guido Matrella, Giovanni Chiorboli
2024 J jnl
Sensors
Hossein Shabanalinezhad, Cesare Svelto, Piero Malcovati, Gianluca Gatti
2024 J jnl
Sensors
Tatyana V. Gritsenko, Maria V. Orlova, Andrey A. Zhirnov, Yuri A. Konstantinov, Artem T. Turov, Fedor L. Barkov, Roman I. Khan, Kirill I. Koshelev, Cesare Svelto, Alexey B. Pnev
2024 J jnl
Sensors
Konstantin V. Stepanov, Andrey A. Zhirnov, Tatyana V. Gritsenko, Roman I. Khan, Kirill I. Koshelev, Cesare Svelto, Alexey B. Pnev
2024 J jnl
Sensors
Gianluca Crotti, Roberto Cantù, Stefano Malavasi, Gianluca Gatti, Christian Laurano, Cesare Svelto
2023 conf
MetroXRAINE
Hossein Shabanalinezhad, Piero Malcovati, Cesare Svelto, Gianluca Gatti
2023 J jnl
Sensors
Andrey A. Zhirnov, German Chesnokov, Konstantin V. Stepanov, Tatyana V. Gritsenko, Roman I. Khan, Kirill I. Koshelev, Anton O. Chernutsky, Cesare Svelto, Alexey B. Pnev, Olga Valba
2023 conf
MetroXRAINE
Hossein Shabanalinezhad, Piero Malcovati, Cesare Svelto, Gianluca Gatti
2023 conf
MetroXRAINE
Tatyana V. Gritsenko, German Chesnokov, Kirill I. Koshelev, Roman I. Khan, Konstantin V. Stepanov, Olga Valba, Anton O. Chernutsky, Cesare Svelto, Andrey A. Zhirnov, Alexey B. Pnev, Valery E. Karasik
2023 conf
MetroXRAINE
Gianluca Crotti, Roberto Cantù, Stefano Malavasi, Gianluca Gatti, Cesare Svelto
2023 conf
MetroXRAINE
Cesare Svelto, Andrey A. Zhirnov, Anton O. Chernutsky, Tatyana V. Gritsenko Choban, Konstantin V. Stepanov, Alexey B. Pnev, Valery E. Karasik, Gianluca Galzerano
2023 conf
MetroXRAINE
Hossein Shabanalinezhad, Piero Malcovati, Cesare Svelto, Gianluca Gatti
2018 J jnl
Multim. Tools Appl.
Cesare Svelto, Matteo Matteucci, Alexey Pniov, Lorenzo Pedotti
2016 conf
I2MTC
Michele Norgia, Alessandro Magnani, Dario Melchionni, Cesare Svelto, Alessandro Pesatori
2016 conf
I2MTC
Alexey Pniov, Andrey A. Zhirnov, Dima Shelestov, Valeriy E. Karasik, Cesare Svelto, Michele Norgia, Alessandro Pesatori, Gianluca Galzerano, Paolo Laporta
2012 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Alessandro Pesatori, Michele Norgia, Cesare Svelto, Massimo Zucco, Michal Stupka, Andrea De Marchi
2011 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Ilaria Milesi, Michele Norgia, Pasquale P. Pompilio, Cesare Svelto, Raffaele L. Dellacà
2009 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Gabriella Tognola, Marta Parazzini, Giorgio Pedretti, Paolo Ravazzani, Ferdinando Grandori, Alessandro Pesatori, Michele Norgia, Cesare Svelto
2009 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Michele Norgia, Ivo Boniolo, Mara Tanelli, Sergio M. Savaresi, Cesare Svelto
2008 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Alessandro Pesatori, Gianluca Galzerano, Michele Norgia, Elisa Sani, L. Bonelli, Alessandra Toncelli, Mauro Tonelli, Paolo Laporta, Cesare Svelto
2008 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Massimiliano Annoni, Loredana Cristaldi, Michele Norgia, Cesare Svelto
2008 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Massimiliano Annoni, Loredana Cristaldi, Michele Norgia, Cesare Svelto
2008 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Michele Norgia, Cesare Svelto
2008 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Alessandro Pesatori, Michele Norgia, V. Calabrese, Gianluca Galzerano, Elio Bava, Cesare Svelto
2007 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Michele Norgia, Alessandro Pesatori, Cesare Svelto
2007 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Gabriella Tognola, Alessandro Pesatori, Michele Norgia, Marta Parazzini, Luca di Rienzo, Paolo Ravazzani, Sandro Burdo, Ferdinando Grandori, Cesare Svelto
2006 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Gianluca Galzerano, Elisa Sani, Alessandra Toncelli, Mauro Tonelli, Cesare Svelto, Paolo Laporta
2006 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Gabriella Tognola, Marta Parazzini, Giorgio Pedretti, Paolo Ravazzani, Cesare Svelto, Michele Norgia, Ferdinando Grandori
2005 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Cesare Svelto, Michele Norgia, Elio Bava, Gianluca Galzerano
2005 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Gabriella Tognola, Sandro Burdo, Mara Caponio, Michele Norgia, Marta Parazzini, Paolo Ravazzani, Ferdinando Grandori, Cesare Svelto
2005 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Elio Bava, Niccolò Beverini, Giorgio Carelli, Andrea De Michele, Gianluca Galzerano, Enrico Maccioni, Augusto Moretti, Marco Prevedelli, Fiodor Sorrentino, Cesare Svelto
2004 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Marcello Marano, Gianluca Galzerano, Cesare Svelto, Paolo Laporta
2004 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Sergio De Ponte, Stefano Malavasi, Gianluca Galzerano, Cesare Svelto
2003 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Gabriella Tognola, Marta Parazzini, Paolo Ravazzani, Ferdinando Grandori, Cesare Svelto
2003 J jnl
Image Vis. Comput.
Gabriella Tognola, Marta Parazzini, Cesare Svelto, Paolo Ravazzani, Ferdinando Grandori
2003 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Gianluca Galzerano, Cesare Svelto, Elio Bava, Giorgio Carelli, M. Finotti, Augusto Moretti, Niccolò Beverini
2003 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Luca Callegaro, Gianluca Galzerano, Cesare Svelto
2003 Misc conf
Visualization and Data Analysis
Gabriella Tognola, Marta Parazzini, Cesare Svelto, Paolo Ravazzani, Ferdinando Grandori
2002 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Cesare Svelto, Gianluca Galzerano, Elio Bava, Fabio Ferrario, Ady Arie, R. Klein, M. A. Arbore, M. A. Fejer, Atsushi Onae, Marcello Marano
2001 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Luca Callegaro, Gianluca Galzerano, Cesare Svelto
2001 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Gianluca Galzerano, Cesare Svelto, Elio Bava
2001 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Cesare Svelto, Gianluca Galzerano, Atsushi Onae, Elio Bava
2000 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Cesare Svelto, Roberto Ottoboni, Alessandro Ferrero
1999 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Cesare Svelto, Elio Bava
1999 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Gianluca Galzerano, Elio Bava, Marco Bisi, Fabrizio Bertinetto, Cesare Svelto
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/cfg_features.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/cfg_features.py python
import struct
from collections import deque
from typing import Optional

import blake3
import mmh3


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.1: Core Graph Utilities
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def bfs_order(successors: list[list[int]], n: int) -> list[int]:
    """
    BFS traversal from node 0 (entry block), returns node indices in visit order.
    Unreachable nodes appended at the end.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return []

    visited = set()
    order = []
    queue = deque([0])
    visited.add(0)

    while queue:
        idx = queue.popleft()
        order.append(idx)
        for target in successors[idx]:
            if target not in visited:
                visited.add(target)
                queue.append(target)

    # Append unreachable blocks (dead code)
    for i in range(n):
        if i not in visited:
            order.append(i)

    return order


def bfs_max_depth(successors: list[list[int]], n: int) -> int:
    """
    Maximum BFS depth from entry block (node 0).
    Replaces the per-block depth column with a single scalar.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return 0

    depth = {0: 0}
    max_d = 0
    queue = deque([0])

    while queue:
        node = queue.popleft()
        for s in successors[node]:
            if s not in depth:
                depth[s] = depth[node] + 1
                if depth[s] > max_d:
                    max_d = depth[s]
                queue.append(s)

    return max_d


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.2: Back-Edge Detection (Iterative DFS)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def count_back_edges(successors: list[list[int]], n: int) -> int:
    """
    Count natural loops via iterative DFS back-edge detection.
    A back edge is an edge to a GRAY (in-stack) node.

    Iterative to avoid stack overflow on functions with 1000+ blocks
    (common in obfuscated malware, VM dispatchers, unrolled loops).
    """
    if n == 0:
        return 0

    WHITE, GRAY, BLACK = 0, 1, 2
    color = [WHITE] * n
    back_edges = 0

    stack = [(0, iter(successors[0]))]
    color[0] = GRAY

    while stack:
        u, children = stack[-1]
        try:
            v = next(children)
            if color[v] == GRAY:
                back_edges += 1
            elif color[v] == WHITE:
                color[v] = GRAY
                stack.append((v, iter(successors[v])))
        except StopIteration:
            color[u] = BLACK
            stack.pop()

    return back_edges


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.3: Topology Hash
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def compute_topology_hash(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    bfs: list[int],
    n: int,
) -> bytes:
    """
    BLAKE3 hash of BFS-ordered canonical adjacency.
    Pure graph shape — ignores all block content.
    Two functions with identical control flow structure produce identical hashes.

    Returns 16 bytes (128-bit).
    """
    if n == 0:
        return b'\x00' * 16

    # Remap: original index -> BFS position
    remap = {original: position for position, original in enumerate(bfs)}

    canonical = bytearray()
    for position in range(n):
        original_idx = bfs[position]
        remapped_succs = sorted(
            remap[s] for s in successors[original_idx] if s in remap
        )
        # Pack: node_index (2 bytes) + num_successors (1 byte) + successor indices (2 bytes each)
        canonical.extend(struct.pack('<HB', position, len(remapped_succs)))
        for s in remapped_succs:
            canonical.extend(struct.pack('<H', s))

    return blake3.blake3(bytes(canonical)).digest(length=16)


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.4: MD-Index (Top-Down and Bottom-Up)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def compute_md_index_topdown(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    predecessors: list[list[int]],
    bfs: list[int],
) -> int:
    """
    BinDiff-style top-down MD-index.
    Hash of (in_degree, out_degree) sequence in BFS order from entry.
    Returns UInt64.
    """
    if not bfs:
        return 0

    degree_bytes = bytearray()
    for idx in bfs:
        in_deg = min(len(predecessors[idx]), 255)
        out_deg = min(len(successors[idx]), 255)
        degree_bytes.extend(struct.pack('<BB', in_deg, out_deg))

    h = blake3.blake3(bytes(degree_bytes)).digest(length=8)
    return struct.unpack('<Q', h)[0]


def compute_md_index_bottomup(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    predecessors: list[list[int]],
    n: int,
) -> int:
    """
    Bottom-up MD-index: BFS from exit blocks (no successors),
    traversing edges in reverse.
    Returns UInt64.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return 0

    exits = [i for i in range(n) if len(successors[i]) == 0]
    if not exits:
        exits = [n - 1]  # Fallback: use last block

    visited = set(exits)
    order = []
    queue = deque(exits)

    while queue:
        idx = queue.popleft()
        order.append(idx)
        for pred in predecessors[idx]:
            if pred not in visited:
                visited.add(pred)
                queue.append(pred)

    # Append unreachable blocks
    for i in range(n):
        if i not in visited:
            order.append(i)

    degree_bytes = bytearray()
    for idx in order:
        in_deg = min(len(predecessors[idx]), 255)
        out_deg = min(len(successors[idx]), 255)
        degree_bytes.extend(struct.pack('<BB', in_deg, out_deg))

    h = blake3.blake3(bytes(degree_bytes)).digest(length=8)
    return struct.unpack('<Q', h)[0]


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.5: Prime Product
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Small primes assigned to LLIL opcode categories.
# Keys are the integer values of binaryninja.LowLevelILOperation enum members.
# We use integer keys so this module doesn't import binaryninja.
#
# Mapping rationale: same operation class -> same prime.
# Using LLIL (not native asm) makes this architecture-independent.
#
# Populated at import time by cfg.py using the real LowLevelILOperation enum values.
# Unknown ops map to prime 1 (identity element) in compute_prime_product().
LLIL_OP_PRIMES: dict[int, int] = {}


def compute_prime_product(llil_operations: list[int]) -> int:
    """
    Product of small primes assigned to each LLIL opcode.
    Position-independent: block reordering doesn't change the result.
    Mod 2^64 for fixed-size storage.

    Args:
        llil_operations: flat list of LLIL operation enum integer values
                         for all instructions in the function.
    Returns:
        UInt64 prime product, or 0 if no instructions.
    """
    if not llil_operations:
        return 0

    product = 1
    for op in llil_operations:
        prime = LLIL_OP_PRIMES.get(op, 1)
        product = (product * prime) % (2**64)

    return product


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.6: ACFG Block Features
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Instruction category indices for ACFG feature vectors
CAT_ARITHMETIC = 0
CAT_LOGIC = 1
CAT_TRANSFER = 2
CAT_CALL = 3
CAT_COMPARISON = 4
CAT_MEMORY = 5
CAT_OTHER = 6

# Maps LLIL operation integer values to category indices.
# Populated at import time by cfg.py using the real LowLevelILOperation enum.
LLIL_OP_CATEGORIES: dict[int, int] = {}


def build_block_features(
    block_llil_ops: list[list[int]],
    successors: list[list[int]],
    n: int,
) -> list[list[int]]:
    """
    Extract Gemini-style ACFG features per block.

    Args:
        block_llil_ops: per-block list of LLIL operation integer values.
                        block_llil_ops[i] is the list of ops for block i.
                        Empty list if LLIL unavailable for that block.
        successors: index-based adjacency list.
        n: number of blocks.

    Returns:
        List of [instr_count, arithmetic, logic, transfer, call, comparison,
                 memory, successor_count] per block. All values capped at 65535.
    """
    features = []
    for i in range(n):
        cats = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
        ops = block_llil_ops[i] if i < len(block_llil_ops) else []
        for op in ops:
            cat = LLIL_OP_CATEGORIES.get(op, CAT_OTHER)
            cats[cat] += 1

        instr_count = len(ops)
        features.append([
            min(instr_count, 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_ARITHMETIC], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_LOGIC], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_TRANSFER], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_CALL], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_COMPARISON], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_MEMORY], 65535),
            min(len(successors[i]), 65535),
        ])

    return features


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.7: CFG Feature TLSH
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def compute_cfg_feature_tlsh(
    bb_features: list[list[int]],
    bfs: list[int],
) -> Optional[str]:
    """
    TLSH hash of BFS-ordered per-block feature vectors.
    Captures both structure (BFS ordering) and instruction distribution.

    Returns TLSH hex string or None if too few bytes for TLSH (< 50).
    """
    import tlsh as _tlsh

    feature_bytes = bytearray()
    for idx in bfs:
        feats = bb_features[idx]
        feature_bytes.extend(struct.pack(
            '<HBBBBBBB',
            min(feats[0], 65535),
            min(feats[1], 255),
            min(feats[2], 255),
            min(feats[3], 255),
            min(feats[4], 255),
            min(feats[5], 255),
            min(feats[6], 255),
            min(feats[7], 255),
        ))

    if len(feature_bytes) < 50:
        return None

    try:
        h = _tlsh.hash(bytes(feature_bytes))
        return h if h and h != 'TNULL' else None
    except Exception:
        return None


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.8: WL-MinHash
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Pre-computed seeds for MinHash permutations.
NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS = 128
_WL_MINHASH_SEEDS = list(range(NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS))  # Seeds 0..127


def compute_wl_minhash(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    predecessors: list[list[int]],
    bb_features: list[list[int]],
    n: int,
    iterations: int = 3,
) -> list[int]:
    """
    Weisfeiler-Leman MinHash for fuzzy topology similarity.

    Initial labels: mmh3 hash of per-block ACFG feature tuple (content-aware).
    WL refinement: incorporate sorted neighbor labels at each iteration.
    MinHash: 128-permutation signature over shingle set.

    Returns list of 128 uint8 values, or [255]*128 sentinel for empty functions.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return [255] * NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS

    # Initial labels: hash of instruction category tuple per block
    labels = []
    for i in range(n):
        feats = bb_features[i] if i < len(bb_features) else [0] * 8
        # mmh3 with seed=0 for initial labels
        label = mmh3.hash(str(tuple(feats)), 0) & 0xFFFFFFFF
        labels.append(label)

    # Collect shingles: (iteration, label) pairs as strings for mmh3
    shingles: set[str] = set()

    # Iteration 0: individual block labels
    for label in labels:
        shingles.add(f"0:{label}")

    # WL iterations: refine labels by neighborhood aggregation
    for iteration in range(1, iterations + 1):
        new_labels = []
        for i in range(n):
            succ_labels = tuple(sorted(labels[s] for s in successors[i]))
            pred_labels = tuple(sorted(labels[p] for p in predecessors[i]))
            composite = f"{labels[i]}|{succ_labels}|{pred_labels}"
            new_label = mmh3.hash(composite, 0) & 0xFFFFFFFF
            new_labels.append(new_label)
            shingles.add(f"{iteration}:{new_label}")
        labels = new_labels

    if not shingles:
        return [255] * NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS

    # Compute MinHash signature using mmh3 with different seeds
    shingle_list = list(shingles)
    signature = []
    for seed in _WL_MINHASH_SEEDS:
        min_val = 0xFFFFFFFF
        for s in shingle_list:
            h = mmh3.hash(s, seed) & 0xFFFFFFFF
            if h < min_val:
                min_val = h
        # Compress to uint8 for storage
        signature.append(min_val & 0xFF)

    return signature


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.9: Packed Adjacency
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def pack_adjacency(successors: list[list[int]]) -> list[int]:
    """
    Pack CFG edges as Array(UInt32).
    Each UInt32 = (source_index << 16) | target_index.
    Supports up to 65,535 blocks per function.
    """
    edges = []
    for src, targets in enumerate(successors):
        for tgt in targets:
            if src < 65536 and tgt < 65536:
                edges.append((src << 16) | tgt)
    return edges