Ian George

26 papers B 8Misc 1Journal 17
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Theshani Nuradha, Ian George, Christoph Hirche
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Ian George, Marco Tomamichel
2025 B conf
ISIT
Xinan Chen, Stefano Chessa, Ian George, Felix Leditzky, Eric Chitambar
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Chen-Xun Weng, Ming-Yang Li, Nai-Rui Xu, Yanglin Hu, Ian George, Jiawei Wu, Shengjun Wu, Hua-Lei Yin, Zeng-Bing Chen
2025 J jnl
Quantum
Ian George, Jie Lin, Thomas Van Himbeeck, Kun Fang, Norbert Lütkenhaus
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Theshani Nuradha, Ian George, Christoph Hirche
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory
Ian George, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Eric Chitambar
2025 J jnl
Quantum Mach. Intell.
Akshay Bansal, Ian George, Soumik Ghosh, Jamie Sikora, Alice Zheng
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Ian George, Christoph Hirche, Theshani Nuradha, Mark M. Wilde
2025 B conf
ISIT
Ian George, Alice Zheng, Akshay Bansal
2024 B conf
ISIT
Ian George, Hao-Chung Cheng
2024 B conf
ITW
Ian George, Alice Zheng, Akshay Bansal
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Ian George, Alice Zheng, Akshay Bansal
2024 B conf
ISIT
Ian George, Eric Chitambar
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Akshay Bansal, Ian George, Soumik Ghosh, Jamie Sikora, Alice Zheng
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Jason I. Brown, Ian George
2023 B conf
ISIT
Ian George, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Eric Chitambar
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Ian George, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Eric Chitambar
2023 Misc conf
CISS
Ian George, Xinan Chen, Lav R. Varshney
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory
Eric Chitambar, Ian George, Brian Doolittle, Marius Junge
2023 J jnl
Quantum
Guangkuo Liu, Ian George, Eric Chitambar
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Ian George, Eric Chitambar
2022 B conf
ISIT
Eric Chitambar, Ian George, Brian Doolittle, Marius Junge
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Ian George, Xinan Chen, Lav R. Varshney
2021 B conf
DCC
Taha Ameen ur Rahman, Alton S. Barbehenn, Xinan Chen, Hassan Dbouk, James A. Douglas, Yuncong Geng, Ian George, John B. Harvill, Sung Woo Jeon, Kartik K. Kansal, Kiwook Lee, Kelly A. Levick, Bochao Li, Ziyue Li, Yashaswini Murthy, Adarsh Muthuveeru-Subramaniam, S. Yagiz Olmez, Matthew J. Tomei, Tanya Veeravalli, Xuechao Wang, Eric A. Wayman, Fan Wu, Peng Xu, Shen Yan, Heling Zhang, Yibo Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Yibo Zhao, Sourya Basu, Lav R. Varshney
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Taha Ameen ur Rahman, Alton S. Barbehenn, Xinan Chen, Hassan Dbouk, James A. Douglas, Yuncong Geng, Ian George, John B. Harvill, Sung Woo Jeon, Kartik K. Kansal, Kiwook Lee, Kelly A. Levick, Bochao Li, Ziyue Li, Yashaswini Murthy, Adarsh Muthuveeru-Subramaniam, S. Yagiz Olmez, Matthew J. Tomei, Tanya Veeravalli, Xuechao Wang, Eric A. Wayman, Fan Wu, Peng Xu, Shen Yan, Heling Zhang, Yibo Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Yibo Zhao, Sourya Basu, Lav R. Varshney
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_relocations.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_relocations.py python
import inspect
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any, List, Dict

from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
from elftools.common.exceptions import ELFError

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.elf_extractor import ELFExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import ELFRelocation


class ELFRelocationExtractor(ELFExtractor):

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
        elf=None,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious,
            elf,
        )
        self.elf_relocations = []
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_relocations"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _get_relocation_type_string(self, reloc_type: int, machine_arch: str) -> str:
        """Convert relocation type number to human-readable string based on architecture."""
        # This is a simplified mapping - real implementation would need comprehensive
        # architecture-specific relocation type mappings

        common_types = {
            0: "R_NONE",
            1: "R_DIRECT",
            2: "R_PC_RELATIVE",
            3: "R_GOT",
            4: "R_PLT",
            5: "R_COPY",
            6: "R_GLOB_DAT",
            7: "R_JMP_SLOT",
            8: "R_RELATIVE"
        }

        # Architecture-specific mappings could be added here
        if machine_arch == "x86_64":
            x86_64_types = {
                1: "R_X86_64_64",
                2: "R_X86_64_PC32",
                3: "R_X86_64_GOT32",
                4: "R_X86_64_PLT32",
                5: "R_X86_64_COPY",
                6: "R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT",
                7: "R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT",
                8: "R_X86_64_RELATIVE"
            }
            return x86_64_types.get(reloc_type, f"R_X86_64_{reloc_type}")
        elif machine_arch == "x86":
            i386_types = {
                1: "R_386_32",
                2: "R_386_PC32",
                3: "R_386_GOT32",
                4: "R_386_PLT32",
                5: "R_386_COPY",
                6: "R_386_GLOB_DAT",
                7: "R_386_JMP_SLOT",
                8: "R_386_RELATIVE"
            }
            return i386_types.get(reloc_type, f"R_386_{reloc_type}")

        return common_types.get(reloc_type, f"R_UNKNOWN_{reloc_type}")

    def _extract_relocation_data(self, relocation, section_name: str, machine_arch: str) -> Dict:
        """Extract data from a single relocation entry."""
        try:
            # Get relocation offset
            relocation_offset = relocation.entry.get('r_offset', 0)

            # Get relocation type
            relocation_type = relocation.entry.get('r_info_type', 0)

            # Get symbol index
            relocation_symbol_index = relocation.entry.get('r_info_sym', 0)

            # Get addend (only present in RELA sections)
            relocation_addend = None
            if hasattr(relocation.entry, 'r_addend'):
                relocation_addend = relocation.entry.get('r_addend', 0)

            # Get symbol name if available
            relocation_symbol_name = ""
            if hasattr(relocation, 'symbol') and relocation.symbol:
                relocation_symbol_name = relocation.symbol.name or f"<symbol_{relocation_symbol_index}>"
            else:
                relocation_symbol_name = f"<symbol_{relocation_symbol_index}>"

            # Get type string mapping
            relocation_type_str = self._get_relocation_type_string(relocation_type, machine_arch)

            return ELFRelocation(
                relocation_offset=relocation_offset,
                relocation_type=relocation_type,
                relocation_type_str=relocation_type_str,
                relocation_symbol_index=relocation_symbol_index,
                relocation_symbol_name=relocation_symbol_name,
                relocation_section=section_name,
                relocation_addend=relocation_addend
            )

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting relocation data: {e}")
            return None

    def _extract_relocations_from_section(self, section, machine_arch: str) -> List[Dict]:
        """Extract all relocations from a relocation section."""
        relocations = []

        try:
            if not hasattr(section, 'iter_relocations'):
                return relocations

            section_name = section.name or f"<unnamed_section>"

            for relocation in section.iter_relocations():
                reloc_data = self._extract_relocation_data(relocation, section_name, machine_arch)
                if reloc_data:
                    relocations.append(reloc_data)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting relocations from section {section.name}: {e}")

        return relocations

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.ELF_RELOCATIONS.value if hasattr(Tag, 'ELF_RELOCATIONS') else "elf_relocations"

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

            def extract_data(elf):
                # Get architecture for relocation type mapping
                machine_arch = self._get_architecture()
                all_relocations = []

                # Iterate through all sections looking for relocation sections with per-section error handling
                for section_index, section in enumerate(elf.iter_sections()):
                    try:
                        # Check if this is a relocation section (.rel or .rela)
                        if (section.name and
                            (section.name.startswith('.rel') or section.name.startswith('.rela')) and
                            hasattr(section, 'iter_relocations')):

                            section_relocations = self._extract_relocations_from_section(section, machine_arch)
                            all_relocations.extend(section_relocations)
                            self.log.debug(f"Extracted {len(section_relocations)} relocations from section {section.name}")
                    except Exception as e:
                        section_name = getattr(section, 'name', f'section_{section_index}')
                        self.log.warning(f"Error processing relocation section {section_name}: {e}")
                        # Continue processing other sections

                return all_relocations

            if not self._is_elf_file():
                return None

            result = self._with_elf_file(extract_data)
            if result is None:
                return None

            self.elf_relocations = result
            return self.elf_relocations

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting ELF relocations {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            return None

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        if exporter_type == "ElasticsearchExporter":
            return self.elf_relocations
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            try:
                # Return valid empty structure if no relocations (e.g., statically linked binary)
                # None is reserved for actual errors

                # Prepare data arrays for all relocations
                data = []
                current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                for reloc in self.elf_relocations:
                    row = [
                        self.sha256,
                        self.md5,
                        self.sha1,
                        reloc.relocation_offset,
                        reloc.relocation_type,
                        reloc.relocation_type_str,
                        reloc.relocation_symbol_index,
                        reloc.relocation_symbol_name,
                        reloc.relocation_addend,
                        reloc.relocation_section,
                        current_time
                    ]
                    data.append(row)

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'relocation_offset', 'relocation_type', 'relocation_type_str',
                    'relocation_symbol_index', 'relocation_symbol_name',
                    'relocation_addend', 'relocation_section',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'UInt64', 'UInt32', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'UInt32', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'Nullable(Int64)', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
                ]

                return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error preparing export data: {e}")
                raise

    def get_clickhouse_table(self) -> str:
        return "redb_elf_relocations"