James Buchanan

11 papers C 1Journal 8Unranked 2
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 C conf
ISC
Chung Ming Loi, Anne Reinarz, Linus Seelinger, William Hornsby, James Buchanan, Mikkel Bue Lykkegaard
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Chung Ming Loi, Anne Reinarz, Mikkel Bue Lykkegaard, William Hornsby, James Buchanan, Linus Seelinger
2025 J jnl
Comput. Phys. Commun.
Stanislas Pamela, Naomi Carey, Johannes Brandstetter, Rob J. Akers, Lorenzo Zanisi, James Buchanan, Vignesh Gopakumar, Matthias Hoelzl, Guido Huijsmans, Kamran Pentland, James Tickner, G. Antonucci
2025 conf
CCTA
Pedro Cavestany, Alasdair Ross, Adriano Agnello, Aran Garrod, Nicola C. Amorisco, George K. Holt, Kamran Pentland, James Buchanan
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Pedro Cavestany, Alasdair Ross, Adriano Agnello, Aran Garrod, Nicola C. Amorisco, George K. Holt, Kamran Pentland, James Buchanan
2023 J jnl
Stat. Comput.
Kamran Pentland, Massimiliano Tamborrino, Timothy John Sullivan, James Buchanan, Lynton C. Appel
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Kamran Pentland, Massimiliano Tamborrino, Timothy John Sullivan, James Buchanan, Lynton C. Appel
2021 J jnl
Comput. Phys. Commun.
Krasymyr Tretiak, James Buchanan, Rob J. Akers, Daniel Ruprecht
2020 J jnl
Comput. Phys. Commun.
M. Fitzgerald, James Buchanan, Rob J. Akers, Boris N. Breizman, S. E. Sharapov
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Krasymyr Tretiak, James Buchanan, Rob J. Akers, Daniel Ruprecht
2016 conf
EMBC
Ramila Joshi, James Buchanan, Hossein Tavana
tests/unit/test_decompile_decompiler.py
← Index tests/unit/test_decompile_decompiler.py python
"""Unit tests (mocked BN) for bninja/decompiler.py — BinaryNinjaDecompiler."""
import sys
import json
import time
import pytest
from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch, mock_open

from tests.unit.conftest_binja_stubs import (
    install_binja_stubs,
    MockFunction,
    MockBasicBlock,
    MockDisassemblyLine,
    MockToken,
    MockSymbol,
    MockBinaryView,
    MockEdge,
    SymbolType,
    InstructionTextTokenType,
    BranchType,
)

install_binja_stubs()

from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.decompiler import (
    BinaryNinjaDecompiler,
    is_lib_or_thunk,
)
from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.function_type import FunctionType


# ============================================================================
# 10a. BinaryNinjaDecompiler
# ============================================================================


class TestBinaryNinjaDecompilerLogError:
    def _make_decompiler(self):
        with patch.object(BinaryNinjaDecompiler, "__init__", lambda self, *a, **kw: None):
            d = BinaryNinjaDecompiler.__new__(BinaryNinjaDecompiler)
            d.log = MagicMock()
            d.errors = []
            d.filepath = "/fake/binary"
            d.bv = None
            d.analysis_results = None
            d.exporters = []
            d.index_prefix = None
            d.filetype = None
            d.goresym = None
            d.BNINJA_TIMEOUT = 60
            return d

    def test_log_error_appends(self):
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        d.log_error("test error", "func1", 0x1000, Exception("boom"), "extract")
        assert len(d.errors) == 1

    def test_log_error_schema(self):
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        d.log_error("test error", "func1", 0x1000, Exception("boom"), "extract")
        error = d.errors[0]
        expected_keys = [
            "function_name",
            "function_address",
            "error_location",
            "error_message",
            "error_details",
            "error_type",
            "timestamp",
        ]
        for key in expected_keys:
            assert key in error, f"Missing key: {key}"


class TestBinaryNinjaDecompilerIsTooFewBlocks:
    def _make_decompiler(self):
        with patch.object(BinaryNinjaDecompiler, "__init__", lambda self, *a, **kw: None):
            d = BinaryNinjaDecompiler.__new__(BinaryNinjaDecompiler)
            d.log = MagicMock()
            d.errors = []
            d.MIN_FUNCTION_SIZE = 10
            return d

    def test_is_too_few_blocks_none(self):
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        func = MagicMock()
        func.basic_blocks = None
        assert d.is_too_few_blocks(func) is False

    def test_is_too_few_blocks_empty(self):
        # Empty basic_blocks now returns True because Binja creates function
        # stubs with empty blocks before analysis completes — we no longer
        # skip these so they get filtered downstream instead.
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        func = MagicMock()
        func.basic_blocks = []
        assert d.is_too_few_blocks(func) is True

    def test_is_too_few_blocks_small_single(self):
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        block = MagicMock()
        block.disassembly_text = [MagicMock() for _ in range(5)]  # < 10
        func = MagicMock()
        func.basic_blocks = [block]
        assert d.is_too_few_blocks(func) is False

    def test_is_too_few_blocks_large_single(self):
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        block = MagicMock()
        block.disassembly_text = [MagicMock() for _ in range(15)]  # >= 10
        func = MagicMock()
        func.basic_blocks = [block]
        assert d.is_too_few_blocks(func) is True

    def test_is_too_few_blocks_multiple(self):
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        func = MagicMock()
        func.basic_blocks = [MagicMock(), MagicMock()]
        assert d.is_too_few_blocks(func) is True


class TestIsLibOrThunk:
    def test_is_lib_or_thunk_user(self):
        func = MagicMock()
        func.symbol.type = SymbolType.FunctionSymbol
        func.is_thunk = False
        assert is_lib_or_thunk(func) is True  # NOT filtered

    def test_is_lib_or_thunk_thunk(self):
        func = MagicMock()
        func.symbol.type = SymbolType.FunctionSymbol
        func.is_thunk = True
        assert is_lib_or_thunk(func) is False  # Filtered out

    def test_is_lib_or_thunk_external(self):
        func = MagicMock()
        func.symbol.type = SymbolType.ImportedFunctionSymbol
        func.is_thunk = False
        assert is_lib_or_thunk(func) is False  # Filtered out


class TestBinaryNinjaDecompilerExtract:
    def _make_decompiler(self):
        with patch.object(BinaryNinjaDecompiler, "__init__", lambda self, *a, **kw: None):
            d = BinaryNinjaDecompiler.__new__(BinaryNinjaDecompiler)
            d.log = MagicMock()
            d.errors = []
            d.filepath = "/fake/binary"
            d.bv = MagicMock()
            d.analysis_results = None
            d.exporters = []
            d.index_prefix = None
            d.filetype = None
            d.goresym = None
            d.BNINJA_TIMEOUT = 60
            d.arch = MagicMock()
            return d

    def test_extract_success(self):
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        mock_results = {
            "decompiled": [{"test": True}],
            "disassembled": [],
            "cfg": [],
            "llil": [],
            "errors": [],
            "strings": [],
            "mlil": [],
        }
        with patch.object(d, "analyze_binary", return_value=mock_results):
            result = d.extract()
            assert result is True
            assert d.analysis_results == mock_results

    def test_extract_failure(self):
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        with patch.object(d, "analyze_binary", return_value=None):
            result = d.extract()
            assert result is False

    def test_tag(self):
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        assert d.tag() == "DECOMPILED"


class TestBinaryNinjaDecompilerAnalyzeBinary:
    def _make_decompiler(self):
        with patch.object(BinaryNinjaDecompiler, "__init__", lambda self, *a, **kw: None):
            d = BinaryNinjaDecompiler.__new__(BinaryNinjaDecompiler)
            d.log = MagicMock()
            d.errors = []
            d.filepath = "/fake/binary"
            d.analysis_results = None
            d.exporters = []
            d.index_prefix = None
            d.filetype = None
            d.goresym = None
            d.BNINJA_TIMEOUT = 60
            d.arch = MagicMock()
            d.MIN_FUNCTION_SIZE = 10
            return d

    def test_analyze_binary_links_hlil_disasm(self):
        """Bi-directional hash linkage between decompiled and disassembled."""
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        d.bv = MagicMock()
        d.bv.functions = []
        # Mock methods to return controlled data
        with patch.object(d, "extract_hlil") as mock_hlil, \
             patch.object(d, "extract_disasm") as mock_disasm, \
             patch.object(d, "extract_cfg", return_value=None), \
             patch.object(d, "extract_lowlevel", return_value=None):

            mock_hlil.return_value = {
                "decompiled_function_hash": "HLIL_HASH",
                "decompiled_function_name": "test",
                "decompiled_function": "code",
            }
            mock_disasm.return_value = {
                "disassembled_function_hash": "DISASM_HASH",
                "disassembled_function_no_addresses": "asm",
            }

            # Manually feed one function
            mock_func = MagicMock()
            mock_func.symbol.type = SymbolType.FunctionSymbol
            mock_func.is_thunk = False
            mock_func.basic_blocks = [MagicMock(), MagicMock()]
            d.bv.functions = [mock_func]

            results = d.analyze_binary()
            if results and results["decompiled"]:
                hlil_r = results["decompiled"][0]
                disasm_r = results["disassembled"][0]
                assert hlil_r["disassembled_function_hash"] == "DISASM_HASH"
                assert disasm_r["decompiled_function_hash"] == "HLIL_HASH"

    def test_analyze_binary_links_llil_disasm(self):
        """Bi-directional linkage between LLIL and disassembly."""
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        d.bv = MagicMock()

        with patch.object(d, "extract_hlil", return_value=None), \
             patch.object(d, "extract_disasm") as mock_disasm, \
             patch.object(d, "extract_cfg", return_value=None), \
             patch.object(d, "extract_lowlevel") as mock_llil:

            mock_disasm.return_value = {
                "disassembled_function_hash": "DISASM_HASH",
                "disassembled_function_no_addresses": "asm",
            }
            mock_llil.return_value = {
                "sha256_llil": "LLIL_HASH",
                "tlsh_llil": "tlsh_val",
            }

            mock_func = MagicMock()
            mock_func.symbol.type = SymbolType.FunctionSymbol
            mock_func.is_thunk = False
            mock_func.basic_blocks = [MagicMock(), MagicMock()]
            d.bv.functions = [mock_func]

            results = d.analyze_binary()
            if results and results["llil"]:
                llil_r = results["llil"][0]
                assert llil_r["disassembled_function_hash"] == "DISASM_HASH"

    def test_analyze_binary_links_cfg_disasm(self):
        """CFG gets disassembled_function_hash."""
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        d.bv = MagicMock()

        with patch.object(d, "extract_hlil", return_value=None), \
             patch.object(d, "extract_disasm") as mock_disasm, \
             patch.object(d, "extract_cfg") as mock_cfg, \
             patch.object(d, "extract_lowlevel", return_value=None):

            mock_disasm.return_value = {
                "disassembled_function_hash": "DISASM_HASH",
                "disassembled_function_no_addresses": "asm",
            }
            mock_cfg.return_value = {
                "function_address": 0x1000,
                "cyclomatic_complexity": 3,
            }

            mock_func = MagicMock()
            mock_func.symbol.type = SymbolType.FunctionSymbol
            mock_func.is_thunk = False
            mock_func.basic_blocks = [MagicMock(), MagicMock()]
            d.bv.functions = [mock_func]

            results = d.analyze_binary()
            if results and results["cfg"]:
                cfg_r = results["cfg"][0]
                assert cfg_r["disassembled_function_hash"] == "DISASM_HASH"

    def test_analyze_binary_sets_cyclomatic(self):
        """cyclomatic_complexity set on disasm from CFG."""
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        d.bv = MagicMock()

        with patch.object(d, "extract_hlil", return_value=None), \
             patch.object(d, "extract_disasm") as mock_disasm, \
             patch.object(d, "extract_cfg") as mock_cfg, \
             patch.object(d, "extract_lowlevel", return_value=None):

            mock_disasm.return_value = {
                "disassembled_function_hash": "HASH",
                "disassembled_function_no_addresses": "asm",
            }
            mock_cfg.return_value = {
                "function_address": 0x1000,
                "cyclomatic_complexity": 7,
            }

            mock_func = MagicMock()
            mock_func.symbol.type = SymbolType.FunctionSymbol
            mock_func.is_thunk = False
            mock_func.basic_blocks = [MagicMock(), MagicMock()]
            d.bv.functions = [mock_func]

            results = d.analyze_binary()
            if results and results["disassembled"]:
                disasm_r = results["disassembled"][0]
                assert disasm_r.get("cyclomatic_complexity") == 7


class TestApplyGoReSym:
    def _make_decompiler(self):
        with patch.object(BinaryNinjaDecompiler, "__init__", lambda self, *a, **kw: None):
            d = BinaryNinjaDecompiler.__new__(BinaryNinjaDecompiler)
            d.log = MagicMock()
            d.errors = []
            d.bv = MagicMock()
            return d

    def test_apply_goresym_user_functions(self):
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        d.goresym = "/tmp/goresym.json"
        data = {
            "UserFunctions": [{"Start": 0x1000, "FullName": "main.main"}],
        }
        with patch("builtins.open", mock_open(read_data=json.dumps(data))):
            d._BinaryNinjaDecompiler__apply_goresym()
            d.bv.define_user_symbol.assert_called()

    def test_apply_goresym_std_functions(self):
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        d.goresym = "/tmp/goresym.json"
        data = {
            "StdFunctions": [{"Start": 0x2000, "FullName": "runtime.main"}],
        }
        with patch("builtins.open", mock_open(read_data=json.dumps(data))):
            d._BinaryNinjaDecompiler__apply_goresym()
            d.bv.define_user_symbol.assert_called()

    def test_apply_goresym_invalid_json(self):
        d = self._make_decompiler()
        d.goresym = "/tmp/goresym.json"
        with patch("builtins.open", mock_open(read_data="not json {")):
            d._BinaryNinjaDecompiler__apply_goresym()
            # Should log error but not crash
            d.log.log_error if hasattr(d.log, 'log_error') else None
            # Just verify no exception raised