K. Elangovan

21 papers A 2C 1Journal 13Unranked 5
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
K. Elangovan
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
K. Elangovan, Ferran Reverter
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
K. Elangovan
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Thomaskutty Mathew, K. Elangovan, Anoop Chandrika Sreekantan
2023 A conf
ICST
Harshit Kapoor, K. Elangovan, Anoop Chandrika Sreekantan
2023 conf
I2MTC
K. Elangovan, C. S. Anoop
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
K. Elangovan, Vineeth Bala Sukumaran, Anoop Chandrika Sreekantan
2023 conf
I2MTC
K. Elangovan, Anoop C. S.
2023 A conf
ICST
K. Elangovan
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
K. Elangovan, Anoop Chandrika Sreekantan
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
K. Elangovan, British Ashok Sontakke, Anoop Chandrika Sreekantan
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
K. Elangovan, Ashikhi Antony, Anoop Chandrika Sreekantan
2021 conf
I2MTC
K. Elangovan, C. S. Anoop
2021 conf
I2MTC
K. Elangovan, C. S. Anoop
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
K. Elangovan, Anoop Chandrika Sreekantan
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
K. Elangovan, Anoop Chandrika Sreekantan
2020 conf
iSES
K. Elangovan, C. S. Anoop
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
K. Elangovan, Chandrika Sreekantan Anoop
2019 C conf
TENCON
K. Elangovan, Subham Saha, Chandrika Sreekantan Anoop
2018 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Sci. Math.
Ajaz Ahmad Dar, K. Elangovan
2008 J jnl
Int. J. Manuf. Res.
K. Elangovan, V. Balasubramanian, S. Babu, M. Balasubramanian
redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/apktool_wrapper.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/apktool_wrapper.py python
"""Apktool disassembler subprocess wrapper.

Manages apktool subprocess execution for smali disassembly,
following the CAPA extractor subprocess pattern.
"""

import os
import signal
import subprocess
from typing import List, Optional


class ApktoolDisassembler:
    """Subprocess wrapper for apktool smali disassembly."""

    def __init__(
        self, apktool_path: str = None, timeout: int = None, log=None
    ):
        self.apktool_path = apktool_path or os.getenv("APKTOOL_PATH", "apktool")
        self.timeout = timeout or int(os.getenv("APKTOOL_TIMEOUT", "120"))
        self.log = log

    def disassemble(self, apk_path: str, output_dir: str) -> bool:
        """Run apktool disassembly on an APK file.

        Returns True on success, False on failure.
        """
        cmd = [
            self.apktool_path,
            "d",
            "--no-res",
            "--force",
            "--output", output_dir,
            apk_path,
        ]

        try:
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                cmd,
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                text=True,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid,
            )

            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=self.timeout)
                if process.returncode != 0:
                    if self.log:
                        self.log.warning(
                            f"apktool returned non-zero exit code {process.returncode}: "
                            f"{stderr[:500] if stderr else 'no stderr'}"
                        )
                    return False
                return True

            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                if self.log:
                    self.log.error(
                        f"apktool timed out after {self.timeout}s"
                    )
                try:
                    os.killpg(os.getpgid(process.pid), signal.SIGTERM)
                    process.wait(timeout=3)
                except (ProcessLookupError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
                    try:
                        os.killpg(os.getpgid(process.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
                    except ProcessLookupError:
                        pass
                return False

        except FileNotFoundError:
            if self.log:
                self.log.error(
                    f"apktool not found at '{self.apktool_path}'. "
                    "Install apktool or set APKTOOL_PATH env var."
                )
            return False
        except Exception as e:
            if self.log:
                self.log.error(f"apktool execution error: {e}")
            return False

    def get_smali_directories(self, output_dir: str) -> List[str]:
        """Return paths to all smali output directories.

        Handles multi-DEX: smali/, smali_classes2/, smali_classes3/, etc.
        """
        smali_dirs = []
        if not os.path.isdir(output_dir):
            return smali_dirs

        for entry in sorted(os.listdir(output_dir)):
            if entry == "smali" or entry.startswith("smali_classes"):
                full_path = os.path.join(output_dir, entry)
                if os.path.isdir(full_path):
                    smali_dirs.append(full_path)

        return smali_dirs