Kai Da Xu

21 papers Journal 20Unranked 1
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Microelectron. J.
Qianya Sun, Yongzheng Li, Kai Da Xu, Pin Wen, Chen Zhao
2026 J jnl
Microelectron. J.
Yanbin Chen, Yongzheng Li, Bingyan Zhou, Yiqun Liu, Qi Liu, Kai Da Xu, Cheng Jin
2025 J jnl
IEEE Internet Things J.
Hao Xu, Kai Da Xu
2025 J jnl
IEEE Internet Things J.
Dongxu Wang, Kai Da Xu
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Jian Ren, Hong-Hao Zhang, Chenghao Zhang, Tian Yang, Kai Da Xu, Yingzeng Yin
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Kai Da Xu, Jing Tian, Yijun Cai, Daotong Li, Wen Wu, Qiang Chen
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Daotong Li, Wei Luo, Xiaoquan Chen, Jiaxin Wang, Chen Yang, Kai Da Xu, Qiang Chen
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Weiyu He, Jianxing Li, Kai Da Xu, Sen Yan, Juan Chen
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Yiqun Liu, Xiaoyu Weng, Kai Da Xu
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Kai Da Xu, Yiqun Liu
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Xiaoyu Weng, Kai Da Xu, Haijun Fan
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Donghao Li, Kai Da Xu, Anxue Zhang
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Kai Da Xu, Han Xu, Yanhui Liu
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Longfang Ye, Yao Chen, Kai Da Xu, Weiwen Li, Qing Huo Liu, Yong Zhang
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Yuqi Yang, Yanhui Liu, Xinyu Ma, Ming Li, Kai Da Xu, Y. Jay Guo
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Kai Da Xu, Mengze Li, Yanhui Liu, Yang Yang, Qing Huo Liu
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Kai Da Xu, Han Xu, Yanhui Liu, Jianxing Li, Qing Huo Liu
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Ying Jiang Guo, Kai Da Xu, Yanhui Liu, Xiaohong Tang
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Kai Da Xu, Daotong Li, Yanhui Liu, Qing Huo Liu
2018 J jnl
IEEE Access
Kai Da Xu, Jianfeng Zhu, Shaowei Liao, Quan Xue
2017 conf
ISCIT
Mengze Li, Kai Da Xu
tests/unit/test_decompile_strings.py
← Index tests/unit/test_decompile_strings.py python
"""Unit tests for bninja/analysis/strings.py — StringAnalysis."""
import pytest
import math
from unittest.mock import MagicMock


# StringAnalysis has no binaryninja imports, just collections and math
from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.analysis.strings import StringAnalysis


# ============================================================================
# Helper mocks
# ============================================================================

class MockStringEntry:
    """Mock for a Binary Ninja string reference."""
    def __init__(self, value, raw=None, start=0, length=0, type_name="Utf8String"):
        self.value = value
        self.raw = raw if raw is not None else (value.encode("utf-8") if isinstance(value, str) else value)
        self.start = start
        self.length = length if length else len(self.raw)
        self.type = MagicMock()
        self.type.name = type_name


class MockBinaryView:
    """Mock binary view with a strings list."""
    def __init__(self, strings=None):
        self.strings = strings or []


# ============================================================================
# 6a. StringAnalysis
# ============================================================================


class TestStringAnalysisEntropy:
    def setup_method(self):
        self.sa = StringAnalysis(bv=MockBinaryView(), functions=[])

    def test_entropy_empty_string(self):
        assert self.sa.entropy("") == 0.0

    def test_entropy_single_char(self):
        assert self.sa.entropy("aaaa") == 0.0

    def test_entropy_uniform_distribution(self):
        # "abcd" -> 4 unique chars, each p=1/4, entropy = log2(4) = 2.0
        result = self.sa.entropy("abcd")
        assert result == pytest.approx(2.0)

    def test_entropy_binary_string(self):
        # "ab" -> 2 unique chars, each p=1/2, entropy = log2(2) = 1.0
        result = self.sa.entropy("ab")
        assert result == pytest.approx(1.0)


class TestStringAnalysisAnalyze:
    def test_analyze_deduplication(self):
        """Duplicate (string, encoding) pairs -> only first kept."""
        entries = [
            MockStringEntry("hello", start=100, type_name="Utf8String"),
            MockStringEntry("hello", start=200, type_name="Utf8String"),
        ]
        bv = MockBinaryView(strings=entries)
        sa = StringAnalysis(bv=bv, functions=[])
        result = sa.analyze()
        assert len(result) == 1
        assert result[0]["string_offset"] == 100

    def test_analyze_sorted_by_address(self):
        """First occurrence (lowest offset) is the one kept."""
        entries = [
            MockStringEntry("world", start=500, type_name="Utf8String"),
            MockStringEntry("world", start=100, type_name="Utf8String"),
        ]
        bv = MockBinaryView(strings=entries)
        sa = StringAnalysis(bv=bv, functions=[])
        result = sa.analyze()
        assert len(result) == 1
        # The analyze() sorts by start, so 100 comes first
        assert result[0]["string_offset"] == 100

    def test_analyze_empty_bv(self):
        bv = MockBinaryView(strings=[])
        sa = StringAnalysis(bv=bv, functions=[])
        result = sa.analyze()
        assert result == []

    def test_analyze_output_schema(self):
        entries = [MockStringEntry("test_string", start=0, type_name="Utf8String")]
        bv = MockBinaryView(strings=entries)
        sa = StringAnalysis(bv=bv, functions=[])
        result = sa.analyze()
        assert len(result) == 1
        r = result[0]
        required_keys = [
            "string",
            "string_raw",
            "string_encoding",
            "string_offset",
            "string_length",
            "string_raw_length",
            "string_entropy",
        ]
        for key in required_keys:
            assert key in r, f"Missing key: {key}"