Kai Xia

43 papers A* 1B 1C 1Misc 1Journal 23Unranked 16
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Artif. Intell. Rev.
Hua Zhang, Chen Zhang, Jing Li, Xuexi Xuan, Mingjie Wang, Bo Yi, Kai Xia, Haiyan Wang, Lei Yin, Xiaoqing Zhang
2026 J jnl
Comput. Electron. Agric.
Liuchang Xu, Ting Ni, Fangshuo Zhou, Qingming Lin, Luyao Chen, Qianqian Luo, Kai Xia, Xingyu Xue, Xinyu Zheng, Sensen Wu, Zhenhong Du, Kai Fang, Hailin Feng
2025 Misc conf
ICASSP
Long Sun, Xiaoyan Gao, Kai Xia, Xuwei Hu, Yuan Feng
2024 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Fengwei Zhang, Kai Xia, Jianxin Yin, Susu Deng, Hailin Feng
2024 B conf
IJCNN
Yuan Feng, Kai Xia, Xiaoyu Qu, Xuwei Hu, Long Sun, Zilong Zhang
2024 J jnl
Adv. Eng. Informatics
Youjie Yao, Qingzheng Wang, Cuiyu Wang, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Kai Xia
2024 J jnl
Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell.
Wenxian Luo, Leijun Huang, Jiabin Shu, Hailin Feng, Wenjie Guo, Kai Xia, Kai Fang, Wei Wang
2023 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Kai Xia, Cheng Li, Yinhui Yang, Susu Deng, Hailin Feng
2022 conf
AsiaSim (1)
Kai Xia, Wenjin Zhang, Liang Gao, Caihua Fang, Xuan Jiang, Chi Hu
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Jin Zhu, Kai Xia, Qiang Ling, Wei Chen, Geir E. Dullerud
2021 J jnl
IMA J. Math. Control. Inf.
Jin Zhu, Kai Xia, Geir E. Dullerud
2021 J jnl
J. Sensors
Kai Xia, Hao Wang, Yinhui Yang, Xiaochen Du, Hailin Feng
2021 J jnl
Comput. Electron. Agric.
Xiangshu Xi, Kai Xia, Yinhui Yang, Xiaochen Du, Hailin Feng
2021 J jnl
Ecol. Informatics
Hanting Ying, Kai Xia, Xinxi Huang, Hailin Feng, Yinhui Yang, Xiaochen Du, Leijun Huang
2020 conf
ICPCSEE (1)
Zheng Qian, Hailin Feng, Yinhui Yang, Xiaochen Du, Kai Xia
2019 J jnl
Comput. Hum. Behav.
Yi Mou, Kun Xu, Kai Xia
2018 conf
NEMS
Qi Zeng, Bin Sun, Kai Xia, Tianzhun Wu, Mark S. Humayun
2018 conf
EMBC
Qi Zeng, Yi Zhang, Tianzhun Wu, Bin Sun, Kai Xia, Mark S. Humayun
2018 conf
CBS
Qi Zeng, Tianzhun Wu, Bin Sun, Kai Xia, Mark S. Humayun
2018 conf
CBS
Bowen Fu, Kai Xia, Bin Sun, Yi Zhang, Tianzhun Wu
2017 conf
NEMS
Tengyue Li, Bin Sun, Kai Xia, Qi Zeng, Tianzhun Wu, Mark S. Humayun
2017 conf
EMBC
Bin Sun, Tengyue Li, Kai Xia, Qi Zeng, Tianzhun Wu, Mark S. Humayun
2017 conf
EMBC
Qi Zeng, Kai Xia, Bin Sun, Tianzhun Wu, Mark S. Humayun
2017 conf
NEMS
Qi Zeng, Kai Xia, Bin Sun, Tianzhun Wu, Mark S. Humayun
2017 conf
NEMS
Kai Xia, Bin Sun, Qi Zeng, Tianzhun Wu, Mark S. Humayun
2016 conf
NEMS
Youlin Yin, Kai Xia, Yan Li, Tianzhun Wu, Ming-Hua Tang
2016 J jnl
IEEE ACM Trans. Comput. Biol. Bioinform.
Chao Wang, Hong Yu, Aili Wang, Kai Xia
2016 J jnl
Electron. Commer. Res. Appl.
Kai Xia, Liang Gao, Lihui Wang, Weidong Li, Xinyu Li, Winifred Ijomah
2016 J jnl
Math. Comput. For. Nat. Resour. Sci.
Kai Xia
2015 conf
ICEBE
Kai Xia, Liang Gao, Kuo-Ming Chao, Lihui Wang
2015 J jnl
J. Adv. Comput. Intell. Intell. Informatics
Wen-zhan Dai, Kai Xia
2015 J jnl
J. Adv. Comput. Intell. Intell. Informatics
Wen-zhan Dai, Kai Xia
2014 J jnl
Int. J. Manuf. Res.
Qun Lin, Kai Xia, Lihui Wang, Liang Gao
2014 J jnl
Adv. Eng. Informatics
Kai Xia, Liang Gao, Weidong Li, Kuo-Ming Chao
2014 conf
CCTA
Jing Wang, Kai Xia, Xuegong Chen
2013 conf
ICEBE
Kai Xia, Liang Gao, Lihui Wang, Weidong Li, Kuo-Ming Chao
2012 C conf
CSCWD
Weidong Li, Kuo-Ming Chao, Guoqing Jin, Kai Xia, Liang Gao
2012 J jnl
Bioinform.
Kai Xia, Andrey A. Shabalin, Shunping Huang, Vered Madar, Yi-Hui Zhou, Wei Wang, Fei Zou, Wei Sun, Patrick F. Sullivan, Fred A. Wright
2011 J jnl
Bioinform.
Yi-Hui Zhou, Kai Xia, Fred A. Wright
2008 conf
LEET
Blaine Nelson, Marco Barreno, Fuching Jack Chi, Anthony D. Joseph, Benjamin I. P. Rubinstein, Udam Saini, Charles Sutton, J. Doug Tygar, Kai Xia
2006 J jnl
PLoS Comput. Biol.
Kai Xia, Huiling Xue, Dong Dong, Shanshan Zhu, Jiamu Wang, Qingpeng Zhang, Lei Hou, Hua Chen, Ran Tao, Zheng Huang, Zheng Fu, Ye-Guang Chen, Jing-Dong J. Han
2006 J jnl
BMC Bioinform.
Kai Xia, Dong Dong, Jing-Dong J. Han
1988 A* conf
ICRA
Kai Xia, Song Jiang, Lin Lu
redb/extractors/elf_extractor.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractor.py python
import logging
from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
import inspect

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

from redb.extractors.extractor import Extractor

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


@abstractmethod
class ELFExtractor(Extractor, metaclass=ABCMeta):

    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
        )
        # Store ELF object if provided, otherwise we'll create it per-operation for security
        self._provided_elf = elf
        self._elf_file_valid = None  # Cache validity check

    def _with_elf_file(self, operation):
        """Safely execute an operation with an ELF file using context manager.

        Args:
            operation: A callable that takes an ELFFile object and returns a result

        Returns:
            The result of the operation, or None if an error occurred
        """
        if self._provided_elf:
            try:
                return operation(self._provided_elf)
            except ELFError as e:
                if "String Table not found" in str(e):
                    self.log.warning(f"String table missing in ELF {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
                    return None
                else:
                    self.log.error(f"ELF format error {self.hash.sha256} Full error: {e}")
                    return None
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error processing ELF file {self.hash.sha256} Full error: {e}")
                return None

        try:
            with open(self.filepath, 'rb') as f:
                elf = ELFFile(f)
                if not elf:
                    raise ELFError("Empty file?")
                return operation(elf)
        except ELFError as e:
            if "String Table not found" in str(e):
                self.log.warning(f"String table missing in ELF {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
                return None
            else:
                self.log.error(f"ELF format error {self.hash.sha256} Full error: {e}")
                return None
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error reading ELF file {self.hash.sha256} Full error: {e}")
            return None

    def _is_elf_file(self):
        """Check if the file is a valid ELF binary."""
        if self._elf_file_valid is not None:
            return self._elf_file_valid

        def check_elf_validity(elf):
            # pyelftools ELFFile object existing means it's valid ELF
            # Just check that we can access the header
            header = elf.header
            return header is not None

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_elf_validity)
            self._elf_file_valid = bool(result)
            return self._elf_file_valid
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking ELF file: {e}")
            self._elf_file_valid = False
            return False

    def _is_64bit(self):
        """Check if the ELF binary is 64-bit."""
        def check_64bit(elf):
            return elf.header.get('e_ident', {}).get('EI_CLASS') == 'ELFCLASS64'

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_64bit)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking ELF bitness: {e}")
            return False

    def _is_stripped(self):
        """Check if the ELF binary is stripped (no symbol table)."""
        def check_stripped(elf):
            # Look for symbol table sections
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if section.name in ['.symtab', '.strtab']:
                    return False
            return True

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_stripped)
            return result if result is not None else True
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking if ELF is stripped: {e}")
            return True

    def _has_debug_info(self):
        """Check if the ELF binary contains debug information."""
        def check_debug_info(elf):
            # Look for debug sections
            debug_sections = ['.debug_info', '.debug_line', '.debug_str', '.debug_abbrev']
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if section.name in debug_sections:
                    return True
            return False

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_debug_info)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking debug info: {e}")
            return False

    def _get_architecture(self):
        """Get the architecture of the ELF binary."""
        def get_arch(elf):
            machine = elf.header.get('e_machine', 'EM_NONE')

            # Map common machine types to readable names
            arch_map = {
                'EM_386': 'x86',
                'EM_X86_64': 'x86_64',
                'EM_ARM': 'ARM',
                'EM_AARCH64': 'ARM64',
                'EM_MIPS': 'MIPS',
                'EM_PPC': 'PowerPC',
                'EM_PPC64': 'PowerPC64',
                'EM_SPARC': 'SPARC',
                'EM_RISCV': 'RISC-V'
            }

            return arch_map.get(machine, machine)

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(get_arch)
            return result if result is not None else "unknown"
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting architecture: {e}")
            return "unknown"

    def _get_endianness(self):
        """Get the endianness of the ELF binary."""
        def get_endian(elf):
            data_encoding = elf.header.get('e_ident', {}).get('EI_DATA')
            if data_encoding == 'ELFDATA2LSB':
                return "little"
            elif data_encoding == 'ELFDATA2MSB':
                return "big"
            return "unknown"

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(get_endian)
            return result if result is not None else "unknown"
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting endianness: {e}")
            return "unknown"

    def _get_file_type(self):
        """Get the file type of the ELF binary."""
        def get_file_type(elf):
            etype = elf.header.get('e_type', 'ET_NONE')

            # Map file types to readable names
            type_map = {
                'ET_NONE': 'none',
                'ET_REL': 'relocatable',
                'ET_EXEC': 'executable',
                'ET_DYN': 'shared_object',
                'ET_CORE': 'core_dump'
            }

            return type_map.get(etype, etype)

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(get_file_type)
            return result if result is not None else "unknown"
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting file type: {e}")
            return "unknown"

    def _is_pie(self):
        """Check if the ELF binary is position-independent executable."""
        def check_pie(elf):
            # PIE binaries are typically ET_DYN type
            etype = elf.header.get('e_type', 'ET_NONE')
            if etype == 'ET_DYN':
                # Check if it has an entry point (executable) vs library
                entry_point = elf.header.get('e_entry', 0)
                return entry_point > 0
            return False

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_pie)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking PIE: {e}")
            return False

    def _has_stack_protection(self):
        """Check if the binary has stack protection (canaries)."""
        def check_stack_protection(elf):
            # Look for stack protection symbols
            stack_symbols = ['__stack_chk_fail', '__stack_chk_guard']

            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_symbols'):
                    for symbol in section.iter_symbols():
                        if symbol.name in stack_symbols:
                            return True
            return False

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_stack_protection)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking stack protection: {e}")
            return False

    def _has_nx_bit(self):
        """Check if the binary has NX bit (non-executable stack)."""
        def check_nx_bit(elf):
            # Look for GNU_STACK segment
            for segment in elf.iter_segments():
                if segment.header.get('p_type') == 'PT_GNU_STACK':
                    flags = segment.header.get('p_flags', 0)
                    # Check if execute flag is NOT set (NX enabled)
                    return not (flags & 0x1)  # PF_X = 0x1
            return False

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_nx_bit)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking NX bit: {e}")
            return False

    def _has_relro(self):
        """Check if the binary has RELRO (Relocation Read-Only)."""
        def check_relro(elf):
            # Look for GNU_RELRO segment
            for segment in elf.iter_segments():
                if segment.header.get('p_type') == 'PT_GNU_RELRO':
                    return True
            return False

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_relro)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking RELRO: {e}")
            return False

    def _get_build_id(self):
        """Extract build ID from notes section."""
        def get_build_id(elf):
            # Look for build ID in notes sections
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if section.name == '.note.gnu.build-id':
                    for note in section.iter_notes():
                        if note['n_type'] == 'NT_GNU_BUILD_ID':
                            # Convert bytes to hex string
                            build_id = note['n_desc']
                            if isinstance(build_id, bytes):
                                return build_id.hex()
                            return str(build_id)
            return None

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(get_build_id)
            return result
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting build ID: {e}")
            return None

    def _count_sections(self):
        """Count the number of sections in the ELF file."""
        def count_sections(elf):
            return elf.header.get('e_shnum', 0)

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(count_sections)
            return result if result is not None else 0
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error counting sections: {e}")
            return 0

    def _count_segments(self):
        """Count the number of segments (program headers) in the ELF file."""
        def count_segments(elf):
            return elf.header.get('e_phnum', 0)

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(count_segments)
            return result if result is not None else 0
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error counting segments: {e}")
            return 0

    def _count_symbols(self):
        """Count the total number of symbols in symbol tables."""
        def count_symbols(elf):
            symbol_count = 0
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_symbols'):
                    symbol_count += section.num_symbols()
            return symbol_count

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(count_symbols)
            return result if result is not None else 0
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error counting symbols: {e}")
            return 0

    def _get_dependencies(self):
        """Get list of dynamic dependencies."""
        def get_dependencies(elf):
            dependencies = []
            dynamic_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynamic')
            if dynamic_section:
                for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                    if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_NEEDED':
                        dependencies.append(tag.needed)
            return dependencies

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(get_dependencies)
            return result if result is not None else []
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting dependencies: {e}")
            return []