Kaliappa Ravindran

78 papers A* 1B 19C 6Misc 13Unranked 39
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2023 Misc conf
COMSNETS
Kaliappa Ravindran, Michael Iannelli, Arun Adiththan
2023 Misc conf
COMSNETS
Venkat Venkateswaran, Chin-Tser Huang, Kaliappa Ravindran
2021 Misc conf
COMSNETS
Arun Adiththan, Kaliappa Ravindran, Michael Iannelli
2020 Misc conf
COMSNETS
Kaliappa Ravindran, Arun Adiththan
2019 conf
DASC/PiCom/DataCom/CyberSciTech
Arun Adiththan, Kaliappa Ravindran
2019 B conf
IM
Arun Adiththan, Kaliappa Ravindran
2018 Misc conf
COMSNETS
Kaliappa Ravindran, Arun Adiththan, Michael Iannelli, Khurshid Fayzullaev
2018 Misc conf
COMSNETS
Arun Adiththan, Kaliappa Ravindran
2018 conf
Q2SWinet@MSWiM
Kaliappa Ravindran, Ancy Cherian, Arun Adiththan
2017 conf
DSC
Kaliappa Ravindran, Yassine Wardei, A. Kodia, Michael Iannelli, Arun Adiththan, Steven Drager
2017 conf
FAS*W@SASO/ICCAC
Arun Adiththan, Kaliappa Ravindran
2017 conf
ICAC
Arun Adiththan, Kaliappa Ravindran, S. Ramesh
2017 conf
SoSE
Kaliappa Ravindran, Yassine Wardei, Michael Iannelli
2017 conf
DSC
Kaliappa Ravindran, Chin-Tser Huang
2017 conf
LCN Workshops
Arun Adiththan, Kaliappa Ravindran
2017 B conf
ICCCN
Arun Adiththan, Kaliappa Ravindran
2017 conf
DIVANet
Arun Adiththan, Kaliappa Ravindran
2017 conf
FAS*W@SASO/ICCAC
Arun Adiththan, Kaliappa Ravindran, S. Ramesh
2016 conf
DRCN
Kaliappa Ravindran, Yassine Wardei, Steven Drager
2016 Misc conf
COMSNETS
Kaliappa Ravindran, Arun Adiththan, Michael Iannelli
2016 conf
CPS Data
Kaliappa Ravindran, Mohammad Rabby, Michael Iannelli
2016 conf
SmartObjects@MobiCom
Kaliappa Ravindran, Michael Iannelli
2016 conf
DCPS
Kaliappa Ravindran
2016 conf
ISSE
Kaliappa Ravindran, Arun Adiththan
2016 conf
IPDPS Workshops
Kaliappa Ravindran
2016 B conf
IWQoS
Kaliappa Ravindran, Khurshid Fayzullaev, Yassine Wardei
2015 conf
CloudNet
Kaliappa Ravindran
2015 conf
Q2SWinet@MSWiM
Kaliappa Ravindran, Arun Adiththan, Mohammad Rabby, Jinu Jose
2015 conf
IPDPS Workshops
Kaliappa Ravindran
2015 conf
ICSOC Workshops
Kaliappa Ravindran, Arun Adiththan
2014 C conf
WoWMoM
Kaliappa Ravindran
2014 conf
CAMAD
Kaliappa Ravindran, Xiliang Liu
2014 conf
UBICITEC
Kaliappa Ravindran
2014 Misc conf
COMSNETS
Kaliappa Ravindran, Supratik Mukhopadhyay, Subhajit Sidhanta, Ali Sabbir
2014 conf
ICDCS Workshops
Kaliappa Ravindran
2014 conf
MSCPES@CPSWeek
Kaliappa Ravindran, Mohammad Rabby, Arun Adiththan
2014 conf
MoSEMInA
Kaliappa Ravindran, Sethu Ramesh
2014 conf
CloudNet
Kaliappa Ravindran
2014 C conf
CloudCom
Kaliappa Ravindran
2014 B conf
ICCCN
Kaliappa Ravindran, Michael Iannelli
2014 conf
PESOS
Kaliappa Ravindran, Arun Adiththan, Michael Iannelli
2014 B conf
ICCCN
Kaliappa Ravindran
2014 B conf
CNSM
Kaliappa Ravindran, Arun Adiththan, Supratik Mukhopadhyay
2014 conf
AST@ICSE
Kaliappa Ravindran, Arun Adiththan
2014 conf
DEBS
Kaliappa Ravindran, Arun Adiththan, Anuja Prabhakar
2013 Misc conf
COMSNETS
Kaliappa Ravindran, Mohammad Rabby, Arun Adiththan
2013 conf
IDCS
Kaliappa Ravindran
2013 Misc conf
COMSNETS
Kaliappa Ravindran, Mohammad Rabby, Joseph P. Macker, Brian Adamson
2013 conf
ICACCI
Kaliappa Ravindran
2013 Misc conf
COMSNETS
Kaliappa Ravindran
2013 B conf
CNSM
Kaliappa Ravindran
2013 B conf
SERVICES
Kaliappa Ravindran
2013 C conf
DS-RT
Kaliappa Ravindran
2013 C conf
DS-RT
Kaliappa Ravindran, Jun Wu, Arun Adiththan
2013 conf
NOF
Kaliappa Ravindran, Mohammad Rabby
2012 B conf
CNSM
Mohammad Rabby, Kaliappa Ravindran, Kevin A. Kwiat
2012 conf
ICDCS Workshops
Kaliappa Ravindran
2012 B conf
NOMS
Kaliappa Ravindran, Mohammad Rabby
2012 conf
ICDCS Workshops
Kaliappa Ravindran, Mohammad Rabby
2011 Misc conf
COMSNETS
Mohammad Rabby, Kaliappa Ravindran, Supratik Mukhopadhyay, Ramesh Bharadwaj, Gaurav Mangukiya
2011 B conf
ARES
Kaliappa Ravindran
2011 B conf
SMC
Kaliappa Ravindran, Mohammad Rabby
2011 B conf
ARES
Kaliappa Ravindran, Gwangyu Ding
2011 B conf
ARES
Kaliappa Ravindran
2010 Misc conf
COMSNETS
Mohammad Rabby, Kaliappa Ravindran, Jun Wu
2010 B conf
NOMS
Kaliappa Ravindran, Mohammad Rabby, Shereef Elmetwaly
2010 conf
CSIIRW
Kaliappa Ravindran
2009 C conf
DS-RT
Ali Shihab Sabbir, Kaliappa Ravindran
2009 conf
ICC
Kaliappa Ravindran
2008 conf
CCNC
Kaliappa Ravindran, Ali Sabbir, Balachandran Ravindran
2007 C conf
LANMAN
Mohammad Rabby, Kaliappa Ravindran
2007 conf
COMSWARE
Ali Sabbir, Kaliappa Ravindran, Kevin A. Kwiat
2005 conf
E2EMON
Kaliappa Ravindran
2003 B conf
GLOBECOM
Kaliappa Ravindran, Ali Sabbir, Kevin A. Kwiat
2003 B conf
GLOBECOM
Kaliappa Ravindran, Abbe Mowshowitz
2003 B conf
GLOBECOM
Kaliappa Ravindran, Xiliang Liu, M. R. Kumar
2002 B conf
ICCCN
Kaliappa Ravindran, Xiliang Liu
1988 A* conf
INFOCOM
Samuel T. Chanson, Kaliappa Ravindran, J. Robinson
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 []