Malte Krack

25 papers Journal 25
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Hendrik D. Linder, David A. Najera-Flores, Robert J. Kuether, Malte Krack
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Hendrik D. Linder, Johann Gross, Malte Krack
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Patrick Hippold, Johann Gross, Malte Krack
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Patrick Hippold, Gleb Kleyman, Lukas Woiwode, Tong Wei, Florian Müller, Christoph Schwingshackl, Maren Scheel, Sebastian Tatzko, Malte Krack
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Florian Müller, Malte Krack
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Patrick Hippold, Maren Scheel, Ludovic Renson, Malte Krack
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Lukas Woiwode, Malte Krack
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Christian Berthold, Johann Gross, Christian Frey, Malte Krack
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Felix Gehr, Timo Theurich, Carlo Monjaraz-Tec, Johann Gross, Stefan Schwarz, Andreas Hartung, Malte Krack
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Carlo Monjaraz-Tec, Lukas Kohlmann, Stefan Schwarz, Andreas Hartung, Johann Gross, Malte Krack
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Malte Krack, Lars Panning-von Scheidt, Jörg Wallaschek
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Carlo Monjaraz-Tec, Johann Gross, Malte Krack
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Malte Krack, Lars Panning-von Scheidt, Jörg Wallaschek
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Christian Berthold, Johann Gross, Christian Frey, Malte Krack
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Malte Krack
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Malte Krack
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Timo Theurich, Alexander F. Vakakis, Malte Krack
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Maren Scheel, Simon Peter, Remco I. Leine, Malte Krack
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Alwin Förster, Malte Krack
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Maren Scheel, Tobias Weigele, Malte Krack
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Timo Theurich, Johann Gross, Malte Krack
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Maren Scheel, Gleb Kleyman, Ali Tatar, Matthew R. W. Brake, Simon Peter, Jean-Philippe Noël, Matthew S. Allen, Malte Krack
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Malte Krack, Lars Panning-von Scheidt, Jörg Wallaschek
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Malte Krack, Sebastian Tatzko, Lars Panning-von Scheidt, Jörg Wallaschek
2020 J jnl
Commun. Nonlinear Sci. Numer. Simul.
Bin Fang, Timo Theurich, Malte Krack, Lawrence A. Bergman, Alexander F. Vakakis
redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/jadx_wrapper.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/jadx_wrapper.py python
"""JADX decompiler subprocess wrapper.

Manages JADX subprocess execution for Java decompilation,
following the CAPA extractor subprocess pattern.
"""

import os
import re
import signal
import subprocess
from typing import Dict, Optional


class JADXDecompiler:
    """Subprocess wrapper for JADX Java decompilation."""

    def __init__(self, jadx_path: str = None, timeout: int = None, log=None):
        self.jadx_path = jadx_path or os.getenv("JADX_PATH", "jadx")
        self.timeout = timeout or int(os.getenv("JADX_TIMEOUT", "300"))
        self.log = log

    def decompile(self, apk_path: str, output_dir: str) -> bool:
        """Run JADX decompilation on an APK file.

        Returns True on success, False on failure.
        """
        cmd = [
            self.jadx_path,
            "--no-res",
            "--no-imports",
            "--threads-count", "2",
            "--output-dir", 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"JADX returned non-zero exit code {process.returncode}: "
                            f"{stderr[:500] if stderr else 'no stderr'}"
                        )
                    # JADX may still produce partial output on non-zero exit
                    return os.path.isdir(os.path.join(output_dir, "sources"))
                return True

            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                if self.log:
                    self.log.error(
                        f"JADX timed out after {self.timeout}s"
                    )
                # Kill the process group
                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"JADX not found at '{self.jadx_path}'. "
                    "Install JADX or set JADX_PATH env var."
                )
            return False
        except Exception as e:
            if self.log:
                self.log.error(f"JADX execution error: {e}")
            return False

    def parse_java_methods(self, output_dir: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
        """Parse JADX output into per-method Java source.

        Returns dict keyed by 'package.ClassName.methodName(ParamType1, ParamType2)'.
        """
        sources_dir = os.path.join(output_dir, "sources")
        if not os.path.isdir(sources_dir):
            return {}

        methods = {}
        for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(sources_dir):
            for fname in files:
                if not fname.endswith(".java"):
                    continue
                fpath = os.path.join(root, fname)
                try:
                    with open(fpath, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="replace") as f:
                        content = f.read()

                    # Derive the fully qualified class name from file path
                    rel_path = os.path.relpath(fpath, sources_dir)
                    class_fqn = rel_path.replace(os.sep, ".").replace("/", ".")
                    if class_fqn.endswith(".java"):
                        class_fqn = class_fqn[:-5]

                    file_methods = self._extract_methods_from_java(
                        content, class_fqn
                    )
                    methods.update(file_methods)

                except Exception:
                    continue

        return methods

    def _extract_methods_from_java(
        self, source: str, class_fqn: str
    ) -> Dict[str, str]:
        """Extract individual methods from a Java source file.

        Uses brace-depth tracking to find method boundaries.
        """
        methods = {}
        lines = source.split("\n")
        i = 0

        while i < len(lines):
            line = lines[i]
            match = self._is_method_declaration(line)
            if match:
                method_name, param_types = match
                # Track brace depth to find method end
                start_line = i
                brace_depth = 0
                found_open = False

                for j in range(i, len(lines)):
                    for ch in lines[j]:
                        if ch == "{":
                            brace_depth += 1
                            found_open = True
                        elif ch == "}":
                            brace_depth -= 1

                    if found_open and brace_depth == 0:
                        method_body = "\n".join(lines[start_line : j + 1])
                        key = f"{class_fqn}.{method_name}({param_types})"
                        methods[key] = method_body
                        i = j + 1
                        break
                else:
                    i += 1
            else:
                i += 1

        return methods

    # Regex for method declarations (not constructors, not class/interface decl)
    _METHOD_DECL_RE = re.compile(
        r"^\s*(?:(?:public|private|protected|static|final|synchronized|"
        r"native|abstract|strictfp)\s+)*"
        r"(?:[\w<>\[\]?.]+\s+)"  # return type
        r"(\w+)"  # method name
        r"\s*\(([^)]*)\)"  # parameters
        r"(?:\s*throws\s+[\w.,\s]+)?"
        r"\s*\{"
    )

    def _is_method_declaration(self, line: str) -> Optional[tuple]:
        """Check if a line is a method declaration.

        Returns (method_name, param_types_str) or None.
        """
        m = self._METHOD_DECL_RE.match(line)
        if not m:
            return None

        method_name = m.group(1)
        params_raw = m.group(2).strip()

        # Skip class-level blocks
        if method_name in ("if", "for", "while", "switch", "try", "catch"):
            return None

        # Extract just the type names from parameters
        if not params_raw:
            return (method_name, "")

        param_types = []
        for param in params_raw.split(","):
            param = param.strip()
            if not param:
                continue
            parts = param.split()
            # Last non-annotation token before the variable name is the type
            # Simple heuristic: type is second-to-last, name is last
            if len(parts) >= 2:
                param_types.append(parts[-2])
            elif len(parts) == 1:
                param_types.append(parts[0])

        return (method_name, ", ".join(param_types))