Olabisi E. Falowo

51 papers B 10C 2Misc 1Journal 12Unranked 26
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 Misc conf
ITNAC
Simbarashe Tanyanyiwa, Olabisi E. Falowo
2025 conf
ICT
Olabisi E. Falowo, Samuel Kehinde Falowo
2025 conf
ICT
Isaac Ngwata, Olabisi E. Falowo
2022 B conf
WiMob
Olabisi E. Falowo
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Mourice Otieno Ojijo, Olabisi E. Falowo
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Mary A. Adedoyin, Olabisi E. Falowo
2020 J jnl
Int. J. Commun. Syst.
Michael E. Tarerefa, Olabisi E. Falowo, Neco Ventura
2020 J jnl
Wirel. Networks
Ayodele Periola, Olabisi E. Falowo
2019 conf
AFRICON
Lindelweyizizwe Manqele, Olabisi E. Falowo, Joyce B. Mwangama, George Sibiya
2019 B conf
WiMob
Sunday Oladayo Oladejo, Olabisi E. Falowo
2019 conf
AFRICON
Adedotun Temitope Ajibare, Olabisi E. Falowo
2019 J jnl
J. Commun. Networks
Udita Paul, Jiamo Liu, Sebastian Troia, Olabisi E. Falowo, Guido Maier
2018 B conf
WiMob
Michael E. Tarerefa, Olabisi E. Falowo, Neco Ventura
2018 J jnl
Wirel. Pers. Commun.
A. A. Periola, Olabisi E. Falowo
2018 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Bessie Malila, Olabisi E. Falowo, Neco Ventura
2018 J jnl
J. Netw. Syst. Manag.
Olabisi E. Falowo, Olugbenga Taiwo
2018 conf
EuCNC
Sunday Oladayo Oladejo, Olabisi E. Falowo
2018 conf
ICSPCS
Paul James Wambi, Olabisi E. Falowo
2018 B conf
PIMRC
Jiamo Liu, Olabisi E. Falowo
2017 B conf
WCNC
Bessie Malila, Olabisi E. Falowo, Neco Ventura
2017 J jnl
Wirel. Pers. Commun.
A. A. Periola, Olabisi E. Falowo
2017 conf
AFRICON
Udita Paul, Olabisi E. Falowo
2017 conf
AFRICON
Michael E. Tarerefa, Olabisi E. Falowo, Neco Ventura
2017 J jnl
Wirel. Pers. Commun.
Olabisi E. Falowo
2017 conf
EuCNC
Mary Adedoyin, Olabisi E. Falowo
2017 conf
ICT
Ramoni O. Adeogun, Olabisi E. Falowo
2017 B conf
PIMRC
Mary Adedoyin, Olabisi E. Falowo
2017 conf
EuCNC
Mary A. Adedoyin, Olabisi E. Falowo
2017 conf
AFRICON
Bessie Malila, Olabisi E. Falowo, Neco Ventura
2016 conf
CCNC
Enoruwa Obayiuwana, Olabisi E. Falowo
2016 B conf
PIMRC
Jeremiah N. Mutungi, Olabisi E. Falowo
2016 B conf
PIMRC
Enoruwa Obayiuwana, Olabisi E. Falowo
2016 B conf
PIMRC
Mary Adedoyin, Olabisi E. Falowo
2016 J jnl
J. Netw. Comput. Appl.
Petro P. Ernest, Olabisi E. Falowo, H. Anthony Chan
2016 C conf
IPCCC
Olabisi E. Falowo
2016 conf
ICC
Mary Adedoyin, Olabisi E. Falowo
2015 conf
AFRICON
Enoruwa Obayiuwana, Olabisi E. Falowo
2015 B conf
PIMRC
Olabisi E. Falowo, Olugbenga Taiwo
2015 conf
EuCNC
Ayodele Periola, Olabisi E. Falowo
2015 J jnl
J. Appl. Math.
M. Montaz Ali, Aderemi Oluyinka Adewumi, Nachamada Blamah, Olabisi E. Falowo
2015 conf
AFRICON
Bessie Malila, Olabisi E. Falowo, Neco Ventura
2014 conf
FedCSIS (Position Papers)
Clifford C. L. Sibanda, Olabisi E. Falowo
2014 conf
IEEE ANTS
A. A. Periola, Olabisi E. Falowo
2014 conf
LATINCOM
Olabisi E. Falowo, Alfred Muponda
2013 conf
AFRICON
Olugbenga Taiwo, Olabisi E. Falowo
2013 conf
MILCOM
Allen L. Ramaboli, Olabisi E. Falowo, H. Anthony Chan
2011 conf
AFRICON
Olabisi E. Falowo, Oluwaseun Olowole
2011 conf
MILCOM
Olabisi E. Falowo, H. Anthony Chan
2010 conf
CCNC
Olabisi E. Falowo, H. Anthony Chan
2008 C conf
BROADNETS
Olabisi E. Falowo, H. Anthony Chan
2006 conf
ISWCS
Olabisi E. Falowo, H. Anthony Chan
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_notes.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_notes.py python
import inspect
import binascii
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any, List, Dict

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

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.extractors.elf_extractor import ELFExtractor
from redb.models.dataclasses import ELFNote


class ELFNotesExtractor(ELFExtractor):

    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,
            elf,
        )
        self.elf_notes = []
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_notes"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _get_note_type_string(self, note_type: int, note_name: str) -> str:
        """Convert note type number to human-readable string."""

        # GNU-specific note types
        if note_name == "GNU":
            gnu_types = {
                1: "NT_GNU_ABI_TAG",
                2: "NT_GNU_HWCAP",
                3: "NT_GNU_BUILD_ID",
                4: "NT_GNU_GOLD_VERSION",
                5: "NT_GNU_PROPERTY_TYPE_0"
            }
            return gnu_types.get(note_type, f"NT_GNU_UNKNOWN_{note_type}")

        # Generic note types
        generic_types = {
            1: "NT_PRSTATUS",
            2: "NT_FPREGSET",
            3: "NT_PRPSINFO",
            4: "NT_TASKSTRUCT",
            5: "NT_AUXV",
            6: "NT_PSTATUS",
            7: "NT_FPREGS",
            8: "NT_PSINFO",
            9: "NT_PRCRED",
            10: "NT_UTSNAME",
            11: "NT_LWPSTATUS",
            12: "NT_LWPSINFO",
            13: "NT_PRFPXREG"
        }

        return generic_types.get(note_type, f"NT_UNKNOWN_{note_type}")

    def _format_note_description(self, note_desc, note_type: int, note_name: str) -> str:
        """Format note description based on type for human readability."""
        try:
            if not note_desc:
                return ""

            # Handle build ID specifically (common case)
            if note_name == "GNU" and note_type == 3:  # NT_GNU_BUILD_ID
                if isinstance(note_desc, bytes):
                    return binascii.hexlify(note_desc).decode('ascii')
                return str(note_desc)

            # Handle ABI tag
            if note_name == "GNU" and note_type == 1:  # NT_GNU_ABI_TAG
                if isinstance(note_desc, bytes) and len(note_desc) >= 16:
                    # ABI tag contains OS, major, minor, subminor
                    import struct
                    try:
                        os_val, major, minor, subminor = struct.unpack('<IIII', note_desc[:16])
                        os_names = {0: "Linux", 1: "GNU", 2: "Solaris", 3: "FreeBSD"}
                        os_name = os_names.get(os_val, f"OS_{os_val}")
                        return f"{os_name} {major}.{minor}.{subminor}"
                    except:
                        pass

            # For binary data, convert to hex
            if isinstance(note_desc, bytes):
                # Limit size for very large descriptions
                if len(note_desc) > 256:
                    return binascii.hexlify(note_desc[:256]).decode('ascii') + "..."
                return binascii.hexlify(note_desc).decode('ascii')

            # For string data
            if isinstance(note_desc, str):
                return note_desc

            # Fallback
            return str(note_desc)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error formatting note description: {e}")
            return str(note_desc) if note_desc else ""

    def _extract_note_data(self, note, section_name: str) -> ELFNote:
        """Extract data from a single note entry."""
        try:
            # Get note properties
            note_name = note.get('n_name', '').rstrip('\x00') if note.get('n_name') else ""
            note_type_raw = note.get('n_type', 0)
            note_desc_raw = note.get('n_desc', b'')

            # Handle note_type - pyelftools may return string or int
            if isinstance(note_type_raw, str):
                # pyelftools returned the type as a string like 'NT_GNU_BUILD_ID'
                note_type_str = note_type_raw
                # Map known string types to integers
                note_type_map = {
                    'NT_GNU_ABI_TAG': 1,
                    'NT_GNU_HWCAP': 2,
                    'NT_GNU_BUILD_ID': 3,
                    'NT_GNU_GOLD_VERSION': 4,
                    'NT_GNU_PROPERTY_TYPE_0': 5,
                    'NT_PRSTATUS': 1,
                    'NT_FPREGSET': 2,
                    'NT_PRPSINFO': 3,
                    'NT_TASKSTRUCT': 4,
                    'NT_AUXV': 5,
                    'NT_PSTATUS': 6,
                    'NT_FPREGS': 7,
                    'NT_PSINFO': 8,
                    'NT_PRCRED': 9,
                    'NT_UTSNAME': 10,
                    'NT_LWPSTATUS': 11,
                    'NT_LWPSINFO': 12,
                    'NT_PRFPXREG': 13,
                }
                note_type = note_type_map.get(note_type_raw, 0)
            else:
                note_type = note_type_raw
                # Get human-readable type string
                note_type_str = self._get_note_type_string(note_type, note_name)

            # Format description
            note_desc = self._format_note_description(note_desc_raw, note_type, note_name)

            return ELFNote(
                note_name=note_name,
                note_type=note_type,
                note_type_str=note_type_str,
                note_desc=note_desc,
                note_section=section_name
            )

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting note data: {e}")
            return None

    def _extract_notes_from_sections(self, elf) -> List[Dict]:
        """Extract notes from note sections."""
        notes = []

        try:
            # Look for note sections
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if (section.name and
                    section.name.startswith('.note') and
                    hasattr(section, 'iter_notes')):

                    section_name = section.name
                    try:
                        for note in section.iter_notes():
                            note_data = self._extract_note_data(note, section_name)
                            if note_data:
                                notes.append(note_data)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.debug(f"Could not process notes in section {section_name}: {e}")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting notes from sections: {e}")

        return notes

    def _extract_notes_from_segments(self, elf) -> List[Dict]:
        """Extract notes from PT_NOTE segments."""
        notes = []

        try:
            # Look for PT_NOTE segments
            for segment in elf.iter_segments():
                if segment.header.get('p_type') == 'PT_NOTE':
                    segment_name = f"PT_NOTE_segment_{segment.header.get('p_offset', 0)}"

                    try:
                        if hasattr(segment, 'iter_notes'):
                            for note in segment.iter_notes():
                                note_data = self._extract_note_data(note, segment_name)
                                if note_data:
                                    notes.append(note_data)
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.debug(f"Could not process notes in segment: {e}")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting notes from segments: {e}")

        return notes

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.ELF_NOTES.value if hasattr(Tag, 'ELF_NOTES') else "elf_notes"

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

            def extract_data(elf):
                all_notes = []

                # Extract notes from note sections
                section_notes = self._extract_notes_from_sections(elf)
                all_notes.extend(section_notes)

                # Extract notes from PT_NOTE segments
                segment_notes = self._extract_notes_from_segments(elf)
                all_notes.extend(segment_notes)

                # Remove duplicates (same note might appear in section and segment)
                unique_notes = []
                seen_notes = set()
                for note in all_notes:
                    note_key = (note.note_name, note.note_type, note.note_desc)
                    if note_key not in seen_notes:
                        seen_notes.add(note_key)
                        unique_notes.append(note)

                return unique_notes

            if not self._is_elf_file():
                return None

            result = self._with_elf_file(extract_data)
            if result is None:
                return None

            self.elf_notes = result
            return self.elf_notes

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting ELF notes {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
            return None

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

        if exporter_type == "ElasticsearchExporter":
            return self.elf_notes
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            try:
                # Return valid empty structure if no notes found
                # None is reserved for actual errors

                # Prepare data arrays for all notes
                data = []
                current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                for note in self.elf_notes:
                    row = [
                        self.sha256,
                        self.md5,
                        self.sha1,
                        note.note_name,
                        note.note_type,
                        note.note_type_str,
                        note.note_desc,
                        note.note_section,
                        current_time
                    ]
                    data.append(row)

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'note_name', 'note_type', 'note_type_str',
                    'note_desc', 'note_section',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'LowCardinality(String)', 'UInt32', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'String CODEC(ZSTD(3))', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
                ]

                return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error preparing export data: {e}")
                raise

    def get_clickhouse_table(self) -> str:
        return "redb_elf_notes"