Rachel Brown

12 papers B 1Journal 9Unranked 2
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Sasidharan Mahalingam, Rachel Brown, Atul Ingle
2023 J jnl
ACM Trans. Appl. Percept.
Rachel Brown, Vasha DuTell, Bruce Walter, Ruth Rosenholtz, Peter Shirley, Morgan McGuire, David Luebke
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Budmonde Duinkharjav, Benjamin Liang, Anjul Patney, Rachel Brown, Qi Sun
2023 J jnl
ACM Trans. Graph.
Budmonde Duinkharjav, Benjamin Liang, Anjul Patney, Rachel Brown, Qi Sun
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Budmonde Duinkharjav, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Rachel Brown, Anjul Patney, Qi Sun
2022 J jnl
ACM Trans. Graph.
Budmonde Duinkharjav, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Rachel Brown, Anjul Patney, Qi Sun
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Rachel Brown, Vasha DuTell, Bruce Walter, Ruth Rosenholtz, Peter Shirley, Morgan McGuire, David Luebke
2021 J jnl
NeuroImage
Michel Belyk, Rachel Brown, Deryk S. Beal, Alard Roebroeck, Carolyn McGettigan, Stella Guldner, Sonja A. Kotz
2021 conf
SSCI
Rachel Brown, Daniel A. Ashlock
2020 conf
SSCI
James Alexander Hughes, William Hannah, Peter Kikkert, Barry MacKenzie, Wendy Ashlock, Sheridan K. Houghten, Daniel A. Ashlock, Matthew Stoodley, Michael Dubé, Rachel Brown, Amanda Saunders
2019 B conf
CEC
Rachel Brown, Daniel A. Ashlock
2011 J jnl
NeuroImage
Penelope A. Lewis, Roozbeh Rezaie, Rachel Brown, Neil Roberts, Robin I. M. Dunbar
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/arch/x86.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/arch/x86.py python
from binaryninja.enums import (
    InstructionTextTokenType,
)

# Support both package and standalone imports
try:
    from .architecture import Architecture
except ImportError:
    # Fallback to absolute imports (for multiprocessing spawned processes)
    from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.arch.architecture import Architecture


class Arch_x86(Architecture):
    """The concrete class for architecture-dependent details for x86_64"""

    def __init__(self):
        # general purpose registers for 64bits
        self.gpr_64 = [
            "RAX",
            "RBX",
            "RCX",
            "RDX",
            "RSI",
            "RDIR9",
            "R10",
            "R11",
            "R12",
            "R13",
            "R14",
            "R15",
        ]

        self.gpr_32 = [
            "EAX",
            "EBX",
            "ECX",
            "EDX",
            "ESI",
            "EDI",
            "R8D",
            "R9D",
            "R10D",
            "R11D",
            "R12D",
            "R13D",
            "R14D",
            "R15D",
        ]

        self.gpr_16 = [
            "AX",
            "BX",
            "CX",
            "DX",
            "SI",
            "DI",
            "R8W",
            "R9W",
            "R10W",
            "R11W",
            "R12W",
            "R13W",
            "R14W",
            "R15W",
        ]

        self.gpr_8 = [
            "AL",
            "BL",
            "CL",
            "DL",
            "SIL",
            "DIL",
            "R8B",
            "R9B",
            "R10B",
            "R11B",
            "R12B",
            "R13B",
            "R14B",
            "R15B",
        ]

        self.fpu_x87 = ["ST0", "ST1", "ST2", "ST3", "ST4", "ST5", "ST6", "ST7"]

        self.sse_xmm = [
            "XMM0",
            "XMM1",
            "XMM2",
            "XMM3",
            "XMM4",
            "XMM5",
            "XMM6",
            "XMM7",
            "XMM8",
            "XMM9",
            "XMM10",
            "XMM11",
            "XMM12",
            "XMM13",
            "XMM14",
            "XMM15",
        ]

        self.avx_ymm = [
            "YMM0",
            "YMM1",
            "YMM2",
            "YMM3",
            "YMM4",
            "YMM5",
            "YMM6",
            "YMM7",
            "YMM8",
            "YMM9",
            "YMM10",
            "YMM11",
            "YMM12",
            "YMM13",
            "YMM14",
            "YMM15",
        ]
        self.flags = ["FLAGS", "EFLAGS", "RFLAGS"]
        self.stack_registers = ["RBP", "RSP", "SP", "BP"]
        self.size = 8
        self.global_registers = (
            self.gpr_64
            + self.gpr_32
            + self.gpr_16
            + self.gpr_8
            + self.fpu_x87
            + self.sse_xmm
            + self.avx_ymm
        )
        self.opcode_categories = self._initialize_opcode_categories()

        ## instructions
        self.instructions = []

    def is_register(self, register):
        register = register.upper()
        return register in self.global_registers

    def is_general_purpose_register(self, register):
        register = register.upper()
        return (
            register in self.gpr_64
            or register in self.gpr_32
            or register in self.gpr_16
            or register in self.gpr_8
        )

    def is_stack_register(self, register):
        register = register.upper()
        return register in self.stack_registers

    def is_xmm_register(self, register):
        register = register.upper()
        return register in self.sse_xmm

    def is_control_flow(self, instr_tokens):
        return False

    def is_control_flow_instruction(self, instr_tokens):
        """Check if an instruction is a control flow instruction (jump, call, return, loop)."""
        try:
            # Extract the mnemonic from the instruction tokens
            mnemonic = None
            for token in instr_tokens:
                if token.type == InstructionTextTokenType.InstructionToken:
                    mnemonic = token.text.upper()
                    break

            if not mnemonic:
                return False

            # Check if it's a jump, call, return, or loop instruction
            return (
                mnemonic.startswith("J")  # All jumps (JMP, JE, JNE, etc.)
                or mnemonic == "CALL"  # Function calls
                or mnemonic == "RET"  # Return
                or mnemonic == "RETN"  # Another form of return
                or mnemonic.startswith("LOOP")
            )  # Loop instructions

        except Exception as e:
            print(e)
            # If we can't determine, assume it's not a control flow instruction
            return False

    def is_control_flow_instruction_by_mnemonic(self, mnemonic):
        """Check if an instruction is a control flow instruction based on its mnemonic."""
        if not mnemonic:
            return False

        mnemonic = mnemonic.upper()
        return (
            mnemonic.startswith("J")  # All jumps (JMP, JE, JNE, etc.)
            or mnemonic == "CALL"  # Function calls
            or mnemonic == "RET"  # Return
            or mnemonic == "RETN"  # Another form of return
            or mnemonic.startswith("LOOP")
        )

    def _initialize_opcode_categories(self):
        """Initialize mapping of opcodes to categories similar to Ghidra's implementation."""
        opcode_categories = {}
        opcode_index = {}  # Add this to mimic Ghidra's opcodeIndex

        # Define common opcodes array similar to Ghidra's COMMON_OPCODES
        COMMON_OPCODES = [
            # Core instructions (tracked individually)
            "MOV",
            "PUSH",
            "POP",
            "LEA",
            "CALL",
            "RET",  # Data movement and control
            "ADD",
            "SUB",
            "MUL",
            "DIV",  # Basic arithmetic
            "AND",
            "OR",
            "XOR",
            "NOT",  # Logical operations
            "JMP",
            "JE",
            "JNE",  # Basic jumps
            "TEST",
            "CMP",  # Comparisons
            # Grouped categories (aggregated tracking)
            "SIMD_MOVE",  # MOVAPS, MOVDQA, MOVDQU, etc.
            "COND_JUMP_EXT",  # Other conditional jumps (JG, JL, JGE, etc.)
            "STRING_OP",  # MOVS, STOS, LODS, SCAS, CMPS
            "STACK_ADV",  # ENTER, LEAVE, PUSHA, POPA
            "ARITHMETIC_ADV",  # IMUL, IDIV, ADC, SBB
            "BIT_OP",  # SHL, SHR, SAR, ROL, ROR, etc.
            "FPU_OP",  # FLD, FST, FADD, etc.
            "SYSTEM_OP",  # SYSCALL, INT, SYSENTER
            "CRYPTO_OP",  # AES*, SHA* instructions
            "MISC_OP",  # Rare but interesting (CPUID, RDTSC, etc.)
        ]

        # Create index map like Ghidra
        for i, opcode in enumerate(COMMON_OPCODES):
            opcode_index[opcode] = i

        # Now categorize opcodes using if/elif/else structure like in Ghidra
        for opcode in COMMON_OPCODES:
            # String Operations (checking these first to avoid MOV confusion)
            if opcode.startswith("MOVS") or opcode in [
                "STOS",
                "LODS",
                "SCAS",
                "CMPS",
                "REP",
                "REPE",
                "REPNE",
            ]:
                opcode_categories[opcode] = "STRING_MANIPULATION"

            # Data Movement (after string ops to avoid MOVS confusion)
            elif opcode.startswith("MOV") or opcode in ["LEA", "XCHG"]:
                opcode_categories[opcode] = "DATA_MOVEMENT"

            # Stack Operations
            elif opcode in ["PUSH", "POP", "ENTER", "LEAVE", "PUSHA", "POPA"]:
                opcode_categories[opcode] = "STACK_MANAGEMENT"

            # Control Flow (non-conditional)
            elif opcode in ["JMP", "CALL", "RET"]:
                opcode_categories[opcode] = "CONTROL_FLOW"

            # Conditional Jumps and Loops
            elif opcode.startswith("J") or opcode.startswith("LOOP"):
                opcode_categories[opcode] = "CONDITIONAL_JUMP"

            # Arithmetic
            elif opcode in [
                "ADD",
                "SUB",
                "MUL",
                "DIV",
                "IMUL",
                "IDIV",
                "ADC",
                "SBB",
                "INC",
                "DEC",
                "NEG",
            ]:
                opcode_categories[opcode] = "ARITHMETIC"

            # Logical
            elif opcode in ["AND", "OR", "XOR", "NOT", "TEST", "CMP"]:
                opcode_categories[opcode] = "LOGICAL"

            # Shifts & Rotates
            elif opcode in ["SHL", "SHR", "SAR", "SAL", "ROL", "ROR", "RCL", "RCR"]:
                opcode_categories[opcode] = "SHIFT_ROTATE"

            # System & Interrupts
            elif opcode in [
                "SYSCALL",
                "INT",
                "SYSENTER",
                "SYSEXIT",
                "SGDT",
                "SIDT",
                "SLDT",
                "WRMSR",
                "RDMSR",
            ]:
                opcode_categories[opcode] = "SYSTEM_CALLS"

            # Floating Point
            elif opcode.startswith("F"):
                opcode_categories[opcode] = "FPU_ARITHMETIC"

            # System Information and Random Number Generation
            elif opcode in ["PUSHF", "POPF", "CPUID", "RDTSC", "RDRAND", "RDSEED"]:
                opcode_categories[opcode] = "CPU_FEATURES"

            # Cryptography
            elif opcode.startswith("AES") or opcode.startswith("SHA"):
                opcode_categories[opcode] = "CRYPTOGRAPHIC"

            # Miscellaneous (including flag operations)
            else:
                opcode_categories[opcode] = "MISC"

        # Additional categorization for opcodes not in COMMON_OPCODES
        # This can be used in the normalize_opcode method

        # Store both maps as instance variables
        # self.opcode_categories = opcode_categories
        self.opcode_index = opcode_index

        return opcode_categories

    def is_simd_register(self, register):
        return register in self.sse_xmm