Rakesh Kumar

36 papers A* 11A 1B 3C 2Misc 1Journal 12Unranked 6
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 A* conf
HPCA
Rahul Bera, Zhenrong Lang, Caroline Hengartner, Konstantinos Kanellopoulos, Rakesh Kumar, Mohammad Sadrosadati, Onur Mutlu
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Rahul Bera, Zhenrong Lang, Caroline Hengartner, Konstantinos Kanellopoulos, Rakesh Kumar, Mohammad Sadrosadati, Onur Mutlu
2026 J jnl
IEEE Comput. Archit. Lett.
Roman Brunner, Rakesh Kumar
2025 conf
ASPLOS (2)
Konstantinos Kanellopoulos, Konstantinos Sgouras, F. Nisa Bostanci, Andreas Kosmas Kakolyris, Berkin Kerim Konar, Rahul Bera, Mohammad Sadrosadati, Rakesh Kumar, Nandita Vijaykumar, Onur Mutlu
2024 conf
SESAME@EuroSys
Truls Asheim, Magnus Jahre, Rakesh Kumar
2024 A* conf
MICRO
Roman Brunner, Rakesh Kumar
2023 A* conf
HPCA
Truls Asheim, Boris Grot, Rakesh Kumar
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Truls Asheim, Boris Grot, Rakesh Kumar
2023 A* conf
MICRO
Konstantinos Kanellopoulos, Rahul Bera, Kosta Stojiljkovic, F. Nisa Bostanci, Can Firtina, Rachata Ausavarungnirun, Rakesh Kumar, Nastaran Hajinazar, Mohammad Sadrosadati, Nandita Vijaykumar, Onur Mutlu
2023 A* conf
MICRO
Konstantinos Kanellopoulos, Hong Chul Nam, Nisa Bostanci, Rahul Bera, Mohammad Sadrosadati, Rakesh Kumar, Davide Basilio Bartolini, Onur Mutlu
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Konstantinos Kanellopoulos, Hong Chul Nam, F. Nisa Bostanci, Rahul Bera, Mohammad Sadrosadati, Rakesh Kumar, Davide Basilio Bartolini, Onur Mutlu
2022 B conf
PACT
Truls Asheim, Boris Grot, Rakesh Kumar
2022 J jnl
ACM Trans. Archit. Code Optim.
Rakesh Kumar, Mehdi Alipour, David Black-Schaffer
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Rakesh Kumar, Mehdi Alipour, David Black-Schaffer
2022 conf
WOSC@Middleware
Truls Asheim, Tanvir Ahmed Khan, Baris Kasikci, Rakesh Kumar
2022 C conf
SBAC-PAD
Odin Ugedal, Rakesh Kumar
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Rakesh Kumar, Alejandro Martínez, Antonio Gonzalez
2021 J jnl
IEEE Comput. Archit. Lett.
Truls Asheim, Boris Grot, Rakesh Kumar
2021 A* conf
MICRO
Tanvir Ahmed Khan, Nathan Brown, Akshitha Sriraman, Niranjan K. Soundararajan, Rakesh Kumar, Joseph Devietti, Sreenivas Subramoney, Gilles A. Pokam, Heiner Litz, Baris Kasikci
2020 A* conf
HPCA
Mehdi Alipour, Stefanos Kaxiras, David Black-Schaffer, Rakesh Kumar
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Truls Asheim, Rakesh Kumar, Boris Grot
2020 J jnl
ACM Trans. Comput. Syst.
Rakesh Kumar, Boris Grot
2020 conf
HASP@MICRO
Fredrik Strupe, Rakesh Kumar
2019 A conf
DATE
Mehdi Alipour, Rakesh Kumar, Stefanos Kaxiras, David Black-Schaffer
2019 A* conf
HPCA
Rakesh Kumar, Mehdi Alipour, David Black-Schaffer
2018 A* conf
ASPLOS
Rakesh Kumar, Boris Grot, Vijay Nagarajan
2017 A* conf
HPCA
Rakesh Kumar, Cheng-Chieh Huang, Boris Grot, Vijay Nagarajan
2017 B conf
ISPASS
Rakesh Kumar, José Cano, Aleksandar Brankovic, Demos Pavlou, Kyriakos Stavrou, Enric Gibert, Alejandro Martínez, Antonio Gonzalez
2016 J jnl
ACM Trans. Comput. Syst.
Rakesh Kumar, Alejandro Martínez, Antonio González
2016 A* conf
MICRO
Cheng-Chieh Huang, Rakesh Kumar, Marco Elver, Boris Grot, Vijay Nagarajan
2016 conf
IISWC
José Cano, Rakesh Kumar, Aleksandar Brankovic, Demos Pavlou, Kyriakos Stavrou, Enric Gibert, Alejandro Martínez, Antonio González
2014 J jnl
ACM Trans. Archit. Code Optim.
Rakesh Kumar, Alejandro Martínez, Antonio González
2013 C conf
SBAC-PAD
Rakesh Kumar, Alejandro Martínez, Antonio González
2013 Misc conf
HiPC
Rakesh Kumar, Alejandro Martínez, Antonio González
2013 conf
HPCC/EUC
Rakesh Kumar, Alejandro Martínez, Antonio González
2012 B conf
PACT
Rakesh Kumar, Alejandro Martínez, Antonio González
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_exports.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_exports.py python
import inspect
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any, List, Set

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 ELFExport


class ELFExportExtractor(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_exports = None
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_exports"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _get_exported_functions_from_symbols(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract exported functions from symbol tables."""
        exported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Check both static (.symtab) and dynamic (.dynsym) symbol tables
            symbol_sections = ['.symtab', '.dynsym']

            for section_name in symbol_sections:
                section = elf.get_section_by_name(section_name)
                if not section or not hasattr(section, 'iter_symbols'):
                    continue

                for symbol in section.iter_symbols():
                    # Check if symbol is exported (defined and globally visible)
                    if (symbol.name and
                        symbol.entry.get('st_shndx', 0) != 'SHN_UNDEF' and  # Not undefined
                        symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('bind') in ['STB_GLOBAL', 'STB_WEAK'] and  # Global or weak binding
                        symbol.entry.get('st_info', {}).get('type') in ['STT_FUNC', 'STT_OBJECT']):  # Function or object

                        # Additional checks for meaningful exports
                        if (symbol.entry.get('st_value', 0) > 0 or  # Has a value
                            symbol.entry.get('st_size', 0) > 0):    # Has a size
                            exported_functions.add(symbol.name)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting exported functions from symbols: {e}")

        return exported_functions

    def _get_exported_functions_from_dynamic_section(self, elf) -> Set[str]:
        """Extract exported functions information from dynamic section."""
        exported_functions = set()

        try:
            # Get the dynamic section
            dynamic_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynamic')
            if not dynamic_section:
                return exported_functions

            # Look for version definition sections that might indicate exports
            # This is complementary to symbol table analysis
            for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_SONAME':
                    # If it has a SONAME, it's likely a shared library with exports
                    # The actual exports are still found in symbol tables
                    pass

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting exports from dynamic section: {e}")

        return exported_functions

    def _filter_meaningful_exports(self, exports: Set[str]) -> Set[str]:
        """Filter out compiler-generated and internal symbols to focus on meaningful exports."""
        filtered_exports = set()

        # Common patterns to exclude (compiler-generated, internal symbols)
        exclude_patterns = [
            '_start',
            '_init',
            '_fini',
            '__libc_',
            '__gmon_start__',
            '_IO_stdin_used',
            '__data_start',
            '__bss_start',
            '_edata',
            '_end',
            '__TMC_END__',
            '_ITM_deregisterTMCloneTable',
            '_ITM_registerTMCloneTable',
            '__cxa_finalize',
            '__gxx_personality_v0',
            '_Jv_RegisterClasses'
        ]

        for export in exports:
            # Skip empty or very short names
            if not export or len(export) < 2:
                continue

            # Skip symbols that match exclude patterns
            skip = False
            for pattern in exclude_patterns:
                if export.startswith(pattern):
                    skip = True
                    break

            # Skip symbols that look like internal mangled names (but keep reasonable C++ names)
            if export.startswith('_Z') and len(export) > 50:  # Very long mangled names
                skip = True

            if not skip:
                filtered_exports.add(export)

        return filtered_exports

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

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

            def extract_data(elf):
                # Extract exported functions from multiple sources
                exported_functions = set()

                # From symbol tables (primary source)
                symbol_exports = self._get_exported_functions_from_symbols(elf)
                exported_functions.update(symbol_exports)

                # From dynamic section (supplementary)
                dynamic_exports = self._get_exported_functions_from_dynamic_section(elf)
                exported_functions.update(dynamic_exports)

                # Filter out compiler-generated and internal symbols
                meaningful_exports = self._filter_meaningful_exports(exported_functions)

                # Convert to sorted list for consistent output
                export_functions_list = sorted(list(meaningful_exports))

                # Return ELFExport dataclass
                return ELFExport(
                    elf_exports_total=len(export_functions_list),
                    elf_export_functions=export_functions_list,
                )

            if not self._is_elf_file():
                return None

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

            self.elf_exports = result
            return self.elf_exports

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting ELF exports {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_exports
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            try:
                if not self.elf_exports:
                    return None

                # Prepare data array
                data = [[
                    self.sha256,
                    self.md5,
                    self.sha1,
                    self.elf_exports.elf_exports_total,
                    self.elf_exports.elf_export_functions,
                    datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                ]]

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'elf_exports_total',
                    'elf_export_functions',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'UInt32',
                    'Array(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_exports"