Valerii Likhosherstov

43 papers A* 16A 2Journal 25
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2024 A conf
AISTATS
Krzysztof Choromanski, Shanda Li, Valerii Likhosherstov, Kumar Avinava Dubey, Shengjie Luo, Di He, Yiming Yang, Tamás Sarlós, Thomas Weingarten, Adrian Weller
2024 A* conf
ICLR
Arijit Sehanobish, Krzysztof Marcin Choromanski, Yunfan Zhao, Kumar Avinava Dubey, Valerii Likhosherstov
2024 A* conf
ICRA
Reza Mahjourian, Rongbing Mu, Valerii Likhosherstov, Paul Mougin, Xiukun Huang, João V. Messias, Shimon Whiteson
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Reza Mahjourian, Rongbing Mu, Valerii Likhosherstov, Paul Mougin, Xiukun Huang, João V. Messias, Shimon Whiteson
2023 A* conf
ICML
Fuzhao Xue, Valerii Likhosherstov, Anurag Arnab, Neil Houlsby, Mostafa Dehghani, Yang You
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Fuzhao Xue, Valerii Likhosherstov, Anurag Arnab, Neil Houlsby, Mostafa Dehghani, Yang You
2023 A* conf
NeurIPS
Valerii Likhosherstov, Krzysztof Marcin Choromanski, Kumar Avinava Dubey, Frederick Liu, Tamás Sarlós, Adrian Weller
2023 A* conf
ICML
Krzysztof Marcin Choromanski, Arijit Sehanobish, Han Lin, Yunfan Zhao, Eli Berger, Tetiana Parshakova, Alvin Pan, David Watkins, Tianyi Zhang, Valerii Likhosherstov, Somnath Basu Roy Chowdhury, Kumar Avinava Dubey, Deepali Jain, Tamás Sarlós, Snigdha Chaturvedi, Adrian Weller
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Krzysztof Choromanski, Arijit Sehanobish, Han Lin, Yunfan Zhao, Eli Berger, Tetiana Parshakova, Alvin Pan, David Watkins, Tianyi Zhang, Valerii Likhosherstov, Somnath Basu Roy Chowdhury, Avinava Dubey, Deepali Jain, Tamás Sarlós, Snigdha Chaturvedi, Adrian Weller
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Valerii Likhosherstov, Krzysztof Choromanski, Avinava Dubey, Frederick Liu, Tamás Sarlós, Adrian Weller
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Krzysztof Marcin Choromanski, Shanda Li, Valerii Likhosherstov, Kumar Avinava Dubey, Shengjie Luo, Di He, Yiming Yang, Tamás Sarlós, Thomas Weingarten, Adrian Weller
2023 A* conf
AAAI
Valerii Likhosherstov, Krzysztof Choromanski, Adrian Weller
2023 J jnl
Trans. Mach. Learn. Res.
Valerii Likhosherstov, Anurag Arnab, Krzysztof Marcin Choromanski, Mario Lucic, Yi Tay, Mostafa Dehghani
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Arijit Sehanobish, Krzysztof Choromanski, Yunfan Zhao, Avinava Dubey, Valerii Likhosherstov
2023 A* conf
ICML
Isaac Reid, Krzysztof Marcin Choromanski, Valerii Likhosherstov, Adrian Weller
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Isaac Reid, Krzysztof Choromanski, Valerii Likhosherstov, Adrian Weller
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Zahra Shamsi, Drew Bryant, Jacob Wilson, Xiaoyu Qu, Avinava Dubey, Konik Kothari, Mostafa Dehghani, Mariya Chavarha, Valerii Likhosherstov, Brian Williams, Michael Frumkin, Fred Appelbaum, Krzysztof Choromanski, Ali Bashir, Min Fang
2022 A* conf
NeurIPS
Valerii Likhosherstov, Krzysztof Marcin Choromanski, Kumar Avinava Dubey, Frederick Liu, Tamás Sarlós, Adrian Weller
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Valerii Likhosherstov, Krzysztof Choromanski, Avinava Dubey, Frederick Liu, Tamás Sarlós, Adrian Weller
2022 A* conf
ICML
Krzysztof Choromanski, Han Lin, Haoxian Chen, Tianyi Zhang, Arijit Sehanobish, Valerii Likhosherstov, Jack Parker-Holder, Tamás Sarlós, Adrian Weller, Thomas Weingarten
2022 A* conf
ICLR
Krzysztof Marcin Choromanski, Han Lin, Haoxian Chen, Arijit Sehanobish, Yuanzhe Ma, Deepali Jain, Jake Varley, Andy Zeng, Michael S. Ryoo, Valerii Likhosherstov, Dmitry Kalashnikov, Vikas Sindhwani, Adrian Weller
2021 A conf
AISTATS
Valerii Likhosherstov, Jared Davis, Krzysztof Choromanski, Adrian Weller
2021 A* conf
ICML
Valerii Likhosherstov, Xingyou Song, Krzysztof Choromanski, Jared Quincy Davis, Adrian Weller
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Valerii Likhosherstov, Xingyou Song, Krzysztof Choromanski, Jared Davis, Adrian Weller
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Krzysztof Choromanski, Haoxian Chen, Han Lin, Yuanzhe Ma, Arijit Sehanobish, Deepali Jain, Michael S. Ryoo, Jake Varley, Andy Zeng, Valerii Likhosherstov, Dmitry Kalashnikov, Vikas Sindhwani, Adrian Weller
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Valerii Likhosherstov, Krzysztof Choromanski, Adrian Weller
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Valerii Likhosherstov, Anurag Arnab, Krzysztof Choromanski, Mario Lucic, Yi Tay, Adrian Weller, Mostafa Dehghani
2021 A* conf
ICLR
Krzysztof Marcin Choromanski, Valerii Likhosherstov, David Dohan, Xingyou Song, Andreea Gane, Tamás Sarlós, Peter Hawkins, Jared Quincy Davis, Afroz Mohiuddin, Lukasz Kaiser, David Benjamin Belanger, Lucy J. Colwell, Adrian Weller
2021 A* conf
NeurIPS
Valerii Likhosherstov, Krzysztof Marcin Choromanski, Jared Quincy Davis, Xingyou Song, Adrian Weller
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Krzysztof Choromanski, Deepali Jain, Jack Parker-Holder, Xingyou Song, Valerii Likhosherstov, Anirban Santara, Aldo Pacchiano, Yunhao Tang, Adrian Weller
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Krzysztof Choromanski, Jared Quincy Davis, Valerii Likhosherstov, Xingyou Song, Jean-Jacques E. Slotine, Jacob Varley, Honglak Lee, Adrian Weller, Vikas Sindhwani
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Valerii Likhosherstov, Jared Davis, Krzysztof Choromanski, Adrian Weller
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Krzysztof Choromanski, Valerii Likhosherstov, David Dohan, Xingyou Song, Jared Davis, Tamás Sarlós, David Belanger, Lucy J. Colwell, Adrian Weller
2020 A* conf
NeurIPS
Krzysztof Marcin Choromanski, Jared Quincy Davis, Valerii Likhosherstov, Xingyou Song, Jean-Jacques E. Slotine, Jacob Varley, Honglak Lee, Adrian Weller, Vikas Sindhwani
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Krzysztof Choromanski, Valerii Likhosherstov, David Dohan, Xingyou Song, Andreea Gane, Tamás Sarlós, Peter Hawkins, Jared Davis, Afroz Mohiuddin, Lukasz Kaiser, David Belanger, Lucy J. Colwell, Adrian Weller
2020 A* conf
ICML
Krzysztof Choromanski, David Cheikhi, Jared Davis, Valerii Likhosherstov, Achille Nazaret, Achraf Bahamou, Xingyou Song, Mrugank Akarte, Jack Parker-Holder, Jacob Bergquist, Yuan Gao, Aldo Pacchiano, Tamás Sarlós, Adrian Weller, Vikas Sindhwani
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Krzysztof Choromanski, David Cheikhi, Jared Davis, Valerii Likhosherstov, Achille Nazaret, Achraf Bahamou, Xingyou Song, Mrugank Akarte, Jack Parker-Holder, Jacob Bergquist, Yuan Gao, Aldo Pacchiano, Tamás Sarlós, Adrian Weller, Vikas Sindhwani
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Valerii Likhosherstov, Krzysztof Choromanski, Jared Davis, Xingyou Song, Adrian Weller
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Valerii Likhosherstov, Xingyou Song, Krzysztof Choromanski, Jared Davis, Adrian Weller
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Valerii Likhosherstov, Yury Maximov, Michael Chertkov
2019 A* conf
ICML
Valerii Likhosherstov, Yury Maximov, Misha Chertkov
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Valerii Likhosherstov, Yury Maximov, Michael Chertkov
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Valerii Likhosherstov, Yury Maximov, Michael Chertkov
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/cfg_features.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/cfg_features.py python
import struct
from collections import deque
from typing import Optional

import blake3
import mmh3


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.1: Core Graph Utilities
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def bfs_order(successors: list[list[int]], n: int) -> list[int]:
    """
    BFS traversal from node 0 (entry block), returns node indices in visit order.
    Unreachable nodes appended at the end.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return []

    visited = set()
    order = []
    queue = deque([0])
    visited.add(0)

    while queue:
        idx = queue.popleft()
        order.append(idx)
        for target in successors[idx]:
            if target not in visited:
                visited.add(target)
                queue.append(target)

    # Append unreachable blocks (dead code)
    for i in range(n):
        if i not in visited:
            order.append(i)

    return order


def bfs_max_depth(successors: list[list[int]], n: int) -> int:
    """
    Maximum BFS depth from entry block (node 0).
    Replaces the per-block depth column with a single scalar.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return 0

    depth = {0: 0}
    max_d = 0
    queue = deque([0])

    while queue:
        node = queue.popleft()
        for s in successors[node]:
            if s not in depth:
                depth[s] = depth[node] + 1
                if depth[s] > max_d:
                    max_d = depth[s]
                queue.append(s)

    return max_d


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.2: Back-Edge Detection (Iterative DFS)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def count_back_edges(successors: list[list[int]], n: int) -> int:
    """
    Count natural loops via iterative DFS back-edge detection.
    A back edge is an edge to a GRAY (in-stack) node.

    Iterative to avoid stack overflow on functions with 1000+ blocks
    (common in obfuscated malware, VM dispatchers, unrolled loops).
    """
    if n == 0:
        return 0

    WHITE, GRAY, BLACK = 0, 1, 2
    color = [WHITE] * n
    back_edges = 0

    stack = [(0, iter(successors[0]))]
    color[0] = GRAY

    while stack:
        u, children = stack[-1]
        try:
            v = next(children)
            if color[v] == GRAY:
                back_edges += 1
            elif color[v] == WHITE:
                color[v] = GRAY
                stack.append((v, iter(successors[v])))
        except StopIteration:
            color[u] = BLACK
            stack.pop()

    return back_edges


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.3: Topology Hash
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def compute_topology_hash(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    bfs: list[int],
    n: int,
) -> bytes:
    """
    BLAKE3 hash of BFS-ordered canonical adjacency.
    Pure graph shape — ignores all block content.
    Two functions with identical control flow structure produce identical hashes.

    Returns 16 bytes (128-bit).
    """
    if n == 0:
        return b'\x00' * 16

    # Remap: original index -> BFS position
    remap = {original: position for position, original in enumerate(bfs)}

    canonical = bytearray()
    for position in range(n):
        original_idx = bfs[position]
        remapped_succs = sorted(
            remap[s] for s in successors[original_idx] if s in remap
        )
        # Pack: node_index (2 bytes) + num_successors (1 byte) + successor indices (2 bytes each)
        canonical.extend(struct.pack('<HB', position, len(remapped_succs)))
        for s in remapped_succs:
            canonical.extend(struct.pack('<H', s))

    return blake3.blake3(bytes(canonical)).digest(length=16)


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.4: MD-Index (Top-Down and Bottom-Up)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def compute_md_index_topdown(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    predecessors: list[list[int]],
    bfs: list[int],
) -> int:
    """
    BinDiff-style top-down MD-index.
    Hash of (in_degree, out_degree) sequence in BFS order from entry.
    Returns UInt64.
    """
    if not bfs:
        return 0

    degree_bytes = bytearray()
    for idx in bfs:
        in_deg = min(len(predecessors[idx]), 255)
        out_deg = min(len(successors[idx]), 255)
        degree_bytes.extend(struct.pack('<BB', in_deg, out_deg))

    h = blake3.blake3(bytes(degree_bytes)).digest(length=8)
    return struct.unpack('<Q', h)[0]


def compute_md_index_bottomup(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    predecessors: list[list[int]],
    n: int,
) -> int:
    """
    Bottom-up MD-index: BFS from exit blocks (no successors),
    traversing edges in reverse.
    Returns UInt64.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return 0

    exits = [i for i in range(n) if len(successors[i]) == 0]
    if not exits:
        exits = [n - 1]  # Fallback: use last block

    visited = set(exits)
    order = []
    queue = deque(exits)

    while queue:
        idx = queue.popleft()
        order.append(idx)
        for pred in predecessors[idx]:
            if pred not in visited:
                visited.add(pred)
                queue.append(pred)

    # Append unreachable blocks
    for i in range(n):
        if i not in visited:
            order.append(i)

    degree_bytes = bytearray()
    for idx in order:
        in_deg = min(len(predecessors[idx]), 255)
        out_deg = min(len(successors[idx]), 255)
        degree_bytes.extend(struct.pack('<BB', in_deg, out_deg))

    h = blake3.blake3(bytes(degree_bytes)).digest(length=8)
    return struct.unpack('<Q', h)[0]


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.5: Prime Product
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Small primes assigned to LLIL opcode categories.
# Keys are the integer values of binaryninja.LowLevelILOperation enum members.
# We use integer keys so this module doesn't import binaryninja.
#
# Mapping rationale: same operation class -> same prime.
# Using LLIL (not native asm) makes this architecture-independent.
#
# Populated at import time by cfg.py using the real LowLevelILOperation enum values.
# Unknown ops map to prime 1 (identity element) in compute_prime_product().
LLIL_OP_PRIMES: dict[int, int] = {}


def compute_prime_product(llil_operations: list[int]) -> int:
    """
    Product of small primes assigned to each LLIL opcode.
    Position-independent: block reordering doesn't change the result.
    Mod 2^64 for fixed-size storage.

    Args:
        llil_operations: flat list of LLIL operation enum integer values
                         for all instructions in the function.
    Returns:
        UInt64 prime product, or 0 if no instructions.
    """
    if not llil_operations:
        return 0

    product = 1
    for op in llil_operations:
        prime = LLIL_OP_PRIMES.get(op, 1)
        product = (product * prime) % (2**64)

    return product


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.6: ACFG Block Features
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Instruction category indices for ACFG feature vectors
CAT_ARITHMETIC = 0
CAT_LOGIC = 1
CAT_TRANSFER = 2
CAT_CALL = 3
CAT_COMPARISON = 4
CAT_MEMORY = 5
CAT_OTHER = 6

# Maps LLIL operation integer values to category indices.
# Populated at import time by cfg.py using the real LowLevelILOperation enum.
LLIL_OP_CATEGORIES: dict[int, int] = {}


def build_block_features(
    block_llil_ops: list[list[int]],
    successors: list[list[int]],
    n: int,
) -> list[list[int]]:
    """
    Extract Gemini-style ACFG features per block.

    Args:
        block_llil_ops: per-block list of LLIL operation integer values.
                        block_llil_ops[i] is the list of ops for block i.
                        Empty list if LLIL unavailable for that block.
        successors: index-based adjacency list.
        n: number of blocks.

    Returns:
        List of [instr_count, arithmetic, logic, transfer, call, comparison,
                 memory, successor_count] per block. All values capped at 65535.
    """
    features = []
    for i in range(n):
        cats = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
        ops = block_llil_ops[i] if i < len(block_llil_ops) else []
        for op in ops:
            cat = LLIL_OP_CATEGORIES.get(op, CAT_OTHER)
            cats[cat] += 1

        instr_count = len(ops)
        features.append([
            min(instr_count, 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_ARITHMETIC], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_LOGIC], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_TRANSFER], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_CALL], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_COMPARISON], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_MEMORY], 65535),
            min(len(successors[i]), 65535),
        ])

    return features


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.7: CFG Feature TLSH
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def compute_cfg_feature_tlsh(
    bb_features: list[list[int]],
    bfs: list[int],
) -> Optional[str]:
    """
    TLSH hash of BFS-ordered per-block feature vectors.
    Captures both structure (BFS ordering) and instruction distribution.

    Returns TLSH hex string or None if too few bytes for TLSH (< 50).
    """
    import tlsh as _tlsh

    feature_bytes = bytearray()
    for idx in bfs:
        feats = bb_features[idx]
        feature_bytes.extend(struct.pack(
            '<HBBBBBBB',
            min(feats[0], 65535),
            min(feats[1], 255),
            min(feats[2], 255),
            min(feats[3], 255),
            min(feats[4], 255),
            min(feats[5], 255),
            min(feats[6], 255),
            min(feats[7], 255),
        ))

    if len(feature_bytes) < 50:
        return None

    try:
        h = _tlsh.hash(bytes(feature_bytes))
        return h if h and h != 'TNULL' else None
    except Exception:
        return None


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.8: WL-MinHash
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Pre-computed seeds for MinHash permutations.
NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS = 128
_WL_MINHASH_SEEDS = list(range(NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS))  # Seeds 0..127


def compute_wl_minhash(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    predecessors: list[list[int]],
    bb_features: list[list[int]],
    n: int,
    iterations: int = 3,
) -> list[int]:
    """
    Weisfeiler-Leman MinHash for fuzzy topology similarity.

    Initial labels: mmh3 hash of per-block ACFG feature tuple (content-aware).
    WL refinement: incorporate sorted neighbor labels at each iteration.
    MinHash: 128-permutation signature over shingle set.

    Returns list of 128 uint8 values, or [255]*128 sentinel for empty functions.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return [255] * NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS

    # Initial labels: hash of instruction category tuple per block
    labels = []
    for i in range(n):
        feats = bb_features[i] if i < len(bb_features) else [0] * 8
        # mmh3 with seed=0 for initial labels
        label = mmh3.hash(str(tuple(feats)), 0) & 0xFFFFFFFF
        labels.append(label)

    # Collect shingles: (iteration, label) pairs as strings for mmh3
    shingles: set[str] = set()

    # Iteration 0: individual block labels
    for label in labels:
        shingles.add(f"0:{label}")

    # WL iterations: refine labels by neighborhood aggregation
    for iteration in range(1, iterations + 1):
        new_labels = []
        for i in range(n):
            succ_labels = tuple(sorted(labels[s] for s in successors[i]))
            pred_labels = tuple(sorted(labels[p] for p in predecessors[i]))
            composite = f"{labels[i]}|{succ_labels}|{pred_labels}"
            new_label = mmh3.hash(composite, 0) & 0xFFFFFFFF
            new_labels.append(new_label)
            shingles.add(f"{iteration}:{new_label}")
        labels = new_labels

    if not shingles:
        return [255] * NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS

    # Compute MinHash signature using mmh3 with different seeds
    shingle_list = list(shingles)
    signature = []
    for seed in _WL_MINHASH_SEEDS:
        min_val = 0xFFFFFFFF
        for s in shingle_list:
            h = mmh3.hash(s, seed) & 0xFFFFFFFF
            if h < min_val:
                min_val = h
        # Compress to uint8 for storage
        signature.append(min_val & 0xFF)

    return signature


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.9: Packed Adjacency
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def pack_adjacency(successors: list[list[int]]) -> list[int]:
    """
    Pack CFG edges as Array(UInt32).
    Each UInt32 = (source_index << 16) | target_index.
    Supports up to 65,535 blocks per function.
    """
    edges = []
    for src, targets in enumerate(successors):
        for tgt in targets:
            if src < 65536 and tgt < 65536:
                edges.append((src << 16) | tgt)
    return edges