Valerio Bioglio

80 papers A 1B 13Misc 4Journal 44Unranked 18
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Laura Luzzi, Valerio Bioglio
2025 conf
ISTC
Valerio Bioglio, Gastón De Boni Rovella, Meryem Benammar
2024 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Charles Pillet, Ilshat Sagitov, Valerio Bioglio, Pascal Giard
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Charles Pillet, Ilshat Sagitov, Valerio Bioglio, Pascal Giard
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory
Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land, Charles Pillet
2023 B conf
ITW
Charles Pillet, Valerio Bioglio, Pascal Giard
2022 conf
ICC
Charles Pillet, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land, Charles Pillet
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Charles Pillet, Valerio Bioglio
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Charles Pillet, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2021 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials
Valerio Bioglio, Carlo Condo, Ingmar Land
2021 conf
ISTC
Charles Pillet, Carlo Condo, Valerio Bioglio
2021 conf
GLOBECOM (Workshops)
Carlo Condo, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Carlo Condo, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2021 B conf
ITW
Charles Pillet, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Charles Pillet, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2021 B conf
ISIT
Valerio Bioglio, Carlo Condo, Ingmar Land
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Carlo Condo, Valerio Bioglio, Charles Pillet, Ingmar Land
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Charles Pillet, Carlo Condo, Valerio Bioglio
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Valerio Bioglio, Frederic Gabry, Ingmar Land, Jean-Claude Belfiore
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Commun.
Valerio Bioglio, Frédéric Gabry, Ingmar Land, Jean-Claude Belfiore
2020 B conf
WCNC
Charles Pillet, Valerio Bioglio, Carlo Condo
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Signal Process.
Carlo Condo, Valerio Bioglio, Hartmut Hafermann, Ingmar Land
2020 conf
ICC
Charles Pillet, Carlo Condo, Valerio Bioglio
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Charles Pillet, Carlo Condo, Valerio Bioglio
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Valerio Bioglio, Carlo Condo
2020 conf
OFC
Carlo Condo, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2019 B conf
WCNC
Valerio Bioglio, Carlo Condo, Ingmar Land
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Valerio Bioglio, Carlo Condo, Ingmar Land
2019 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Commun.
Paul Ferrand, Marco Maso, Valerio Bioglio
2019 B conf
ISIT
Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land, Carlo Condo
2019 J jnl
IEEE Wirel. Commun. Lett.
Valerio Bioglio
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Charles Pillet, Valerio Bioglio, Carlo Condo
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Carlo Condo, Valerio Bioglio, Hartmut Hafermann, Ingmar Land
2019 B conf
ITW
Carlo Condo, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Valerio Bioglio, Carlo Condo, Ingmar Land
2018 conf
ISTC
Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land, Frederic Gabry, Jean-Claude Belfiore
2018 B conf
GLOBECOM
Carlo Condo, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Carlo Condo, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Paul Ferrand, Marco Maso, Valerio Bioglio
2018 Misc conf
ACSSC
Valerio Bioglio, Carlo Condo, Ingmar Land
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Valerio Bioglio, Carlo Condo, Ingmar Land
2018 conf
ISTC
Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2018 conf
WCNC Workshops
Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2018 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2017 conf
WCNC Workshops
Valerio Bioglio, Frederic Gabry, Ingmar Land
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Valerio Bioglio, Frederic Gabry, Ingmar Land
2017 conf
WCNC Workshops
Beatrice Tomasi, Frederic Gabry, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land, Jean-Claude Belfiore
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Beatrice Tomasi, Frédéric Gabry, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land, Jean-Claude Belfiore
2017 B conf
GLOBECOM
Valerio Bioglio, Frederic Gabry, Ingmar Land, Jean-Claude Belfiore
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Valerio Bioglio, Frederic Gabry, Ingmar Land, Jean-Claude Belfiore
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Meryem Benammar, Valerio Bioglio, Frederic Gabry, Ingmar Land
2017 conf
ICC Workshops
Frederic Gabry, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land, Jean-Claude Belfiore
2017 B conf
ITW
Meryem Benammar, Valerio Bioglio, Frederic Gabry, Ingmar Land
2017 conf
ICC
Frederic Gabry, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2017 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Valerio Bioglio, Frederic Gabry, Loig Godard, Ingmar Land
2016 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur.
Tiziano Bianchi, Valerio Bioglio, Enrico Magli
2016 J jnl
CoRR
Frederic Gabry, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land, Jean-Claude Belfiore
2016 J jnl
CoRR
Frederic Gabry, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2016 J jnl
CoRR
Frederic Gabry, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2016 J jnl
IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun.
Frederic Gabry, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2016 conf
ICC Workshops
Frederic Gabry, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2016 conf
ICC
Frederic Gabry, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2015 conf
CCDWN@CoNEXT
Frederic Gabry, Valerio Bioglio, Ingmar Land
2015 Misc conf
ICASSP
Valerio Bioglio, Tiziano Bianchi, Enrico Magli
2015 B conf
GLOBECOM
Valerio Bioglio, Frederic Gabry, Ingmar Land
2015 J jnl
CoRR
Valerio Bioglio, Frederic Gabry, Ingmar Land
2014 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Multim.
Attilio Fiandrotti, Valerio Bioglio, Marco Grangetto, Rossano Gaeta, Enrico Magli
2014 Misc conf
ICASSP
Tiziano Bianchi, Valerio Bioglio, Enrico Magli
2014 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Parallel Distributed Syst.
Valerio Bioglio, Rossano Gaeta, Marco Grangetto, Matteo Sereno
2014 conf
WIFS
Valerio Bioglio, Tiziano Bianchi, Enrico Magli
2014 B conf
ICIP
Valerio Bioglio, Giulio Coluccia, Enrico Magli
2013 J jnl
Perform. Evaluation
Valerio Bioglio, Marco Grangetto, Rossano Gaeta, Matteo Sereno
2013 J jnl
CoRR
Attilio Fiandrotti, Valerio Bioglio, Marco Grangetto, Rossano Gaeta, Enrico Magli
2013 Misc conf
ICASSP
Attilio Fiandrotti, Valerio Bioglio, Enrico Magli
2012 A conf
ICME
Attilio Fiandrotti, Valerio Bioglio, Enrico Magli, Marco Grangetto, Rossano Gaeta
2011 J jnl
Perform. Evaluation
Valerio Bioglio, Rossano Gaeta, Marco Grangetto, Matteo Sereno, Salvatore Spoto
2011 B conf
ISIT
Valerio Bioglio, Marco Grangetto, Rossano Gaeta, Matteo Sereno
2011 conf
IPDPS Workshops
Matteo Zola, Valerio Bioglio, Cosimo Anglano, Rossano Gaeta, Marco Grangetto, Matteo Sereno
2009 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Valerio Bioglio, Marco Grangetto, Rossano Gaeta, Matteo Sereno
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/cfg-old.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/cfg-old.py python
from collections import deque
from enum import Enum

from binaryninja.enums import (
    BranchType,
    InstructionTextTokenType,
)

# Support both package and standalone imports
try:
    from ..utils.hashes import calculate_md5, calculate_sha256
except ImportError:
    # Fallback to absolute imports (for multiprocessing spawned processes)
    from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.utils.hashes import calculate_md5, calculate_sha256


class CFGAnalysis:
    def __init__(self, function):
        self.function = function

    def determine_block_type(self, block) -> str:
        """Determine the type of a basic block."""
        # Check if it's a thunk function (usually just a jump or call)
        if len(block.disassembly_text) <= 2 and any(
            "jmp" in line.tokens[0].text.lower() for line in block.disassembly_text
        ):
            return "THUNK"

        # Check if it contains only data (no valid instructions)
        if all(not line.tokens for line in block.disassembly_text):
            return "DATA"

        # Default to code
        return "CODE"

    def extract_cyclomatic_complexity(self):
        """
        Cyclomatic complexity (McCabe’s metric) measures the number of linearly independent paths
        through a function’s control flow graph (CFG).
        The standard formula is:

            M = E - N + 2

        where:
            - E = number of edges in the CFG
            - N = number of nodes (basic blocks)
            - 2 accounts for the entry and exit nodes of a single connected graph
        """
        if self.function is None:
            return 0

        # number of basic blocks
        num_blocks = len(self.function.basic_blocks)
        # number of edges in the graph
        num_edges = sum(
            len(basic_block.outgoing_edges)
            for basic_block in self.function.basic_blocks
        )
        return num_edges - num_blocks + 2

    def extract_function_cfg(self):
        """Extract information about a function CFG and return it as a dictionary."""

        function = self.function
        function_data = {
            "function_address": self.function.start,
            "blocks": [],
            "measures": {
                "cyclomatic_complexity": self.extract_cyclomatic_complexity(),
            },
        }

        if self.function is None:
            return function_data

        # Get the map of the depth associated to every block
        depths = self.get_map_depth()

        # Get the map of the positions associated to every block
        id_maps = self.get_block_id_map()

        # Extract block data with graph structure information
        for block in function.basic_blocks:
            # dominators per every block translated
            dominators = sorted(self.extract_dominators(block, id_maps))

            # post dominators
            post_dominators = sorted(self.extract_post_dominators(block, id_maps))

            # Build block instructions string
            block_instructions = "\n".join(str(line) for line in block.disassembly_text)

            # Determine block type
            block_type = self.determine_block_type(block)

            # Extract successors directly from basic block
            successor_blocks = [edge.target.start for edge in block.outgoing_edges]
            # We ensure a canonical order and we sort the edges
            successor_blocks.sort()

            # Extract predecessors directly from basic block
            predecessor_blocks = [edge.source.start for edge in block.incoming_edges]
            # We ensure a canonical order and we sort the edges
            predecessor_blocks.sort()

            # Determine branch type from outgoing edges
            branch_type = self.determine_branch_type(block)

            instructions_count = len(block.disassembly_text)

            # Create block record
            block_json = {
                "function_address": self.function.start,
                "block_start_address": block.start,
                "block_end_address": block.end,
                "block_size": block.end - block.start,
                "instructions_count": instructions_count,
                "block_instructions_hash": calculate_sha256(block_instructions),
                "predecessor_blocks": predecessor_blocks,
                "successor_blocks": successor_blocks,
                "depth": depths[block.start],
                "position": id_maps[block.start],
                "branch_type": branch_type,
                "block_type": block_type,
                "flags": self.extract_block_flags(block),
                "dominators": dominators,
                "post_dominators": post_dominators,
            }
            function_data["blocks"].append(block_json)

        return function_data

    def extract_dominators(self, bb, id_maps):
        """Extract the dominators normalized"""
        dom_idx = [id_maps[d.start] for d in bb.dominators]
        return dom_idx

    def extract_post_dominators(self, bb, id_maps):
        """Extract the post-dominators normalized"""
        post_dom_idx = [id_maps[d.start] for d in bb.post_dominators]
        return post_dom_idx

    def determine_branch_type(self, block):
        """
        Determine the type of branch at the end of a basic block.
        This combines edge type information with instruction analysis.
        """
        # If no outgoing edges, it might be a return or terminal block
        if not block.outgoing_edges:
            # Check if the last instruction is a return
            for line in reversed(list(block.disassembly_text)):
                if line.tokens and any(
                    token.text.lower() in ["ret", "retn"] for token in line.tokens
                ):
                    return "RETURN"
            return "UNKNOWN"

        # Collect branch types from all outgoing edges
        branch_types = []
        for edge in block.outgoing_edges:
            edge_type = edge.type
            # Map edge type to our branch type enum
            if isinstance(edge_type, str):
                if edge_type == "IndirectCall":
                    branch_types.append("CALL")
                else:
                    branch_types.append("UNKNOWN")
            else:
                # Use our mapping for integer/enum values
                type_mapping = {
                    BranchType.UnconditionalBranch: "DIRECT",
                    BranchType.FalseBranch: "CONDITIONAL",
                    BranchType.TrueBranch: "CONDITIONAL",
                    BranchType.CallDestination: "CALL",
                    BranchType.FunctionReturn: "RETURN",
                    BranchType.SystemCall: "CALL",
                    BranchType.IndirectBranch: "INDIRECT",
                    BranchType.ExceptionBranch: "UNKNOWN",
                    BranchType.UnresolvedBranch: "UNKNOWN",
                    BranchType.UserDefinedBranch: "UNKNOWN",
                }
                branch_types.append(type_mapping.get(edge_type, "UNKNOWN"))

        # Determine overall branch type (prioritize CALL > RETURN > CONDITIONAL > DIRECT)
        if "CALL" in branch_types:
            return "CALL"
        elif "RETURN" in branch_types:
            return "RETURN"
        elif "CONDITIONAL" in branch_types:
            return "CONDITIONAL"
        elif "DIRECT" in branch_types:
            return "DIRECT"
        elif len(block.outgoing_edges) == 1:
            return "FALLTHROUGH"

        # If edge analysis was inconclusive, fall back to instruction analysis
        last_instr = None
        for line in reversed(list(block.disassembly_text)):
            if line.tokens:
                last_instr = line
                break

        if last_instr:
            mnemonic = None
            for token in last_instr.tokens:
                if token.type == InstructionTextTokenType.InstructionToken:
                    mnemonic = token.text.lower()
                    break

            if mnemonic:
                if mnemonic == "call":
                    return "CALL"
                elif mnemonic == "jmp":
                    return "DIRECT"
                elif mnemonic.startswith("j") and mnemonic != "jmp":
                    return "CONDITIONAL"
                elif mnemonic in ["ret", "retn"]:
                    return "RETURN"

        return "UNKNOWN"

    def get_map_depth(self):
        """
        Run a BFS on the basic blocks of the function to assign a depth to every block
        """

        depths = {}
        entry = self.function.get_basic_block_at(self.function.start)

        ### Simple BFS
        q = deque()
        q.append(entry)
        depths[entry.start] = 0

        while q:
            b = q.popleft()
            b_depth = depths[b.start]
            for edge in b.outgoing_edges:
                tgt = edge.target

                if tgt is None:
                    continue

                if tgt.start not in depths:
                    depths[tgt.start] = b_depth + 1
                    q.append(tgt)

        return depths

    def get_block_id_map(self):
        """
        Assign a unique, sequential ID to each basic block of the function using a BFS starting from the entry block.
        """

        id_map = {}
        entry = self.function.get_basic_block_at(self.function.start)

        q = deque()
        q.append(entry)

        current_id = 0
        id_map[entry.start] = current_id

        while q:
            b = q.popleft()
            for edge in b.outgoing_edges:
                tgt = edge.target

                if tgt is None:
                    continue

                if tgt.start not in id_map:
                    current_id += 1
                    id_map[tgt.start] = current_id
                    q.append(tgt)

        return id_map

    def extract_block_flags(self, block):
        """
        Get the flags for every basic block. Currently, we implemented these heuristics:
            - if a basic block is the entry node for a function
            - if a basic block is the exit block for a function
            - if a basic block is part of a natural loop
        """
        flags = []

        if block.start == self.function.start:
            flags.append(BlockFlags.EntryBlock.value)

        if any(edge.type == BranchType.FunctionReturn for edge in block.outgoing_edges):
            flags.append(BlockFlags.ExitBlock.value)

        # if this block is in its dominance frontier, then it's part of a natural loop
        if block in block.dominance_frontier:
            flags.append(BlockFlags.LoopBlock.value)

        return flags


class BlockFlags(Enum):
    # generally, the basic block identifying the entry point of the function
    EntryBlock = "EntryBlock"
    # any basic blocks that makes the control flow exiting from the current function
    ExitBlock = "ExitBlock"
    # any block is in a natural loop if it is in its own dominance frontier
    LoopBlock = "LoopBlock"


class BlockType(Enum):
    THUNK = "THUNK"
    DATA = "DATA"
    PADDING = "PADDING"
    CODE = "CODE"