Vamsy P. Chodavarapu

28 papers C 1Misc 1Journal 20Unranked 6
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2024 J jnl
Sensors
Abdullah K. Alhazmi, Mubarak A. Alanazi, Awwad H. Alshehry, Saleh M. Alshahry, Jennifer Jaszek, Cameron Djukic, Anna Brown, Kurt Jackson, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2023 J jnl
Sensors
Saleh M. Alshahry, Awwad H. Alshehry, Abdullah K. Alhazmi, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2023 J jnl
Sensors
Awwad H. Alshehry, Saleh M. Alshahry, Abdullah K. Alhazmi, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2023 J jnl
Sensors
Tchamie Kadja, Yvonne Sun, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2022 J jnl
Sensors
Chengkun Liu, Tchamie Kadja, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2022 J jnl
Sensors
Tchamie Kadja, Chengkun Liu, Yvonne Sun, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2022 J jnl
Sensors
Mubarak A. Alanazi, Abdullah K. Alhazmi, Osama Alsattam, Kara Gnau, Meghan Brown, Shannon Thiel, Kurt Jackson, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2021 Misc conf
CISS
Mubarak A. Alanazi, Abdullah K. Alhazmi, Chris Yakopcic, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2021 J jnl
Sensors
Akash Kota, Ashish Gogia, Amy T. Neidhard-Doll, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2019 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I Regul. Pap.
Mohammad S. Islam, Siddharth K. Singh, George Xereas, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, Soumyajit Mandal
2017 conf
ICAC
Gayatri M. Behara, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2015 J jnl
Sensors
Adel Merdassi, Peng Yang, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2015 J jnl
Sensors
Elizabeth C. Tehan, Rachel M. Bukowski, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, Albert H. Titus, Alexander N. Cartwright, Frank V. Bright
2015 conf
ISQED
Yucai Wang, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2015 J jnl
Sensors
Yucai Wang, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2014 C conf
ISCAS
Moataz Abdelfattah, Gordon W. Roberts, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2014 conf
ISQED
Yucai Wang, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2014 conf
CCECE
Kevin S. Greig, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2013 conf
CCECE
George Xereas, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2011 J jnl
J. Sensors
Philip J. R. Roche, Sandrine Filion-Côté, Maurice C.-K. Cheung, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, Andrew G. Kirk
2011 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst.
Lei Yao, Philippe Lamarche, Nancy Tawil, Rifat Khan, Amir M. Aliakbar, Mohamad H. Hassan, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, Rosemonde Mandeville
2011 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst.
Lei Yao, Ka Yi Yung, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, Frank V. Bright
2011 conf
EMBC
Lei Yao, Ka Yi Yung, Maurice C.-K. Cheung, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, Frank V. Bright
2010 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst.
Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh, Mohamad Sawan, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, Tahereh Hosseini-Nia
2010 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst.
An Hu, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2009 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst.
Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh, Mohamad Sawan, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu
2009 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst.
Lei Yao, Rifat Khan, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, Vijay S. Tripathi, Frank V. Bright
2007 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I Regul. Pap.
Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, Daniil O. Shubin, Rachel M. Bukowski, Albert H. Titus, Alexander N. Cartwright, Frank V. Bright
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"