Vatche Ishakian

45 papers A* 3A 8B 6C 1Journal 20Unranked 6
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2020 A* conf
AAAI
Steve T. K. Jan, Vatche Ishakian, Vinod Muthusamy
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Steve T. K. Jan, Vatche Ishakian, Vinod Muthusamy
2020 A* conf
INFOCOM
Nabeel Akhtar, Ali Raza, Vatche Ishakian, Ibrahim Matta
2019 J jnl
CoRR
K. R. Jayaram, Vinod Muthusamy, Parijat Dube, Vatche Ishakian, Chen Wang, Benjamin Herta, Scott Boag, Diana Arroyo, Asser N. Tantawi, Archit Verma, Falk Pollok, Rania Khalaf
2019 A conf
Middleware
K. R. Jayaram, Vinod Muthusamy, Parijat Dube, Vatche Ishakian, Chen Wang, Benjamin Herta, Scott Boag, Diana Arroyo, Asser N. Tantawi, Archit Verma, Falk Pollok, Rania Khalaf
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Aleksander Slominski, Vinod Muthusamy, Vatche Ishakian
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Vatche Ishakian, Azer Bestavros, Assaf J. Kfoury
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Phuong Nguyen, Vatche Ishakian, Vinod Muthusamy, Aleksander Slominski
2019 B conf
IC2E
Aleksander Slominski, Vinod Muthusamy, Vatche Ishakian
2019 J jnl
Commun. ACM
Paul C. Castro, Vatche Ishakian, Vinod Muthusamy, Aleksander Slominski
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Paul C. Castro, Vatche Ishakian, Vinod Muthusamy, Aleksander Slominski
2019 J jnl
CoRR
Aleksander Slominski, Vinod Muthusamy, Vatche Ishakian
2018 B conf
IC2E
Vatche Ishakian, Vinod Muthusamy, Aleksander Slominski
2018 conf
AI4I
Vinod Muthusamy, Aleksander Slominski, Vatche Ishakian
2017 conf
Middleware Posters and Demos
Pezhman Nasirifard, Aleksander Slominski, Vinod Muthusamy, Vatche Ishakian, Hans-Arno Jacobsen
2017 J jnl
Comput. Commun.
Vatche Ishakian, Raymond Sweha, Azer Bestavros
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Bishwaranjan Bhattacharjee, Scott Boag, Chandani Doshi, Parijat Dube, Ben Herta, Vatche Ishakian, K. R. Jayaram, Rania Khalaf, Avesh Krishna, Yu Bo Li, Vinod Muthusamy, Ruchir Puri, Yufei Ren, Florian Rosenberg, Seetharami R. Seelam, Yandong Wang, Jian Ming Zhang, Li Zhang
2017 J jnl
IBM J. Res. Dev.
Bishwaranjan Bhattacharjee, Scott Boag, Chandani Doshi, Parijat Dube, Ben Herta, Vatche Ishakian, K. R. Jayaram, Rania Khalaf, Avesh Krishna, Yu Bo Li, Vinod Muthusamy, Ruchir Puri, Yufei Ren, Florian Rosenberg, Seetharami R. Seelam, Yi Wang, Jian Ming Zhang, Li Zhang
2017 ch.
Research Advances in Cloud Computing
Ioana Baldini, Paul C. Castro, Kerry Shih-Ping Chang, Perry Cheng, Stephen Fink, Vatche Ishakian, Nick Mitchell, Vinod Muthusamy, Rodric Rabbah, Aleksander Slominski, Philippe Suter
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Ioana Baldini, Paul C. Castro, Kerry Shih-Ping Chang, Perry Cheng, Stephen J. Fink, Vatche Ishakian, Nick Mitchell, Vinod Muthusamy, Rodric M. Rabbah, Aleksander Slominski, Philippe Suter
2017 A conf
ICDCS
Paul C. Castro, Vatche Ishakian, Vinod Muthusamy, Aleksander Slominski
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Vatche Ishakian, Vinod Muthusamy, Aleksander Slominski
2017 J jnl
CoRR
Geoffrey C. Fox, Vatche Ishakian, Vinod Muthusamy, Aleksander Slominski
2016 conf
MOTA@Middleware
Mengting Yan, Paul C. Castro, Perry Cheng, Vatche Ishakian
2016 conf
MOBILESoft
Ioana Baldini, Paul C. Castro, Perry Cheng, Stephen J. Fink, Vatche Ishakian, Nick Mitchell, Vinod Muthusamy, Rodric Rabbah, Philippe Suter
2016 conf
DEBS
Vinod Muthusamy, Aleksander Slominski, Vatche Ishakian, Rania Khalaf, Johnathan M. Reason, Szabolcs Rozsnyai
2016 A conf
SDM
Phuong Nguyen, Aleksander Slominski, Vinod Muthusamy, Vatche Ishakian, Klara Nahrstedt
2015 A conf
SDM
Dóra Erdös, Vatche Ishakian, Azer Bestavros, Evimaria Terzi
2015 A conf
BPM
Yiqin Yu, Xiang Li, Haifeng Liu, Jing Mei, Nirmal Mukhi, Vatche Ishakian, Guotong Xie, Geetika T. Lakshmanan, Mike Marin
2014 J jnl
CoRR
Dóra Erdös, Vatche Ishakian, Azer Bestavros, Evimaria Terzi
2014 C conf
ISORC
Partha P. Pal, Michael Atighetchi, Nathaniel Soule, Vatche Ishakian, Joseph P. Loyall, Robert Grant, Asher Sinclair
2013 J jnl
CoRR
Benjamin Lubin, Jesse Shore, Vatche Ishakian
2013 A* conf
KDD
Dóra Erdös, Vatche Ishakian, Azer Bestavros, Evimaria Terzi
2013 J jnl
ACM Comput. Surv.
Flavio Esposito, Ibrahim Matta, Vatche Ishakian
2012 A conf
SDM
Vatche Ishakian, Dóra Erdös, Evimaria Terzi, Azer Bestavros
2012 A conf
MMSys
Raymond Sweha, Vatche Ishakian, Azer Bestavros
2012 A conf
Middleware
Vatche Ishakian, Raymond Sweha, Azer Bestavros, Jonathan Appavoo
2012 B conf
CCGRID
Vatche Ishakian, Azer Bestavros
2012 J jnl
Comput. Commun.
Vatche Ishakian, Joseph Akinwumi, Flavio Esposito, Ibrahim Matta
2012 J jnl
CoRR
Dóra Erdös, Vatche Ishakian, Andrei Lapets, Evimaria Terzi, Azer Bestavros
2012 J jnl
Proc. VLDB Endow.
Dóra Erdös, Vatche Ishakian, Andrei Lapets, Evimaria Terzi, Azer Bestavros
2011 conf
IEEE CLOUD
Raymond Sweha, Vatche Ishakian, Azer Bestavros
2011 B conf
SERVICES
Vatche Ishakian, Andrei Lapets, Azer Bestavros, Assaf J. Kfoury
2010 B conf
RTCSA
Vatche Ishakian, Azer Bestavros, Assaf J. Kfoury
2010 B conf
NCA
Vatche Ishakian, Raymond Sweha, Jorge Londoño, Azer Bestavros
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/disassembly.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/disassembly.py python
import re
import time

import binaryninja
from binaryninja.enums import (
    InstructionTextTokenType,
)

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


class DisassemblyAnalysis:
    INVALID_STACK_SIZE = -1

    def __init__(self, arch, function, bv, logger):
        self.arch = arch
        self.function = function
        self.bv = bv
        self.logger = logger
        if self.function is not None and hasattr(self.function, "instructions"):
            self.instructions = self.function.instructions
        else:
            self.instructions = []
        self.errors = []
        return

    def log_error(
        self, message, function_name, address, exception=None, error_location="unknown"
    ):
        """Log an error during processing."""
        error_msg = f"Error in function {function_name} at {address}: {message}"
        if exception:
            error_msg += f" - {str(exception)}"
        self.logger.error(error_msg)

        # Add to errors list
        error = {
            "function_name": function_name,
            "function_address": str(address),
            "error_location": error_location,
            "error_message": message,
            "error_details": str(exception) if exception else "",
            "error_type": type(exception).__name__ if exception else "Unknown",
            "timestamp": int(time.time() * 1000),
        }
        self.errors.append(error)

    def get_json(self):
        try:
            # Build disassembly string and normalized versions
            disassembly_builder = [[], []]  # Address and instruction text

            # Create a dictionary mapping addresses to instruction tokens
            instr_tokens_by_addr = {}
            for instr_tokens, addr in self.instructions:
                instr_tokens_by_addr[addr] = instr_tokens

            addresses = sorted(instr_tokens_by_addr.keys())
            for address in addresses:
                # Original disassembly with addresses
                # instr_tokens, address = instruction
                instr_tokens = instr_tokens_by_addr[address]
                disassembly_builder[0].append(address)
                disassembly_builder[1].append("".join(map(str, instr_tokens)))

            # Join with newlines
            disassembly_str = "\n".join(disassembly_builder[1])
            disassembly_with_addresses = "\n".join(
                f"{hex(address)}: {instr_text}"
                for address, instr_text in zip(
                    disassembly_builder[0], disassembly_builder[1], strict=False
                )
            )

            disassembly_json = {
                "disassembled_function_hash": calculate_sha256(disassembly_str),
                "disassembled_function": disassembly_with_addresses,
                "disassembled_function_no_addresses": disassembly_str,
                "disassembled_function_name": self.function.name,
                "disassembled_function_address": self.function.start,
                "instructions_count": len(instr_tokens_by_addr.keys()),
                "function_type": FunctionTypeAnalysis(self.function)
                .get_function_type()
                .name,
            }

            # Add additional metrics
            type_frequencies = self.collect_instruction_types()
            disassembly_json["instructions_types"] = list(type_frequencies.keys())
            disassembly_json["control_flow_count"] = (
                self.count_control_flow_instructions()
            )
            disassembly_json["memory_access_pattern"] = self.collect_memory_patterns()
            disassembly_json["register_usage"] = self.collect_register_usage()
            disassembly_json["data_references_count"] = self.count_data_references()
            disassembly_json["max_block_size"] = self.compute_max_block_size()
            disassembly_json["num_calls"] = self.compute_num_calls()
            disassembly_json["stack_size"] = self.estimate_stack_size()

            return disassembly_json, self.errors

        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to collect instruction types",
                self.function.name,
                self.function.start,
                e,
                "collect_instruction_types",
            )
            raise ValueError(e) from e

    def collect_instruction_types(self):
        """Collect instruction type frequencies from a function."""
        type_frequencies = {}

        try:
            # Iterate through all instructions in the function
            for instruction in self.instructions:
                instr_tokens = instruction[0]  # Get the instruction tokens

                # Extract the mnemonic from the instruction tokens
                mnemonic = None
                for token in instr_tokens:
                    if token.type == InstructionTextTokenType.InstructionToken:
                        mnemonic = token.text
                        break

                if not mnemonic:
                    continue

                # Use normalize_opcode to get standardized opcode
                normalized = self.normalize_opcode(mnemonic)

                # Get category from opcode_categories or use the instruction type directly
                category = self.arch.opcode_categories.get(normalized)
                if category:
                    self._increment_frequency(type_frequencies, category)

        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to collect instruction types",
                self.function.name,
                self.function.start,
                e,
                "collect_instruction_types",
            )

        return type_frequencies

    def normalize_opcode(self, opcode):
        return opcode.upper()

    def collect_memory_patterns(self):
        """Collect memory access patterns from a function."""
        patterns = []
        try:
            for instruction in self.instructions:
                instr_tokens = instruction[0]

                # We need to capture memory operands between BeginMemoryOperandToken and EndMemoryOperandToken
                in_memory_operand = False
                memory_operand_text = ""

                for token in instr_tokens:
                    if token.type == InstructionTextTokenType.BeginMemoryOperandToken:
                        in_memory_operand = True
                        memory_operand_text = ""
                    elif token.type == InstructionTextTokenType.EndMemoryOperandToken:
                        in_memory_operand = False

                        # Process the captured memory operand text
                        if memory_operand_text:
                            # Categorize memory access pattern
                            if (
                                "+" in memory_operand_text
                                and "*" in memory_operand_text
                            ):
                                if "MEM_SCALED_INDEX" not in patterns:
                                    patterns.append("MEM_SCALED_INDEX")
                            elif (
                                "+" in memory_operand_text or "-" in memory_operand_text
                            ):
                                if "MEM_BASE_OFFSET" not in patterns:
                                    patterns.append("MEM_BASE_OFFSET")
                            else:
                                if "MEM_DIRECT" not in patterns:
                                    patterns.append("MEM_DIRECT")

                            # Check for stack accesses
                            if any(
                                reg in memory_operand_text
                                for reg in ["SP", "BP", "ESP", "EBP", "RSP", "RBP"]
                            ):
                                if "MEM_STACK" not in patterns:
                                    patterns.append("MEM_STACK")
                            # Check for string operations
                            elif (
                                any(
                                    reg in memory_operand_text
                                    for reg in ["SI", "DI", "ESI", "EDI", "RSI", "RDI"]
                                )
                                and "MEM_STRING" not in patterns
                            ):
                                patterns.append("MEM_STRING")
                    elif in_memory_operand:
                        # Accumulate token text while inside a memory operand
                        memory_operand_text += token.text
        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to collect memory patterns",
                self.function.name,
                self.function.start,
                e,
                "collect_memory_patterns",
            )
        return patterns

    def collect_register_usage(self):
        """Collect register usage from a function."""
        registers = []
        try:
            # Define register groups we're interested in tracking
            register_groups = {
                "GPR": [
                    "RAX",
                    "RBX",
                    "RCX",
                    "RDX",
                    "R9",
                    "R10",
                    "R11",
                    "R12",
                    "R13",
                    "R14",
                    "R15",
                    "EAX",
                    "EBX",
                    "ECX",
                    "EDX",
                    "R9D",
                    "R10D",
                    "R11D",
                    "R12D",
                    "R13D",
                    "R14D",
                    "AX",
                    "BX",
                    "CX",
                    "DX",
                ],
                "GPR_INDEX": ["RSI", "RDI", "ESI", "EDI", "SI", "DI"],
                "GPR_STACK": ["RSP", "RBP", "ESP", "EBP", "SP", "BP"],
                "SIMD": ["XMM", "YMM", "ZMM"],
                "FPU": ["ST", "ST0", "ST1", "ST2", "ST3", "ST4", "ST5", "ST6", "ST7"],
                "FLAGS": ["FLAGS", "EFLAGS", "RFLAGS"],
                "CONTROL_REGISTER": ["CR0", "CR2", "CR3", "CR4", "CR8"],
                "DEBUG_REGISTER": ["DR0", "DR1", "DR2", "DR3", "DR6", "DR7"],
            }

            # Extract registers from instructions
            for instruction in self.instructions:
                instr_tokens = instruction[0]
                for token in instr_tokens:
                    if token.type == InstructionTextTokenType.RegisterToken:
                        reg = token.text.upper()
                        # Check which group this register belongs to
                        for group, regs in register_groups.items():
                            # if any(r in reg for r in regs) or any(reg.startswith(r) for r in regs):
                            if any(reg == r or reg.startswith(r) for r in regs):
                                if group not in registers:
                                    registers.append(group)
                                break
        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to collect register usage",
                self.function.name,
                self.function.start,
                e,
                "collect_register_usage",
            )
        return registers

    def count_data_references(self):
        """Count the number of data references in a function."""
        count = 0
        try:

            if self.function.mlil is None:
                return 0

            for block in self.function.mlil:
                for instr in block:
                    instr_str = str(instr)
                    logged = False
                    src = None

                    # Check for constant dereferencing or symbolic refs
                    if hasattr(instr, "src"):
                        src = instr.src
                        if isinstance(
                            src,
                            (
                                binaryninja.mediumlevelil.MediumLevelILConstPtr,
                                binaryninja.mediumlevelil.MediumLevelILConst,
                            ),
                        ):
                            count += 1
                            logged = True

                    # Check full string for hardcoded addresses or symbol-like tokens
                    if re.search(r"\b0x[0-9A-Fa-f]{3,}\b", instr_str) and not logged:
                        count += 1
                        logged = True

                    if "_" in instr_str and not logged:
                        count += 1
                        logged = True

                    # Only check for MediumLevelILConstPtr if src exists
                    if src is not None and isinstance(
                        src, binaryninja.mediumlevelil.MediumLevelILConstPtr
                    ):
                        addr = src.constant
                        # Check if address is in data sections
                        segment = self.bv.get_segment_at(addr)
                        if segment and segment.writable:
                            # print(f"[{function.name}] Matched data section reference in: {instr_str}")
                            count += 1
                            logged = True
        except Exception as e:
            self.logger.warning(
                f"Failed to use MLIL for counting data references in {self.function.name} at {self.function.start}: {e}"
            )
        return count

    def compute_max_block_size(self):
        """Compute the maximum basic block size in a function."""
        max_size = 0
        if self.function is None:
            return 0

        for block in self.function.basic_blocks:
            try:
                # Count instructions in this block using the direct length approach
                # This avoids UTF-8 decoding issues entirely
                block_size = block.instruction_count
                max_size = max(max_size, block_size)
            except Exception as e:
                self.log_error(
                    f"[HandledError] computing max block size: {e}",
                    self.function.name,
                    self.function.start,
                    e,
                    "compute_max_block_size",
                )
        return max_size

    def count_control_flow_instructions(self):
        """Count the number of control flow instructions in a function."""
        count = 0
        try:
            for instruction in self.instructions:
                instr_tokens = instruction[0]
                if self.arch.is_control_flow_instruction(instr_tokens):
                    count += 1
        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to count control flow instructions",
                self.function.name,
                self.function.start,
                e,
                "count_control_flow_instructions",
            )
        return count

    def compute_num_calls(self) -> int:
        """Compute the number of call instructions in a function."""
        num_calls = 0
        try:
            for instruction in self.instructions:
                instr_tokens = instruction[0]
                # Extract the mnemonic
                for token in instr_tokens:
                    if token.type == InstructionTextTokenType.InstructionToken:
                        if token.text.upper() == "CALL":
                            num_calls += 1
                        break
        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to compute number of calls",
                self.function.name,
                self.function.start,
                e,
                "compute_num_calls",
            )
        return num_calls

    def _increment_frequency(self, frequencies, type_name):
        """Increment the frequency count for an instruction type."""
        if type_name in frequencies:
            frequencies[type_name] += 1
        else:
            frequencies[type_name] = 1

    def estimate_stack_size(self):
        """Estimate the stack size used by a function."""
        try:
            # Binary Ninja provides a stack adjustment value for functions
            # Need to convert OffsetWithConfidence to a plain integer
            stack_adjust = self.function.stack_adjustment
            if hasattr(stack_adjust, "value"):  # Handle OffsetWithConfidence objects
                return stack_adjust.value
            return stack_adjust
        except Exception as e:
            self.log_error(
                "Failed to estimate stack size",
                self.function.name,
                self.function.start,
                e,
                "estimate_stack_size",
            )
            return self.INVALID_STACK_SIZE