Vianney Lapotre

42 papers B 4C 5Journal 13Unranked 19
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Hongwei Zhao, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2024 conf
ISVLSI
William Pensec, Francesco Regazzoni, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2023 book
Vianney Lapotre
2023 conf
EuroS&P Workshops
Nicolas Gaudin, Jean-Loup Hatchikian-Houdot, Frédéric Besson, Pascal Cotret, Guy Gogniat, Guillaume Hiet, Vianney Lapotre, Pierre Wilke
2022 J jnl
Ann. des Télécommunications
Maria Mushtaq, Muhammad Muneeb Yousaf, Muhammad Khurram Bhatti, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2020 J jnl
J. Syst. Archit.
Muhammad Asim Mukhtar, Maria Mushtaq, Muhammad Khurram Bhatti, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Ayaz Akram, Maria Mushtaq, Muhammad Khurram Bhatti, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Maria Mushtaq, Jeremy Bricq, Muhammad Khurram Bhatti, Ayaz Akram, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat, Pascal Benoit
2020 J jnl
Inf. Syst.
Maria Mushtaq, Muhammad Asim Mukhtar, Vianney Lapotre, Muhammad Khurram Bhatti, Guy Gogniat
2019 conf
CNS
Maria Mushtaq, Ayaz Akram, Muhammad Khurram Bhatti, Usman Ali, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2018 conf
AsianHOST
Muhammad Abdul Wahab, Pascal Cotret, Mounir Nasr Allah, Guillaume Hiet, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat, Arnab Kumar Biswas
2018 conf
ReConFig
Muhammad Abdul Wahab, Pascal Cotret, Mounir Nasr Allah, Guillaume Hiet, Arnab Kumar Biswas, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2018 J jnl
ACM Trans. Embed. Comput. Syst.
Maria Mendez Real, Philipp Wehner, Vianney Lapotre, Diana Göhringer, Guy Gogniat
2018 conf
NTMS
Cyrielle Feron, Vianney Lapotre, Loïc Lagadec
2018 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Computers
Vincent Migliore, Maria Mendez Real, Vianney Lapotre, Arnaud Tisserand, Caroline Fontaine, Guy Gogniat
2018 conf
ICECS
Maria Mushtaq, Ayaz Akram, Muhammad Khurram Bhatti, Maham Chaudhry, Muhammad Muneeb Yousaf, Umer Farooq, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2018 conf
HASP@ISCA
Maria Mushtaq, Ayaz Akram, Muhammad Khurram Bhatti, Maham Chaudhry, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2018 conf
GIIS
Maria Mushtaq, Ayaz Akram, Muhammad Khurram Bhatti, Rao Naveed Bin Rais, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Muhammad Abdul Wahab, Pascal Cotret, Mounir Nasr Allah, Guillaume Hiet, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2017 J jnl
ACM Trans. Embed. Comput. Syst.
Vincent Migliore, Cédric Seguin, Maria Mendez Real, Vianney Lapotre, Arnaud Tisserand, Caroline Fontaine, Guy Gogniat, Russell Tessier
2017 B conf
FPL
Muhammad Abdul Wahab, Pascal Cotret, Mounir Nasr Allah, Guillaume Hiet, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2017 B conf
FPL
Muhammad Abdul Wahab, Pascal Cotret, Mounir Nasr Allah, Guillaume Hiet, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2017 J jnl
EURASIP J. Adv. Signal Process.
Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat, Amer Baghdadi, Jean-Philippe Diguet
2017 C conf
SECRYPT
Cyrielle Feron, Vianney Lapotre, Loïc Lagadec
2016 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Very Large Scale Integr. Syst.
Vianney Lapotre, Purushotham Murugappa, Guy Gogniat, Amer Baghdadi, Michael Hübner, Jean-Philippe Diguet
2016 C conf
PDP
Maria Mendez Real, Vincent Migliore, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2016 conf
ReCoSoC
Maria Mendez Real, Philipp Wehner, Vincent Migliore, Vianney Lapotre, Diana Göhringer, Guy Gogniat
2016 conf
FPT
Vincent Migliore, Maria Mendez Real, Vianney Lapotre, Arnaud Tisserand, Caroline Fontaine, Guy Gogniat
2016 conf
SAMOS
Maria Mendez Real, Philipp Wehner, Jens Rettkowski, Vincent Migliore, Vianney Lapotre, Diana Göhringer, Guy Gogniat
2016 B conf
FPL
Muhammad Abdul Wahab, Pascal Cotret, Mounir Nasr Allah, Guillaume Hiet, Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat
2015 conf
ASP-DAC
Anastasiia Butko, Rafael Garibotti, Luciano Ost, Vianney Lapotre, Abdoulaye Gamatié, Gilles Sassatelli, Chris Adeniyi-Jones
2015 conf
ReConFig
Vincent Migliore, Maria Mendez Real, Vianney Lapotre, Arnaud Tisserand, Caroline Fontaine, Guy Gogniat
2015 conf
ISVLSI
Charles Effiong, Vianney Lapotre, Abdoulaye Gamatié, Gilles Sassatelli, Aida Todri-Sanial, Khalid Latif
2014 conf
NEWCAS
Anelise Kologeski, Fernanda Lima Kastensmidt, Vianney Lapotre, Abdoulaye Gamatié, Gilles Sassatelli, Aida Todri-Sanial
2013 conf
ISVLSI
Vianney Lapotre, Purushotham Murugappa, Guy Gogniat, Amer Baghdadi, Jean-Philippe Diguet, Jean-Noel Bazin, Michael Hübner
2013 conf
ReCoSoC
Vianney Lapotre, Michael Hübner, Guy Gogniat, Purushotham Murugappa, Amer Baghdadi, Jean-Philippe Diguet
2013 B conf
FPL
Vianney Lapotre, Philippe Coussy, Cyrille Chavet, Hugues Wouafo, Robin Danilo
2013 J jnl
Tech. Sci. Informatiques
Vianney Lapotre, Philippe Coussy, Cyrille Chavet
2013 C conf
ISCAS
Vianney Lapotre, Purushotham Murugappa, Guy Gogniat, Amer Baghdadi, Jean-Philippe Diguet, Jean-Noel Bazin, Michael Hübner
2013 C conf
RSP
Purushotham Murugappa, Vianney Lapotre, Amer Baghdadi, Michel Jézéquel
2013 C conf
DSD
Vianney Lapotre, Purushotham Murugappa, Guy Gogniat, Amer Baghdadi, Michael Hübner, Jean-Philippe Diguet
2012 conf
ReConFig
Vianney Lapotre, Guy Gogniat, Jean-Philippe Diguet, Salim Haddad, Amer Baghdadi
redb/extractors/elf_extractor.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractor.py python
import logging
from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
import inspect

from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
from elftools.common.exceptions import ELFError

from redb.extractors.extractor import Extractor

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


@abstractmethod
class ELFExtractor(Extractor, metaclass=ABCMeta):

    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
        )
        # Store ELF object if provided, otherwise we'll create it per-operation for security
        self._provided_elf = elf
        self._elf_file_valid = None  # Cache validity check

    def _with_elf_file(self, operation):
        """Safely execute an operation with an ELF file using context manager.

        Args:
            operation: A callable that takes an ELFFile object and returns a result

        Returns:
            The result of the operation, or None if an error occurred
        """
        if self._provided_elf:
            try:
                return operation(self._provided_elf)
            except ELFError as e:
                if "String Table not found" in str(e):
                    self.log.warning(f"String table missing in ELF {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
                    return None
                else:
                    self.log.error(f"ELF format error {self.hash.sha256} Full error: {e}")
                    return None
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error processing ELF file {self.hash.sha256} Full error: {e}")
                return None

        try:
            with open(self.filepath, 'rb') as f:
                elf = ELFFile(f)
                if not elf:
                    raise ELFError("Empty file?")
                return operation(elf)
        except ELFError as e:
            if "String Table not found" in str(e):
                self.log.warning(f"String table missing in ELF {self.hash.sha256}: {e}")
                return None
            else:
                self.log.error(f"ELF format error {self.hash.sha256} Full error: {e}")
                return None
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error reading ELF file {self.hash.sha256} Full error: {e}")
            return None

    def _is_elf_file(self):
        """Check if the file is a valid ELF binary."""
        if self._elf_file_valid is not None:
            return self._elf_file_valid

        def check_elf_validity(elf):
            # pyelftools ELFFile object existing means it's valid ELF
            # Just check that we can access the header
            header = elf.header
            return header is not None

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_elf_validity)
            self._elf_file_valid = bool(result)
            return self._elf_file_valid
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking ELF file: {e}")
            self._elf_file_valid = False
            return False

    def _is_64bit(self):
        """Check if the ELF binary is 64-bit."""
        def check_64bit(elf):
            return elf.header.get('e_ident', {}).get('EI_CLASS') == 'ELFCLASS64'

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_64bit)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking ELF bitness: {e}")
            return False

    def _is_stripped(self):
        """Check if the ELF binary is stripped (no symbol table)."""
        def check_stripped(elf):
            # Look for symbol table sections
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if section.name in ['.symtab', '.strtab']:
                    return False
            return True

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_stripped)
            return result if result is not None else True
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking if ELF is stripped: {e}")
            return True

    def _has_debug_info(self):
        """Check if the ELF binary contains debug information."""
        def check_debug_info(elf):
            # Look for debug sections
            debug_sections = ['.debug_info', '.debug_line', '.debug_str', '.debug_abbrev']
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if section.name in debug_sections:
                    return True
            return False

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_debug_info)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking debug info: {e}")
            return False

    def _get_architecture(self):
        """Get the architecture of the ELF binary."""
        def get_arch(elf):
            machine = elf.header.get('e_machine', 'EM_NONE')

            # Map common machine types to readable names
            arch_map = {
                'EM_386': 'x86',
                'EM_X86_64': 'x86_64',
                'EM_ARM': 'ARM',
                'EM_AARCH64': 'ARM64',
                'EM_MIPS': 'MIPS',
                'EM_PPC': 'PowerPC',
                'EM_PPC64': 'PowerPC64',
                'EM_SPARC': 'SPARC',
                'EM_RISCV': 'RISC-V'
            }

            return arch_map.get(machine, machine)

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(get_arch)
            return result if result is not None else "unknown"
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting architecture: {e}")
            return "unknown"

    def _get_endianness(self):
        """Get the endianness of the ELF binary."""
        def get_endian(elf):
            data_encoding = elf.header.get('e_ident', {}).get('EI_DATA')
            if data_encoding == 'ELFDATA2LSB':
                return "little"
            elif data_encoding == 'ELFDATA2MSB':
                return "big"
            return "unknown"

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(get_endian)
            return result if result is not None else "unknown"
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting endianness: {e}")
            return "unknown"

    def _get_file_type(self):
        """Get the file type of the ELF binary."""
        def get_file_type(elf):
            etype = elf.header.get('e_type', 'ET_NONE')

            # Map file types to readable names
            type_map = {
                'ET_NONE': 'none',
                'ET_REL': 'relocatable',
                'ET_EXEC': 'executable',
                'ET_DYN': 'shared_object',
                'ET_CORE': 'core_dump'
            }

            return type_map.get(etype, etype)

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(get_file_type)
            return result if result is not None else "unknown"
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting file type: {e}")
            return "unknown"

    def _is_pie(self):
        """Check if the ELF binary is position-independent executable."""
        def check_pie(elf):
            # PIE binaries are typically ET_DYN type
            etype = elf.header.get('e_type', 'ET_NONE')
            if etype == 'ET_DYN':
                # Check if it has an entry point (executable) vs library
                entry_point = elf.header.get('e_entry', 0)
                return entry_point > 0
            return False

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_pie)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking PIE: {e}")
            return False

    def _has_stack_protection(self):
        """Check if the binary has stack protection (canaries)."""
        def check_stack_protection(elf):
            # Look for stack protection symbols
            stack_symbols = ['__stack_chk_fail', '__stack_chk_guard']

            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_symbols'):
                    for symbol in section.iter_symbols():
                        if symbol.name in stack_symbols:
                            return True
            return False

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_stack_protection)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking stack protection: {e}")
            return False

    def _has_nx_bit(self):
        """Check if the binary has NX bit (non-executable stack)."""
        def check_nx_bit(elf):
            # Look for GNU_STACK segment
            for segment in elf.iter_segments():
                if segment.header.get('p_type') == 'PT_GNU_STACK':
                    flags = segment.header.get('p_flags', 0)
                    # Check if execute flag is NOT set (NX enabled)
                    return not (flags & 0x1)  # PF_X = 0x1
            return False

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_nx_bit)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking NX bit: {e}")
            return False

    def _has_relro(self):
        """Check if the binary has RELRO (Relocation Read-Only)."""
        def check_relro(elf):
            # Look for GNU_RELRO segment
            for segment in elf.iter_segments():
                if segment.header.get('p_type') == 'PT_GNU_RELRO':
                    return True
            return False

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(check_relro)
            return bool(result)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error checking RELRO: {e}")
            return False

    def _get_build_id(self):
        """Extract build ID from notes section."""
        def get_build_id(elf):
            # Look for build ID in notes sections
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if section.name == '.note.gnu.build-id':
                    for note in section.iter_notes():
                        if note['n_type'] == 'NT_GNU_BUILD_ID':
                            # Convert bytes to hex string
                            build_id = note['n_desc']
                            if isinstance(build_id, bytes):
                                return build_id.hex()
                            return str(build_id)
            return None

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(get_build_id)
            return result
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting build ID: {e}")
            return None

    def _count_sections(self):
        """Count the number of sections in the ELF file."""
        def count_sections(elf):
            return elf.header.get('e_shnum', 0)

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(count_sections)
            return result if result is not None else 0
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error counting sections: {e}")
            return 0

    def _count_segments(self):
        """Count the number of segments (program headers) in the ELF file."""
        def count_segments(elf):
            return elf.header.get('e_phnum', 0)

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(count_segments)
            return result if result is not None else 0
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error counting segments: {e}")
            return 0

    def _count_symbols(self):
        """Count the total number of symbols in symbol tables."""
        def count_symbols(elf):
            symbol_count = 0
            for section in elf.iter_sections():
                if hasattr(section, 'iter_symbols'):
                    symbol_count += section.num_symbols()
            return symbol_count

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(count_symbols)
            return result if result is not None else 0
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error counting symbols: {e}")
            return 0

    def _get_dependencies(self):
        """Get list of dynamic dependencies."""
        def get_dependencies(elf):
            dependencies = []
            dynamic_section = elf.get_section_by_name('.dynamic')
            if dynamic_section:
                for tag in dynamic_section.iter_tags():
                    if tag.entry.d_tag == 'DT_NEEDED':
                        dependencies.append(tag.needed)
            return dependencies

        try:
            result = self._with_elf_file(get_dependencies)
            return result if result is not None else []
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error getting dependencies: {e}")
            return []