Xianfeng Wang

36 papers Misc 3Journal 15Unranked 18
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Xianfeng Wang, Kaiwei Zhang, Qi Jia, Zijian Chen, Guangtao Zhai, Xiongkuo Min
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Hengjian Gao, Kaiwei Zhang, Shibo Wang, Mingjie Chen, Qihang Cao, Xianfeng Wang, Yucheng Zhu, Xiongkuo Min, Wei Sun, Dandan Zhu, Guangtao Zhai
2026 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Wu-Jian Long, Hongli Zhang, Songyuan Geng, Qiling Luo, Liu Mei, Xianfeng Wang, Biqin Dong, Boyuan Cheng
2025 J jnl
Multim. Syst.
Fei Pan, Lianyu Zhao, Chenglin Wang, Xianfeng Wang, Guangxin Ren
2024 J jnl
Sensors
Xianfeng Wang, Hui Liu, Huadong Zheng, Guoxiong Liu, Dan Xu
2024 J jnl
J. Intell. Robotic Syst.
Kaiyuan Dong, Tao Liu, Yan Zheng, Zhen Shi, Hongwang Du, Xianfeng Wang
2023 J jnl
IEEE Access
Xuqi Wang, Xianfeng Wang, Shanwen Zhang
2023 conf
SPML
Wenbo Wei, Maoyong Cao, Fengying Ma, Peng Ji, Xianfeng Wang
2022 conf
DSIT
Xianfeng Wang, Xiaobo Liu, Guoping Ding, Xiaoyu Yan, Hao Cao
2022 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Xiaoyang Kong, Xianfeng Wang, Man Jia, Qi Li
2022 conf
ICIRA (3)
Xianfeng Wang, Baitong Wang, Zilin Ding, Tong Zhao
2021 Misc conf
ICASSP
Xianfeng Wang, Min Wang, Wenbo Qi, Wanqi Su, Xiangqian Wang, Huan Zhou
2021 conf
ICIC (1)
Xianfeng Wang, Xuqi Wang, Wenzhun Huang, Shanwen Zhang
2021 J jnl
Comput. Intell. Neurosci.
Xianfeng Wang, Chuanlei Zhang, Shanwen Zhang
2021 conf
ICDAR (2)
Ziyi Zhu, Liangcai Gao, Yibo Li, Yilun Huang, Lin Du, Ning Lu, Xianfeng Wang
2021 conf
EMNLP (1)
Xiaobao Guo, Adams Wai-Kin Kong, Huan Zhou, Xianfeng Wang, Min Wang
2020 conf
ICIC (1)
Xianfeng Wang, Zhen Wang, Shanwen Zhang
2019 J jnl
Comput. Electron. Agric.
Shanwen Zhang, Subing Zhang, Chuanlei Zhang, Xianfeng Wang, Yun Shi
2019 conf
ICMSSP
Xianfeng Wang, Lele Xu, Zhen Yan, Ye Li, Lili Guo, Shan Jin
2019 conf
ICIC (1)
Xianfeng Wang, Zhen Wang, Shanwen Zhang
2019 conf
ICIC (1)
Shanwen Zhang, Xianfeng Wang, Zhen Wang
2018 conf
ICIC (3)
Xianfeng Wang, Shanwen Zhang, Zhen Wang
2017 conf
ICAIP
Shuai Fan, Ye Li, Zhen Yan, Lili Guo, Xianfeng Wang
2015 J jnl
Int. J. Distributed Sens. Networks
Yuan Gao, Peng Xue, Yi Li, Hongyi Yu, Xianfeng Wang, Shihai Gao
2015 J jnl
Int. J. Distributed Sens. Networks
Yuan Gao, Yi Li, Hongyi Yu, Xianfeng Wang, Shihai Gao, Peng Xue
2014 J jnl
Int. J. Pattern Recognit. Artif. Intell.
Shanwen Zhang, Xianfeng Wang, Chuanlei Zhang
2014 conf
ChinaCom
Yuan Gao, Yi Li, Hongyi Yu, Xianfeng Wang, Shihai Gao
2013 Misc conf
ICNC
Ziqiang Li, Xianfeng Wang, Bowen Song, Nannan Sun
2013 Misc conf
ICNC
Ziqiang Li, Bowen Song, Xianfeng Wang, Ruopeng Li
2013 J jnl
IET Commun.
Xianfeng Wang, Limin Xiao, Yifei Zhao, Xibin Xu, Jing Wang
2012 conf
COMM
Yuan Gao, Yi Li, Hongyi Yu, Xianfeng Wang, Shihai Gao
2012 conf
COMM
Yuan Gao, Yi Li, Hongyi Yu, Xianfeng Wang, Shihai Gao
2011 conf
CHINACOM
Yuan Gao, Yi Li, Hongyi Yu, Shihai Gao, Xianfeng Wang
2009 conf
ICNC (3)
Xianfeng Wang, Guoxiang Meng, Qian Ye, Wenhua Xie, Zhengjin Feng
2007 conf
ISSCC
Zhenbiao Li, Wenhai Ni, Jie Ma, Ming Li, Dequn Ma, Dong Zhao, Jesal Mehta, David Hartman, Xianfeng Wang, Ken K. O, Kai Che
2002 J jnl
J. Intell. Manuf.
Chang-Xue Feng, Xianfeng Wang
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 []