Xiao-Wei Zhang

34 papers Journal 32Unranked 2
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
J. Frankl. Inst.
Mi Wang, Xiao-Wei Zhang, Shuai Song, Xiaona Song
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.
Feng-Liang Zhao, Zipeng Wang, Junfei Qiao, Xiao-Wei Zhang, Huai-Ning Wu, Tingwen Huang
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Cybern.
Zi-Peng Wang, Hong-Yu Chen, Junfei Qiao, Huai-Ning Wu, Tingwen Huang, Xiao-Wei Zhang
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Syst. Sci.
Xiao-Wei Zhang, You-Chen Lu, Xiaoli Li, Huai-Ning Wu, Zi-Peng Wang
2025 J jnl
PLoS Comput. Biol.
Lin Wang, Ting Wang, Xiao-Wei Zhang, Xiao-Fen Lin, Jia Li, Jin-Bao Liao, Rui-Wu Wang
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.
Xiao-Wei Zhang, Kui Chen, Huai-Ning Wu, Jin-Liang Wang, Zi-Peng Wang
2024 J jnl
Int. J. Fuzzy Syst.
Xi-Dong Shi, Zi-Peng Wang, Junfei Qiao, Huai-Ning Wu, Xiao-Wei Zhang, Xue-Hua Yan
2024 conf
ICIRA (4)
Qian Zhou, Xiao-Wei Zhang, Jin-Liang Wang
2023 J jnl
Appl. Math. Comput.
Si-Yi Wang, Qing-Lian Wang, Xiao-Wei Zhang, Rui-Wu Wang
2023 J jnl
Circuits Syst. Signal Process.
Di Yan, Wei-Xing Wang, Xiao-Wei Zhang
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Xiao-Wei Zhang, Di Yan, Lei Zuo, Ming Li, Jian-Xin Guo
2023 J jnl
Fuzzy Sets Syst.
Xiao-Wei Zhang, Huai-Ning Wu, Jin-Liang Wang, Zipeng Wang
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Fuzzy Syst.
Xiao-Wei Zhang, Huai-Ning Wu, Jin-Liang Wang, Yue Ji, Nannan Rong
2023 J jnl
Int. J. Fuzzy Syst.
Xu Zhang, Zipeng Wang, Huai-Ning Wu, Xiao-Wei Zhang, Han-Xiong Li, Junfei Qiao
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Cybern.
Huai-Ning Wu, Xiao-Wei Zhang
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Cybern.
Xiao-Wei Zhang, Huai-Ning Wu
2022 J jnl
Int. J. Control
Huai-Ning Wu, Xiao-Wei Zhang
2022 J jnl
Neurocomputing
Xiao-Wei Zhang, Huai-Ning Wu, Jin-Liang Wang, Zhijie Liu, Ruoxia Li
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Di Yan, Weixing Wang, Lei Zuo, Xiao-Wei Zhang
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Xiao-Wei Zhang, Lei Zuo, Ming Li, Jian-Xin Guo
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Fuzzy Syst.
Xiao-Wei Zhang, Huai-Ning Wu, Jun-Wei Wang
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II Express Briefs
Di Yan, Weixing Wang, Lei Zuo, Xiao-Wei Zhang
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Fuzzy Syst.
Xiao-Wei Zhang, Huai-Ning Wu
2020 J jnl
Autom.
Huai-Ning Wu, Xiao-Wei Zhang
2020 J jnl
J. Frankl. Inst.
Xiao-Wei Zhang, Huai-Ning Wu
2019 J jnl
IET Signal Process.
Xiao-Wei Zhang, Lei Zuo, Wenzhun Huang, Jianxin Guo
2019 J jnl
J. Frankl. Inst.
Huai-Ning Wu, Xiao-Wei Zhang
2019 J jnl
Neurocomputing
Xiao-Wei Zhang, Huai-Ning Wu
2017 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Atsushi Waseda, Hiroyuki Fujimoto, Xiao-Wei Zhang, Naoki Kuramoto, Kenichi Fujii
2015 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Atsushi Waseda, Hiroyuki Fujimoto, Xiao-Wei Zhang, Naoki Kuramoto, Kenichi Fujii
2014 J jnl
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Xiao-Wei Zhang, Ming Li, Lei Zuo, Yan Wu, Peng Zhang
2014 J jnl
IEEE Signal Process. Lett.
Xiao-Wei Zhang, Ming Li, Lei Zuo, Yan Wu, Peng Zhang
2012 conf
ICPP Workshops
Jian-Sheng Liao, Chi-Chung Chang, Yao-Lun Hsu, Xiao-Wei Zhang, Kuan-Chou Lai, Ching-Hsien Hsu
2011 J jnl
Int. J. Autom. Technol.
Hiroyuki Fujimoto, Atsushi Waseda, Xiao-Wei Zhang
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_segments.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_segments.py python
import inspect
import hashlib
import math
from collections import Counter
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from typing import Any, List, Dict

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 ELFSegment


class ELFSegmentExtractor(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_segments = []
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_segments"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _is_empty_result(self, extracted_data) -> bool:
        """
        Override: Empty segments is an ERROR, not a valid empty case.
        A valid ELF file must have segments (program headers).
        """
        # Always return False - empty segments should be treated as an error
        return False

    def _calculate_entropy(self, data: bytes) -> float:
        """Calculate Shannon entropy of data."""
        if not data:
            return 0.0

        try:
            # Count frequency of each byte
            byte_counts = Counter(data)
            data_len = len(data)

            # Calculate entropy
            entropy = 0.0
            for count in byte_counts.values():
                if count > 0:
                    frequency = count / data_len
                    entropy -= frequency * math.log2(frequency)

            return entropy
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error calculating entropy: {e}")
            return 0.0

    def _map_segment_type(self, p_type_str: str) -> int:
        """Map segment type string to enum value."""
        type_map = {
            'PT_NULL': 0,
            'PT_LOAD': 1,
            'PT_DYNAMIC': 2,
            'PT_INTERP': 3,
            'PT_NOTE': 4,
            'PT_SHLIB': 5,
            'PT_PHDR': 6,
            'PT_TLS': 7
        }
        return type_map.get(p_type_str, 0)

    def _decode_segment_flags(self, flags: int) -> List[str]:
        """Decode segment flags to human-readable strings."""
        flag_strings = []

        if flags & 0x1:  # PF_X
            flag_strings.append('EXECUTE')
        if flags & 0x2:  # PF_W
            flag_strings.append('WRITE')
        if flags & 0x4:  # PF_R
            flag_strings.append('READ')

        return flag_strings if flag_strings else ['NONE']

    def _extract_segment_data(self, segment) -> ELFSegment:
        """Extract data from a single segment with granular error handling."""
        # Initialize with safe defaults
        segment_type = 0
        segment_type_str = 'unknown'
        segment_flags = 0
        segment_flags_str = ['NONE']
        segment_offset = 0
        segment_vaddr = 0
        segment_paddr = 0
        segment_filesz = 0
        segment_memsz = 0
        segment_align = 0
        segment_entropy = 0.0
        segment_sha256 = ""
        segment_md5 = ""

        # Try to get segment header
        header = None
        try:
            header = segment.header
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Could not access segment header: {e}")
            return ELFSegment(
                segment_type=segment_type, segment_type_str=segment_type_str,
                segment_flags=segment_flags, segment_flags_str=segment_flags_str,
                segment_offset=segment_offset, segment_vaddr=segment_vaddr,
                segment_paddr=segment_paddr, segment_filesz=segment_filesz,
                segment_memsz=segment_memsz, segment_align=segment_align,
                segment_entropy=segment_entropy, segment_sha256=segment_sha256,
                segment_md5=segment_md5
            )

        # Extract segment type
        try:
            p_type_str = header.get('p_type', 'PT_NULL')
            segment_type = self._map_segment_type(p_type_str)
            segment_type_str = p_type_str.replace('PT_', '') if p_type_str.startswith('PT_') else p_type_str
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Could not extract segment type: {e}")

        # Extract segment flags
        try:
            segment_flags = header.get('p_flags', 0)
            segment_flags_str = self._decode_segment_flags(segment_flags)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Could not extract segment flags: {e}")

        # Extract segment addresses and sizes
        try:
            segment_offset = header.get('p_offset', 0)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Could not extract segment offset: {e}")

        try:
            segment_vaddr = header.get('p_vaddr', 0)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Could not extract segment vaddr: {e}")

        try:
            segment_paddr = header.get('p_paddr', 0)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Could not extract segment paddr: {e}")

        try:
            segment_filesz = header.get('p_filesz', 0)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Could not extract segment filesz: {e}")

        try:
            segment_memsz = header.get('p_memsz', 0)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Could not extract segment memsz: {e}")

        try:
            segment_align = header.get('p_align', 0)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Could not extract segment align: {e}")

        # Calculate entropy and hashes for segment data (most likely to fail)
        try:
            if segment_filesz > 0:
                segment_data = segment.data()
                if segment_data:
                    # Calculate entropy
                    segment_entropy = self._calculate_entropy(segment_data)

                    # Calculate hashes
                    segment_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(segment_data).hexdigest()
                    segment_md5 = hashlib.md5(segment_data).hexdigest()
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.warning(f"Could not read segment data for hashing: {e}")
            # Keep defaults (0.0, "", "")

        return ELFSegment(
            segment_type=segment_type,
            segment_type_str=segment_type_str,
            segment_flags=segment_flags,
            segment_flags_str=segment_flags_str,
            segment_offset=segment_offset,
            segment_vaddr=segment_vaddr,
            segment_paddr=segment_paddr,
            segment_filesz=segment_filesz,
            segment_memsz=segment_memsz,
            segment_align=segment_align,
            segment_entropy=segment_entropy,
            segment_sha256=segment_sha256,
            segment_md5=segment_md5
        )

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.ELF_SEGMENTS.value if hasattr(Tag, 'ELF_SEGMENTS') else "elf_segments"

    def extract(self):
        try:
            self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

            def extract_segments(elf):
                segments_data = []

                # Iterate through all segments with per-segment error handling
                for segment_index, segment in enumerate(elf.iter_segments()):
                    try:
                        segment_data = self._extract_segment_data(segment)
                        if segment_data:
                            segments_data.append(segment_data)
                        else:
                            self.log.warning(f"Failed to extract data for segment {segment_index}")
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.warning(f"Error processing segment {segment_index}: {e}")
                        # Continue processing other segments

                return segments_data

            # Check if file is valid ELF
            if not self._is_elf_file():
                self.log.error(f"No valid ELF file for {self.hash.sha256}")
                return None

            segments_data = self._with_elf_file(extract_segments)
            if segments_data is None:
                return None

            self.elf_segments = segments_data
            return self.elf_segments

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting ELF segments {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_segments
        elif exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            try:
                if not self.elf_segments:
                    return None

                # Prepare data arrays for all segments
                data = []
                current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                for segment in self.elf_segments:
                    row = [
                        self.sha256,
                        self.md5,
                        self.sha1,
                        segment.segment_type,
                        segment.segment_type_str,
                        segment.segment_flags,
                        segment.segment_flags_str,
                        segment.segment_offset,
                        segment.segment_vaddr,
                        segment.segment_paddr,
                        segment.segment_filesz,
                        segment.segment_memsz,
                        segment.segment_align,
                        segment.segment_entropy,
                        segment.segment_sha256,
                        segment.segment_md5,
                        current_time
                    ]
                    data.append(row)

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'segment_type', 'segment_type_str', 'segment_flags', 'segment_flags_str',
                    'segment_offset', 'segment_vaddr', 'segment_paddr',
                    'segment_filesz', 'segment_memsz', 'segment_align',
                    'segment_entropy', 'segment_sha256', 'segment_md5',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    "Enum8('NULL'=0, 'LOAD'=1, 'DYNAMIC'=2, 'INTERP'=3, 'NOTE'=4, 'SHLIB'=5, 'PHDR'=6, 'TLS'=7)",
                    'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'UInt32',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'UInt64', 'UInt64', 'UInt64', 'UInt64', 'UInt64', 'UInt64',
                    'Float64',
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)',
                    'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')'
                ]

                if not data:
                    return None

                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_segments"