Xiaobo Xu

45 papers C 2Journal 34Unranked 9
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Engineering Management
Zhongyun Li, Guoquan Liu, Xiaobo Xu, Jiaxing Wang
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Engineering Management
Jiaxing Wang, Guoquan Liu, Yang Cheng, Xiaobo Xu, Zhongyun Li
2025 J jnl
Int. J. Medical Informatics
Dan Luo, Xiaolan Ye, Hongying Zhao, Bin Yao, Wentong Liu, Xiaobo Xu
2024 conf
PACIS
Lijie Zang, Mingqian Sun, Chenwei Li, Kathy Ning Shen, Xiaobo Xu
2023 conf
WHICEB (1)
Huijin Lu, Huidan Tan, Chenwei Li, Xiaobo Xu
2022 conf
IALP
Xiaobo Xu, Turdi Tohti, Askar Hamdulla
2022 J jnl
Decis. Support Syst.
Yang Li, Xin (Robert) Luo, Kai Li, Xiaobo Xu
2022 J jnl
J. Glob. Inf. Manag.
Huan Wang, Leven J. Zheng, Xiaobo Xu, Tak Hung Barry Hung
2022 J jnl
IEEE Access
Xiaobo Xu, Turdi Tohti, Askar Hamdulla
2021 J jnl
Inf. Technol. Manag.
Wenbin Sun, Zhihua Ding, Xiaobo Xu
2021 J jnl
J. Glob. Inf. Manag.
Ao Zhang, Yong Chen, Xiaobo Xu, Yang Gao, Lan Zhang
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Xiaobo Xu, Dezheng Zhao, Chao Ma, Dajun Lian
2021 conf
ICGSP
Xiaobo Xu, Guoxuan Tang, Jiayi Wu, Changzhou Geng
2021 J jnl
J. Glob. Inf. Manag.
Ao Zhang, Mingxu Bao, Xiaobo Xu, Lan Zhang, Yuehui Cui
2021 C conf
IECON
Yong Xiang, Xiaoke Deng, Yi Chen, Chenlu Liu, Xiaobo Xu, Mao Li
2020 J jnl
J. Sensors
Xiaobo Xu, Chao Ma, Dajun Lian, Dezheng Zhao
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Wei Zhu, Jie Li, Xiaobo Xu, Lin Zhang, Yi Zhao
2020 J jnl
Comput. Commun.
Xiaobo Fan, Xiaobo Xu
2019 J jnl
J. Glob. Inf. Manag.
Ping Yin, Xianrong Zheng, Lian Duan, Xiaobo Xu, Min He
2019 J jnl
J. Glob. Inf. Manag.
Ge Gao, Tianyong Wang, Xianrong Zheng, Yong Chen, Xiaobo Xu
2019 J jnl
Inf. Syst. Frontiers
Yingcheng Xu, Li Wang, Bo Xu, Wei Jiang, Chaoqun Deng, Fang Ji, Xiaobo Xu
2019 J jnl
IET Circuits Devices Syst.
Xiaoyan Wang, Xiaobo Xu, Huifeng Wang
2019 J jnl
Multim. Tools Appl.
Wenbo Zhang, Jinbo Lu, Xiaobo Xu, Xiaorong Hou
2019 J jnl
J. Glob. Inf. Manag.
Xiang Huang, Xueling Li, Yang Yu, Xianrong Zheng, Xiaobo Xu
2019 J jnl
IEEE Access
Bin Huang, Teng Fu, Meixian Chen, Xiaobo Xu, Yong Zhang, Xiaojie Tao
2018 conf
ICA3PP (4)
Nanxi Chen, Xiaobo Xu, Xuzhi Miao
2018 J jnl
Libr. Hi Tech
Xiwei Wang, Jiaxing Li, Mengqing Yang, Yong Chen, Xiaobo Xu
2018 J jnl
J. Glob. Inf. Manag.
Wan Su, Xiaobo Xu, Yangchun Li, Francisco José Martínez-López, Ling Li
2017 J jnl
Inf. Syst. Frontiers
Xin Wang, Li Wang, Li Zhang, Xiaobo Xu, Weiyong Zhang, Yingcheng Xu
2016 J jnl
Inf. Technol. Manag.
Yue Zhang, Shukuan Zhao, Xiaobo Xu
2016 J jnl
Internet Res.
Xiaojun Xu, Wu He, Ping Yin, Xiaobo Xu, Yuting Wang, Haitao Zhang
2016 conf
PACIS
Weiyong Zhang, Xiaobo Xu
2016 J jnl
Inf. Technol. Manag.
Shukuan Zhao, Yu Sun, Xiaobo Xu
2016 conf
WHICEB
Xiaobo Xu, Weiyong Zhang
2016 J jnl
Int. J. Inf. Manag.
Xiaobo Xu, Weiyong Zhang, Ling Li
2014 J jnl
Inf. Technol. Manag.
Li Wang, Chao Lei, Yingcheng Xu, Yuexiang Yang, Siqing Shan, Xiaobo Xu
2014 J jnl
Int. J. Inf. Technol. Decis. Mak.
Yu Pan, Lijuan Luo, Dan Liu, Li Gao, Xiaobo Xu, Wenjing Shen, Jiang Gao
2014 conf
WHICEB
Xiaobo Xu
2013 C conf
IGARSS
Chunyan Qu, Xinjian Shan, Xiaobo Xu, Guohong Zhang, Xiaogang Song, Guifang Zhang, Yunhua Liu
2013 J jnl
IET Comput. Vis.
Haijiang Zhu, Xiaobo Xu, Jinglin Zhou, Xuejing Wang
2012 conf
CCIS
Jiapeng Xiu, Xiaobo Xu, Zhengqiu Yang, Chen Liu
2011 J jnl
Int. J. Inf. Technol. Decis. Mak.
Xin James He, Xiaobo Xu, Jack C. Hayya
2010 J jnl
Data Base
Gary Garrison, Robin L. Wakefield, Xiaobo Xu, Sanghyun Kim
2010 J jnl
Inf. Technol. Manag.
Xiaobo Xu, Weiyong Zhang, Reza Barkhi
2008 J jnl
Enterp. Inf. Syst.
Xiaobo Xu
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/cfg_features.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/analysis/cfg_features.py python
import struct
from collections import deque
from typing import Optional

import blake3
import mmh3


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.1: Core Graph Utilities
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def bfs_order(successors: list[list[int]], n: int) -> list[int]:
    """
    BFS traversal from node 0 (entry block), returns node indices in visit order.
    Unreachable nodes appended at the end.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return []

    visited = set()
    order = []
    queue = deque([0])
    visited.add(0)

    while queue:
        idx = queue.popleft()
        order.append(idx)
        for target in successors[idx]:
            if target not in visited:
                visited.add(target)
                queue.append(target)

    # Append unreachable blocks (dead code)
    for i in range(n):
        if i not in visited:
            order.append(i)

    return order


def bfs_max_depth(successors: list[list[int]], n: int) -> int:
    """
    Maximum BFS depth from entry block (node 0).
    Replaces the per-block depth column with a single scalar.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return 0

    depth = {0: 0}
    max_d = 0
    queue = deque([0])

    while queue:
        node = queue.popleft()
        for s in successors[node]:
            if s not in depth:
                depth[s] = depth[node] + 1
                if depth[s] > max_d:
                    max_d = depth[s]
                queue.append(s)

    return max_d


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.2: Back-Edge Detection (Iterative DFS)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def count_back_edges(successors: list[list[int]], n: int) -> int:
    """
    Count natural loops via iterative DFS back-edge detection.
    A back edge is an edge to a GRAY (in-stack) node.

    Iterative to avoid stack overflow on functions with 1000+ blocks
    (common in obfuscated malware, VM dispatchers, unrolled loops).
    """
    if n == 0:
        return 0

    WHITE, GRAY, BLACK = 0, 1, 2
    color = [WHITE] * n
    back_edges = 0

    stack = [(0, iter(successors[0]))]
    color[0] = GRAY

    while stack:
        u, children = stack[-1]
        try:
            v = next(children)
            if color[v] == GRAY:
                back_edges += 1
            elif color[v] == WHITE:
                color[v] = GRAY
                stack.append((v, iter(successors[v])))
        except StopIteration:
            color[u] = BLACK
            stack.pop()

    return back_edges


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.3: Topology Hash
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def compute_topology_hash(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    bfs: list[int],
    n: int,
) -> bytes:
    """
    BLAKE3 hash of BFS-ordered canonical adjacency.
    Pure graph shape — ignores all block content.
    Two functions with identical control flow structure produce identical hashes.

    Returns 16 bytes (128-bit).
    """
    if n == 0:
        return b'\x00' * 16

    # Remap: original index -> BFS position
    remap = {original: position for position, original in enumerate(bfs)}

    canonical = bytearray()
    for position in range(n):
        original_idx = bfs[position]
        remapped_succs = sorted(
            remap[s] for s in successors[original_idx] if s in remap
        )
        # Pack: node_index (2 bytes) + num_successors (1 byte) + successor indices (2 bytes each)
        canonical.extend(struct.pack('<HB', position, len(remapped_succs)))
        for s in remapped_succs:
            canonical.extend(struct.pack('<H', s))

    return blake3.blake3(bytes(canonical)).digest(length=16)


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.4: MD-Index (Top-Down and Bottom-Up)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def compute_md_index_topdown(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    predecessors: list[list[int]],
    bfs: list[int],
) -> int:
    """
    BinDiff-style top-down MD-index.
    Hash of (in_degree, out_degree) sequence in BFS order from entry.
    Returns UInt64.
    """
    if not bfs:
        return 0

    degree_bytes = bytearray()
    for idx in bfs:
        in_deg = min(len(predecessors[idx]), 255)
        out_deg = min(len(successors[idx]), 255)
        degree_bytes.extend(struct.pack('<BB', in_deg, out_deg))

    h = blake3.blake3(bytes(degree_bytes)).digest(length=8)
    return struct.unpack('<Q', h)[0]


def compute_md_index_bottomup(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    predecessors: list[list[int]],
    n: int,
) -> int:
    """
    Bottom-up MD-index: BFS from exit blocks (no successors),
    traversing edges in reverse.
    Returns UInt64.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return 0

    exits = [i for i in range(n) if len(successors[i]) == 0]
    if not exits:
        exits = [n - 1]  # Fallback: use last block

    visited = set(exits)
    order = []
    queue = deque(exits)

    while queue:
        idx = queue.popleft()
        order.append(idx)
        for pred in predecessors[idx]:
            if pred not in visited:
                visited.add(pred)
                queue.append(pred)

    # Append unreachable blocks
    for i in range(n):
        if i not in visited:
            order.append(i)

    degree_bytes = bytearray()
    for idx in order:
        in_deg = min(len(predecessors[idx]), 255)
        out_deg = min(len(successors[idx]), 255)
        degree_bytes.extend(struct.pack('<BB', in_deg, out_deg))

    h = blake3.blake3(bytes(degree_bytes)).digest(length=8)
    return struct.unpack('<Q', h)[0]


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.5: Prime Product
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Small primes assigned to LLIL opcode categories.
# Keys are the integer values of binaryninja.LowLevelILOperation enum members.
# We use integer keys so this module doesn't import binaryninja.
#
# Mapping rationale: same operation class -> same prime.
# Using LLIL (not native asm) makes this architecture-independent.
#
# Populated at import time by cfg.py using the real LowLevelILOperation enum values.
# Unknown ops map to prime 1 (identity element) in compute_prime_product().
LLIL_OP_PRIMES: dict[int, int] = {}


def compute_prime_product(llil_operations: list[int]) -> int:
    """
    Product of small primes assigned to each LLIL opcode.
    Position-independent: block reordering doesn't change the result.
    Mod 2^64 for fixed-size storage.

    Args:
        llil_operations: flat list of LLIL operation enum integer values
                         for all instructions in the function.
    Returns:
        UInt64 prime product, or 0 if no instructions.
    """
    if not llil_operations:
        return 0

    product = 1
    for op in llil_operations:
        prime = LLIL_OP_PRIMES.get(op, 1)
        product = (product * prime) % (2**64)

    return product


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.6: ACFG Block Features
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Instruction category indices for ACFG feature vectors
CAT_ARITHMETIC = 0
CAT_LOGIC = 1
CAT_TRANSFER = 2
CAT_CALL = 3
CAT_COMPARISON = 4
CAT_MEMORY = 5
CAT_OTHER = 6

# Maps LLIL operation integer values to category indices.
# Populated at import time by cfg.py using the real LowLevelILOperation enum.
LLIL_OP_CATEGORIES: dict[int, int] = {}


def build_block_features(
    block_llil_ops: list[list[int]],
    successors: list[list[int]],
    n: int,
) -> list[list[int]]:
    """
    Extract Gemini-style ACFG features per block.

    Args:
        block_llil_ops: per-block list of LLIL operation integer values.
                        block_llil_ops[i] is the list of ops for block i.
                        Empty list if LLIL unavailable for that block.
        successors: index-based adjacency list.
        n: number of blocks.

    Returns:
        List of [instr_count, arithmetic, logic, transfer, call, comparison,
                 memory, successor_count] per block. All values capped at 65535.
    """
    features = []
    for i in range(n):
        cats = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
        ops = block_llil_ops[i] if i < len(block_llil_ops) else []
        for op in ops:
            cat = LLIL_OP_CATEGORIES.get(op, CAT_OTHER)
            cats[cat] += 1

        instr_count = len(ops)
        features.append([
            min(instr_count, 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_ARITHMETIC], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_LOGIC], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_TRANSFER], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_CALL], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_COMPARISON], 65535),
            min(cats[CAT_MEMORY], 65535),
            min(len(successors[i]), 65535),
        ])

    return features


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.7: CFG Feature TLSH
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def compute_cfg_feature_tlsh(
    bb_features: list[list[int]],
    bfs: list[int],
) -> Optional[str]:
    """
    TLSH hash of BFS-ordered per-block feature vectors.
    Captures both structure (BFS ordering) and instruction distribution.

    Returns TLSH hex string or None if too few bytes for TLSH (< 50).
    """
    import tlsh as _tlsh

    feature_bytes = bytearray()
    for idx in bfs:
        feats = bb_features[idx]
        feature_bytes.extend(struct.pack(
            '<HBBBBBBB',
            min(feats[0], 65535),
            min(feats[1], 255),
            min(feats[2], 255),
            min(feats[3], 255),
            min(feats[4], 255),
            min(feats[5], 255),
            min(feats[6], 255),
            min(feats[7], 255),
        ))

    if len(feature_bytes) < 50:
        return None

    try:
        h = _tlsh.hash(bytes(feature_bytes))
        return h if h and h != 'TNULL' else None
    except Exception:
        return None


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.8: WL-MinHash
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Pre-computed seeds for MinHash permutations.
NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS = 128
_WL_MINHASH_SEEDS = list(range(NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS))  # Seeds 0..127


def compute_wl_minhash(
    successors: list[list[int]],
    predecessors: list[list[int]],
    bb_features: list[list[int]],
    n: int,
    iterations: int = 3,
) -> list[int]:
    """
    Weisfeiler-Leman MinHash for fuzzy topology similarity.

    Initial labels: mmh3 hash of per-block ACFG feature tuple (content-aware).
    WL refinement: incorporate sorted neighbor labels at each iteration.
    MinHash: 128-permutation signature over shingle set.

    Returns list of 128 uint8 values, or [255]*128 sentinel for empty functions.
    """
    if n == 0:
        return [255] * NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS

    # Initial labels: hash of instruction category tuple per block
    labels = []
    for i in range(n):
        feats = bb_features[i] if i < len(bb_features) else [0] * 8
        # mmh3 with seed=0 for initial labels
        label = mmh3.hash(str(tuple(feats)), 0) & 0xFFFFFFFF
        labels.append(label)

    # Collect shingles: (iteration, label) pairs as strings for mmh3
    shingles: set[str] = set()

    # Iteration 0: individual block labels
    for label in labels:
        shingles.add(f"0:{label}")

    # WL iterations: refine labels by neighborhood aggregation
    for iteration in range(1, iterations + 1):
        new_labels = []
        for i in range(n):
            succ_labels = tuple(sorted(labels[s] for s in successors[i]))
            pred_labels = tuple(sorted(labels[p] for p in predecessors[i]))
            composite = f"{labels[i]}|{succ_labels}|{pred_labels}"
            new_label = mmh3.hash(composite, 0) & 0xFFFFFFFF
            new_labels.append(new_label)
            shingles.add(f"{iteration}:{new_label}")
        labels = new_labels

    if not shingles:
        return [255] * NUM_WL_MINHASH_PERMS

    # Compute MinHash signature using mmh3 with different seeds
    shingle_list = list(shingles)
    signature = []
    for seed in _WL_MINHASH_SEEDS:
        min_val = 0xFFFFFFFF
        for s in shingle_list:
            h = mmh3.hash(s, seed) & 0xFFFFFFFF
            if h < min_val:
                min_val = h
        # Compress to uint8 for storage
        signature.append(min_val & 0xFF)

    return signature


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Task 1.9: Packed Adjacency
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def pack_adjacency(successors: list[list[int]]) -> list[int]:
    """
    Pack CFG edges as Array(UInt32).
    Each UInt32 = (source_index << 16) | target_index.
    Supports up to 65,535 blocks per function.
    """
    edges = []
    for src, targets in enumerate(successors):
        for tgt in targets:
            if src < 65536 and tgt < 65536:
                edges.append((src << 16) | tgt)
    return edges