Xiaodan Gu

26 papers A* 3C 6Journal 13Unranked 4
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Netw. Sci. Eng.
Qi Chen, Ming Yang, Zhen Ling, Xiaodan Gu, Chunmian Wang, Yixuan Yao
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Yahao Dai, Henry Chan, Aikaterini Vriza, Fredrick Kim, Yunfei Wang, Wei Liu, Naisong Shan, Jing Xu, Max Weires, Yukun Wu, Zhiqiang Cao, C. Suzanne Miller, Ralu Divan, Xiaodan Gu, Chenhui Zhu, Sihong Wang, Jie Xu
2025 A* conf
WWW
Yixuan Yao, Ming Yang, Zixia Liu, Kai Dong, Xiaodan Gu, Chunmian Wang
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Bradley Lamb, Saroj Upreti, Yunfei Wang, Daniel Struble, Chenhui Zhu, Guillaume Freychet, Xiaodan Gu, Boran Ma
2024 A* conf
INFOCOM
Yonghuan Xu, Ming Yang, Zhen Ling, Zixia Liu, Xiaodan Gu, Lan Luo
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Aanish Paruchuri, Yunfei Wang, Xiaodan Gu, Arthi Jayaraman
2023 J jnl
J. Inf. Secur. Appl.
Xiaodan Gu, Ming Yang, Bingchen Song, Wei Lan, Zhen Ling
2023 C conf
CSCWD
Yafeng Song, Ming Yang, Qi Chen, Xiaodan Gu, Yixuan Yao
2023 C conf
CSCWD
Lifu Wang, Kai Dong, Xiaodan Gu, Zhen Ling, Ming Yang
2023 C conf
CSCWD
Beibei Cheng, Yiming Zhu, Yuxuan Chen, Xiaodan Gu, Kai Dong
2023 J jnl
J. King Saud Univ. Comput. Inf. Sci.
Xiaodan Gu, Zhihan Zhang, Jinghui Zhang, Liqun Zhu, Fang Dong
2023 C conf
CSCWD
Chunmian Wang, Junzhou Luo, Zhen Ling, Ming Yang, Xiaodan Gu, Yu Yao
2022 conf
CBD
Qian Huang, Jie Ma, Zhou Xu, Xiaodan Gu, Ming Yang
2022 A* conf
INFOCOM
Zhen Ling, Gui Xiao, Wenjia Wu, Xiaodan Gu, Ming Yang, Xinwen Fu
2020 J jnl
Secur. Commun. Networks
Naixuan Guo, Junzhou Luo, Zhen Ling, Ming Yang, Wenjia Wu, Xiaodan Gu
2020 J jnl
Sensors
Xiaolin Gu, Wenjia Wu, Xiaodan Gu, Zhen Ling, Ming Yang, Aibo Song
2018 J jnl
J. Syst. Sci. Complex.
Xiaodan Gu, Fang Deng, Xin Gao, Rui Zhou
2018 J jnl
Secur. Commun. Networks
Xiaodan Gu, Ming Yang, Yiting Zhang, Peilong Pan, Zhen Ling
2017 J jnl
Concurr. Comput. Pract. Exp.
Xiaodan Gu, Ming Yang, Congcong Shi, Zhen Ling, Junzhou Luo
2017 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Fang Deng, Shengpan Guan, Xianghu Yue, Xiaodan Gu, Jie Chen, Jianyao Lv, Jiahong Li
2015 conf
CBD
Xiaodan Gu, Ming Yang, Jiaxuan Fei, Zhen Ling, Junzhou Luo
2015 C conf
CSCWD
Xiaodan Gu, Ming Yang, Junzhou Luo
2015 J jnl
Concurr. Comput. Pract. Exp.
Gaofeng He, Ming Yang, Junzhou Luo, Xiaodan Gu
2015 conf
CDC
Qingkai Yang, Hao Fang, Jie Chen, Zhong-Ping Jiang, Xiaodan Gu
2014 C conf
CSCWD
Gaofeng He, Ming Yang, Xiaodan Gu, Junzhou Luo, Yuanyuan Ma
2014 conf
CBD
Gaofeng He, Ming Yang, Junzhou Luo, Xiaodan Gu
tests/unit/test_decompile_medium_level.py
← Index tests/unit/test_decompile_medium_level.py python
# tests/unit/test_decompile_medium_level.py
"""Unit tests (mocked BN) for bninja/analysis/medium_level.py
   and bninja/analysis/medium_level_normalization.py."""
# tests/unit/test_decompile_medium_level.py
import sys
from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch

# Installa gli stubs BN
from tests.unit.conftest_binja_stubs import install_binja_stubs
install_binja_stubs()

# ── Definisci MockMLILInstruction PRIMA di importare il modulo ──
class MockMLILInstruction:
    def __init__(self, operation, address=0, operands=None):
        self.operation = operation
        self.address = address
        self.operands = operands or []

# ── Patcha il modulo BN in modo che isinstance() funzioni ──
sys.modules["binaryninja"].MediumLevelILInstruction = MockMLILInstruction
sys.modules["binaryninja"].SSAVariable = type("SSAVariable", (), {})
sys.modules["binaryninja"].Variable = type("Variable", (), {})
sys.modules["binaryninja"].ILIntrinsic = type("ILIntrinsic", (), {})

# Ora importa il modulo — vede già i tipi corretti
from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.analysis.medium_level_normalization import (
    MediumLevelNormalization,
)	

class MockMLILFunction:
    def __init__(self, instructions):
        self._instructions = instructions

    @property
    def instructions(self):
        return iter(self._instructions)

    @property
    def basic_blocks(self):
        # one block containing all instructions, good enough for MinHasher
        block = MagicMock()
        block.__iter__ = lambda self_: iter([])  # not used by MediumLevelAnalysis
        return [block]


class MockFunction:
    def __init__(self, name="func", start=0x1000, mlil=None):
        self.name = name
        self.start = start
        self.mlil = mlil



class TestMediumLevelNormalization:
    def setup_method(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.analysis.medium_level_normalization import (
            MediumLevelNormalization,
        )
        self.norm = MediumLevelNormalization()

    def test_normalize_skeleton_single_instruction(self):
        il = MockMLILInstruction(operation=42, operands=[])
        result = self.norm.normalize_instruction_all_levels(il)
        assert result == [42]

    def test_normalize_skeleton_nested(self):
        inner = MockMLILInstruction(operation=7, operands=[])
        outer = MockMLILInstruction(operation=1, operands=[inner])
        result = self.norm.normalize_instruction_all_levels(outer)
        assert result == [1, 7]

    def test_normalize_skeleton_with_list_operand(self):
        inner_a = MockMLILInstruction(operation=10, operands=[])
        inner_b = MockMLILInstruction(operation=11, operands=[])
        outer = MockMLILInstruction(operation=2, operands=[[inner_a, inner_b]])
        result = self.norm.normalize_instruction_all_levels(outer)
        assert result == [2, 10, 11]

    def test_normalize_skeleton_none(self):
        result = self.norm.normalize_instruction_all_levels(None)
        # collect on None should leave ops empty
        assert result == []

    def test_normalize_typed_appends_leaf_types(self):
        # operand is a plain int -> "CONST"
        il = MockMLILInstruction(operation=3, operands=[42])
        result = self.norm.normalize_instr_with_operands(il)
        assert result == [3, "CONST"]

    def test_normalize_typed_bool_before_int(self):
        # bool must be detected before int (since bool is an int subclass)
        il = MockMLILInstruction(operation=4, operands=[True])
        result = self.norm.normalize_instr_with_operands(il)
        assert result == [4, "BOOL"]

    def test_normalize_typed_float(self):
        il = MockMLILInstruction(operation=5, operands=[1.5])
        result = self.norm.normalize_instr_with_operands(il)
        assert result == [5, "FLOAT_CONST"]

    def test_normalize_typed_str(self):
        il = MockMLILInstruction(operation=6, operands=["hello"])
        result = self.norm.normalize_instr_with_operands(il)
        assert result == [6, "STR"]

    def test_normalize_typed_unknown_falls_back_to_typename(self):
        class Weird:
            pass
        il = MockMLILInstruction(operation=8, operands=[Weird()])
        result = self.norm.normalize_instr_with_operands(il)
        assert result == [8, "WEIRD"]

    def test_normalize_typed_nested_mlil(self):
        inner = MockMLILInstruction(operation=99, operands=[7])
        outer = MockMLILInstruction(operation=1, operands=[inner])
        result = self.norm.normalize_instr_with_operands(outer)
        assert result == [1, 99, "CONST"]

    def test_normalize_typed_list_mixed(self):
        inner = MockMLILInstruction(operation=50, operands=[])
        il = MockMLILInstruction(operation=2, operands=[[inner, 99]])
        result = self.norm.normalize_instr_with_operands(il)
        assert result == [2, 50, "CONST"]


class TestMediumLevelAnalysis:
    def _make_analysis(self, instructions=None, mlil=True, start=0x1000):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.analysis.medium_level import (
            MediumLevelAnalysis,
        )
        mlil_func = MockMLILFunction(instructions or []) if mlil else None
        func = MockFunction(name="testfunc", start=start, mlil=mlil_func)
        bv = MagicMock()
        return MediumLevelAnalysis(func, bv, MagicMock())

    def test_collect_returns_empty_when_no_mlil(self):
        a = self._make_analysis(mlil=False)
        sk, sk_addr, ty, ty_addr = a._collect_mlil_skeleton_and_typed()
        assert sk == [] and sk_addr == [] and ty == [] and ty_addr == []

    def test_collect_skeleton_and_typed_basic(self):
        instrs = [
            MockMLILInstruction(operation=1, address=0x1000, operands=[]),
            MockMLILInstruction(operation=2, address=0x1004, operands=[42]),
        ]
        a = self._make_analysis(instructions=instrs, start=0x1000)
        sk, sk_addr, ty, ty_addr = a._collect_mlil_skeleton_and_typed()

        assert sk == [[1], [2]]
        assert ty == [[1], [2, "CONST"]]
        assert sk_addr == [(0, [1]), (4, [2])]
        assert ty_addr == [(0, [1]), (4, [2, "CONST"])]

    def test_collect_negative_offset_clamped_to_zero(self):
        instrs = [
            MockMLILInstruction(operation=1, address=0x900, operands=[]),
        ]
        a = self._make_analysis(instructions=instrs, start=0x1000)
        _, sk_addr, _, ty_addr = a._collect_mlil_skeleton_and_typed()
        assert sk_addr[0][0] == 0
        assert ty_addr[0][0] == 0

    def test_log_error_records_entry(self):
        a = self._make_analysis()
        a.log_error("boom", "fname", 0x1234, ValueError("x"), "loc")
        assert len(a.errors) == 1
        err = a.errors[0]
        assert err["function_name"] == "fname"
        assert err["function_address"] == "4660"  # hex 0x1234
        assert err["error_location"] == "loc"
        assert err["error_message"] == "boom"
        assert err["error_type"] == "ValueError"
        assert "timestamp" in err

    @patch(
        "redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.analysis.medium_level.MinHasher"
    )
    def test_analyze_returns_expected_keys(self, mock_minhasher):
        mock_minhasher.return_value.calculateMinHash.return_value = [1, 2, 3]

        instrs = [
            MockMLILInstruction(operation=1, address=0x1000, operands=[]),
            MockMLILInstruction(operation=2, address=0x1004, operands=[42]),
            MockMLILInstruction(operation=3, address=0x1008, operands=[]),
        ]
        a = self._make_analysis(instructions=instrs, start=0x1000)
        result, errors = a.analyze()

        expected_keys = {
            "function_address",
            "body_mlil_skeleton_vector",
            "sha256_mlil_skeleton",
            "tlsh_mlil_skeleton",
            "minhash_mlil_skeleton",
            "body_mlil_typed_vector",
            "sha256_mlil_typed",
            "tlsh_mlil_typed",
            "minhash_mlil_typed",
        }
        assert set(result.keys()) == expected_keys
        assert result["function_address"] == 0x1000
        assert result["minhash_mlil_skeleton"] == [1, 2, 3]
        assert result["minhash_mlil_typed"] == [1, 2, 3]
        assert errors == []

    @patch(
        "redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.analysis.medium_level.MinHasher"
    )
    def test_analyze_empty_mlil(self, mock_minhasher):
        mock_minhasher.return_value.calculateMinHash.return_value = []
        a = self._make_analysis(mlil=False)
        result, errors = a.analyze()
        assert result["body_mlil_skeleton_vector"] == []
        assert result["body_mlil_typed_vector"] == []
        assert errors == []

    @patch(
        "redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.analysis.medium_level.MinHasher"
    )
    def test_analyze_sha256_differs_skeleton_vs_typed(self, mock_minhasher):
        mock_minhasher.return_value.calculateMinHash.return_value = []

        instrs = [
            MockMLILInstruction(operation=1, address=0x1000, operands=[42]),
            MockMLILInstruction(operation=2, address=0x1004, operands=["foo"]),
            MockMLILInstruction(operation=3, address=0x1008, operands=[True]),
        ]
        a = self._make_analysis(instructions=instrs)
        result, _ = a.analyze()
        # skeleton ignores operand leaves, typed includes them -> different hashes
        assert result["sha256_mlil_skeleton"] != result["sha256_mlil_typed"]


class TestMinHasherMLILKinds:
    def _make_func(self, instrs):
        # MinHasher iterates basic_blocks then over each block
        block = MagicMock()
        block.__iter__ = lambda self_: iter(instrs)
        f = MagicMock()
        f.basic_blocks = [block]
        return f

    def test_mlil_skeleton_uses_medium_normalizer(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.similarity.minhasher import (
            MinHasher, TokenKind,
        )
        instrs = [
            MockMLILInstruction(operation=i, operands=[]) for i in range(5)
        ]
        func = self._make_func(instrs)
        hasher = MinHasher(seed=42, il_function=func, kind=TokenKind.MLIL)
        result = hasher.calculateMinHash()
        # 5 instructions -> 3 trigrams -> non-empty signature
        assert result != []

    def test_typed_mlil_differs_from_skeleton(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.similarity.minhasher import (
            MinHasher, TokenKind,
        )
        instrs = [
            MockMLILInstruction(operation=1, operands=[42]),
            MockMLILInstruction(operation=2, operands=["s"]),
            MockMLILInstruction(operation=3, operands=[True]),
            MockMLILInstruction(operation=4, operands=[1.5]),
        ]
        func = self._make_func(instrs)
        skel = MinHasher(seed=42, il_function=func, kind=TokenKind.MLIL).calculateMinHash()
        typed = MinHasher(seed=42, il_function=func, kind=TokenKind.TYPED_MLIL).calculateMinHash()
        # Same seed, same instructions, but typed has extra leaf tokens
        # -> hashes should generally differ
        assert skel != typed

    def test_mlil_too_few_instructions(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.similarity.minhasher import (
            MinHasher, TokenKind,
        )
        instrs = [MockMLILInstruction(operation=1, operands=[])] * 2
        func = self._make_func(instrs)
        hasher = MinHasher(seed=42, il_function=func, kind=TokenKind.MLIL)
        assert hasher.calculateMinHash() == []

    def test_unsupported_kind_raises(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.bninja.similarity.minhasher import MinHasher
        func = self._make_func([])
        hasher = MinHasher(seed=42, il_function=func, kind="bogus")
        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
            hasher.calculateMinHash()