Xiaodong Lin

27 papers B 1C 1Journal 17Unranked 8
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Binfeng Yin, Zhuoao Jiang, Gang Tan, Rashid Muhammad, Qi Yang, Shiyu Zeng, Jun Liu, Xiaodong Lin
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Yuefei Chen, Jiang Liu, Xiaodong Lin, Ruixiang Tang
2025 B conf
TrustCom
Dilli Prasad Sharma, Liang Xue, Xiaowei Sun, Xiaodong Lin, Pulei Xiong
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Dilli Prasad Sharma, Liang Xue, Xiaowei Sun, Xiaodong Lin, Pulei Xiong
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Dilli Prasad Sharma, Xiaowei Sun, Liang Xue, Xiaodong Lin, Pulei Xiong
2024 conf
ICC
Weipeng Zhu, Juncheng Jia, Bing Luo, Xiaodong Lin
2023 C conf
PST
Matthew Roffel, Xiaodong Lin
2022 J jnl
Sensors
Wenqing Chen, Rui Zhang, Chenguang Shi, Ye Zhu, Xiaodong Lin
2022 conf
WMT
Chang Jin, Tingxun Shi, Zhengshan Xue, Xiaodong Lin
2022 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Chenguang Shi, Rui Zhang, Yong Yu, Xiaodong Lin
2022 J jnl
Softw. Pract. Exp.
Yongkai Fan, Xiaodong Lin, Wei Liang, Jinghan Wang, Gang Tan, Xia Lei, Jing Lei
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Lei Qiu, Xiaodong Lin, Shenfang Yuan, Wenli Shi
2021 J jnl
Sensors
Chenguang Shi, Rui Zhang, Yong Yu, Xingzhe Sun, Xiaodong Lin
2021 conf
CSS
Izabela Savic, Xiaodong Lin
2020 J jnl
J. Comput. Sci. Technol.
Yuncong Zhang, Xiaoyang Wang, Cong Wang, Yao Xu, Jian-Wei Zhang, Xiaodong Lin, Guangyu Sun, Gong-Lin Zheng, Shan-Hui Yin, Xian-Jin Ye, Li Li, Zhan Song, Dong-Dong Miao
2020 J jnl
Sensors
Yihong Zhang, Shuai Li, Demin Li, Wuneng Zhou, Yijin Yang, Xiaodong Lin, Shigao Jiang
2019 J jnl
Future Gener. Comput. Syst.
Yongkai Fan, Xiaodong Lin, Wei Liang, Gang Tan, Priyadarsi Nanda
2019 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Sci. Eng.
Yongkai Fan, Shengle Liu, Gang Tan, Xiaodong Lin
2019 J jnl
Future Gener. Comput. Syst.
Yongkai Fan, Xiaodong Lin, Gang Tan, Yuqing Zhang, Wei Dong, Jing Lei
2019 J jnl
计算机科学
Xiaoan Bao, Xiaodong Lin, Na Zhang, Lu Xu, Biao Wu
2018 conf
TrustCom/BigDataSE
Yongkai Fan, Shengle Liu, Gang Tan, Xiaodong Lin, Guanqun Zhao, Jianrong Bai
2018 conf
SmartCom
Yongkai Fan, Guanqun Zhao, Xiaodong Lin, Xiaofeng Sun, Dandan Zhu, Jing Lei
2008 conf
ICLS (1)
Huang-Yao Hong, Xiaodong Lin
2006 conf
ICLS
Yan Wang, Enis Dogan, Xiaodong Lin
2006 conf
ICLS
Florence R. Sullivan, Xiaodong Lin
2001 J jnl
J. Comput. High. Educ.
Daniel L. Schwartz, Xiaodong Lin
1998 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Commun.
Xiaodong Lin, YuSen Xing, Yixian Yang, Tzonelih Hwang
redb/extractors/malcontent.py
← Index redb/extractors/malcontent.py python
import inspect
import json
import subprocess
from typing import Any
from datetime import datetime, timezone

from redb.extractors.enum import Tag
from redb.models.dataclasses import Malcontent
from redb.extractors.extractor import Extractor
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

load_dotenv(override=True)


class MalcontentExtractor(Extractor):
    """
    Extractor for malcontent tool from chainguard-dev/malcontent.

    Malcontent discovers supply-chain compromises through context, differential
    analysis, and 14,000+ YARA rules. It analyzes binaries and code to detect
    malicious content and suspicious behavioral patterns.

    Binary can be extracted from Docker image:
        docker cp $(docker create cgr.dev/chainguard/malcontent:latest):/usr/bin/mal /usr/local/bin/mal

    Stores full JSON output for materialized view extraction.
    """

    # Cache version at class level to avoid repeated subprocess calls
    _cached_version = None

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath,
        log,
        exporters=None,
        index_prefix=None,
        elastic_index=None,
        known_benign=False,
        known_malicious=False,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            filepath,
            log,
            exporters,
            index_prefix,
            elastic_index,
            known_benign,
            known_malicious
        )
        self.malcontent = None

    @classmethod
    def _get_malcontent_version(cls, log) -> str:
        """Get malcontent version, cached at class level."""
        if cls._cached_version is not None:
            return cls._cached_version

        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")
        try:
            result = subprocess.run(
                [malcontent_path, "--version"],
                capture_output=True,
                text=True,
                timeout=10
            )
            version_output = result.stdout.strip()
            if result.returncode == 0 and version_output:
                # Parse "malcontent version v1.21.5" -> "1.21.5"
                if version_output.startswith("malcontent version v"):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version v"):]
                elif version_output.startswith("malcontent version "):
                    version_output = version_output[len("malcontent version "):]
                cls._cached_version = version_output
            else:
                cls._cached_version = "unknown"
        except Exception as e:
            log.warning(f"Could not get malcontent version: {e}")
            cls._cached_version = "unknown"

        return cls._cached_version

    def _extract_malcontent(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv("MALCONTENT_TIMEOUT", "300"))
        malcontent_path = os.getenv("MALCONTENT_PATH", "/usr/local/bin/mal")

        malcontent_command = [malcontent_path, "analyze", "--format=json", self.filepath]

        import signal

        try:
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                malcontent_command,
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                text=True,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid
            )

            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=TIMEOUT)
                if process.returncode != 0:
                    self.log.error(f"Error running malcontent, return code: {process.returncode}, stderr: {stderr}")
                    return {}
            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                self.log.warning(f"The malcontent command timed out after {TIMEOUT} seconds, terminating process group")
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
                    try:
                        process.wait(timeout=3)
                    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                        self.log.warning("Process didn't terminate with SIGTERM, sending SIGKILL")
                        os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except (ProcessLookupError, OSError) as e:
                    self.log.warning(f"Error while killing process: {e}")
                return {}

            try:
                malcontent_output = json.loads(stdout)
            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
                self.log.error(f"Error parsing malcontent output: {e}")
                return {}

            # Unwrap the Files/<path> structure to get the inner content
            # Structure is: {"Files": {"/path/to/file": {<actual content>}}}
            files_dict = malcontent_output.get("Files", {})
            if not files_dict:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has no 'Files' key")
                return {}

            # Get the first (and only) file's content
            file_content = next(iter(files_dict.values()), {})
            if not file_content:
                self.log.warning("Malcontent output has empty file content")
                return {}

            # Extract risk score and level from the unwrapped content
            risk_score = file_content.get("RiskScore", 0)
            risk_level = file_content.get("RiskLevel", "")

            version = self._get_malcontent_version(self.log)

            self.malcontent = Malcontent(
                malcontent_dump=json.dumps(file_content),
                version=version,
                risk_score=risk_score,
                risk_level=risk_level
            )
            self.log.debug(f"Malcontent analysis complete, version={version}, risk={risk_level}({risk_score})")

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Unexpected error in malcontent extraction: {str(e)}")
            if 'process' in locals() and process.poll() is None:
                try:
                    os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                    process.wait()
                except:
                    pass
            return {}

    def prepare_export_data(self, exporter_type: str) -> Any:
        if exporter_type == "ClickHouseExporter":
            current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

            data = [[
                self.sha256,
                current_time,
                self.malcontent.version,
                self.malcontent.risk_score,
                self.malcontent.risk_level,
                self.malcontent.malcontent_dump
            ]]

            column_names = [
                'sha256', 'analysis_date',
                'malcontent_version', 'malcontent_risk_score', 'malcontent_risk_level',
                'malcontent_json'
            ]

            column_type_names = [
                'FixedString(64)',
                'DateTime64(3, \'UTC\')',
                'LowCardinality(String)', 'UInt8', 'LowCardinality(String)',
                'JSON'
            ]

            return (data, column_names, column_type_names)

    def get_clickhouse_table(self) -> str:
        return "redb_malcontent"

    def extract(self):
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)
        try:
            self._extract_malcontent()
            return self.malcontent
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting malcontent: {e}")
            return None

    def tag(self):
        return Tag.MALCONTENT.value