Xiaohua Zhu

42 papers C 8Journal 24Unranked 10
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Very Large Scale Integr. Syst.
Hanjun Zhao, Xu Yan, Hui Chu, Xiaohua Zhu, Yongxin Guo
2025 J jnl
Coll. Res. Libr.
Xiaohua Zhu, Erin Whitaker, Moonhee Cho, Mei Zhang
2024 C conf
IGARSS
Xinyu Chen, Xiaohua Zhu, Xuehua Ye, Guangzhou Ouyang, Lingling Ma, Qi Wang
2024 C conf
IGARSS
Xiaohua Zhu, Xinyu Chen, Wei Liu
2024 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I Regul. Pap.
Hanjun Zhao, Hui Chu, Xiaohua Zhu, Yongxin Guo
2023 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Xiaohua Zhu, Qian Yang, Xinyu Chen, Zixiao Ding
2023 C conf
IGARSS
Qian Yang, Xiaohua Zhu, Guangzhou Ouyang, Lingling Ma
2022 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Minmo Chen, Aruni Dinan Hanifa, Naokazu Taniguchi, Hidemi Mutsuda, Xiaohua Zhu, Zenan Zhu, Chuanzheng Zhang, Ju Lin, Kaneko Arata
2022 J jnl
Digit. Signal Process.
Chuanzhi Wang, Xiaohua Zhu, Shuaiming Huang
2022 J jnl
Comput. Methods Programs Biomed.
Zhengyong Huang, Sijuan Zou, Guoshuai Wang, Zixiang Chen, Hao Shen, Haiyan Wang, Na Zhang, Lu Zhang, Fan Yang, Haining Wang, Dong Liang, Tianye Niu, Xiaohua Zhu, Zhanli Hu
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Zhengyong Huang, Sijuan Zou, Guoshuai Wang, Zixiang Chen, Hao Shen, Haiyan Wang, Na Zhang, Lu Zhang, Fan Yang, Haining Wang, Dong Liang, Tianye Niu, Xiaohua Zhu, Zhanli Hu
2022 J jnl
NeuroImage
Yuankai Zhu, Ge Ruan, Zhaoting Cheng, Sijuan Zou, Xiaohua Zhu
2022 J jnl
Public Libr. Q.
Xiaohua Zhu, Joseph Winberry, Kristen McBee, Ellen Cowell, Jonathan Stewart Headrick
2021 J jnl
Sensors
Zhiting Fei, Jiachen Zhao, Zhe Geng, Xiaohua Zhu, Jindong Zhang
2021 conf
ASIST
Brian Dobreski, Xiaohua Zhu, Tao Yang, Laura Ridenour
2021 J jnl
Aslib J. Inf. Manag.
Xiaohua Zhu, Moonhee Cho
2020 C conf
IGARSS
Yongguang Zhao, Lingling Ma, Yaokai Liu, Yonggang Qian, Kun Li, Ning Wang, Caixia Gao, Xiaohua Zhu, Wan Li
2020 J jnl
IEEE Access
Chuanzhi Wang, Xiaohua Zhu, Xuehua Li
2019 J jnl
J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol.
Xiaohua Zhu, Mark Antony Freeman
2019 J jnl
Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell.
Xiaohua Zhu, Ning Wang
2019 conf
ASIST
Xiaohua Zhu, Tao Yang
2018 conf
ASIST
Xiaohua Zhu, Moonhee Cho
2017 conf
ASIST
Mark Antony Freeman, Xiaohua Zhu
2017 J jnl
Clust. Comput.
Yanxin Lv, Haibo Li, Xiaohua Zhu, Liping Tang
2017 J jnl
Sci. China Inf. Sci.
Hai Yu, Feng Shu, You You, Jin Wang, Tingting Liu, Xiaohu You, Jinhui Lu, Jianxin Wang, Xiaohua Zhu
2017 J jnl
Appl. Soft Comput.
Xiaohua Zhu, Ning Wang
2017 J jnl
Clust. Comput.
Yanxin Lv, Haibo Li, Xiaohua Zhu, Weiji Liu
2017 C conf
IECON
Ning Wang, Xiaohua Zhu, Yiping Chen, Jili Tao
2017 conf
ICSPCC
Shuai Shentu, Hangfang Zhao, Yuwei Wu, Xiaohua Zhu
2017 J jnl
Gov. Inf. Q.
Xiaohua Zhu
2015 J jnl
Quantum Inf. Process.
Huawang Qin, Xiaohua Zhu, Yuewei Dai
2015 J jnl
Multim. Syst.
Cheolkon Jung, Lei Wang, Xiaohua Zhu, Licheng Jiao
2015 conf
FSKD
Hongjiao Xu, Wen Zeng, Jie Gui, Peng Qu, Xiaohua Zhu, Lijun Wang
2015 C conf
IGARSS
Xiaohua Zhu, Chuanrong Li, Zhiwei Zhang, Yongsheng Zhou
2015 conf
WCSP
Haiqing Wang, Xiaohua Zhu
2015 conf
iPRES
Carolyn Hank, Noah Lasley, Xiaohua Zhu, Kylan Shireman, Charlene Kirkpatrick
2014 C conf
CIS
Huawang Qin, Xiaohua Zhu, Yuewei Dai
2013 C conf
IGARSS
Xiaohua Zhu, Lingling Ma, Chuanrong Li, Lingli Tang, Bo Zhu
2013 J jnl
Multidimens. Syst. Signal Process.
Shanna Zhuang, Xiaohua Zhu
2012 conf
ICICA (2)
Xiaohua Zhu
2011 conf
ASIST
Xiaohua Zhu
2010 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Signal Process.
Jindong Zhang, Haiqing Wang, Xiaohua Zhu
redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_sections.py
← Index redb/extractors/elf_extractors/elf_sections.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 ELFSection


class ELFSectionExtractor(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_sections = []
        self.elastic_index = self.index_prefix + "-elf_sections"
        self.log.debug(inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name)

    def _is_empty_result(self, extracted_data) -> bool:
        """
        Override: Empty sections is an ERROR, not a valid empty case.
        A valid ELF file must have sections (at minimum a null section).
        """
        # Always return False - empty sections 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_section_type(self, sh_type_str: str) -> int:
        """Map section type string to enum value."""
        type_map = {
            'SHT_NULL': 0,
            'SHT_PROGBITS': 1,
            'SHT_SYMTAB': 2,
            'SHT_STRTAB': 3,
            'SHT_RELA': 4,
            'SHT_HASH': 5,
            'SHT_DYNAMIC': 6,
            'SHT_NOTE': 7,
            'SHT_NOBITS': 8,
            'SHT_REL': 9,
            'SHT_DYNSYM': 11
        }
        return type_map.get(sh_type_str, 0)

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

        # Common ELF section flags
        if flags & 0x1:  # SHF_WRITE
            flag_strings.append('WRITE')
        if flags & 0x2:  # SHF_ALLOC
            flag_strings.append('ALLOC')
        if flags & 0x4:  # SHF_EXECINSTR
            flag_strings.append('EXECINSTR')
        if flags & 0x10:  # SHF_MERGE
            flag_strings.append('MERGE')
        if flags & 0x20:  # SHF_STRINGS
            flag_strings.append('STRINGS')
        if flags & 0x40:  # SHF_INFO_LINK
            flag_strings.append('INFO_LINK')
        if flags & 0x80:  # SHF_LINK_ORDER
            flag_strings.append('LINK_ORDER')
        if flags & 0x100:  # SHF_OS_NONCONFORMING
            flag_strings.append('OS_NONCONFORMING')
        if flags & 0x200:  # SHF_GROUP
            flag_strings.append('GROUP')
        if flags & 0x400:  # SHF_TLS
            flag_strings.append('TLS')

        return flag_strings if flag_strings else ['NONE']

    def _extract_section_data(self, section) -> Dict:
        """Extract data from a single section."""
        try:
            header = section.header

            # Get section name (handle empty names)
            section_name = section.name if section.name else f"<unnamed_{section.header.get('sh_name', 0)}>"

            # Get section type and map to enum
            sh_type_str = header.get('sh_type', 'SHT_NULL')
            section_type_enum = self._map_section_type(sh_type_str)
            section_type_str = sh_type_str.replace('SHT_', '') if sh_type_str.startswith('SHT_') else sh_type_str

            # Get section properties
            section_flags = header.get('sh_flags', 0)
            section_flags_str = self._decode_section_flags(section_flags)
            section_addr = header.get('sh_addr', 0)
            section_offset = header.get('sh_offset', 0)
            section_size = header.get('sh_size', 0)
            section_link = header.get('sh_link', 0)
            section_info = header.get('sh_info', 0)
            section_addralign = header.get('sh_addralign', 0)
            section_entsize = header.get('sh_entsize', 0)

            # Calculate entropy and hashes for section data
            section_entropy = 0.0
            section_sha256 = ""
            section_md5 = ""

            try:
                if section_size > 0 and section_type_str != 'NOBITS':
                    section_data = section.data()
                    if section_data:
                        # Calculate entropy
                        section_entropy = self._calculate_entropy(section_data)

                        # Calculate hashes
                        section_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(section_data).hexdigest()
                        section_md5 = hashlib.md5(section_data).hexdigest()
            except Exception as e:
                self.log.warning(f"Could not read section '{section_name}' data: {e}")
                section_entropy = 0.0
                section_sha256 = ""
                section_md5 = ""

            return ELFSection(
                section_name=section_name,
                section_type=section_type_enum,
                section_type_str=section_type_str,
                section_flags=section_flags,
                section_flags_str=section_flags_str,
                section_addr=section_addr,
                section_offset=section_offset,
                section_size=section_size,
                section_link=section_link,
                section_info=section_info,
                section_addralign=section_addralign,
                section_entsize=section_entsize,
                section_entropy=section_entropy,
                section_sha256=section_sha256,
                section_md5=section_md5
            )

        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error(f"Error extracting section data: {e}")
            return None

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

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

            def extract_data(elf):
                sections_data = []

                # Iterate through all sections with per-section error handling
                for section_index, section in enumerate(elf.iter_sections()):
                    try:
                        section_data = self._extract_section_data(section)
                        if section_data:
                            sections_data.append(section_data)
                        else:
                            self.log.warning(f"Failed to extract data for section {section_index}")
                    except Exception as e:
                        self.log.warning(f"Error processing section {section_index}: {e}")
                        # Continue processing other sections

                return sections_data

            if not self._is_elf_file():
                return None

            result = self._with_elf_file(extract_data)
            if result is None:
                return None

            self.elf_sections = result
            return self.elf_sections

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

                # Prepare data arrays for all sections
                data = []
                current_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                for section in self.elf_sections:
                    row = [
                        self.sha256,
                        self.md5,
                        self.sha1,
                        section.section_name,
                        section.section_type,
                        section.section_type_str,
                        section.section_flags,
                        section.section_flags_str,
                        section.section_addr,
                        section.section_offset,
                        section.section_size,
                        section.section_link,
                        section.section_info,
                        section.section_addralign,
                        section.section_entsize,
                        section.section_entropy,
                        section.section_sha256,
                        section.section_md5,
                        current_time
                    ]
                    data.append(row)

                column_names = [
                    'sha256', 'md5', 'sha1',
                    'section_name', 'section_type', 'section_type_str',
                    'section_flags', 'section_flags_str',
                    'section_addr', 'section_offset', 'section_size',
                    'section_link', 'section_info', 'section_addralign', 'section_entsize',
                    'section_entropy', 'section_sha256', 'section_md5',
                    'analysis_date'
                ]

                column_type_names = [
                    'FixedString(64)', 'FixedString(32)', 'FixedString(40)',
                    'LowCardinality(String)',
                    "Enum8('NULL'=0, 'PROGBITS'=1, 'SYMTAB'=2, 'STRTAB'=3, 'RELA'=4, 'HASH'=5, 'DYNAMIC'=6, 'NOTE'=7, 'NOBITS'=8, 'REL'=9, 'DYNSYM'=11)",
                    'LowCardinality(String)',
                    'UInt64',
                    'Array(LowCardinality(String))',
                    'UInt64', 'UInt64', 'UInt64',
                    'UInt32', 'UInt32', '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_sections"