{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Intermediate Representation" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Miasm provides an [intermediate representation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_representation)\n", "(*IR*) to represent the effects of a source code (for example, like LLVM). The benefits of using an IR are:\n", "* A unified representation that does not depend on the source architecture;\n", "* A minimal language;\n", "* The side effects are explicit, for example *A + B* will not implicitly update flags.\n", "\n", "Miasm's IR implementation is located in `miasm.expression.expression`, with `Expr*` objects. Rules of the language will be enumerated along this documentation." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Rule: Each expression has a size (in bit). Some expressions need this size at creation time, others compute their size from their arguments.**" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Language" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "The basic words in the language are:\n", "* `ExprId` : represents an identifier. For example, the register `EAX` will be represented by an `ExprId` of size 32 bits.\n", "* `ExprInt` : represents an unsigned integer." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "a\n", "ExprId('a', 32)\n", "a\n", "32\n" ] } ], "source": [ "from miasm.expression.expression import *\n", "\n", "a = ExprId(\"a\", 32)\n", "print(a)\n", "print(repr(a))\n", "\n", "# Identifier\n", "print(a.name)\n", "print(a.size)" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 2, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "0x10\n", "0xFFFFFFFF\n", "16\n" ] } ], "source": [ "cst1 = ExprInt(16, 32)\n", "print(cst1)\n", "cst2 = ExprInt(-1, 32)\n", "print(cst2)\n", "\n", "# Show associated value\n", "print(int(cst1))" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "The word `ExprMem` represents a memory access, of a given size in bits." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 3, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "@16[0x11223344]\n", "0x11223344\n" ] } ], "source": [ "# Memory access of 16 bits, at address 0x11223344 on 32 bits\n", "addr = ExprInt(0x11223344, 32)\n", "mem1 = ExprMem(addr, 16)\n", "print(mem1)\n", "\n", "# Show memory address\n", "print(mem1.ptr)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "The word `ExprOp` describes the n-ary operations between expressions. The operation is a string, so new operations can be created on the fly. Some operations (`+`, `*`, `|`, `parity`, ...) are already used by Miasm. An operation occurs between elements having the same size and has the same size as the arguments." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 4, "metadata": { "scrolled": true }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "a + 0x10\n", "(ExprId('a', 32), ExprInt(0x10, 32))\n", "MyCustomOp(a)\n" ] } ], "source": [ "# Defining an operation\n", "op1 = ExprOp(\"+\", a, cst1)\n", "print(op1)\n", "\n", "# Accessing the arguments\n", "print(op1.args)\n", "\n", "# Creating a custom operation\n", "op2 = ExprOp(\"MyCustomOp\", a)\n", "print(op2)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Rule: In _most_ cases, the arguments of an ExprOp must have the same size. The ExprOp size is then the size of its arguments. Some exceptions exist, for example the operator \"```==```\" has a size of 1 bit. Size exceptions are described here: https://github.com/cea-sec/miasm/blob/5ee76eed19b62983909d6a16966acc15b2c8726f/miasm/expression/expression.py#L1045**" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Helpers ease the creation of common operations." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 5, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "a + 0x10\n", "a * 0x10\n", "-a\n", "a | 0x10\n", "a & 0x10\n" ] } ], "source": [ "print(a + cst1)\n", "print(a * cst1)\n", "print(- a)\n", "print(a | cst1)\n", "print(a & cst1)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Be careful, even though the Expressions can represent \"everything\", Miasm assumes some properties on certain operations:\n", "* the associative operations (`+`, `^`, `|`, ...) are n-ary operations ;\n", "* the `-` is always unary" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 6, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "a + -0x10\n" ] } ], "source": [ "print(a - cst1)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "* `parity` has always a size 1, it's an exception" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 7, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "32\n", "1\n" ] } ], "source": [ "p = ExprOp(\"parity\", a)\n", "print(a.size)\n", "print(p.size)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "The `=` operation is handled separately by the word `ExprAssign`." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 8, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "a = 0x10\n", "0x10\n", "a\n" ] } ], "source": [ "assign = ExprAssign(a, cst1)\n", "print(assign)\n", "\n", "# Source, destination\n", "print(assign.src)\n", "print(assign.dst)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Rule: The ```ExprAssign``` is not really a word of the language: it can be considered as a statement. Thus, it cannot be an argument of another expression.**" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "The word `ExprCond` represents a ternary relation, equivalend to the Python `src1 if cond else src2`" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 9, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "a?(0x10,0xFFFFFFFF)\n", "a\n", "0x10\n", "0xFFFFFFFF\n" ] } ], "source": [ "cond = ExprCond(a, cst1, cst2)\n", "print(cond)\n", "\n", "# Access to the elements\n", "print(cond.cond)\n", "print(cond.src1)\n", "print(cond.src2)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Rule: The sizes of ```src1``` and ```src2``` must be equal, but can differ from the size of ```cond```.**" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "The following words manipulate the sizes:\n", "* `ExprSlice`: extracts a bits slice of an expression;\n", "* `ExprCompose`: concatenates two expressions." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 10, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "a[6:8]\n", "2\n", "a\n", "6\n", "8\n" ] }, { "data": { "text/plain": [ "True" ] }, "execution_count": 10, "metadata": {}, "output_type": "execute_result" } ], "source": [ "sl = ExprSlice(a, 6, 8)\n", "print(sl)\n", "print(sl.size)\n", "\n", "# Access to the properties\n", "print(sl.arg)\n", "print(sl.start)\n", "print(sl.stop)\n", "\n", "# Simpler form\n", "sl == a[6:8]" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Rule: The size of an ```ExprSlice``` is equal to ```stop - start```.**" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 11, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "{a 0 32, 0x10 32 64}\n", "64\n", "(ExprId('a', 32), ExprInt(0x10, 32))\n", "[(0, ExprId('a', 32)), (32, ExprInt(0x10, 32))]\n" ] } ], "source": [ "# Concatenation of a (bit 0 to 31) with cst1 (bit 32 to 63)\n", "comp = ExprCompose(a, cst1)\n", "print(comp)\n", "print(comp.size)\n", "\n", "# Access to the arguments\n", "print(comp.args)\n", "# Access to the starting bit and the associated argument\n", "print(list(comp.iter_args()))" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Rule: The size of an ```ExprCompose``` is equal to the sum of the sizes of its arguments.**" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Finally, the word `ExprLoc` represents a memory location.\n", "For example, it can represent the destination of a jump or a function call.\n", "\n", "A location is described by a unique element of type `LocKey`. You can see the `LocKey` as a key that you can use to retrieve all the information associated with a location: its offset, its name (\"main\") etc.\n", "`ExprLoc` is a kind of `LocKey` container." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 12, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "loc_key_1\n" ] } ], "source": [ "loc = ExprLoc(LocKey(1), 32)\n", "print(loc)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "In summary, the different words are:\n", "\n", "| Word | Meaning |\n", "|-----|----------|\n", "|ExprAssign|A=B|\n", "|ExprInt|0x18|\n", "|ExprId|EAX|\n", "|ExprLoc|label_1|\n", "|ExprCond|A ? B : C|\n", "|ExprMem|@16[ESI]|\n", "|ExprOp|A + B|\n", "|ExprSlice|AH = EAX[8 :16]|\n", "|ExprCompose|AX = AH.AL|" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Common helpers" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 13, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "data": { "text/plain": [ "ExprInt(0xFFFFFFFF, 32)" ] }, "execution_count": 13, "metadata": {}, "output_type": "execute_result" } ], "source": [ "# Proper size mask\n", "a.mask" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 14, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "data": { "text/plain": [ "32" ] }, "execution_count": 14, "metadata": {}, "output_type": "execute_result" } ], "source": [ "# Expression size\n", "a.size" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 15, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "a 0x10\n" ] } ], "source": [ "# Printable version\n", "print(a, cst1)" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 16, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "ExprId('a', 32) ExprOp('+', ExprId('a', 32), ExprInt(0x10, 32))\n" ] } ], "source": [ "# Expr representation (can be copy-pasted in the code)\n", "print(repr(a), repr(a + cst1))" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 17, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "zeroExt_64(0x10)\n", "signExt_64(0x10)\n" ] } ], "source": [ "# Size extension (unsigned, signed)\n", "print(cst1.zeroExtend(64))\n", "print(cst1.signExtend(64))" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 18, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "a[31:32]\n" ] } ], "source": [ "# Most significant bit\n", "print(a.msb())" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 19, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "a + a + 0x10\n", "0xFFFFFFFF + 0xFFFFFFFF + 0x10\n" ] } ], "source": [ "# Replacement\n", "expr1 = a + a + cst1\n", "print(expr1)\n", "expr2 = expr1.replace_expr({a: cst2})\n", "print(expr2)" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 20, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "True\n", "False\n", "True\n", "True\n", "True\n", "False\n" ] } ], "source": [ "# Type test\n", "print(a.is_id())\n", "print(a.is_int())\n", "print(cst1.is_int())\n", "print(op1.is_op())\n", "print(op1.is_op(\"+\"))\n", "print(op1.is_op(\"&\"))" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Expression represented by a graph" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Miasm IR expressions have a recursive structure and can be represented and manipulated as graphs.\n", "The graph object is a `DiGraph`, implemented in `miasm.core.graph`. It offers usual methods for manipulating graphs (node and vertex access, predecessors, successors, dominators, graphviz dot representation ...)." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 21, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "(a + 0x10) & 0xFFFFFFFF\n", "(a + 0x10) & 0xFFFFFFFF\n", "0x10\n", "0xFFFFFFFF\n", "a\n", "a + 0x10\n", "a + 0x10 -> a\n", "a + 0x10 -> 0x10\n", "(a + 0x10) & 0xFFFFFFFF -> a + 0x10\n", "(a + 0x10) & 0xFFFFFFFF -> 0xFFFFFFFF\n" ] } ], "source": [ "expr3 = a + cst1 & cst2\n", "print(expr3)\n", "graph = expr3.graph()\n", "print(graph)" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 22, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "dot = graph.dot()\n", "#from graphviz import Source\n", "#src = Source(dot)\n", "#src" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Expression simplification" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "The expression simplification applies transformation rules to an expression until they can be applied. This process is done by an `ExpressionSimplifier` object, implemented in `miasm.expression.simplifications`.\n", "\n", "Some basic simplifications are already implemented and can be activated with the `expr_simp` instance in the module." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 23, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "0x10 + 0xFFFFFFFF\n", "0xF\n", "0x10[4:5]\n", "0x1\n", "a + a + -a\n", "a\n", "a + 0x10\n", "0x10 + 0x10\n", "0x20\n", "a * 0x4\n" ] } ], "source": [ "from miasm.expression.simplifications import expr_simp\n", "\n", "# 0x10 + (-1) = 0xF\n", "op3 = cst1 + cst2\n", "print(op3)\n", "cst3 = expr_simp(op3)\n", "print(cst3)\n", "\n", "# 5th bit of 0x10 = 1\n", "sl2 = cst1[4:5]\n", "print(sl2)\n", "cst4 = expr_simp(sl2)\n", "print(cst4)\n", "\n", "# a + a - a = a\n", "op4 = a + a - a\n", "print(op4)\n", "print(expr_simp(op4))\n", "assert expr_simp(op4) == a\n", "\n", "# Use to evaluate an expression (here a + 0x10 is evaluated with a = 0x10)\n", "print(op1)\n", "print(op1.replace_expr({a: cst1}))\n", "print(expr_simp(op1.replace_expr({a: cst1})))\n", "print(expr_simp(a + a +a + a))" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Transformation rules can be added with the method `enable_passes`. A transformation rule is a function and is associated to an expression type.\n", "\n", "Below, the code transforms the booleans operation in an `ExprCond` to an operation of type `<`." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 24, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "((x + -y) ^ ((x ^ y) & ((x + -y) ^ x)))[31:32]\n", "True\n", "False\n", "True\n" ] } ], "source": [ "x = ExprId(\"x\", 32)\n", "y = ExprId(\"y\", 32)\n", "\n", "inf_signed = ((x - y) ^ ((x ^ y) & ((x - y) ^ x)))[31:32]\n", "print(inf_signed)\n", "\n", "def is_inf(x_val, y_val):\n", " new_val = expr_simp(inf_signed.replace_expr({\n", " x: x_val,\n", " y: y_val,\n", " }))\n", " assert new_val.is_int()\n", " return int(new_val) == 1\n", "\n", "# 0 < 10\n", "print(is_inf(ExprInt(0, 32), ExprInt(10, 32)))\n", "# 10 !< 10\n", "print(is_inf(ExprInt(10, 32), ExprInt(10, 32)))\n", "# -1 < 0\n", "print(is_inf(ExprInt(0xFFFFFFFF, 32), ExprInt(0, 32)))" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "The following code enables this transformation, which was already implemented but not enabled: " ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 25, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "{: [],\n", " : [],\n", " : [,\n", " ]}\n", "(((x ^ y) & (x ^ (x + -y))) ^ (x + -y))[31:32]\n", "x