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instruction.py

ofrak.core.instruction

Instruction (MemoryRegion) dataclass

A single ISA instruction.

Attributes:

Name Type Description
virtual_address int

the virtual address of the start of the instruction

size int

the size of the instruction

disassembly str

the instruction's disassembly

mnemonic str

the instruction's mnemonic

operands str

the instruction's operands

mode InstructionSetMode

the instruction set mode of the instruction

get_assembly(self) async

Get the instruction as an assembly string.

Returns:

Type Description
str

the instruction as an assembly string

Source code in ofrak/core/instruction.py
async def get_assembly(self) -> str:
    """
    Get the instruction as an assembly string.

    :return: the instruction as an assembly string
    """
    return f"{self.mnemonic} {self.operands}"

modify_assembly(self, mnemonic=None, operands=None, mode=None) async

Modify the instruction, changing it to an instruction of equal size.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
mnemonic Optional[str]

the modified instruction mnemonic

None
operands Optional[str]

the modified instruction operands

None
mode Optional[ofrak_type.architecture.InstructionSetMode]

the modified instruction's instruction set mode

None

Returns:

Type Description
bytes

the instruction's machine code after modification

Source code in ofrak/core/instruction.py
async def modify_assembly(
    self,
    mnemonic: Optional[str] = None,
    operands: Optional[str] = None,
    mode: Optional[InstructionSetMode] = None,
) -> bytes:
    """
    Modify the instruction, changing it to an instruction of equal size.

    :param mnemonic: the modified instruction mnemonic
    :param operands: the modified instruction operands
    :param mode: the modified instruction's instruction set mode

    :return: the instruction's machine code after modification
    """
    modification_config = InstructionModifierConfig(
        mnemonic or self.mnemonic,
        operands or self.operands,
        mode or self.mode,
    )
    await self.resource.run(InstructionModifier, modification_config)
    data_after_modification = await self.resource.get_data()

    return data_after_modification

InstructionAnalyzer (Analyzer, ABC)

Analyze an instruction and extract its attributes.

InstructionModifier (Modifier)

Modify an instruction.

modify(self, resource, config) async

Modify an instruction.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
resource Resource

the instruction resource to modify

required
config InstructionModifierConfig required

Exceptions:

Type Description
AssertionError

if the modified instruction length does not match the length of the original instruction

Source code in ofrak/core/instruction.py
async def modify(self, resource: Resource, config: InstructionModifierConfig):
    """
    Modify an instruction.

    :param resource: the instruction resource to modify
    :param config:

    :raises AssertionError: if the modified instruction length does not match the length of
    the original instruction
    """
    resource_memory_region = await resource.view_as(MemoryRegion)

    modified_assembly = f"{config.mnemonic} {config.operands}"

    asm = await self._assembler_service.assemble(
        modified_assembly,
        resource_memory_region.virtual_address,
        await resource.analyze(ProgramAttributes),
        config.mode,
    )
    assert (
        len(asm) == resource_memory_region.size
    ), "The modified instruction length does not match the original instruction length"

    new_attributes = AttributesType[Instruction](
        disassembly=modified_assembly,
        mnemonic=config.mnemonic,
        operands=config.operands,
        mode=config.mode,
    )
    resource.queue_patch(Range.from_size(0, len(asm)), asm)
    resource.add_attributes(new_attributes)

InstructionModifierConfig (ComponentConfig) dataclass

Config for the InstructionModifier.

Attributes:

Name Type Description
mnemonic str

the modified instruction's mnemonic

operands str

the modified instruction's operands

mode InstructionSetMode

the modified instruction's instruction set mode

InstructionRegisterUsageAnalyzer (Analyzer, ABC)

Analyze an instruction and extract the list of registers read and written.

RegisterUsage (ResourceAttributes) dataclass

Information about the register usage in a Resource containing some assembly, such as an Instruction.

Attributes:

Name Type Description
registers_read Tuple[str, ...]

registers read from when the assembly executes

registers_written Tuple[str, ...]

registers written to when the assembly executes