Some Assembly Required - Program Analysis of Embedded System Code

Ansgar Fehnker; Ralf Huuck; Felix Rauch; Sean Seefried

doi:10.1109/SCAM.2008.15

Some Assembly Required - Program Analysis of Embedded System Code

Ansgar Fehnker, Ralf Huuck, Felix Rauch, Sean Seefried

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Abstract

Programming embedded system software typically involves more than one programming language. Normally, a high-level language such as C/C++ is used for application oriented tasks and a low-level assembly language for direct interaction with the underlying hardware. In most cases those languages are closely interwoven and the assembly is embedded in the C/C++ code. Verification of such programs requires the integrated analysis of both languages at the same time. However, common algorithmic verification tools fail to address this issue. In this work we present a model-checking based static analysis approach which seamlessly integrates the analysis of embedded ARM assembly with C/C++ code analysis. In particular, we show how to automatically check that the ARM code complies to its interface descriptions. Given interface compliance, we then provide an extended analysis framework for checking general properties of ARM code. We implemented this analysis in our source code analysis tool Goanna, and applied to the source code of an L4 micro kernel implementation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Eighth IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM 2008)
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	15-24
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	978-0-7695-3353-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SCAM.2008.15
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	Eighth IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation - Beijing Friendship Hotel, Beijing, China Duration: 28 Sep 2008 → 29 Sep 2008 Conference number: 8 http://www.ieee-scam.org/2008/

Conference

Conference	Eighth IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation
Abbreviated title	SCAM 2008
Country	China
City	Beijing
Period	28/09/08 → 29/09/08
Internet address	http://www.ieee-scam.org/2008/

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Fehnker, A, Huuck, R, Rauch, F & Seefried, S 2008, Some Assembly Required - Program Analysis of Embedded System Code. in Eighth IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM 2008). IEEE Computer Society, pp. 15-24, Eighth IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation, Beijing, China, 28/09/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/SCAM.2008.15

Some Assembly Required - Program Analysis of Embedded System Code. / Fehnker, Ansgar; Huuck, Ralf; Rauch, Felix; Seefried, Sean.

Eighth IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM 2008). IEEE Computer Society, 2008. p. 15-24.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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