basicblock module

binaryninja.basicblock.BasicBlock(handle[, view])	The BasicBlock object is returned during analysis and should not be directly instantiated.
binaryninja.basicblock.BasicBlockEdge(type, ...)

class BasicBlock(handle: LP_BNBasicBlock, view: Optional[BinaryView] = None)

Bases: object

The BasicBlock object is returned during analysis and should not be directly instantiated.

Parameters:

• handle (LP_BNBasicBlock) –

• view (Optional[BinaryView]) –

get_disassembly_text(settings: Optional[DisassemblySettings] = None) → List[DisassemblyTextLine]

get_disassembly_text returns a list of DisassemblyTextLine objects for the current basic block.

Parameters:

settings (DisassemblySettings) – (optional) DisassemblySettings object

Example:

>>> current_basic_block.get_disassembly_text()
[<0x100000f30: _main:>, <0x100000f30: push    rbp>, ... ]

Return type:

List[DisassemblyTextLine]

get_instruction_containing_address(addr: int) → Tuple[bool, int]

Parameters:

addr (int) –

Return type:

Tuple[bool, int]

get_iterated_dominance_frontier(blocks: List[BasicBlock]) → List[BasicBlock]

Calculates the iterated dominance frontier of the given blocks (this is used to determine φ node placement)

Parameters:

blocks (List[BasicBlock]) –

Return type:

List[BasicBlock]

mark_recent_use() → None

Return type:

None

set_auto_highlight(color: HighlightColor) → None

set_auto_highlight highlights the current BasicBlock with the supplied color.

Warning

Use only in analysis plugins. Do not use in regular plugins, as colors won’t be saved to the database.

Parameters:

• color (HighlightColor) – Color value to use for highlighting

• color –

Return type:

None

set_user_highlight(color: HighlightColor) → None

set_user_highlight highlights the current BasicBlock with the supplied color

Parameters:

• color (HighlightColor) – Color value to use for highlighting

• color –

Example:

>>> current_basic_block.set_user_highlight(_highlight.HighlightColor(red=0xff, blue=0xff, green=0))
>>> current_basic_block.set_user_highlight(HighlightStandardColor.BlueHighlightColor)

Return type:

None

property annotations: List[List[InstructionTextToken]]

List of automatic annotations for the start of this block (read-only)

property arch: Architecture

Basic block architecture (read-only)

property can_exit: bool

Whether basic block can return or is tagged as ‘No Return’ (read-only)

property disassembly_text: List[DisassemblyTextLine]

disassembly_text property which returns a list of function.DisassemblyTextLine objects for the current basic block.

Example:

>>> current_basic_block.disassembly_text
[<0x100000f30: _main:>, ...]

property dominance_frontier: List[BasicBlock]

Dominance frontier for this basic block (read-only)

property dominator_tree_children: List[BasicBlock]

List of child blocks in the dominator tree for this basic block (read-only)

property dominators: List[BasicBlock]

List of dominators for this basic block (read-only)

property end: int

Basic block end (read-only)

property function: Optional[Function]

Basic block function (read-only)

property has_invalid_instructions: bool

Whether basic block has any invalid instructions (read-only)

property has_undetermined_outgoing_edges: bool

Whether basic block has undetermined outgoing edges (read-only)

property highlight: HighlightColor

Gets or sets the highlight color for basic block

Example:

>>> current_basic_block.highlight = HighlightStandardColor.BlueHighlightColor
>>> current_basic_block.highlight
<color: blue>

property immediate_dominator: Optional[BasicBlock]

Immediate dominator of this basic block (read-only)

property immediate_post_dominator: Optional[BasicBlock]

Immediate dominator of this basic block (read-only)

property incoming_edges: List[BasicBlockEdge]

List of basic block incoming edges (read-only)

property index: int

Basic block index in list of blocks for the function (read-only)

property instruction_count: int

property is_high_level_il: bool

Whether the basic block contains High Level IL

property is_il: bool

Whether the basic block contains IL

property is_low_level_il: bool

Whether the basic block contains Low Level IL

property is_medium_level_il: bool

Whether the basic block contains Medium Level IL

property length: int

Basic block length (read-only)

property outgoing_edges: List[BasicBlockEdge]

List of basic block outgoing edges (read-only)

property post_dominance_frontier: List[BasicBlock]

Post dominance frontier for this basic block (read-only)

property post_dominator_tree_children: List[BasicBlock]

List of child blocks in the post dominator tree for this basic block (read-only)

property post_dominators: List[BasicBlock]

List of dominators for this basic block (read-only)

property source_block: Optional[BasicBlock]

The corresponding assembly-level basic block for this basic block (read-only)

property start: int

Basic block start (read-only)

property strict_dominators: List[BasicBlock]

List of strict dominators for this basic block (read-only)

property view: Optional[BinaryView]

BinaryView that contains the basic block (read-only)

class BasicBlockEdge(type: BranchType, source: 'BasicBlock', target: 'BasicBlock', back_edge: bool, fall_through: bool)

Bases: object

Parameters:

• type (BranchType) –

• source (BasicBlock) –

• target (BasicBlock) –

• back_edge (bool) –

• fall_through (bool) –

back_edge: bool

fall_through: bool

source: BasicBlock

target: BasicBlock

type: BranchType