Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api

Missing break statement causes unintended fall-through from case MIPS_DSRLV to case MIPS_MMI0

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Description

Version and Platform :

  • Binary Ninja Version: 5.0.7648
  • Edition: Commercial
  • OS: MacOS
  • OS Version: 15.1.1
  • CPU Architecture: [M4]

Bug Description:
when I compile the arch-mips plugin I find it could not disassemble DSRLV correctly. Then I found Missing break statement causes unintended fall-through from case MIPS_DSRLV to case MIPS_MMI0 in the binaryninja-api code, caused by https://github.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api/commit/da9df164ea310ee6aab900fa940b63d20839c2dc#diff-abc4a7fb962fb647aec8ffc030e7600446fd51186f56a3eb14fe18159c715649
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Research direction

Start with the MIPS instruction dispatch in the binaryninja-api code, using commit da9df164ea310ee6aab900fa940b63d20839c2dc and the arch-mips plugin as entry points. Compile the plugin and test disassembly of DSRLV; done means DSRLV no longer falls through to MIPS_MMI0 and is decoded correctly.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
reverse-engineering
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
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