Module refinery.lib.scripts.js.deobfuscation.deadcode
Eliminate dead code branches guarded by constant conditions.
This transformer prunes unreachable branches from if/else statements when the test is a
literal whose truthiness can be determined statically. When the discarded test is not provably
free of side effects, it is kept as a leading expression statement so that pruning never changes
observable behavior. Purity of a call inside the test is resolved through the script's effect
model, so a test that only invokes proven-pure functions or intrinsics is dropped with the branch.
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"""
Eliminate dead code branches guarded by constant conditions.
This transformer prunes unreachable branches from `if`/`else` statements when the test is a
literal whose truthiness can be determined statically. When the discarded test is not provably
free of side effects, it is kept as a leading expression statement so that pruning never changes
observable behavior. Purity of a call inside the test is resolved through the script's effect
model, so a test that only invokes proven-pure functions or intrinsics is dropped with the branch.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
from refinery.lib.scripts import Node, Statement
from refinery.lib.scripts.js.analysis.cache import model_cache
from refinery.lib.scripts.js.analysis.effects import (
EffectModel,
side_effect_free,
)
from refinery.lib.scripts.js.analysis.model import (
SemanticModel,
_walk_skipping_functions,
annex_b_var_home,
pattern_identifiers,
)
from refinery.lib.scripts.js.deobfuscation.helpers import (
BodyProcessingTransformer,
is_truthy,
)
from refinery.lib.scripts.js.model import (
JsBlockStatement,
JsClassDeclaration,
JsExpressionStatement,
JsFunctionDeclaration,
JsIdentifier,
JsIfStatement,
JsLabeledStatement,
JsScript,
JsVariableDeclaration,
JsVariableDeclarator,
JsVarKind,
)
def _is_scoped_to_the_block_holding_it(stmt: Statement | None) -> bool:
"""
Whether *stmt*, standing directly in a block, binds a name that block is the scope of, so that
lifting it into the list around the block would give the name a different scope or a different
moment to start holding its value. Read through the labels a declaration may be written under.
A `let`, a `const` and a class are scoped to the block. So is a function declaration, whichever
way its mode reads it: strict code and each of the conditions §B.3.3.1 names bind it in the
block alone, and where Annex B does create a `var` outside the block, the name holds the
function only from the point the declaration runs, while one written in the list around the
block holds it from the entry of the scope.
"""
while isinstance(stmt, JsLabeledStatement):
stmt = stmt.body
if isinstance(stmt, JsVariableDeclaration):
return stmt.kind in (JsVarKind.LET, JsVarKind.CONST)
return isinstance(stmt, (JsClassDeclaration, JsFunctionDeclaration))
def _the_names_a_dropped_branch_still_declares(branch: Statement | None) -> list[Statement]:
"""
A `var` statement declaring every name *branch* binds outside itself, or nothing where it binds
none.
Removing a branch removes the statements it would have run, and a declaration is more than a
statement it runs: a `var`, and in sloppy code a function declaration Annex B gives a `var` half
to, name something from the entry of the enclosing scope onwards, whether or not the branch is
ever reached. Reading such a name answers `undefined` in a program that keeps the branch and
throws in one that does not, so the names have to be left behind even where nothing else is.
What the branch binds lexically is not among them, and neither is a `var` inside a function it
holds: the first goes with the block it was scoped to, and the second belongs to that function.
"""
if branch is None:
return []
names: list[str] = []
seen: set[str] = set()
for node in _walk_skipping_functions([branch]):
if isinstance(node, JsVariableDeclaration) and node.kind is JsVarKind.VAR:
found = [
ident.name
for declarator in node.declarations
if isinstance(declarator, JsVariableDeclarator)
for ident in pattern_identifiers(declarator.id)
]
elif isinstance(node, JsFunctionDeclaration) and node.id is not None:
found = [node.id.name] if annex_b_var_home(node) is not None else []
else:
continue
for name in found:
if name not in seen:
seen.add(name)
names.append(name)
if not names:
return []
return [JsVariableDeclaration(
kind=JsVarKind.VAR,
declarations=[
JsVariableDeclarator(id=JsIdentifier(name=name)) for name in names
],
)]
class JsDeadCodeElimination(BodyProcessingTransformer):
"""
Remove unreachable code guarded by constant conditions.
"""
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self._root: JsScript | None = None
self._effects: EffectModel | None = None
@property
def effects(self) -> EffectModel | None:
"""
The effect model for the current script, built on first demand. It is `None` until a script
has been visited, and is built only when a prunable test is not already conservatively free
of side effects, so a run that never reaches that check pays nothing.
"""
if self._root is None:
return None
if self._effects is None:
self._effects = model_cache(self, self._root).effects
return self._effects
@property
def model(self) -> SemanticModel | None:
"""
The semantic model for the current script. Whether a test denotes a value at all is a scope
question — `undefined` is a value only where nothing has bound that name — so no branch can be
pruned without one. It is reached through the cache rather than through `effects`, which holds
a model but is built lazily and costs far more than this pass needs to spend on an `if`.
"""
if self._root is None:
return None
return model_cache(self, self._root).model
def visit_JsScript(self, node: JsScript):
self._root = node
self._effects = None
return super().visit_JsScript(node)
def _process_body(self, parent: Node, body: list[Statement]):
result: list[Statement] = []
changed = False
for stmt in body:
replacement = self._try_prune(stmt)
if replacement is not None:
result.extend(replacement)
changed = True
else:
result.append(stmt)
if changed:
self._replace_body(parent, result)
def _try_prune(self, stmt: Statement) -> list[Statement] | None:
if not isinstance(stmt, JsIfStatement):
return None
if stmt.test is None:
return None
model = self.model
if model is None:
return None
truthy = is_truthy(stmt.test, model)
if truthy is None:
return None
taken = stmt.consequent if truthy else stmt.alternate
dropped = stmt.alternate if truthy else stmt.consequent
result = self._unwrap_branch(taken)
result[0:0] = _the_names_a_dropped_branch_still_declares(dropped)
if not self._test_is_side_effect_free(stmt.test):
result.insert(0, JsExpressionStatement(expression=stmt.test))
return result
def _test_is_side_effect_free(self, test: Node) -> bool:
"""
Whether the discarded test can be dropped. The model-aware effect check is authoritative when a
model is available: it certifies a proven-pure call the model-free check would keep, and rejects
a read through a `with` body's dynamic scope the model-free check would wrongly call pure (that
read may fire the `with` object's getter or throw). The structural check is only a fallback for a
pass constructed without a model.
"""
effects = self.effects
if effects is not None:
return effects.is_side_effect_free(test)
return side_effect_free(test)
@staticmethod
def _unwrap_branch(branch: Statement | None) -> list[Statement]:
"""
Extract the statements from a branch. If the branch is a block, return its body list
contents; if it is a bare statement, wrap it in a single-element list. A block is kept whole
wherever it declares something that is scoped to it, since lifting the statements out would
move that declaration into the scope around it or give it a different moment to start
holding its value, which `_is_scoped_to_the_block_holding_it` answers.
A bare function declaration is the same branch written without the block §B.3.4 reads it as,
so it is given one rather than being lifted: a declaration standing in the list around the
`if` holds its function from the entry of the scope, where the clause holds it from the
point the clause runs.
"""
if branch is None:
return []
if isinstance(branch, JsBlockStatement):
if any(_is_scoped_to_the_block_holding_it(stmt) for stmt in branch.body):
return [branch]
return list(branch.body)
if _is_scoped_to_the_block_holding_it(branch):
return [JsBlockStatement(body=[branch])]
return [branch]
Classes
class JsDeadCodeElimination-
Remove unreachable code guarded by constant conditions.
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class JsDeadCodeElimination(BodyProcessingTransformer): """ Remove unreachable code guarded by constant conditions. """ def __init__(self): super().__init__() self._root: JsScript | None = None self._effects: EffectModel | None = None @property def effects(self) -> EffectModel | None: """ The effect model for the current script, built on first demand. It is `None` until a script has been visited, and is built only when a prunable test is not already conservatively free of side effects, so a run that never reaches that check pays nothing. """ if self._root is None: return None if self._effects is None: self._effects = model_cache(self, self._root).effects return self._effects @property def model(self) -> SemanticModel | None: """ The semantic model for the current script. Whether a test denotes a value at all is a scope question — `undefined` is a value only where nothing has bound that name — so no branch can be pruned without one. It is reached through the cache rather than through `effects`, which holds a model but is built lazily and costs far more than this pass needs to spend on an `if`. """ if self._root is None: return None return model_cache(self, self._root).model def visit_JsScript(self, node: JsScript): self._root = node self._effects = None return super().visit_JsScript(node) def _process_body(self, parent: Node, body: list[Statement]): result: list[Statement] = [] changed = False for stmt in body: replacement = self._try_prune(stmt) if replacement is not None: result.extend(replacement) changed = True else: result.append(stmt) if changed: self._replace_body(parent, result) def _try_prune(self, stmt: Statement) -> list[Statement] | None: if not isinstance(stmt, JsIfStatement): return None if stmt.test is None: return None model = self.model if model is None: return None truthy = is_truthy(stmt.test, model) if truthy is None: return None taken = stmt.consequent if truthy else stmt.alternate dropped = stmt.alternate if truthy else stmt.consequent result = self._unwrap_branch(taken) result[0:0] = _the_names_a_dropped_branch_still_declares(dropped) if not self._test_is_side_effect_free(stmt.test): result.insert(0, JsExpressionStatement(expression=stmt.test)) return result def _test_is_side_effect_free(self, test: Node) -> bool: """ Whether the discarded test can be dropped. The model-aware effect check is authoritative when a model is available: it certifies a proven-pure call the model-free check would keep, and rejects a read through a `with` body's dynamic scope the model-free check would wrongly call pure (that read may fire the `with` object's getter or throw). The structural check is only a fallback for a pass constructed without a model. """ effects = self.effects if effects is not None: return effects.is_side_effect_free(test) return side_effect_free(test) @staticmethod def _unwrap_branch(branch: Statement | None) -> list[Statement]: """ Extract the statements from a branch. If the branch is a block, return its body list contents; if it is a bare statement, wrap it in a single-element list. A block is kept whole wherever it declares something that is scoped to it, since lifting the statements out would move that declaration into the scope around it or give it a different moment to start holding its value, which `_is_scoped_to_the_block_holding_it` answers. A bare function declaration is the same branch written without the block §B.3.4 reads it as, so it is given one rather than being lifted: a declaration standing in the list around the `if` holds its function from the entry of the scope, where the clause holds it from the point the clause runs. """ if branch is None: return [] if isinstance(branch, JsBlockStatement): if any(_is_scoped_to_the_block_holding_it(stmt) for stmt in branch.body): return [branch] return list(branch.body) if _is_scoped_to_the_block_holding_it(branch): return [JsBlockStatement(body=[branch])] return [branch]Ancestors
Instance variables
var effects-
The effect model for the current script, built on first demand. It is
Noneuntil a script has been visited, and is built only when a prunable test is not already conservatively free of side effects, so a run that never reaches that check pays nothing.Expand source code Browse git
@property def effects(self) -> EffectModel | None: """ The effect model for the current script, built on first demand. It is `None` until a script has been visited, and is built only when a prunable test is not already conservatively free of side effects, so a run that never reaches that check pays nothing. """ if self._root is None: return None if self._effects is None: self._effects = model_cache(self, self._root).effects return self._effects var model-
The semantic model for the current script. Whether a test denotes a value at all is a scope question —
undefinedis a value only where nothing has bound that name — so no branch can be pruned without one. It is reached through the cache rather than througheffects, which holds a model but is built lazily and costs far more than this pass needs to spend on anif.Expand source code Browse git
@property def model(self) -> SemanticModel | None: """ The semantic model for the current script. Whether a test denotes a value at all is a scope question — `undefined` is a value only where nothing has bound that name — so no branch can be pruned without one. It is reached through the cache rather than through `effects`, which holds a model but is built lazily and costs far more than this pass needs to spend on an `if`. """ if self._root is None: return None return model_cache(self, self._root).model
Methods
def visit_JsScript(self, node)-
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def visit_JsScript(self, node: JsScript): self._root = node self._effects = None return super().visit_JsScript(node)
Inherited members