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Problem

pattern_scan uses re.finditer, which resumes scanning after each match, so overlapping matches are dropped. _check_pattern_present then trusts that list for both offset and count, producing a wrong verdict:

• pattern_present "41 41" on b"AAAA" (three overlapping hits at 0,1,2) reported only 2 matches → count: 3 was REFUTED and count: 2 was VERIFIED.
• Real binaries with int3/nop padding (55 48 89 e5 cc cc cc cc cc c3) returned CC CC at [4, 6] instead of [4, 5, 6, 7].

Root cause

In reverify/disasm.py, pattern_scan compiled the AOB tokens into a plain regex and ran re.finditer(regex, data). A trailing match consumes its bytes, so the next search start skips any position inside the previous match.

Fix

Wrap the compiled regex in a zero-width lookahead (?=...):

regex = b"(?=" + b"".join(regex_parts) + b")"
matches = [m.start() for m in re.finditer(regex, data, re.DOTALL)]

The lookahead is zero-width, so a match is reported at every start position where the pattern begins. Non-overlapping patterns and the empty-pattern behaviour are unchanged.

Changes

• reverify/disasm.py: one-line regex wrap in pattern_scan.
• reverify/tests/test_disasm.py: test_pattern_scan_overlapping (AAAA, int3/nop pad, wildcard, empty pattern).
• reverify/tests/test_verifier.py: test_pattern_overlapping_count (count 2 vs 3 on b"AAAA").

Testing (reproducible)

Environment: Python 3.13 (managed venv), pure-Python engine (capstone/lief not installed → engine tests skipped, as upstream).

python -m unittest reverify.tests.test_disasm reverify.tests.test_verifier
Ran 34 tests in 0.123s
OK (skipped=2)

Red/green evidence: on unpatched main, the two new tests FAIL (count:2 wrongly VERIFIED, count:3 wrongly REFUTED); with the patch they PASS. Verified known-answers:

pattern_scan(b"AAAA", "41 41")  -> [0, 1, 2]   (was [0, 2])
pattern_scan(pad,      "CC CC")  -> [4, 5, 6, 7] (was [4, 6])
pattern_present count=3 on b"AAAA" -> VERIFIED  (was REFUTED)
pattern_present count=2 on b"AAAA" -> REFUTED   (was VERIFIED)

Notes

• No new public API, no behaviour change for non-overlapping/empty patterns.
• Fixes fix: pattern_scan misses overlapping matches (false VERIFIED on pattern_present count) #28.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Pattern searches now detect matches that overlap, improving match counts for repeated or adjacent byte sequences.

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Walkthrough

Pattern scanning now finds overlapping matches. Tests cover overlapping offsets, wildcard and padding matches, empty patterns, and occurrence-count verification.

Changes: Pattern scanning

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Scan and verify overlapping matches reverify/disasm.py, reverify/tests/test_disasm.py, reverify/tests/test_verifier.py	pattern_scan uses a zero-width lookahead to report overlapping matches. Tests check scan offsets and verify that "41 41" appears three times in b"AAAA", not twice.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: 2akouwu

Merge Risk: Low · up to bc281

The overlapping scan change is mergeable with a small test improvement: add overlapping wildcard input so future regressions in that behavior are detected.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: reporting overlapping matches from pattern_scan. It is directly related to the changeset.
Description check		The description explains the problem, root cause, fix, affected files, regression tests, verification command, and expected results. It provides the information required by the template, although it u…
Linked Issues check		Issue #28 is an active direct link. The supplied PR evidence shows that pattern_scan now uses a zero-width lookahead, so overlapping matches are reported. The evidence covers AAAA with 41 41, `C…
Out of Scope Changes check		The reported changes are limited to the pattern_scan implementation and regression tests in test_disasm.py and test_verifier.py. These changes directly support issue #28. No unrelated change is …
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…

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The description explains the problem, root cause, fix, affected files, regression tests, verification command, and expected results. It provides the information required by the template, although it uses equivalent headings instead of the exact template headings.

Full details: Linked Issues check

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Issue #28 is an active direct link. The supplied PR evidence shows that pattern_scan now uses a zero-width lookahead, so overlapping matches are reported. The evidence covers AAAA with 41 41, CC padding, wildcard patterns, empty patterns, and pattern_present count verification. The reported tests pass with the change.

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The reported changes are limited to the pattern_scan implementation and regression tests in test_disasm.py and test_verifier.py. These changes directly support issue #28. No unrelated change is identified.

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Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 1 functions across 3 files.

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Follow-up Comments

Add an overlapping wildcard case.

42-42: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add an overlapping wildcard case.

The 41 ?? assertion on 413f413f41 expects [0, 2]. Those matches do not overlap, so a scanner that resumes after each match also returns [0, 2]. This assertion cannot detect dropped wildcard overlaps. Add an input where wildcard matches overlap. For b"AAA", the overlapping scan returns [0, 1], and a non-overlapping scan returns [0].

🧪 Suggested test addition

         # wildcard overlap.
+        self.assertEqual(pattern_scan(b"AAA", "41 ??"), [0, 1])
         self.assertEqual(pattern_scan(bytes.fromhex("413f413f41"), "41 ??"), [0, 2])

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Review comment at @reverify/tests/test_disasm.py at line 42:
Add an overlapping wildcard assertion to the test containing the existing
`pattern_scan` wildcard check: verify that scanning `b"AAA"` for `"41 ??"`
returns `[0, 1]`. Keep the existing non-overlapping case unchanged.

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