CCE&D: A Configuration Failure Prevention Method for Autonomous Driving Systems

Yanqiu Zhang, Xiao Yu*, Jinzhao Liu, Li Zhang, Yuanzhang Li, Yuan Tan

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The correct setting of software configuration items is essential for improving software stability and ensuring safe, reliable operation. By contrast, potential configuration errors can have serious negative effects on software operation and even cause catastrophic consequences. Compared to traditional software, autonomous driving systems involve large amounts of data acquisition, processing, and real-time decision-making, and thus have a higher degree of configurability, making them more susceptible to safety issues from configuration errors. Most previous work on configuration failure diagnosis for autonomous driving systems focused on passive diagnosis after failure occurrence, making it difficult to detect potential untriggered configuration failures during system operation. In this paper, we propose CCE&D, which automatically infers configuration constraints from source code, detect configuration failures prior to configuration-specific deployment, preventing their occurrence in autopilot systems. Experimental results show the constraint rules covers 75% of the platform’s total configuration item constraints with 98.9% accuracy. Meanwhile, the accuracy of configuration error detection reaches 96.39%, and the purpose of configuration fault prevention is achieved.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformation Security and Privacy - 29th Australasian Conference, ACISP 2024, Proceedings
EditorsTianqing Zhu, Yannan Li
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages288-302
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9789819751006
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event29th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy, ACISP 2024 - Sydney, Australia
Duration: 15 Jul 202417 Jul 2024

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume14897 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference29th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy, ACISP 2024
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period15/07/2417/07/24

Keywords

  • Autonomous Driving Systems
  • configuration failure
  • constraint inference
  • static analysis

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