[FFmpeg-devel] [Patch] parser.c in libavcodec

[andy g]

It seems that the return value of av_fast_realloc in parser.c is never  
checked - so if the allocation fails for any reason, the function will  
proceed normally. I have added a couple of statements in this patch to  
prevent this from happening. I am a little unclear on the post- 
conditions that the ff_combine_frame function provides, so I simply  
set the buffer_size to 0 (since the buffer is null if the allocation  
fails) and return -1. This is the cause of a series of SIGSEGVs in the  
MLP patch - which unfortunately I now require Ian's help on again.  
After running his code with this patch, I noticed that he often  
ignores the response of ff_combine_frame in almost every calling of  
mlp_parse which leads to a segfault in some cases. I would fix this,  
however the function does not provide comments and I am unsure of what  
the correct response is to a failure of ff_combine_frame in these  
instances.

Thanks,

Andy Gocke
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