[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Vorbisdec check the result of a potentially very large malloc.

[Alex Converse]

2010/8/2 M?ns Rullg?rd <mans at mansr.com>:
> Alex Converse <alex.converse at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> res_setup->ptns_to_read ranges [0, 2^24)
>> vc->audio_channels ranges [1, 255]
>>
>> Do any platforms we support have sizeof(uint_fast8_t) > 1
>
> The _fast types are usually at least 32 bits.
>
>> and size_t <= 4?
>
> That would be most 32-bit systems.
>
>> If so we also need to look for an integer overflow.
>
> Guess we do.
>

Or use "regular" uint8_t... which should be especially useful if the
array is going to be large.