[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] lavc/libx264.c: Fix possible UB by NULL pointer LHS

Thilo Borgmann thilo.borgmann at mail.de
Mon Jun 20 12:09:43 EEST 2022


Am 16.06.22 um 22:01 schrieb Michael Niedermayer:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 05:58:09PM +0200, Thilo Borgmann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> the LHS pointer might be NULL so that += would be UB.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Thilo
> 
>>   libx264.c |    4 +++-
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 558de1ca7a30aa728193297a7d605c051b5bbfc0  0001-lavc-libx264.c-Fix-possible-UB-by-NULL-pointer-LHS.patch
>>  From cfb7ce8092c34436fae3120645aa96fe082af4ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Michael Goulet <mgoulet at fb.com>
>> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:52:56 +0200
>> Subject: [PATCH] lavc/libx264.c: Fix possible UB by NULL pointer LHS
>>
>> It is UB to attempt to do pointer arithmetic on NULL pointer LHS, even if that pointer arithmetic ends up being "+= 0" (i.e. !!p == 0 if p == NULL).
>> ---
>>   libavcodec/libx264.c | 4 +++-
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> should be ok

Pushed, thanks!

-Thilo


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