[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Fix off-by-few crasher in ff_h2645_extract_rbsp function

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 11:55:23AM +0100, Michał Krasowski wrote:
> @Michael Niedermayer
> I have read the documentation, namely
> 
> /**
>  * @ingroup lavc_decoding
>  * Required number of additionally allocated bytes at the end of the input
> bitstream for decoding.
>  * This is mainly needed because some optimized bitstream readers read
>  * 32 or 64 bit at once and could read over the end.<br>
>  * Note: If the first 23 bits of the additional bytes are not 0, then
> damaged
>  * MPEG bitstreams could cause overread and segfault.
>  */
> #define AV_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE 32
> 
> and now it seems to me that you prefer speed (a.k.a. optimization)
> over having a self-contained functions.
> 
> There are few things that are still not clear to me:
> * Why is the 32 bit padding used when the doc says that
>   64 bit offset may also be needed?
> * Even if I extend my data buffer
>   to have those 4 bytes more, is there a risk that some functions
>   in ffmpeg will read out-of-bounds?

> * How to find such information without reading all bolts and nuts of ffmpeg
> source?

Where did you look?
Or said differently where would adding a pointer have helped you to
find this sooner ?
A patch adding such a pointer there is very likely welcome

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