[FFmpeg-cvslog] bitstream: Avoid undefined behavior in bitstream_skip()

Luca Barbato git at videolan.org
Tue Nov 7 23:54:54 EET 2017


ffmpeg | branch: master | Luca Barbato <lu_zero at gentoo.org> | Sat Jul  8 21:04:44 2017 +0200| [79f64f7ebc2b2b7030c6219914bc141cc03fd377] | committer: Luca Barbato

bitstream: Avoid undefined behavior in bitstream_skip()

Do not use skip_remaining() to fully wipe the cache, as this could do
a 64-bit shift of a 64-bit variable which is undefined behavior in C.
Instead set the related variables to zero directly.

Thanks to Uoti for pointing out the problem.

CC: libav-stable at libav.org

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?a=commit;h=79f64f7ebc2b2b7030c6219914bc141cc03fd377
---

 libavcodec/bitstream.h | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libavcodec/bitstream.h b/libavcodec/bitstream.h
index d6dd2b9411..1b23cb2fa7 100644
--- a/libavcodec/bitstream.h
+++ b/libavcodec/bitstream.h
@@ -239,11 +239,13 @@ static inline void skip_remaining(BitstreamContext *bc, unsigned n)
 /* Skip n bits in the buffer. */
 static inline void bitstream_skip(BitstreamContext *bc, unsigned n)
 {
-    if (n <= bc->bits_left)
+    if (n < bc->bits_left)
         skip_remaining(bc, n);
     else {
         n -= bc->bits_left;
-        skip_remaining(bc, bc->bits_left);
+        bc->bits      = 0;
+        bc->bits_left = 0;
+
         if (n >= 64) {
             unsigned skip = n / 8;
 



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