If realloc fails, the pointer is overwritten and the previously allocated buffer is leaked, which goes against the expected functionality of keeping the packet unchanged in case of error.
Signed-off-by: James Almer <jamr...@gmail.com> --- Should i backport this to affected branches? libavcodec/avpacket.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/libavcodec/avpacket.c b/libavcodec/avpacket.c index c3f871c..e5a8bdb 100644 --- a/libavcodec/avpacket.c +++ b/libavcodec/avpacket.c @@ -295,16 +295,17 @@ FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS int av_packet_add_side_data(AVPacket *pkt, enum AVPacketSideDataType type, uint8_t *data, size_t size) { + AVPacketSideData *tmp; int elems = pkt->side_data_elems; if ((unsigned)elems + 1 > INT_MAX / sizeof(*pkt->side_data)) return AVERROR(ERANGE); - pkt->side_data = av_realloc(pkt->side_data, - (elems + 1) * sizeof(*pkt->side_data)); - if (!pkt->side_data) + tmp = av_realloc(pkt->side_data, (elems + 1) * sizeof(*tmp)); + if (!tmp) return AVERROR(ENOMEM); + pkt->side_data = tmp; pkt->side_data[elems].data = data; pkt->side_data[elems].size = size; pkt->side_data[elems].type = type; -- 2.10.1 _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel