From: Louis Clinckx <clinckx.louis@gmail.com>
To: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Louis Clinckx <clinckx.louis@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] media: uvcvideo: skip bulk output URBs smaller than the payload header
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:53:35 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261013065335.2246959-1-clinckx.louis@gmail.com> (raw)
For a bulk video output stream, uvc_video_encode_bulk() starts each
payload by writing a fixed 2-byte header with uvc_video_encode_header()
and subtracts it from a signed length counter initialised to the URB
size:
int len = stream->urb_size;
...
len -= uvc_video_encode_header(...); /* always returns 2 */
An output device can describe a bulk endpoint with wMaxPacketSize 1 and
negotiate dwMaxPayloadTransferSize 1, which leaves stream->urb_size == 1.
len then becomes -1, and uvc_video_encode_data() casts it to unsigned:
nbytes = min((unsigned int)len, buf->bytesused - queue->buf_used);
so (unsigned)-1 does not clamp and the following memcpy() copies the
whole frame past the one-byte URB buffer.
A URB that cannot hold the 2-byte header cannot carry a payload, so skip
it instead of letting the length underflow.
Signed-off-by: Louis Clinckx <clinckx.louis@gmail.com>
---
drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
@@ -1701,7 +1701,14 @@ static void uvc_video_encode_bulk(struct uvc_urb *uvc_urb,
if (buf == NULL) {
urb->transfer_buffer_length = 0;
return;
}
+ /* The 2-byte payload header must fit; a smaller URB would make len
+ * underflow and uvc_video_encode_data() copy past the buffer. */
+ if (len < 2) {
+ urb->transfer_buffer_length = 0;
+ return;
+ }
+
/* If the URB is the first of its payload, add the header. */
if (stream->bulk.header_size == 0) {
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-13 6:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-13 6:53 Louis Clinckx [this message]
2026-10-13 9:53 ` Ricardo Ribalda
2026-10-13 10:21 ` Laurent Pinchart
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