[PATCH v2 02/25] docs: kdoc_re: don't go past the end of a line

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab

Date: Wed Jan 28 2026 - 11:51:53 EST


The logic which checks if the line ends with ";" is currently
broken: it may try to read past the buffer.

Fix it by checking before trying to access line[pos].

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
index 19e777e2c97e..a0402c065d3a 100644
--- a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
+++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/kdoc_re.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class NestedMatch:
out += new_sub

# Drop end ';' if any
- if line[pos] == ';':
+ if pos < len(line) and line[pos] == ';':
pos += 1

cur_pos = pos
--
2.52.0