[PATCH] media: ivtv: stop VBI start-code scan before short tail

From: Pengpeng Hou

Date: Tue Jun 30 2026 - 03:20:32 EST


compress_sliced_buf() scans one byte at a time while testing a four-byte
VBI start code. The final iterations can read beyond the remaining
buffer tail.

Stop the scan once fewer than four bytes remain.

Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-vbi.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-vbi.c b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-vbi.c
index ae7a00f..af086c4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-vbi.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-vbi.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static u32 compress_sliced_buf(struct ivtv *itv, u32 line, u8 *buf, u32 size, u8
unsigned lines = 0;

/* find the first valid line */
- for (i = 0; i < size; i++, buf++) {
+ for (i = 0; i + 3 < size; i++, buf++) {
if (buf[0] == 0xff && !buf[1] && !buf[2] && buf[3] == sav)
break;
}