[vlc-commits] [Git][videolan/vlc][master] demux: mkv: allow infinite elements in finite parent

[Steve Lhomme (@robUx4)]

Steve Lhomme pushed to branch master at VideoLAN / VLC


Commits:
fbc9f559 by Steve Lhomme at 2026-09-28T14:49:39+00:00
demux: mkv: allow infinite elements in finite parent

The stack overflow from #29578 is no longer present in that sample with
all the libebml and recent demuxer changes. We can allow this type of file again.

Fixes #30147
Fixes #30172

- - - - -


1 changed file:

- modules/demux/mkv/Ebml_parser.cpp


Changes:

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modules/demux/mkv/Ebml_parser.cpp
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@@ -162,11 +162,8 @@ EbmlElement *EbmlParser::Get( bool allow_overshoot )
             }
             if( !ret->IsFiniteSize() )
             {
-                msg_Err( p_demux, "Infinite EBML element %s at %" PRIu64 " inside finite parent",
+                msg_Dbg( p_demux, "Infinite EBML element %s at %" PRIu64 " inside finite parent",
                          EBML_NAME(ret), ret->GetElementPosition() );
-                delete ret;
-                m_el[mi_level] = NULL;
-                return NULL;
             }
         }
         return ret;



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