[FFmpeg-devel] [PR] avcodec/qdm2: fix heap-use-after-free in qdm2_decode_frame (PR #21635)

[oliverchang via ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>]

PR #21635 opened by oliverchang
URL: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/21635
Patch URL: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/21635.patch

The `sub_packet` index in `QDM2Context` was not reset to 0 when
`qdm2_decode_frame` started processing a new packet. If an error
occurred during the decoding of a previous packet, `sub_packet` would
retain a non-zero value.

In subsequent calls to `qdm2_decode_frame` with a new packet, this
non-zero `sub_packet` value caused `qdm2_decode` to skip
`qdm2_decode_super_block`. This function is responsible for initializing
packet lists with pointers to the current packet's data. Skipping it led
to the use of stale pointers from the previous (freed) packet, resulting
in a heap-use-after-free vulnerability.

This patch explicitly resets `s->sub_packet = 0` at the beginning of
`qdm2_decode_frame`, ensuring correct initialization for each new
packet.

Fixes: OSS-Fuzz issue 476179569
(https://issues.oss-fuzz.com/issues/476179569).


>From 553424b0a3ad4db22d1e68d3f46a8193ce88673e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Chang <ochang@google.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 05:36:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] avcodec/qdm2: fix heap-use-after-free in qdm2_decode_frame

The `sub_packet` index in `QDM2Context` was not reset to 0 when
`qdm2_decode_frame` started processing a new packet. If an error
occurred during the decoding of a previous packet, `sub_packet` would
retain a non-zero value.

In subsequent calls to `qdm2_decode_frame` with a new packet, this
non-zero `sub_packet` value caused `qdm2_decode` to skip
`qdm2_decode_super_block`. This function is responsible for initializing
packet lists with pointers to the current packet's data. Skipping it led
to the use of stale pointers from the previous (freed) packet, resulting
in a heap-use-after-free vulnerability.

This patch explicitly resets `s->sub_packet = 0` at the beginning of
`qdm2_decode_frame`, ensuring correct initialization for each new
packet.

Fixes: OSS-Fuzz issue 476179569
(https://issues.oss-fuzz.com/issues/476179569).
---
 libavcodec/qdm2.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libavcodec/qdm2.c b/libavcodec/qdm2.c
index ec2ff7f022..796321f9d8 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qdm2.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qdm2.c
@@ -1929,6 +1929,8 @@ static int qdm2_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame,
     if(buf_size < s->checksum_size)
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
 
+    s->sub_packet = 0;
+
     /* get output buffer */
     frame->nb_samples = 16 * s->frame_size;
     if ((ret = ff_get_buffer(avctx, frame, 0)) < 0)
-- 
2.52.0

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