[PATCH] media: uvcvideo: skip bulk output URBs smaller than the payload header

From: Louis Clinckx

Date: Tue Oct 13 2026 - 02:56:34 EST


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@xxxxxxxxx>
---
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) {