A new bootable USB solution.
This report summarizes scanner evidence for ventoy/Ventoy, a C project with 80,492 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 404,507 lines of code across 1388 source files, recording 1269 pattern matches distributed across 11 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 3.3 (Low pattern signal); it is not an authorship estimate.
Use the findings to ask whether maintainers can explain intent, verify dependencies, simplify unnecessary scaffolding, and focus review effort. Risk Payload v1 adds ownership, supply-chain, over-engineering, and review-effort vectors when available. These are prompts for human verification, not probabilities, security findings, or measured maintenance costs.
Use each vector to guide manual verification of the underlying findings.
Payload schema: 1.0.0 · Engine: 2.0.0 · Scoring: heuristic-density-v1 · Scan date: 2026-10-31.
Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 1258 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 10 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 9 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 1269 finding(s).
This chart tracks the legacy adjusted pattern score across scan runs. Changes can reflect source changes, scan coverage, or detector/scoring versions; they do not measure AI adoption or prove that a team refactored code. Compare runs only when their scoring versions are compatible. The dashed line tracks the raw pattern-hit count.
Groups findings by configured severity weight. Severity is not a confidence estimate, security rating, or proof that a package is missing. Verify imports against the project's manifests and inspect each finding in its local design context.
This horizontal bar chart shows where configured pattern scores accumulate across directories. Treat the bars as locations to inspect, not as evidence of authorship or code quality. Use the file-level findings to decide whether a directory needs a focused ownership, dependency, complexity, or review check.
The scanner identified 1269 distinct pattern matches across 11 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a detector match to inspect in context. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.
Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the configured finding weight (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — legacy comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 score weight. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier under the legacy scoring model.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | KBD/cfg/KBD_QWERTZ_SLOV_CROAT.cfg | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | KBD/cfg/KBD_AZERTY.cfg | 61 | #minus (-), underscore (_), equal (=), parenleft [(], backspace (backspace), tab (Tab), bracketleft ([), braceleft ({), | COMMENT |
| LOW | KBD/cfg/KBD_ITALIANO.cfg | 41 | if [ "${quiet}" = "" ]; then | COMMENT |
| LOW | KBD/cfg/KBD_QWERTZ.cfg | 41 | #braceright (}), enter (carriage return), semicolon (;), colon (:), quote (') , doublequote ("), slash (/), backquote (` | COMMENT |
| LOW | KBD/cfg/KBD_VIETNAMESE.cfg | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | KBD/cfg/KBD_PORTU_BRAZIL.cfg | 41 | #Use prefix A for Alt+, e.g. Aequal, Aq, Aslash, A0, etc. | COMMENT |
| LOW | KBD/cfg/KBD_DVORAK_USA.cfg | 101 | #braceright (}), enter (carriage return), semicolon (;), colon (:), quote (') , doublequote ("), slash (/), backquote (` | COMMENT |
| LOW | KBD/cfg/KBD_TURKISH_Q.cfg | 41 | fi | COMMENT |
| LOW | KBD/cfg/KBD_LATIN_USA.cfg | 41 | setkey -e | COMMENT |
| LOW | KBD/cfg/KBD_QWERTZ_HUN.cfg | 61 | fi | COMMENT |
| LOW | KBD/cfg/KBD_QWERTY_UK.cfg | 21 | #key names | COMMENT |
| LOW | KBD/cfg/KBD_CZECH_QWERTZ.cfg | 61 | #braceright (}), enter (carriage return), semicolon (;), colon (:), quote (') , doublequote ("), slash (/), backquote (` | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/www/static/AdminLTE/js/app.js | 41 | navbarMenuHeight: "200px", //The height of the inner menu | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/www/static/AdminLTE/js/app.js | 61 | //Enable Fast Click. Fastclick.js creates a more | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/main_linux.c | 1 | #include <stdio.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/main_windows.c | 481 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_json.h | 61 | } \ | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_json.h | 281 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_json.h | 321 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_util_linux.c | 21 | #include <stdint.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_define.h | 21 | #define __VENTOY_DEFINE_H__ | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_define.h | 141 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_disk_linux.c | 21 | #include <stdint.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_json.c | 21 | #include <stdio.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_utf.c | 21 | #include <stdlib.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_utf.c | 41 | // The codepoint that is used to replace invalid encodings | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_utf.c | 61 | #define SURROGATE_CODEPOINT_BITS 10 | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_utf.c | 101 | #define UTF8_LEADING_BYTES_LEN 4 | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_disk.h | 81 | #define SCSI_DISK0_MAJOR 8 | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_disk.h | 101 | #define COMPAQ_SMART2_MAJOR4 76 | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Core/ventoy_disk.h | 121 | #define I2O_MAJOR7 86 | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Web/ventoy_http.c | 21 | #include <stdint.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.h | 21 | */ | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 21 | */ | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 41 | #ifndef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 101 | /* DTL -- including winsock2.h works better if lean and mean */ | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 121 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 181 | t->tv_nsec = now % 1000000000; | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 201 | #define MAX_WORKER_THREADS (1024 * 64) | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 221 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 241 | typedef long off_t; | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 261 | #define __func__ __FILE__ ":" STR(__LINE__) | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 281 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 301 | #define pipe(x) _pipe(x, MG_BUF_LEN, _O_BINARY) | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 401 | #if defined(_MSC_VER) | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 421 | #if defined(ANDROID) | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 441 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 541 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 801 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 821 | #define vsnprintf DO_NOT_USE_THIS_FUNCTION__USE_mg_vsnprintf | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 841 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 861 | typedef struct ssl_ctx_st SSL_CTX; | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 881 | const char *name; /* SSL function name */ | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 901 | (*(void (*)(SSL_CTX *, mg_callback_t))ssl_sw[13].ptr) | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 921 | (*(const char *(*)(const SSL_CIPHER *))ssl_sw[27].ptr) | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/libhttp/include/civetweb.c | 13121 | #if !defined(NO_CGI) | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/xz-embedded/linux/lib/decompress_unxz.c | 101 | * XZ_PREBOOT here. | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/xz-embedded/linux/lib/decompress_unxz.c | 121 | /* | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/xz-embedded/linux/lib/xz/xz_dec_bcj.c | 541 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | Plugson/src/Lib/xz-embedded/linux/lib/xz/xz_private.h | 21 | # include <linux/string.h> | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICAL | Plugson/www/static/js/jQuery-2.1.4.min.js | 4 | void 0===c?d&&"get"in d&&null!==(e=d.get(a,b))?e:(e=n.find.attr(a,b),null==e?void 0:e):null!==c?d&&"set"in d&&void 0!==( | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …ensions/FixedColumns/js/dataTables.fixedColumns.min.js | 8 | !0!==this.s.dt.oInstance.fnVersionCheck("1.8.0"))alert("FixedColumns "+j.VERSION+" required DataTables 1.8.0 or later. P | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …ensions/FixedColumns/js/dataTables.fixedColumns.min.js | 15 | g=c.childNodes[0],f=c.childNodes[1];this.dom.grid.dt.parentNode.insertBefore(c,this.dom.grid.dt);c.appendChild(this.dom. | CODE |
| CRITICAL⚡ | …/extensions/ColReorder/js/dataTables.colReorder.min.js | 14 | this.s.dt.aoColumns.length)&&(d=this.s.dt.oLoadedState.ColReorder);if(d)if(a.s.dt._bInitComplete)b=p(d),a._fnOrderColumn | CODE |
| CRITICAL⚡ | …/extensions/ColReorder/js/dataTables.colReorder.min.js | 15 | else{for(var b=0,e=a.length;b<e;b++){var h=d.inArray(b,a);b!=h&&(l(a,h,b),this.s.dt.oInstance.fnColReorder(h,b))}(""!==t | CODE |
| CRITICAL⚡ | …/extensions/ColReorder/js/dataTables.colReorder.min.js | 20 | this.dom.drag=null,this.dom.pointer=null,this.s.dt.oInstance.fnColReorder(this.s.mouse.fromIndex,this.s.mouse.toIndex),t | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …tatables/extensions/ColVis/js/dataTables.colVis.min.js | 16 | c+"</span></label></li>").click(function(c){var e=!d("input",this).is(":checked");if("li"!==c.target.nodeName.toLowerCas | CODE |
| CRITICAL | LinuxGUI/WebUI/static/js/jQuery-2.1.4.min.js | 4 | void 0===c?d&&"get"in d&&null!==(e=d.get(a,b))?e:(e=n.find.attr(a,b),null==e?void 0:e):null!==c?d&&"set"in d&&void 0!==( | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_chain.sh | 22 | # Step 1 : Parse kernel parameter # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_chain.sh | 42 | # Step 2 : Do OS specific hook # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_chain.sh | 445 | # Step 3 : Run LiveInjection Hook # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_chain.sh | 459 | # Step 4 : Check for debug break # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_chain.sh | 476 | # Step 5 : Hand over to real init # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_loop.sh | 22 | # Step 1 : Parse kernel parameter # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_loop.sh | 42 | # Step 2 : Process ko # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_loop.sh | 63 | # Step 3 : Do OS specific hook # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_loop.sh | 399 | # Step 4 : Check for debug break # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_loop.sh | 416 | # Step 5 : Hand over to real init # | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | IMG/cpio/ventoy/hook/pclos/ventoy-hook.sh | 22 | # Step 1: dd initrd file to ramdisk | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | IMG/cpio/ventoy/hook/pclos/ventoy-hook.sh | 28 | # Step 2: mount ramdisk | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | IMG/cpio/ventoy/hook/pclos/ventoy-hook.sh | 34 | # Step 3: Copy ventoy tool to new root directory. | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | IMG/cpio/ventoy/hook/pclos/ventoy-hook.sh | 44 | # Step 4: add hook in linuxrc&rc.sysinit script file | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_chain.sh | 22 | # Step 1 : Parse kernel parameter # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_chain.sh | 42 | # Step 2 : Do OS specific hook # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_chain.sh | 445 | # Step 3 : Run LiveInjection Hook # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_chain.sh | 459 | # Step 4 : Check for debug break # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_chain.sh | 476 | # Step 5 : Hand over to real init # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_loop.sh | 22 | # Step 1 : Parse kernel parameter # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_loop.sh | 42 | # Step 2 : Process ko # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_loop.sh | 63 | # Step 3 : Do OS specific hook # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_loop.sh | 399 | # Step 4 : Check for debug break # | COMMENT |
| LOW | IMG/cpio/ventoy/ventoy_loop.sh | 416 | # Step 5 : Hand over to real init # | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | IMG/cpio/ventoy/hook/pclos/ventoy-hook.sh | 22 | # Step 1: dd initrd file to ramdisk | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | IMG/cpio/ventoy/hook/pclos/ventoy-hook.sh | 28 | # Step 2: mount ramdisk | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | IMG/cpio/ventoy/hook/pclos/ventoy-hook.sh | 34 | # Step 3: Copy ventoy tool to new root directory. | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | IMG/cpio/ventoy/hook/pclos/ventoy-hook.sh | 44 | # Step 4: add hook in linuxrc&rc.sysinit script file | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | Plugson/www/plugson_auto_install.html | 482 | function OnAutoInstallInnerAddClick() { | CODE |
| LOW | Plugson/www/plugson_auto_install.html | 518 | function OnAutoInstallInnerDelClick() { | CODE |
| LOW | Plugson/www/plugson_persistence.html | 184 | function FillPersistenceInnerTable(i, data) { | CODE |
| LOW | Plugson/www/plugson_persistence.html | 447 | function OnPersistenceInnerAddClick() { | CODE |
| LOW | Plugson/www/plugson_persistence.html | 483 | function OnPersistenceInnerDelClick() { | CODE |
| LOW | GRUB2/MOD_SRC/grub-2.04/gentpl.py | 487 | def set_canonical_name_suffix(suffix): | CODE |
| LOW | GRUB2/MOD_SRC/grub-2.04/gentpl.py | 545 | def foreach_platform_specific_value(defn, platform, suffix, nonetag, closure): | CODE |
| LOW | GRUB2/MOD_SRC/grub-2.04/gentpl.py | 618 | def under_platform_specific_conditionals(defn, platform, closure): | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | GRUB2/MOD_SRC/grub-2.04/gentpl.py | 288 | except ValueError: | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | INSTALL/grub/grub.cfg | 2525 | # Default menu display mode, you can change it as you want. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | IMG/cpio/ventoy/hook/vine/udev_disk_hook.sh | 83 | #Create a fake IDE-CDROM driver can't be ide-scsi /proc has been patched to /vtoy | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | Plugson/www/static/datatables/jquery.dataTables.min.js | 38 | f=function(){var b=!this.value?"":this.value;b!=d.sSearch&&(fa(a,{sSearch:b,bRegex:d.bRegex,bSmart:d.bSmart,bCaseInsensi | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | GRUB2/MOD_SRC/grub-2.04/gentpl.py | 18 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | GRUB2/MOD_SRC/grub-2.04/gentpl.py | 197 | CODE |