UTF LE is fixed at least the first 2 bytes

* io.c (io_strip_bom): if the first 2 bytes are 0xFF0xFE, it
should be a little-endian UTF, 16 or 32.  [Bug #16099]

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 69dbc93cff..6a4c5b978b 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -6136,12 +6136,9 @@ io_strip_bom(VALUE io)
 		    return ENCINDEX_UTF_32LE;
 		}
 		rb_io_ungetbyte(io, b4);
-		rb_io_ungetbyte(io, b3);
-	    }
-	    else {
-		rb_io_ungetbyte(io, b3);
-		return ENCINDEX_UTF_16LE;
 	    }
+            rb_io_ungetbyte(io, b3);
+            return ENCINDEX_UTF_16LE;
 	}
 	rb_io_ungetbyte(io, b2);
 	break;