cvExtractSURF can't handle uniform blank image data in v2.4.x r8722 (Bug #2076)

This issue apparently has existed for a few months.
It seems rather improbable to occur very often, but may cause inconsistent errors if a camera blooms in sudden light changes.

Thanks again, =)
J

//bug proof: if img is a white frame: CV_RGB(255,255,255)

//One can suppress the issue with some bogus pixel noise
//cvCircle(img, cvPoint(0,0), 42, CV_RGB(0,0,0), 1, 8, 0);
//cvCircle(img, cvPoint(0,0), 32, CV_RGB(255,255,255), 1, 8, 0);

//The cvExtractSURF crash persists in v2.4.x  svn build r8722

cvExtractSURF(img, 0, &frameKeypoints, &frameDescriptors, storageSurf, paramsSurf );  

Error displayed:

OpenCV Error: Incorrect size of input array () in cvCreateSeq, file /home/yourmom/SDK/opencv/trunk/opencv/modules/core/src/datastructs.cpp, line 372
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'cv::Exception'
  what():  /home/yourmom/SDK/opencv/trunk/opencv/modules/core/src/datastructs.cpp:372: error: (-201)  in function cvCreateSeq

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