[3.11] pythongh-115886: Handle embedded null characters in shared memory name (pythonGH-115887) (pythonGH-115907)

shm_open() and shm_unlink() now check for embedded null characters in
the name and raise an error instead of silently truncating it.
(cherry picked from commit 79811ed)

Author: serhiy-storchaka

Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py

@@ -3932,6 +3932,21 @@ def _new_shm_name(self, prefix):
         # test_multiprocessing_spawn, etc) in parallel.
         return prefix + str(os.getpid())
 
+    def test_shared_memory_name_with_embedded_null(self):
+        name_tsmb = self._new_shm_name('test01_null')
+        sms = shared_memory.SharedMemory(name_tsmb, create=True, size=512)
+        self.addCleanup(sms.unlink)
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            shared_memory.SharedMemory(name_tsmb + '\0a', create=False, size=512)
+        if shared_memory._USE_POSIX:
+            orig_name = sms._name
+            try:
+                sms._name = orig_name + '\0a'
+                with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                    sms.unlink()
+            finally:
+                sms._name = orig_name
+
     def test_shared_memory_basics(self):
         name_tsmb = self._new_shm_name('test01_tsmb')
         sms = shared_memory.SharedMemory(name_tsmb, create=True, size=512)
@@ -4066,7 +4081,7 @@ def test_shared_memory_recreate(self):
             self.addCleanup(shm2.unlink)
             self.assertEqual(shm2._name, names[1])
 
-    def test_invalid_shared_memory_cration(self):
+    def test_invalid_shared_memory_creation(self):
         # Test creating a shared memory segment with negative size
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             sms_invalid = shared_memory.SharedMemory(create=True, size=-1)

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-24-18-48-14.gh-issue-115886.rgM6AF.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix silent truncation of the name with an embedded null character in
+:class:`multiprocessing.shared_memory.SharedMemory`.

Modules/_multiprocessing/posixshmem.c

@@ -42,10 +42,15 @@ _posixshmem_shm_open_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *path, int flags,
 {
     int fd;
     int async_err = 0;
-    const char *name = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(path);
+    Py_ssize_t name_size;
+    const char *name = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(path, &name_size);
     if (name == NULL) {
         return -1;
     }
+    if (strlen(name) != (size_t)name_size) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "embedded null character");
+        return -1;
+    }
     do {
         Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
         fd = shm_open(name, flags, mode);
@@ -81,10 +86,15 @@ _posixshmem_shm_unlink_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *path)
 {
     int rv;
     int async_err = 0;
-    const char *name = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(path);
+    Py_ssize_t name_size;
+    const char *name = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(path, &name_size);
     if (name == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
+    if (strlen(name) != (size_t)name_size) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "embedded null character");
+        return NULL;
+    }
     do {
         Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
         rv = shm_unlink(name);