gh-126004: fix positions handling in codecs.xmlcharrefreplace_errors

Lib/test/test_capi/test_codecs.py

@@ -843,7 +843,8 @@ def test_codec_replace_errors_handler(self):
 
     def test_codec_xmlcharrefreplace_errors_handler(self):
         handler = _testcapi.codec_xmlcharrefreplace_errors
-        self.do_test_codec_errors_handler(handler, self.unicode_encode_errors)
+        self.do_test_codec_errors_handler(handler, self.unicode_encode_errors,
+                                          safe=True)
 
     def test_codec_backslashreplace_errors_handler(self):
         handler = _testcapi.codec_backslashreplace_errors
@@ -853,12 +854,12 @@ def test_codec_namereplace_errors_handler(self):
         handler = _testlimitedcapi.codec_namereplace_errors
         self.do_test_codec_errors_handler(handler, self.unicode_encode_errors)
 
-    def do_test_codec_errors_handler(self, handler, exceptions):
+    def do_test_codec_errors_handler(self, handler, exceptions, *, safe=False):
         at_least_one = False
         for exc in exceptions:
             # See https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/123378 and related
             # discussion and issues for details.
-            if self._exception_may_crash(exc):
+            if not safe and self._exception_may_crash(exc):
                 continue
 
             at_least_one = True

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-12-06-11-17-46.gh-issue-126004.-p8MAS.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix handling of :attr:`UnicodeError.start` and :attr:`UnicodeError.end`
+values in the :func:`codecs.xmlcharrefreplace_errors` error handler.
+Patch by Bénédikt Tran.

Python/codecs.c

@@ -755,100 +755,117 @@ PyObject *PyCodec_ReplaceErrors(PyObject *exc)
 
 PyObject *PyCodec_XMLCharRefReplaceErrors(PyObject *exc)
 {
-    if (PyObject_TypeCheck(exc, (PyTypeObject *)PyExc_UnicodeEncodeError)) {
-        PyObject *restuple;
-        PyObject *object;
-        Py_ssize_t i;
-        Py_ssize_t start;
-        Py_ssize_t end;
-        PyObject *res;
-        Py_UCS1 *outp;
-        Py_ssize_t ressize;
-        Py_UCS4 ch;
-        if (PyUnicodeEncodeError_GetStart(exc, &start))
-            return NULL;
-        if (PyUnicodeEncodeError_GetEnd(exc, &end))
-            return NULL;
-        if (!(object = PyUnicodeEncodeError_GetObject(exc)))
-            return NULL;
-        if (end - start > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX / (2+7+1))
-            end = start + PY_SSIZE_T_MAX / (2+7+1);
-        for (i = start, ressize = 0; i < end; ++i) {
-            /* object is guaranteed to be "ready" */
-            ch = PyUnicode_READ_CHAR(object, i);
-            if (ch<10)
-                ressize += 2+1+1;
-            else if (ch<100)
-                ressize += 2+2+1;
-            else if (ch<1000)
-                ressize += 2+3+1;
-            else if (ch<10000)
-                ressize += 2+4+1;
-            else if (ch<100000)
-                ressize += 2+5+1;
-            else if (ch<1000000)
-                ressize += 2+6+1;
-            else
-                ressize += 2+7+1;
+    if (!PyObject_TypeCheck(exc, (PyTypeObject *)PyExc_UnicodeEncodeError)) {
+        wrong_exception_type(exc);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    Py_ssize_t start, end;
+    if (PyUnicodeEncodeError_GetStart(exc, &start) < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (PyUnicodeEncodeError_GetEnd(exc, &end) < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (end <= start) {
+        // gh-12337 will handle negative end or start (for now we crash)
+        return Py_BuildValue("(Nn)", Py_GetConstant(Py_CONSTANT_EMPTY_STR), end);
+    }
+
+    PyObject *obj = PyUnicodeEncodeError_GetObject(exc);
+    if (obj == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (end - start > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX / 10) {
+        end = start + PY_SSIZE_T_MAX / 10;
+    }
+
+    end = Py_MIN(end, PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(obj));
+
+    Py_ssize_t ressize = 0;
+    for (Py_ssize_t i = start; i < end; ++i) {
+        /* object is guaranteed to be "ready" */
+        Py_UCS4 ch = PyUnicode_READ_CHAR(obj, i);
+        // The number of characters that each character 'ch' contributes
+        // in the result is 2 + k + 1, where k = min{t >= 1 | 10^t > ch}.
+        if (ch < 10) {
+            ressize += 4;
         }
-        /* allocate replacement */
-        res = PyUnicode_New(ressize, 127);
-        if (res == NULL) {
-            Py_DECREF(object);
-            return NULL;
+        else if (ch < 100) {
+            ressize += 5;
         }
-        outp = PyUnicode_1BYTE_DATA(res);
-        /* generate replacement */
-        for (i = start; i < end; ++i) {
-            int digits;
-            int base;
-            ch = PyUnicode_READ_CHAR(object, i);
-            *outp++ = '&';
-            *outp++ = '#';
-            if (ch<10) {
-                digits = 1;
-                base = 1;
-            }
-            else if (ch<100) {
-                digits = 2;
-                base = 10;
-            }
-            else if (ch<1000) {
-                digits = 3;
-                base = 100;
-            }
-            else if (ch<10000) {
-                digits = 4;
-                base = 1000;
-            }
-            else if (ch<100000) {
-                digits = 5;
-                base = 10000;
-            }
-            else if (ch<1000000) {
-                digits = 6;
-                base = 100000;
-            }
-            else {
-                digits = 7;
-                base = 1000000;
-            }
-            while (digits-->0) {
-                *outp++ = '0' + ch/base;
-                ch %= base;
-                base /= 10;
-            }
-            *outp++ = ';';
+        else if (ch < 1000) {
+            ressize += 6;
+        }
+        else if (ch < 10000) {
+            ressize += 7;
+        }
+        else if (ch < 100000) {
+            ressize += 8;
+        }
+        else if (ch < 1000000) {
+            ressize += 9;
+        }
+        else {
+            assert(ch < 10000000);
+            ressize += 10;
         }
-        assert(_PyUnicode_CheckConsistency(res, 1));
-        restuple = Py_BuildValue("(Nn)", res, end);
-        Py_DECREF(object);
-        return restuple;
     }
-    else {
-        wrong_exception_type(exc);
+
+    /* allocate replacement */
+    PyObject *res = PyUnicode_New(ressize, 127);
+    if (res == NULL) {
+        Py_DECREF(obj);
         return NULL;
     }
+    Py_UCS1 *outp = PyUnicode_1BYTE_DATA(res);
+    /* generate replacement */
+    for (Py_ssize_t i = start; i < end; ++i) {
+        int digits, base;
+        Py_UCS4 ch = PyUnicode_READ_CHAR(obj, i);
+        if (ch < 10) {
+            digits = 1;
+            base = 1;
+        }
+        else if (ch < 100) {
+            digits = 2;
+            base = 10;
+        }
+        else if (ch < 1000) {
+            digits = 3;
+            base = 100;
+        }
+        else if (ch < 10000) {
+            digits = 4;
+            base = 1000;
+        }
+        else if (ch < 100000) {
+            digits = 5;
+            base = 10000;
+        }
+        else if (ch < 1000000) {
+            digits = 6;
+            base = 100000;
+        }
+        else {
+            assert(ch < 10000000);
+            digits = 7;
+            base = 1000000;
+        }
+        *outp++ = '&';
+        *outp++ = '#';
+        while (digits-- > 0) {
+            *outp++ = '0' + ch / base;
+            ch %= base;
+            base /= 10;
+        }
+        *outp++ = ';';
+    }
+    assert(_PyUnicode_CheckConsistency(res, 1));
+    PyObject *restuple = Py_BuildValue("(Nn)", res, end);
+    Py_DECREF(obj);
+    return restuple;
 }
 
 PyObject *PyCodec_BackslashReplaceErrors(PyObject *exc)