[Python-checkins] [3.11] gh-106242: Make ntpath.realpath errors consistent with abspath when there are embedded nulls (GH-108248)
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Tue Aug 22 10:35:19 EDT 2023
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8927cf0200e56ebf74ed43f8c3fd724cd699ec22
commit: 8927cf0200e56ebf74ed43f8c3fd724cd699ec22
branch: 3.11
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: zooba <steve.dower at microsoft.com>
date: 2023-08-22T15:35:16+01:00
summary:
[3.11] gh-106242: Make ntpath.realpath errors consistent with abspath when there are embedded nulls (GH-108248)
gh-106242: Make ntpath.realpath errors consistent with abspath when there are embedded nulls (GH-108248)
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(cherry picked from commit de33b5c662ea8d35d81ed857c6a39e34ab94c510)
Co-authored-by: Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org>
Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org>
files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2023-08-22-00-36-57.gh-issue-106242.q24ITw.rst
M Lib/ntpath.py
M Lib/test/test_ntpath.py
diff --git a/Lib/ntpath.py b/Lib/ntpath.py
index 0444b0f65d10b..0246419485da0 100644
--- a/Lib/ntpath.py
+++ b/Lib/ntpath.py
@@ -695,6 +695,14 @@ def realpath(path, *, strict=False):
try:
path = _getfinalpathname(path)
initial_winerror = 0
+ except ValueError as ex:
+ # gh-106242: Raised for embedded null characters
+ # In strict mode, we convert into an OSError.
+ # Non-strict mode returns the path as-is, since we've already
+ # made it absolute.
+ if strict:
+ raise OSError(str(ex)) from None
+ path = normpath(path)
except OSError as ex:
if strict:
raise
@@ -714,6 +722,10 @@ def realpath(path, *, strict=False):
try:
if _getfinalpathname(spath) == path:
path = spath
+ except ValueError as ex:
+ # Unexpected, as an invalid path should not have gained a prefix
+ # at any point, but we ignore this error just in case.
+ pass
except OSError as ex:
# If the path does not exist and originally did not exist, then
# strip the prefix anyway.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ntpath.py b/Lib/test/test_ntpath.py
index 75e50d92ed1eb..88660fc05a1b1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ntpath.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ntpath.py
@@ -332,6 +332,10 @@ def test_realpath_basic(self):
raise OSError("No free drive letters available")
self.assertEqual(ntpath.realpath(d), d)
+ # gh-106242: Embedded nulls and non-strict fallback to abspath
+ self.assertEqual(ABSTFN + "\0spam",
+ ntpath.realpath(os_helper.TESTFN + "\0spam", strict=False))
+
@os_helper.skip_unless_symlink
@unittest.skipUnless(HAVE_GETFINALPATHNAME, 'need _getfinalpathname')
def test_realpath_strict(self):
@@ -342,6 +346,8 @@ def test_realpath_strict(self):
self.addCleanup(os_helper.unlink, ABSTFN)
self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError, ntpath.realpath, ABSTFN, strict=True)
self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError, ntpath.realpath, ABSTFN + "2", strict=True)
+ # gh-106242: Embedded nulls should raise OSError (not ValueError)
+ self.assertRaises(OSError, ntpath.realpath, ABSTFN + "\0spam", strict=True)
@os_helper.skip_unless_symlink
@unittest.skipUnless(HAVE_GETFINALPATHNAME, 'need _getfinalpathname')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2023-08-22-00-36-57.gh-issue-106242.q24ITw.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2023-08-22-00-36-57.gh-issue-106242.q24ITw.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ffe42ec5dc3fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2023-08-22-00-36-57.gh-issue-106242.q24ITw.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Fixes :func:`~os.path.realpath` to behave consistently when passed a path
+containing an embedded null character on Windows. In strict mode, it now
+raises :exc:`OSError` instead of the unexpected :exc:`ValueError`, and in
+non-strict mode will make the path absolute.
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