bpo-35714: Reject null characters in struct format strings (GH-16928)

struct.error is now raised if there is a null character in a struct
format string.
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Zackery Spytz 2020-05-25 01:55:09 -06:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -671,6 +671,14 @@ class StructTest(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertIn(b"Exception ignored in:", stderr)
self.assertIn(b"C.__del__", stderr)
def test_issue35714(self):
# Embedded null characters should not be allowed in format strings.
for s in '\0', '2\0i', b'\0':
with self.assertRaisesRegex(struct.error,
'embedded null character'):
struct.calcsize(s)
class UnpackIteratorTest(unittest.TestCase):
"""
Tests for iterative unpacking (struct.Struct.iter_unpack).