Issue #23985: Fix a possible buffer overrun when deleting a slice from the front of a bytearray and then appending some other bytes data.

Patch by Martin Panter.

Lib/test/test_bytes.py

@@ -993,6 +993,22 @@ class ByteArrayTest(BaseBytesTest, unittest.TestCase):
         b.extend(range(100, 110))
         self.assertEqual(list(b), list(range(10, 110)))
 
+    def test_fifo_overrun(self):
+        # Test for issue #23985, a buffer overrun when implementing a FIFO
+        # Build Python in pydebug mode for best results.
+        b = bytearray(10)
+        b.pop()        # Defeat expanding buffer off-by-one quirk
+        del b[:1]      # Advance start pointer without reallocating
+        b += bytes(2)  # Append exactly the number of deleted bytes
+        del b          # Free memory buffer, allowing pydebug verification
+
+    def test_del_expand(self):
+        # Reducing the size should not expand the buffer (issue #23985)
+        b = bytearray(10)
+        size = sys.getsizeof(b)
+        del b[:1]
+        self.assertLessEqual(sys.getsizeof(b), size)
+
     def test_extended_set_del_slice(self):
         indices = (0, None, 1, 3, 19, 300, 1<<333, -1, -2, -31, -300)
         for start in indices: