[3.14] gh-143003: Fix possible shared buffer overflow in bytearray.extend() (GH-143086) (GH-143447)

When __length_hint__() returns 0 for non-empty iterator, the data can be
written past the shared 0-terminated buffer, corrupting it.
(cherry picked from commit 5225635)

Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>

Author: StanFromIreland

Lib/test/test_bytes.py

@@ -2013,6 +2013,23 @@ def make_case():
         with self.assertRaises(BufferError):
             ba.rsplit(evil)
 
+    def test_extend_empty_buffer_overflow(self):
+        # gh-143003
+        class EvilIter:
+            def __iter__(self):
+                return self
+            def __next__(self):
+                return next(source)
+            def __length_hint__(self):
+                return 0
+
+        # Use ASCII digits so float() takes the fast path that expects a NUL terminator.
+        source = iter(b'42')
+        ba = bytearray()
+        ba.extend(EvilIter())
+
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, float, bytearray())
+
     def test_hex_use_after_free(self):
         # Prevent UAF in bytearray.hex(sep) with re-entrant sep.__len__.
         # Regression test for https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/143195.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-12-23-00-13-02.gh-issue-143003.92g5qW.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix an overflow of the shared empty buffer in :meth:`bytearray.extend` when
+``__length_hint__()`` returns 0 for non-empty iterator.

Objects/bytearrayobject.c

@@ -2182,7 +2182,6 @@ bytearray_extend_impl(PyByteArrayObject *self, PyObject *iterable_of_ints)
             Py_DECREF(bytearray_obj);
             return NULL;
         }
-        buf[len++] = value;
         Py_DECREF(item);
 
         if (len >= buf_size) {
@@ -2192,7 +2191,7 @@ bytearray_extend_impl(PyByteArrayObject *self, PyObject *iterable_of_ints)
                 Py_DECREF(bytearray_obj);
                 return PyErr_NoMemory();
             }
-            addition = len >> 1;
+            addition = len ? len >> 1 : 1;
             if (addition > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX - len - 1)
                 buf_size = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
             else
@@ -2206,6 +2205,7 @@ bytearray_extend_impl(PyByteArrayObject *self, PyObject *iterable_of_ints)
                have invalidated it. */
             buf = PyByteArray_AS_STRING(bytearray_obj);
         }
+        buf[len++] = value;
     }
     Py_DECREF(it);