bindat (strz): Null terminate fixed-length strings if there is room

* lisp/emacs-lisp/bindat.el (bindat--pack-strz): For fixed-length strz
fields, explicitly write a null terminator after the packed string if
there is room (bug#56048).
* doc/lispref/processes.texi (Bindat Types): Update documentation.
* test/lisp/emacs-lisp/bindat-tests.el (bindat-test--str-strz-prealloc):
Update tests.

3 files changed, 26 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/processes.texi b/doc/lispref/processes.texi
index b9200aedde5..9e0bd98a54f 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi
@@ -3509,23 +3509,24 @@ packed; other multibyte strings signal an error.  When unpacking a
 (but excluding) the null byte that terminated the input string.
 
 If @var{len} is provided, @code{strz} behaves the same as @code{str},
-but with one difference: when unpacking, the first null byte
-encountered in the packed string is interpreted as the terminating
-byte, and it and all subsequent bytes are excluded from the result of
-the unpacking.
+but with a couple of differences:
 
-@quotation Caution
-The packed output will not be null-terminated unless one of the
-following is true:
-@itemize
+@itemize @bullet
 @item
-The input string is shorter than @var{len} bytes and either no pre-allocated
-string was provided to @code{bindat-pack} or the appropriate byte in
-the pre-allocated string was already null.
+When packing, a null terminator is written after the packed input
+string if the number of characters in the input string is less than
+@var{len}.
+
 @item
-The input string contains a null byte within the first @var{len}
-bytes.
+When unpacking, the first null byte encountered in the packed string
+is interpreted as the terminating byte, and it and all subsequent
+bytes are excluded from the result of the unpacking.
 @end itemize
+
+@quotation Caution
+The packed output will not be null-terminated unless the input string
+is shorter than @var{len} bytes or it contains a null byte within the
+first @var{len} bytes.
 @end quotation
 
 @item vec @var{len} [@var{type}]
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bindat.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bindat.el
index 4a642bb9c5a..0ecac3d52aa 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bindat.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bindat.el
@@ -443,11 +443,14 @@ e.g. corresponding to STRUCT.FIELD1[INDEX2].FIELD3..."
 (defun bindat--pack-strz (len v)
   (let* ((v (string-to-unibyte v))
          (vlen (length v)))
+    ;; Explicitly write a null terminator (if there's room) in case
+    ;; the user provided a pre-allocated string to `bindat-pack' that
+    ;; wasn't already zeroed.
+    (when (or (null len) (< vlen len))
+      (aset bindat-raw (+ bindat-idx vlen) 0))
     (if len
         ;; When len is specified, behave the same as the str type
-        ;; since we don't actually add the terminating zero anyway
-        ;; (because we rely on the fact that `bindat-raw' was
-        ;; presumably initialized with all-zeroes before we started).
+        ;; (except for the null terminator possibly written above).
         (bindat--pack-str len v)
       (dotimes (i vlen)
         (when (= (aref v i) 0)
@@ -456,10 +459,6 @@ e.g. corresponding to STRUCT.FIELD1[INDEX2].FIELD3..."
           ;; need to scan the input string looking for a null byte.
           (error "Null byte encountered in input strz string"))
         (aset bindat-raw (+ bindat-idx i) (aref v i)))
-      ;; Explicitly write a null terminator in case the user provided
-      ;; a pre-allocated string to `bindat-pack' that wasn't already
-      ;; zeroed.
-      (aset bindat-raw (+ bindat-idx vlen) 0)
       (setq bindat-idx (+ bindat-idx vlen 1)))))
 
 (defun bindat--pack-bits (len v)
diff --git a/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/bindat-tests.el b/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/bindat-tests.el
index cc223ad14e2..0c03c51e2ef 100644
--- a/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/bindat-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/bindat-tests.el
@@ -172,14 +172,14 @@
                 ((((x str 2)) ((x . "a"))) . "ax")
                 ((((x str 2)) ((x . "ab"))) . "ab")
                 ((((x str 2)) ((x . "abc"))) . "ab")
-                ((,(bindat-type strz 1) "") . "xx")
-                ((,(bindat-type strz 2) "") . "xx")
-                ((,(bindat-type strz 2) "a") . "ax")
+                ((,(bindat-type strz 1) "") . "\0x")
+                ((,(bindat-type strz 2) "") . "\0x")
+                ((,(bindat-type strz 2) "a") . "a\0")
                 ((,(bindat-type strz 2) "ab") . "ab")
                 ((,(bindat-type strz 2) "abc") . "ab")
-                ((((x strz 1)) ((x . ""))) . "xx")
-                ((((x strz 2)) ((x . ""))) . "xx")
-                ((((x strz 2)) ((x . "a"))) . "ax")
+                ((((x strz 1)) ((x . ""))) . "\0x")
+                ((((x strz 2)) ((x . ""))) . "\0x")
+                ((((x strz 2)) ((x . "a"))) . "a\0")
                 ((((x strz 2)) ((x . "ab"))) . "ab")
                 ((((x strz 2)) ((x . "abc"))) . "ab")
                 ((,(bindat-type strz) "") . "\0x")