vim-patch:9.1.2132: [security]: buffer-overflow in 'helpfile' option handling (#37735)

Problem:  [security]: buffer-overflow in 'helpfile' option handling by
          using strcpy without bound checks (Rahul Hoysala)
Solution: Limit strncpy to the length of the buffer (MAXPATHL)

Github Advisory:
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-5w93-4g67-mm43

0714b15940

Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
(cherry picked from commit db133879b2)

src/nvim/tag.c

@@ -2495,7 +2495,7 @@ int get_tagfname(tagname_T *tnp, int first, char *buf)
         return FAIL;
       }
       tnp->tn_hf_idx++;
-      STRCPY(buf, p_hf);
+      xstrlcpy(buf, p_hf, MAXPATHL);
       STRCPY(path_tail(buf), "tags");
 #ifdef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME
       slash_adjust(buf);

test/old/testdir/test_help.vim

@@ -232,4 +232,13 @@ func Test_help_using_visual_match()
 endfunc
 
 
+" This caused a buffer overflow
+func Test_helpfile_overflow()
+  let _helpfile = &helpfile
+  let &helpfile = repeat('A', 5000)
+  help
+  helpclose
+  let &helpfile = _helpfile
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab