Bug report

Bug description:

importosos.path.realpath("\x00")# raises unexpected ValueError

TheValueError is initially raised byos.lstat.

This behavior is inconsistent with other path operations catching theValueError raised byos.lstat:
os.path.lexsists:https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Lib/genericpath.py#L30
os.path.exists:https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Lib/genericpath.py#L20
os.path.islink:https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Lib/genericpath.py#L64
os.path.ismount:https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Lib/posixpath.py#L197
os.path.ismount:https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Lib/posixpath.py#L213

CPython versions tested on:

3.10, CPython main branch

Operating systems tested on:

Linux

Linked PRs

• gh-117596: Fix realpath ValueError on null byte #117573
• gh-117596: Add more tests for os.path with invalid paths #134189
• [3.14] gh-117596: Add more tests for os.path with invalid paths (GH-134189) #134265
• [3.13] gh-117596: Add more tests for os.path with invalid paths (GH-134189) #134266
• gh-117596: Handle more possible Exceptions explicitly #142415