Fix memory safety bug in copy_demuxer_data_from_rust

[THE-Amrit-mahto-05]

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Reason for this PR:

• This PR adds new functionality.
• This PR fixes a bug that I have personally experienced or that a real user has reported and for which a sample exists.
• This PR is porting code from C to Rust.

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Problem

The function copy_demuxer_data_from_rust is documented to copy buffer contents, but the implementation was incorrectly reassigning the buffer pointer:

(*c_data).buffer = rust_data.buffer as *mut c_uchar;

This leads to:

• Use-after-free if the Rust buffer is deallocated
• Dangling pointers in the C layer
• Corrupted demuxed data (affecting subtitle extraction)

Reproduction

1. Build the project:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make -j

2. Run with any TS/MKV input that triggers Rust → C demuxer data transfer.
3. Before this fix:

• Buffer pointer is reassigned instead of copied
• Leads to undefined behavior depending on memory lifecycle
• Tests do not guarantee actual memory copy into C buffer

Fix

• Replaced pointer reassignment with safe memory copy using:

std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping

• Ensured safe copy using:

min(source_len, dest_len)

• Added null pointer checks
• Set length to 0 when buffers are invalid

Test Improvements

Previously, the tests for copy_demuxer_data_from_rust only validated high-level properties such as buffer length. They did not verify whether the buffer contents were actually copied into the destination C memory.

As a result, the incorrect implementation:

(*c_data).buffer = rust_data.buffer as *mut c_uchar; 

could still pass the tests despite not performing a real memory copy.

Changes Made

The tests have been improved to explicitly validate the contents of the destination buffer. For example:

assert_eq!(small_c_buffer, vec![0x42; 100]);

Impact

• Ensures that data is properly copied into C-managed memory
• Detects incorrect pointer reassignment behavior
• Prevents similar issues in future changes
• Aligns test coverage with the documented behavior of the function

[THE-Amrit-mahto-05]

@cfsmp3 done can you review it

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