[3.12] gh-112334: Restore subprocess's use of `vfork()` & fix `extra_groups=[]` behavior (GH-112617) (#112731)

Restore `subprocess`'s intended use of `vfork()` by default for performance on Linux;
also fixes the behavior of `extra_groups=[]` which was unintentionally broken in 3.12.0:

Fixed a performance regression in 3.12's :mod:`subprocess` on Linux where it
would no longer use the fast-path ``vfork()`` system call when it could have
due to a logic bug, instead falling back to the safe but slower ``fork()``.

Also fixed a security bug introduced in 3.12.0.  If a value of ``extra_groups=[]``
was passed to :mod:`subprocess.Popen` or related APIs, the underlying
``setgroups(0, NULL)`` system call to clear the groups list would not be made
in the child process prior to ``exec()``.

The security issue was identified via code inspection in the process of
fixing the first bug.  Thanks to @vain for the detailed report and
analysis in the initial bug on Github.

(cherry picked from commit 9fe7655c6ce0b8e9adc229daf681b6d30e6b1610)

+ Reword NEWS for the bugfix/security release. (mentions the assigned CVE number)

Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith [Google LLC] <greg@krypto.org>
Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>

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