eth/downloader: ignore zero size header batch for importing (#24569)

* eth/downloader: ignore zero size header batch for importing

* core, light: reject empty header batch for importing

core/blockchain.go

@@ -2309,6 +2309,9 @@ Error: %v
 // of the header retrieval mechanisms already need to verify nonces, as well as
 // because nonces can be verified sparsely, not needing to check each.
 func (bc *BlockChain) InsertHeaderChain(chain []*types.Header, checkFreq int) (int, error) {
+	if len(chain) == 0 {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
 	start := time.Now()
 	if i, err := bc.hc.ValidateHeaderChain(chain, checkFreq); err != nil {
 		return i, err