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Title: unchecked return value in import.c
Type: Stage:
Components: Interpreter Core Versions: Python 2.3
process
Status: closed Resolution: accepted
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: nnorwitz Nosy List: jasonharper, nnorwitz
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2003-03-23 00:15 by jasonharper, last changed 2022-04-10 16:07 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg43114 - (view) Author: Jason Harper (jasonharper) Date: 2003-03-23 00:15
In Python/import.c, routine PyImport_ImportModule, a 
call to PyString_AsString is not checked for errors.  A 
possibly NULL return value gets passed to another 
routine, and DECREFed.  It's not a particularly likely 
place for an error to occur, but I did manage to get a 
MemoryError at exactly that point, resulting in a Python 
crash.
msg43115 - (view) Author: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz) * (Python committer) Date: 2003-03-23 14:46
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Thanks!

Checked in as: Python/import.c 2.220 and 2.192.6.4
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-10 16:07:51adminsetgithub: 38202
2003-03-23 00:15:11jasonharpercreate