Bug #1674503: close the file opened by execfile() in an error condition.

(backport)

Misc/NEWS

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ What's New in Python 2.5.1c1?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Bug #1674503: close the file opened by execfile() in an error condition.
+
 - Patch #1674228: when assigning a slice (old-style), check for the
   sq_ass_slice instead of the sq_slice slot.
 

Python/pythonrun.c

@@ -1244,12 +1244,12 @@ PyRun_FileExFlags(FILE *fp, const char *filename, int start, PyObject *globals,
 	
 	mod = PyParser_ASTFromFile(fp, filename, start, 0, 0,
 				   flags, NULL, arena);
+	if (closeit)
+		fclose(fp);
 	if (mod == NULL) {
 		PyArena_Free(arena);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (closeit)
-		fclose(fp);
 	ret = run_mod(mod, filename, globals, locals, flags, arena);
 	PyArena_Free(arena);
 	return ret;