Issue #13013: ctypes: Fix a reference leak in PyCArrayType_from_ctype.

Thanks to Suman Saha for finding the bug and providing a patch.
2011-09-27 20:35:28 -05:00 · 2011-09-27 20:35:28 -05:00 · fe15003680
parent a96b0d119d
commit fe15003680
3 changed files with 5 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@ -720,6 +720,7 @@ Sam Rushing
 Mark Russell
 Nick Russo
 Sébastien Sablé
+Suman Saha
 Hajime Saitou
 George Sakkis
 Rich Salz
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ Library
 Extension Modules
 -----------------

+- Issue #13013: ctypes: Fix a reference leak in PyCArrayType_from_ctype.
+  Thanks to Suman Saha for finding the bug and providing a patch.
+
 - Issue #13022: Fix: _multiprocessing.recvfd() doesn't check that
  file descriptor was actually received.

--- a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
@ -4678,6 +4678,7 @@ PyCArrayType_from_ctype(PyObject *itemtype, Py_ssize_t length)
    if (!PyType_Check(itemtype)) {
        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
                        "Expected a type object");
+        Py_DECREF(key);
        return NULL;
    }
 #ifdef MS_WIN64