[3.8] bpo-38643: Raise SystemError instead of crashing when PyNumber_ToBase is called with invalid base. (GH-18863). (GH-18954)

(cherry picked from commit e5ccc94bbb)

Lib/test/test_capi.py

@@ -473,6 +473,20 @@ class CAPITest(unittest.TestCase):
         # Test that subtype_dealloc decref the newly assigned __class__ only once
         self.assertEqual(new_type_refcnt, sys.getrefcount(_testcapi.HeapCTypeSubclass))
 
+    def test_pynumber_tobase(self):
+        from _testcapi import pynumber_tobase
+        self.assertEqual(pynumber_tobase(123, 2), '0b1111011')
+        self.assertEqual(pynumber_tobase(123, 8), '0o173')
+        self.assertEqual(pynumber_tobase(123, 10), '123')
+        self.assertEqual(pynumber_tobase(123, 16), '0x7b')
+        self.assertEqual(pynumber_tobase(-123, 2), '-0b1111011')
+        self.assertEqual(pynumber_tobase(-123, 8), '-0o173')
+        self.assertEqual(pynumber_tobase(-123, 10), '-123')
+        self.assertEqual(pynumber_tobase(-123, 16), '-0x7b')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, pynumber_tobase, 123.0, 10)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, pynumber_tobase, '123', 10)
+        self.assertRaises(SystemError, pynumber_tobase, 123, 0)
+
 
 class TestPendingCalls(unittest.TestCase):
 

Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-08-22-56-22.bpo-38643.k2ixx6.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:c:func:`PyNumber_ToBase` now raises a :exc:`SystemError` instead of
+crashing when called with invalid base.

Modules/_testcapimodule.c

@@ -5063,6 +5063,19 @@ test_write_unraisable_exc(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 }
 
 
+static PyObject*
+pynumber_tobase(PyObject *module, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *obj;
+    int base;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "Oi:pynumber_tobase",
+                          &obj, &base)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return PyNumber_ToBase(obj, base);
+}
+
+
 static PyObject *test_buildvalue_issue38913(PyObject *, PyObject *);
 
 static PyMethodDef TestMethods[] = {
@@ -5309,6 +5322,7 @@ static PyMethodDef TestMethods[] = {
     {"negative_refcount", negative_refcount, METH_NOARGS},
 #endif
     {"write_unraisable_exc", test_write_unraisable_exc, METH_VARARGS},
+    {"pynumber_tobase", pynumber_tobase, METH_VARARGS},
     {NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
 };
 

Objects/abstract.c

@@ -1509,18 +1509,15 @@ PyNumber_Float(PyObject *o)
 PyObject *
 PyNumber_ToBase(PyObject *n, int base)
 {
-    PyObject *res = NULL;
+    if (!(base == 2 || base == 8 || base == 10 || base == 16)) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError,
+                        "PyNumber_ToBase: base must be 2, 8, 10 or 16");
+        return NULL;
+    }
     PyObject *index = PyNumber_Index(n);
-
     if (!index)
         return NULL;
-    if (PyLong_Check(index))
-        res = _PyLong_Format(index, base);
-    else
-        /* It should not be possible to get here, as
-           PyNumber_Index already has a check for the same
-           condition */
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "PyNumber_ToBase: index not int");
+    PyObject *res = _PyLong_Format(index, base);
     Py_DECREF(index);
     return res;
 }