https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5d26a0410e7a64d13b5da5d189f9e2a894d71dd1
commit: 5d26a0410e7a64d13b5da5d189f9e2a894d71dd1
branch: 3.14
author: Inada Naoki <[email protected]>
committer: hugovk <[email protected]>
date: 2026-01-13T11:58:53+02:00
summary:

[3.14] gh-143189: fix insertdict() for non-Unicode key (GH-143285) (#143771)

files:
A 
Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-12-30-06-48-48.gh-issue-143189.in_sv2.rst
M Lib/test/test_dict.py
M Objects/dictobject.c

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dict.py b/Lib/test/test_dict.py
index 665b3e843dd3a5..b761f68d1b3e70 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_dict.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dict.py
@@ -1602,6 +1602,7 @@ def __hash__(self):
             d.get(key2)
 
     def test_clear_at_lookup(self):
+        # gh-140551 dict crash if clear is called at lookup stage
         class X:
             def __hash__(self):
                 return 1
@@ -1622,6 +1623,8 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
         self.assertEqual(len(d), 1)
 
     def test_split_table_update_with_str_subclass(self):
+        # gh-142218: inserting into a split table dictionary with a non str
+        # key that matches an existing key.
         class MyStr(str): pass
         class MyClass: pass
         obj = MyClass()
@@ -1629,6 +1632,22 @@ class MyClass: pass
         obj.__dict__[MyStr('attr')] = 2
         self.assertEqual(obj.attr, 2)
 
+    def test_split_table_insert_with_str_subclass(self):
+        # gh-143189: inserting into split table dictionary with a non str
+        # key that matches an existing key in the shared table but not in
+        # the dict yet.
+
+        class MyStr(str): pass
+        class MyClass: pass
+
+        obj = MyClass()
+        obj.attr1 = 1
+
+        obj2 = MyClass()
+        d = obj2.__dict__
+        d[MyStr("attr1")] = 2
+        self.assertIsInstance(list(d)[0], MyStr)
+
 
 class CAPITest(unittest.TestCase):
 
diff --git 
a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-12-30-06-48-48.gh-issue-143189.in_sv2.rst
 
b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-12-30-06-48-48.gh-issue-143189.in_sv2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..706b9ded20c4f1
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-12-30-06-48-48.gh-issue-143189.in_sv2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix crash when inserting a non-:class:`str` key into a split table
+dictionary when the key matches an existing key in the split table
+but has no corresponding value in the dict.
diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c
index 62be2c53d670ef..e7d5088ded7b4c 100644
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c
@@ -1826,7 +1826,7 @@ static int
 insertdict(PyInterpreterState *interp, PyDictObject *mp,
            PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash, PyObject *value)
 {
-    PyObject *old_value;
+    PyObject *old_value = NULL;
     Py_ssize_t ix;
 
     ASSERT_DICT_LOCKED(mp);
@@ -1847,11 +1847,14 @@ insertdict(PyInterpreterState *interp, PyDictObject *mp,
             goto Fail;
     }
 
-    if (ix == DKIX_EMPTY) {
+    if (old_value == NULL) {
         // insert_combined_dict() will convert from non DICT_KEYS_GENERAL table
         // into DICT_KEYS_GENERAL table if key is not Unicode.
         // We don't convert it before _Py_dict_lookup because non-Unicode key
         // may change generic table into Unicode table.
+        //
+        // NOTE: ix may not be DKIX_EMPTY because split table may have key
+        // without value.
         if (insert_combined_dict(interp, mp, hash, key, value) < 0) {
             goto Fail;
         }

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