https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/74e102a19741ffdc4533bde3bac43f3e09aea8c7
commit: 74e102a19741ffdc4533bde3bac43f3e09aea8c7
branch: 3.15
author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]>
committer: JelleZijlstra <[email protected]>
date: 2026-10-22T23:59:28Z
summary:

[3.15] gh-159739: Protect list storage while reporting its size (GH-160196) 
(#160363)



On free-threaded builds, list.__sizeof__() reads an allocation header through 
an atomically loaded storage pointer. The list's owner can resize and free that 
storage between the load and the header read, producing invalid size data or an 
invalid memory read. Hold the list lock while inspecting the allocation. 
Backport to 3.15 and 3.14.
(cherry picked from commit d98f2cba6131b72a8762a64f4f7af19706beb966)

Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <[email protected]>

files:
A 
Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-10-21-21-26-10.gh-issue-159739.Aw61LR.rst
M Objects/listobject.c

diff --git 
a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-10-21-21-26-10.gh-issue-159739.Aw61LR.rst
 
b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-10-21-21-26-10.gh-issue-159739.Aw61LR.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5de64814b1ca55
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-10-21-21-26-10.gh-issue-159739.Aw61LR.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a race in ``list.__sizeof__()`` when a list is concurrently resized on a 
free-threaded build.
diff --git a/Objects/listobject.c b/Objects/listobject.c
index b6ebb2b53fc304..c09d4618551e12 100644
--- a/Objects/listobject.c
+++ b/Objects/listobject.c
@@ -3602,10 +3602,12 @@ list___sizeof___impl(PyListObject *self)
 {
     size_t res = _PyObject_SIZE(Py_TYPE(self));
 #ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED
-    PyObject **ob_item = _Py_atomic_load_ptr(&self->ob_item);
+    Py_BEGIN_CRITICAL_SECTION(self);
+    PyObject **ob_item = self->ob_item;
     if (ob_item != NULL) {
         res += list_capacity(ob_item) * sizeof(PyObject *);
     }
+    Py_END_CRITICAL_SECTION();
 #else
     res += (size_t)self->allocated * sizeof(PyObject *);
 #endif

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