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On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Michael Mueller
<mmuel...@vigilantsw.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> We've been analyzing CPython with our static analysis tool (Sentry)
> and a NULL pointer dereference popped up the other day, in
> Objects/descrobject.c:
>
> if (descr != NULL) {
> Py_XINCREF(type);
> descr->d_type = type;
> descr->d_name = PyUnicode_InternFromString(name);
> if (descr->d_name == NULL) {
> Py_DECREF(descr);
> descr = NULL;
> }
> descr->d_qualname = NULL; // Possible NULL pointer dereference
> }
>
> If the inner conditional block can be reached, descr will be set NULL
> and then dereferenced on the next line. The commented line above was
> added in this commit: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/73948#l4.92
>
> Hopefully someone can take a look and determine the appropriate fix.
>
> Best,
> Mike
>
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> Email: mmuel...@vigilantsw.com
>
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