http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2b2925c08a6c changeset: 87627:2b2925c08a6c parent: 87623:87858e0b757d parent: 87626:712ebde527c2 user: Eli Bendersky <eliben@gmail.com> date: Thu Nov 28 06:35:40 2013 -0800 summary: Issue #19815: Fix segfault when parsing empty namespace declaration. Based on patches by Christian Heimes and Vajrasky Kok files: Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py | 5 +++++ Modules/_elementtree.c | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py --- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py @@ -526,6 +526,11 @@ ('end-ns', None), ]) + events = ('start-ns', 'end-ns') + context = iterparse(io.StringIO(r"<root xmlns=''/>"), events) + res = [action for action, elem in context] + self.assertEqual(res, ['start-ns', 'end-ns']) + events = ("start", "end", "bogus") with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as cm: with open(SIMPLE_XMLFILE, "rb") as f: diff --git a/Modules/_elementtree.c b/Modules/_elementtree.c --- a/Modules/_elementtree.c +++ b/Modules/_elementtree.c @@ -3038,7 +3038,10 @@ if (PyErr_Occurred()) return; - suri = PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(uri, strlen(uri), "strict"); + if (uri) + suri = PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(uri, strlen(uri), "strict"); + else + suri = PyUnicode_FromString(""); if (!suri) return; -- Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython