[New-bugs-announce] [issue9402] pyexpat: replace PyObject_DEL() by Py_DECREF() to fix a crash in pydebug mode

[STINNER Victor]

New submission from STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com>:

PyObject_DEL() should not be used to destroy an object because it will break the linked list of allocated objects using in pydebug mode to detect bugs. pyexpat should use Py_DECREF() instead of PyObject_DEL() to destroy an object.

Attached patch fixes that.

See #3299 for the whole story.

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components: Library (Lib)
files: pyexpat_py_decref.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 111845
nosy: haypo
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: pyexpat: replace PyObject_DEL() by Py_DECREF() to fix a crash in pydebug mode
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file18235/pyexpat_py_decref.patch

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