[New-bugs-announce] [issue12465] gc.get_referents can be used to crash Python

[Evgeny Kapun]

New submission from Evgeny Kapun <abacabadabacaba at gmail.com>:

This code crashes Python:

import gc
gc.get_referents(object.__dict__)[0].clear()
gc.get_referents(type.__dict__)[0].clear()
type("A", (), {})()

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 139572
nosy: abacabadabacaba
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: gc.get_referents can be used to crash Python
type: crash
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.3

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