gh-131181: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c #131186
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In the
PyCData_NewGetBuffer()(fileModules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c), thePyObject_stgdict()is called, which may return NULL.Its result is assigned to
dict, thendictis dereferenced (view->format = dict->format ? dict->format : "B";).If
dictis NULL, a null pointer dereference will occur, so a check for NULL need to be added.Similarly, in the
PyCData_reduce()(fileModules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c)PyObject_stgdict(myself)may return NULL, so need to check result to prevent null pointer dereferencing.Commit dcaf33a (Author: @encukou) fixes this problems, but it is very large and probably difficult to backport, so I suggest adding
assert();before the dereference.This needs to be added to branches 3.1 - 3.12.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c#131181