[3.14] gh-139748: fix leaks in AC error paths when using unicode FS-b…

Lib/test/test_clinic.py

@@ -2833,6 +2833,8 @@ def test_cli_converters(self):
             "uint64",
             "uint8",
             "unicode",
+            "unicode_fs_decoded",
+            "unicode_fs_encoded",
             "unsigned_char",
             "unsigned_int",
             "unsigned_long",

Lib/test/test_compile.py

@@ -651,6 +651,21 @@ def test_compile_filename(self):
                 compile('pass', filename, 'exec')
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, compile, 'pass', list(b'file.py'), 'exec')
 
+    def test_compile_filename_refleak(self):
+        # Regression tests for reference leak in PyUnicode_FSDecoder.
+        # See https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/139748.
+        mortal_str = 'this is a mortal string'
+        # check error path when 'mode' AC conversion failed
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, compile, b'', mortal_str, mode=1234)
+        # check error path when 'optimize' AC conversion failed
+        self.assertRaises(OverflowError, compile, b'', mortal_str,
+                          'exec', optimize=1 << 1000)
+        # check error path when 'dont_inherit' AC conversion failed
+        class EvilBool:
+            def __bool__(self): raise ValueError
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, compile, b'', mortal_str,
+                          'exec', dont_inherit=EvilBool())
+
     @support.cpython_only
     def test_same_filename_used(self):
         s = """def f(): pass\ndef g(): pass"""

Lib/test/test_symtable.py

@@ -527,6 +527,13 @@ def test_symtable_entry_repr(self):
         expected = f"<symtable entry top({self.top.get_id()}), line {self.top.get_lineno()}>"
         self.assertEqual(repr(self.top._table), expected)
 
+    def test__symtable_refleak(self):
+        # Regression test for reference leak in PyUnicode_FSDecoder.
+        # See https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/139748.
+        mortal_str = 'this is a mortal string'
+        # check error path when 'compile_type' AC conversion failed
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, symtable.symtable, '', mortal_str, 1)
+
 
 class ComprehensionTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def get_identifiers_recursive(self, st, res):

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-10-08-13-52-00.gh-issue-139748.jq0yFJ.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix reference leaks in error branches of functions accepting path strings or
+bytes such as :func:`compile` and :func:`os.system`. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.

Modules/_ssl.c

@@ -1831,14 +1831,14 @@ _certificate_to_der(_sslmodulestate *state, X509 *certificate)
 
 /*[clinic input]
 _ssl._test_decode_cert
-    path: object(converter="PyUnicode_FSConverter")
+    path: unicode_fs_encoded
     /
 
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
 _ssl__test_decode_cert_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *path)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=96becb9abb23c091 input=cdeaaf02d4346628]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=96becb9abb23c091 input=cb4988d5e651a4f8]*/
 {
     PyObject *retval = NULL;
     X509 *x=NULL;
@@ -1868,7 +1868,6 @@ _ssl__test_decode_cert_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *path)
     X509_free(x);
 
   fail0:
-    Py_DECREF(path);
     if (cert != NULL) BIO_free(cert);
     return retval;
 }

Modules/posixmodule.c

@@ -3122,17 +3122,6 @@ class dev_t_return_converter(unsigned_long_return_converter):
     conversion_fn = '_PyLong_FromDev'
     unsigned_cast = '(dev_t)'
 
-class FSConverter_converter(CConverter):
-    type = 'PyObject *'
-    converter = 'PyUnicode_FSConverter'
-    def converter_init(self):
-        if self.default is not unspecified:
-            fail("FSConverter_converter does not support default values")
-        self.c_default = 'NULL'
-
-    def cleanup(self):
-        return "Py_XDECREF(" + self.name + ");\n"
-
 class pid_t_converter(CConverter):
     type = 'pid_t'
     format_unit = '" _Py_PARSE_PID "'
@@ -3196,7 +3185,7 @@ class confname_converter(CConverter):
         """, argname=argname, converter=self.converter, table=self.table)
 
 [python start generated code]*/
-/*[python end generated code: output=da39a3ee5e6b4b0d input=8189d5ae78244626]*/
+/*[python end generated code: output=da39a3ee5e6b4b0d input=d2759f2332cd39b3]*/
 
 /*[clinic input]
 
@@ -6098,14 +6087,14 @@ os_system_impl(PyObject *module, const wchar_t *command)
 /*[clinic input]
 os.system -> long
 
-    command: FSConverter
+    command: unicode_fs_encoded
 
 Execute the command in a subshell.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static long
 os_system_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *command)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=290fc437dd4f33a0 input=86a58554ba6094af]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=290fc437dd4f33a0 input=47c6f24b6dc92881]*/
 {
     long result;
     const char *bytes = PyBytes_AsString(command);
@@ -9285,7 +9274,7 @@ os_getgroups_impl(PyObject *module)
 /*[clinic input]
 os.initgroups
 
-    username as oname: FSConverter
+    username as oname: unicode_fs_encoded
     gid: int
     /
 
@@ -9298,12 +9287,12 @@ group id.
 
 static PyObject *
 os_initgroups_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *oname, int gid)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=7f074d30a425fd3a input=df3d54331b0af204]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=7f074d30a425fd3a input=984e60c7fed88cb4]*/
 #else
 /*[clinic input]
 os.initgroups
 
-    username as oname: FSConverter
+    username as oname: unicode_fs_encoded
     gid: gid_t
     /
 
@@ -9316,7 +9305,7 @@ group id.
 
 static PyObject *
 os_initgroups_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *oname, gid_t gid)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=59341244521a9e3f input=0cb91bdc59a4c564]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=59341244521a9e3f input=17d8fbe2dea42ca4]*/
 #endif
 {
     const char *username = PyBytes_AS_STRING(oname);
@@ -13067,16 +13056,16 @@ os_putenv_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *name, PyObject *value)
 /*[clinic input]
 os.putenv
 
-    name: FSConverter
-    value: FSConverter
+    name: unicode_fs_encoded
+    value: unicode_fs_encoded
     /
 
 Change or add an environment variable.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
 os_putenv_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *name, PyObject *value)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=d29a567d6b2327d2 input=a97bc6152f688d31]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=d29a567d6b2327d2 input=84fcd30f873c8c45]*/
 {
     const char *name_string = PyBytes_AS_STRING(name);
     const char *value_string = PyBytes_AS_STRING(value);
@@ -13119,15 +13108,15 @@ os_unsetenv_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *name)
 #else
 /*[clinic input]
 os.unsetenv
-    name: FSConverter
+    name: unicode_fs_encoded
     /
 
 Delete an environment variable.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
 os_unsetenv_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *name)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=54c4137ab1834f02 input=2bb5288a599c7107]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=54c4137ab1834f02 input=78ff12e505ade80a]*/
 {
     if (PySys_Audit("os.unsetenv", "(O)", name) < 0) {
         return NULL;
@@ -15185,14 +15174,14 @@ os_urandom_impl(PyObject *module, Py_ssize_t size)
 /*[clinic input]
 os.memfd_create
 
-    name: FSConverter
+    name: unicode_fs_encoded
     flags: unsigned_int(bitwise=True, c_default="MFD_CLOEXEC") = MFD_CLOEXEC
 
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
 os_memfd_create_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *name, unsigned int flags)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=6681ede983bdb9a6 input=a42cfc199bcd56e9]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=6681ede983bdb9a6 input=cd0eb092cfac474b]*/
 {
     int fd;
     const char *bytes = PyBytes_AS_STRING(name);

Modules/socketmodule.c

@@ -7261,15 +7261,15 @@ Returns a list of network interface information (index, name) tuples.");
 
 /*[clinic input]
 _socket.if_nametoindex
-    oname: object(converter="PyUnicode_FSConverter")
+    oname: unicode_fs_encoded
     /
 
 Returns the interface index corresponding to the interface name if_name.
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
 _socket_if_nametoindex_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *oname)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=289a411614f30244 input=01e0f1205307fb77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=289a411614f30244 input=6125dc20683560cf]*/
 {
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
     NET_IFINDEX index;
@@ -7278,7 +7278,6 @@ _socket_if_nametoindex_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *oname)
 #endif
 
     index = if_nametoindex(PyBytes_AS_STRING(oname));
-    Py_DECREF(oname);
     if (index == 0) {
         /* if_nametoindex() doesn't set errno */
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OSError, "no interface with this name");

Modules/symtablemodule.c

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module _symtable
 _symtable.symtable
 
     source:    object
-    filename:  object(converter='PyUnicode_FSDecoder')
+    filename:  unicode_fs_decoded
     startstr:  str
     /
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Return symbol and scope dictionaries used internally by compiler.
 static PyObject *
 _symtable_symtable_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *source,
                         PyObject *filename, const char *startstr)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=59eb0d5fc7285ac4 input=9dd8a50c0c36a4d7]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=59eb0d5fc7285ac4 input=436ffff90d02e4f6]*/
 {
     struct symtable *st;
     PyObject *t;
@@ -47,12 +47,10 @@ _symtable_symtable_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *source,
     else {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
            "symtable() arg 3 must be 'exec' or 'eval' or 'single'");
-        Py_DECREF(filename);
         Py_XDECREF(source_copy);
         return NULL;
     }
     st = _Py_SymtableStringObjectFlags(str, filename, start, &cf);
-    Py_DECREF(filename);
     Py_XDECREF(source_copy);
     if (st == NULL) {
         return NULL;

Python/bltinmodule.c

@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ builtin_chr(PyObject *module, PyObject *i)
 compile as builtin_compile
 
     source: object
-    filename: object(converter="PyUnicode_FSDecoder")
+    filename: unicode_fs_decoded
     mode: str
     flags: int = 0
     dont_inherit: bool = False
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ static PyObject *
 builtin_compile_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *source, PyObject *filename,
                      const char *mode, int flags, int dont_inherit,
                      int optimize, int feature_version)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=b0c09c84f116d3d7 input=cc78e20e7c7682ba]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=b0c09c84f116d3d7 input=8f0069edbdac381b]*/
 {
     PyObject *source_copy;
     const char *str;
@@ -889,7 +889,6 @@ builtin_compile_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *source, PyObject *filename,
 error:
     result = NULL;
 finally:
-    Py_DECREF(filename);
     return result;
 }