From 48e507272b51483d0b888525a9906d5f653c4457 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Jerdonek Date: Thu, 7 May 2020 16:11:23 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-40559: Add Py_DECREF to _asynciomodule.c:task_step_impl() --- .../next/Library/2020-05-05-08-12-51.bpo-40559.112wwa.rst | 1 + Modules/_asynciomodule.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-05-08-12-51.bpo-40559.112wwa.rst diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-05-08-12-51.bpo-40559.112wwa.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-05-08-12-51.bpo-40559.112wwa.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000000..15846351f25bbe --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-05-08-12-51.bpo-40559.112wwa.rst @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Fix possible memory leak in the C implementation of :class:`asyncio.Task`. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Modules/_asynciomodule.c b/Modules/_asynciomodule.c index a03a63119bab3d..cc211a8895a8e8 100644 --- a/Modules/_asynciomodule.c +++ b/Modules/_asynciomodule.c @@ -2638,6 +2638,10 @@ task_step_impl(TaskObj *task, PyObject *exc) coro = task->task_coro; if (coro == NULL) { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "uninitialized Task object"); + if (clear_exc) { + /* We created 'exc' during this call */ + Py_DECREF(exc); + } return NULL; }