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readline.c: Missing NULL check on PyLong_FromLong #154385

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Bug description:

Original gist: https://gist.github.com/devdanzin/60aed55f44fba133ee2d34d46aa8d197

readline.c: Missing NULL check on PyLong_FromLong in setup_readline

Summary

PyLong_FromLong(0L) at lines 1418-1419 stored in begidx/endidx without NULL check. On OOM during module init, readline.get_begidx() does Py_NewRef(NULL) → segfault.

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import _testcapi, sys
if "readline" in sys.modules: del sys.modules["readline"]
for n in range(1, 80):
    if "readline" in sys.modules: del sys.modules["readline"]
    _testcapi.set_nomemory(n, 0)
    try:
        import readline
        _testcapi.remove_mem_hooks()
        break
    except MemoryError:
        _testcapi.remove_mem_hooks()
    except ImportError:
        _testcapi.remove_mem_hooks()
    except:
        _testcapi.remove_mem_hooks()
# Assertion: obj != NULL in PyStackRef_FromPyObjectSteal

The original gist said we should check the result of PyLong_FromLong(0L), but I think this is a false positive, because 0 is small int and should not failed while creating a Python int object from it.

However there are other line of code in this file for calling PyLong_FromLong with begidx/endidx withoud check the result:

cpython/Modules/readline.c

Lines 1330 to 1331 in d333e5a

state->begidx = PyLong_FromLong((long) start);
state->endidx = PyLong_FromLong((long) end);

I guess the LLM found a real bug but reported it at the wrong place. Either way, we should fix it.

CPython versions tested on:

CPython main branch

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  1. added
    type-bugAn unexpected behavior, bug, or error
    on Jul 21, 2026
  2. changed the title [-]# readline.c: Missing NULL check on PyLong_FromLong[/-] [+]readline.c: Missing NULL check on PyLong_FromLong[/+] on Jul 21, 2026
  3. added
    type-crashA hard crash of the interpreter, possibly with a core dump
    and removed
    type-bugAn unexpected behavior, bug, or error
    on Jul 21, 2026
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