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authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2014-04-28 13:07:06 +0200
committerAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2014-04-28 13:07:06 +0200
commit871dfc41d37b02a7af6eb03028edc6702f24fd1d (patch)
treea790ec67f992917b9c1cad2fc654105d77a5c5bb
parent94ba146d11869288ab3def8c7426b3b36701416a (diff)
downloadcpython-git-871dfc41d37b02a7af6eb03028edc6702f24fd1d.tar.gz
Issue #13204: Calling sys.flags.__new__ would crash the interpreter, now it raises a TypeError.
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_sys.py20
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--Python/sysmodule.c13
3 files changed, 33 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sys.py b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
index 5a9699ff20..a68ed08df7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sys.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
@@ -519,6 +519,26 @@ class SysModuleTest(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertTrue(repr(sys.flags))
self.assertEqual(len(sys.flags), len(attrs))
+ def assert_raise_on_new_sys_type(self, sys_attr):
+ # Users are intentionally prevented from creating new instances of
+ # sys.flags, sys.version_info, and sys.getwindowsversion.
+ attr_type = type(sys_attr)
+ with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+ attr_type()
+ with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+ attr_type.__new__(attr_type)
+
+ def test_sys_flags_no_instantiation(self):
+ self.assert_raise_on_new_sys_type(sys.flags)
+
+ def test_sys_version_info_no_instantiation(self):
+ self.assert_raise_on_new_sys_type(sys.version_info)
+
+ def test_sys_getwindowsversion_no_instantiation(self):
+ # Skip if not being run on Windows.
+ test.support.get_attribute(sys, "getwindowsversion")
+ self.assert_raise_on_new_sys_type(sys.getwindowsversion())
+
def test_clear_type_cache(self):
sys._clear_type_cache()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e3c8810cd7..856520fb2b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #13204: Calling sys.flags.__new__ would crash the interpreter,
+ now it raises a TypeError.
+
- Issue #19385: Make operations on a closed dbm.dumb database always raise the
same exception.
diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index 64de2bf258..2366a8c66f 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -1622,6 +1622,7 @@ PyObject *
_PySys_Init(void)
{
PyObject *m, *sysdict, *version_info;
+ int res;
m = PyModule_Create(&sysmodule);
if (m == NULL)
@@ -1629,7 +1630,6 @@ _PySys_Init(void)
sysdict = PyModule_GetDict(m);
#define SET_SYS_FROM_STRING_BORROW(key, value) \
do { \
- int res; \
PyObject *v = (value); \
if (v == NULL) \
return NULL; \
@@ -1640,7 +1640,6 @@ _PySys_Init(void)
} while (0)
#define SET_SYS_FROM_STRING(key, value) \
do { \
- int res; \
PyObject *v = (value); \
if (v == NULL) \
return NULL; \
@@ -1759,6 +1758,9 @@ _PySys_Init(void)
/* prevent user from creating new instances */
VersionInfoType.tp_init = NULL;
VersionInfoType.tp_new = NULL;
+ res = PyDict_DelItemString(VersionInfoType.tp_dict, "__new__");
+ if (res < 0 && PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_KeyError))
+ PyErr_Clear();
/* implementation */
SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("implementation", make_impl_info(version_info));
@@ -1772,7 +1774,9 @@ _PySys_Init(void)
/* prevent user from creating new instances */
FlagsType.tp_init = NULL;
FlagsType.tp_new = NULL;
-
+ res = PyDict_DelItemString(FlagsType.tp_dict, "__new__");
+ if (res < 0 && PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_KeyError))
+ PyErr_Clear();
#if defined(MS_WINDOWS)
/* getwindowsversion */
@@ -1783,6 +1787,9 @@ _PySys_Init(void)
/* prevent user from creating new instances */
WindowsVersionType.tp_init = NULL;
WindowsVersionType.tp_new = NULL;
+ res = PyDict_DelItemString(WindowsVersionType.tp_dict, "__new__");
+ if (res < 0 && PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_KeyError))
+ PyErr_Clear();
#endif
/* float repr style: 0.03 (short) vs 0.029999999999999999 (legacy) */