Issues #24099, #24100, and #24101: Fix free-after-use bug in heapq.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 73a9d19d67764fbf967c3103e04ca0a8edeaf4dc..c52ad729eb889e1b85954412e6e7e596a83e412d 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ Library
 - Issue #9246: On POSIX, os.getcwd() now supports paths longer than 1025 bytes.
   Patch written by William Orr.
 
+- Issues #24099, #24100, and #24101: Fix free-after-use bug in heapq's siftup
+  and siftdown functions.
+
 - Issue #23008: Fixed resolving attributes with boolean value is False in pydoc.
 
 - Fix asyncio issue 235: LifoQueue and PriorityQueue's put didn't

diff --git a/Modules/_heapqmodule.c b/Modules/_heapqmodule.c
index eee56a002743af5638f14f4d7cdbbd068a423781..38bcdbe72cf1377514a8fe8e479962dd05b54ce7 100644 (file)
--- a/Modules/_heapqmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_heapqmodule.c
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ annotated by François Pinard, and converted to C by Raymond Hettinger.
 static int
 _siftdown(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t startpos, Py_ssize_t pos)
 {
-    PyObject *newitem, *parent, *olditem;
+    PyObject *newitem, *parent;
+    Py_ssize_t parentpos, size;
     int cmp;
-    Py_ssize_t parentpos;
-    Py_ssize_t size;
 
     assert(PyList_Check(heap));
     size = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap);
@@ -23,39 +22,28 @@ _siftdown(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t startpos, Py_ssize_t pos)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
-    Py_INCREF(newitem);
     /* Follow the path to the root, moving parents down until finding
        a place newitem fits. */
-    while (pos > startpos){
+    newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
+    while (pos > startpos) {
         parentpos = (pos - 1) >> 1;
         parent = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, parentpos);
         cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(newitem, parent, Py_LT);
-        if (cmp == -1) {
-            Py_DECREF(newitem);
+        if (cmp == -1)
             return -1;
-        }
         if (size != PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)) {
-            Py_DECREF(newitem);
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
                             "list changed size during iteration");
             return -1;
         }
         if (cmp == 0)
             break;
-        Py_INCREF(parent);
-        olditem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
+        parent = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, parentpos);
+        newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
+        PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, parentpos, newitem);
         PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, parent);
-        Py_DECREF(olditem);
         pos = parentpos;
-        if (size != PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)) {
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
-                            "list changed size during iteration");
-            return -1;
-        }
     }
-    Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos));
-    PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, newitem);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -63,20 +51,16 @@ static int
 _siftup(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t pos)
 {
     Py_ssize_t startpos, endpos, childpos, rightpos, limit;
+    PyObject *tmp1, *tmp2;
     int cmp;
-    PyObject *newitem, *tmp, *olditem;
-    Py_ssize_t size;
 
     assert(PyList_Check(heap));
-    size = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap);
-    endpos = size;
+    endpos = PyList_GET_SIZE(heap);
     startpos = pos;
     if (pos >= endpos) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "index out of range");
         return -1;
     }
-    newitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
-    Py_INCREF(newitem);
 
     /* Bubble up the smaller child until hitting a leaf. */
     limit = endpos / 2;          /* smallest pos that has no child */
@@ -89,37 +73,24 @@ _siftup(PyListObject *heap, Py_ssize_t pos)
                 PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos),
                 PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, rightpos),
                 Py_LT);
-            if (cmp == -1) {
-                Py_DECREF(newitem);
+            if (cmp == -1)
                 return -1;
-            }
             if (cmp == 0)
                 childpos = rightpos;
-        }
-        if (size != PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)) {
-            Py_DECREF(newitem);
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
-                            "list changed size during iteration");
-            return -1;
+            if (endpos != PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)) {
+                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
+                                "list changed size during iteration");
+                return -1;
+            }
         }
         /* Move the smaller child up. */
-        tmp = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos);
-        Py_INCREF(tmp);
-        olditem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
-        PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, tmp);
-        Py_DECREF(olditem);
+        tmp1 = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, childpos);
+        tmp2 = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos);
+        PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, childpos, tmp2);
+        PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, tmp1);
         pos = childpos;
-        if (size != PyList_GET_SIZE(heap)) {
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
-                            "list changed size during iteration");
-            return -1;
-        }
     }
-
-    /* The leaf at pos is empty now.  Put newitem there, and bubble
-       it up to its final resting place (by sifting its parents down). */
-    Py_DECREF(PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, pos));
-    PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, pos, newitem);
+    /* Bubble it up to its final resting place (by sifting its parents down). */
     return _siftdown(heap, startpos, pos);
 }