From: Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 20:05:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix SF #789402, Memory leak on open()
X-Git-Tag: v2.4a1~1731
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=98cad48171dd760e2d05fde320e87dad42bd5399;p=python

Fix SF #789402, Memory leak on open()

If opening a directory, the exception would leak.
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diff --git a/Objects/fileobject.c b/Objects/fileobject.c
index 1cc6def62c..13354c8839 100644
--- a/Objects/fileobject.c
+++ b/Objects/fileobject.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ dircheck(PyFileObject* f)
 		PyObject *exc = PyObject_CallFunction(PyExc_IOError, "(is)", 
 						      EISDIR, msg);
 		PyErr_SetObject(PyExc_IOError, exc);
+		Py_XDECREF(exc);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 #endif