[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-466752 ] "deref" error in _PyBuffer_FromObject (original) (raw)

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Bugs item #466752, was opened at 2001-10-01 01:10 You can respond by visiting: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=466752&group_id=5470

Category: Python Interpreter Core Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: "deref" error in _PyBuffer_FromObject

Initial Comment: The "deref" code in function _PyBuffer_FromObject, file bufferobject.c is an error:

    /* if the base object is another buffer, then

"deref" it / if ( PyBuffer_Check(base) ) base = ((PyBufferObject)base)->b_base;

return _PyBuffer_FromMemory(base, (char *)p + offset,

size, readonly);

It is possible, that "deref"'ed base is NULL. In this case the new object will have no reference to any base object.

Example (in C):

base_buffer=PyBuffer_New(100); derived_buffer=PyBuffer_FromObject(base_buffer,0,50); Py_DECREF(base_buffer);

And derived_buffer memory pointer points to nowhere.

I think, the right code in _PyBuffer_FromObject would be:

    /* if the base object is another buffer, then

"deref" it / if ( PyBuffer_Check(base) && (((PyBufferObject)base)->b_base != NULL)) base = ((PyBufferObject*)base)->b_base;

return _PyBuffer_FromMemory(base, (char *)p + offset,

size, readonly);

Victor Sologoubov VSologoubov@ibs.ru

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