https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/80aa7b3688b8fdc85cd53d4113cb5f6ce5500027
commit: 80aa7b3688b8fdc85cd53d4113cb5f6ce5500027
branch: main
author: Jamie Phan <[email protected]>
committer: hauntsaninja <[email protected]>
date: 2024-01-31T16:42:17-08:00
summary:

gh-109534: fix reference leak when SSL handshake fails (#114074)

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-15-18-42-44.gh-issue-109534.wYaLMZ.rst
M Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
M Lib/asyncio/sslproto.py

diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
index dcd5e0aa345029..10fbdd76e93f79 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
@@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ async def _accept_connection2(
                 await waiter
             except BaseException:
                 transport.close()
+                # gh-109534: When an exception is raised by the SSLProtocol 
object the
+                # exception set in this future can keep the protocol object 
alive and
+                # cause a reference cycle.
+                waiter = None
                 raise
                 # It's now up to the protocol to handle the connection.
 
diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/sslproto.py b/Lib/asyncio/sslproto.py
index 599e91ba0003d1..fa99d4533aa0a6 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/sslproto.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/sslproto.py
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ def _on_handshake_complete(self, handshake_exc):
 
             peercert = sslobj.getpeercert()
         except Exception as exc:
+            handshake_exc = None
             self._set_state(SSLProtocolState.UNWRAPPED)
             if isinstance(exc, ssl.CertificateError):
                 msg = 'SSL handshake failed on verifying the certificate'
diff --git 
a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-15-18-42-44.gh-issue-109534.wYaLMZ.rst 
b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-15-18-42-44.gh-issue-109534.wYaLMZ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fc9a765a230037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-15-18-42-44.gh-issue-109534.wYaLMZ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix a reference leak in
+:class:`asyncio.selector_events.BaseSelectorEventLoop` when SSL handshakes
+fail. Patch contributed by Jamie Phan.

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