https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8aca2fd87cda966935b712424a30e4afe54220b9
commit: 8aca2fd87cda966935b712424a30e4afe54220b9
branch: 3.13
author: Bénédikt Tran <[email protected]>
committer: picnixz <[email protected]>
date: 2025-12-27T12:58:42Z
summary:

[3.13] gh-143195: fix UAF in `{bytearray,memoryview}.hex(sep)` via re-entrant 
`sep.__len__` (GH-143209) (#143220)

(cherry picked from commit 9976c2b6349a079ae39931d960b8c147e21c6c3f)

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and 
Builtins/2025-12-27-10-14-26.gh-issue-143195.MNldfr.rst
M Lib/test/test_bytes.py
M Lib/test/test_memoryview.py
M Objects/bytearrayobject.c
M Objects/memoryobject.c

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
index cc0a46bb56e4ee..3e948f3577977f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
@@ -1929,6 +1929,19 @@ def make_case():
         with self.assertRaises(BufferError):
             ba.rsplit(evil)
 
+    def test_hex_use_after_free(self):
+        # Prevent UAF in bytearray.hex(sep) with re-entrant sep.__len__.
+        # Regression test for https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/143195.
+        ba = bytearray(b'\xAA')
+
+        class S(bytes):
+            def __len__(self):
+                ba.clear()
+                return 1
+
+        self.assertRaises(BufferError, ba.hex, S(b':'))
+
+
 class AssortedBytesTest(unittest.TestCase):
     #
     # Test various combinations of bytes and bytearray
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_memoryview.py b/Lib/test/test_memoryview.py
index 69be0e5c82931f..91ae688978b014 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_memoryview.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_memoryview.py
@@ -399,6 +399,20 @@ def test_issue22668(self):
         self.assertEqual(c.format, "H")
         self.assertEqual(d.format, "H")
 
+    def test_hex_use_after_free(self):
+        # Prevent UAF in memoryview.hex(sep) with re-entrant sep.__len__.
+        # Regression test for https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/143195.
+        ba = bytearray(b'A' * 1024)
+        mv = memoryview(ba)
+
+        class S(bytes):
+            def __len__(self):
+                mv.release()
+                ba.clear()
+                return 1
+
+        self.assertRaises(BufferError, mv.hex, S(b':'))
+
 
 # Variations on source objects for the buffer: bytes-like objects, then arrays
 # with itemsize > 1.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and 
Builtins/2025-12-27-10-14-26.gh-issue-143195.MNldfr.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core 
and Builtins/2025-12-27-10-14-26.gh-issue-143195.MNldfr.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..66dc5e22f0ab23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and 
Builtins/2025-12-27-10-14-26.gh-issue-143195.MNldfr.rst 
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix use-after-free crashes in :meth:`bytearray.hex` and :meth:`memoryview.hex`
+when the separator's :meth:`~object.__len__` mutates the original object.
+Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
index f940e8c12546c7..f4e4e2885d80bc 100644
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -2224,7 +2224,13 @@ bytearray_hex_impl(PyByteArrayObject *self, PyObject 
*sep, int bytes_per_sep)
 {
     char* argbuf = PyByteArray_AS_STRING(self);
     Py_ssize_t arglen = PyByteArray_GET_SIZE(self);
-    return _Py_strhex_with_sep(argbuf, arglen, sep, bytes_per_sep);
+    // Prevent 'self' from being freed if computing len(sep) mutates 'self'
+    // in _Py_strhex_with_sep().
+    // See: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/143195.
+    self->ob_exports++;
+    PyObject *res = _Py_strhex_with_sep(argbuf, arglen, sep, bytes_per_sep);
+    self->ob_exports--;
+    return res;
 }
 
 static PyObject *
diff --git a/Objects/memoryobject.c b/Objects/memoryobject.c
index b1a58d6b40ed89..9773bc2cc1c98b 100644
--- a/Objects/memoryobject.c
+++ b/Objects/memoryobject.c
@@ -2330,7 +2330,13 @@ memoryview_hex_impl(PyMemoryViewObject *self, PyObject 
*sep,
     CHECK_RELEASED(self);
 
     if (MV_C_CONTIGUOUS(self->flags)) {
-        return _Py_strhex_with_sep(src->buf, src->len, sep, bytes_per_sep);
+        // Prevent 'self' from being freed if computing len(sep) mutates 'self'
+        // in _Py_strhex_with_sep().
+        // See: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/143195.
+        self->exports++;
+        PyObject *ret = _Py_strhex_with_sep(src->buf, src->len, sep, 
bytes_per_sep);
+        self->exports--;
+        return ret;
     }
 
     bytes = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, src->len);

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