[issue24044] NULL pointer dereference in listsort() with key function

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[issue24044] NULL pointer dereference in listsort() with key function

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[issue24044] NULL pointer dereference in listsort() with key function

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 91096d27c802 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '3.2': properly handle malloc failure (closes #24044) https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/91096d27c802 New changeset 0d8f15053f42 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '3.3': merge 3.2 (#24044) https://hg.python.or

[issue24044] NULL pointer dereference in listsort() with key function

New submission from Benjamin Peterson: Found by Christian Heimes: Coverity has found a flaw in Objects/listobject.c:listsort() that eventually leads to a NULL pointer dereference. Because NULL pointer dereferences can lead to exploits or DoS vulnerabilities I'm reporting the error on PSRT first.