gh-138008: Fix segfaults in _ctypes due to invalid argtypes by magnified103 · Pull Request #138285 · python/cpython

magnified103 · 2025-08-31T08:33:46Z

This PR adds _validate_paramflags checks to the setattr of argtypes, which is likely the best way to fix this issue without performance regressions.

This PR also adds tests for invalid paramflags and argtypes.

Issue: Segfaults in _ctypes during _build_callargs #138008

Signed-off-by: Nguyen Viet Dung <29406816+magnified103@users.noreply.github.com>

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Thank you! I have some suggestions.

Could you also test that with paramflag 2 (“output argument”), the argtype must be a pointer?

Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_prototypes.py

Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c

magnified103 · 2025-09-08T11:52:40Z

I have made the requested changes; please review again.

encukou · 2025-09-08T12:33:45Z

Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c

        return 0;
    }
-    argtypes = info->argtypes;
+    if (argtypes == NULL || argtypes == Py_None) {


Would it make sense to move the Py_None check to _ctypes_CFuncPtr_argtypes_set_impl? It would be nice to have this closer to the “user”, so the internals only need to consider NULL as special.

I removed the Py_None check since it's already handled by _ctypes_CFuncPtr_argtypes_set_impl. The argtypes parameter will either be NULL or a non-None value.

miss-islington-app · 2025-09-10T12:02:19Z

Thanks @magnified103 for the PR, and @encukou for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.13.
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miss-islington-app · 2025-09-10T12:02:19Z

Thanks @magnified103 for the PR, and @encukou for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.14.
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miss-islington-app · 2025-09-10T12:02:22Z

Sorry, @magnified103 and @encukou, I could not cleanly backport this to 3.13 due to a conflict.
Please backport using cherry_picker on command line.

cherry_picker 1ce05537a3ebaf1e5c54505b2272d61bb6cf5de0 3.13

encukou · 2025-09-10T12:02:28Z

Thank you for the report and fix!

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bedevere-app · 2025-09-10T12:02:37Z

GH-138742 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.14 branch.

bedevere-app · 2025-09-10T12:20:50Z

GH-138745 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.13 branch.

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GH-138746 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.13 branch.

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