bpo-31311: fix a SystemError and a crash in PyCData_setstate(), in case of a bad __dict__

Lib/ctypes/test/test_parameters.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
 from ctypes.test import need_symbol
+import test.support
 
 class SimpleTypesTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -180,6 +181,25 @@ def test_abstract(self):
  self.assertRaises(TypeError, _Pointer.from_param, 42)
  self.assertRaises(TypeError, _SimpleCData.from_param, 42)
 
+ @test.support.cpython_only
+ def test_issue31311(self):
+ # __setstate__ should neither raise a SystemError nor crash in case
+ # of a bad __dict__.
+ from ctypes import Structure
+
+ class BadStruct(Structure):
+ def __dict__(self):
+ pass
+ with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+ BadStruct().__setstate__({}, b'foo')
+
+ class WorseStruct(Structure):
+ @property
+ def __dict__(self):
+ raise ArithmeticError
+ with self.assertRaises(ArithmeticError):
+ WorseStruct().__setstate__({}, b'foo')
+
 ################################################################
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2017-08-31-17-52-56.bpo-31311.bNE2l-.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix a crash in the ``__setstate__()`` method of `ctypes._CData`, in case of
+a bad ``__dict__``. Patch by Oren Milman.

Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c

@@ -2671,6 +2671,15 @@ PyCData_setstate(PyObject *myself, PyObject *args)
  len = self->b_size;
  memmove(self->b_ptr, data, len);
  mydict = PyObject_GetAttrString(myself, "__dict__");
+ if (mydict == NULL) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ if (!PyDict_Check(mydict)) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+ "__dict__ must be a dictionary");
+ Py_DECREF(mydict);
+ return NULL;
+ }
  res = PyDict_Update(mydict, dict);
  Py_DECREF(mydict);
  if (res == -1)