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-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2023-03-07-21-46-29.gh-issue-102509.5ouaH_.rst2
-rw-r--r--Objects/longobject.c3
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2023-03-07-21-46-29.gh-issue-102509.5ouaH_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2023-03-07-21-46-29.gh-issue-102509.5ouaH_.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1a8e8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2023-03-07-21-46-29.gh-issue-102509.5ouaH_.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Start initializing ``ob_digit`` during creation of :c:type:`PyLongObject`
+objects. Patch by Illia Volochii.
diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 5fca55e..5d9b413 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ _PyLong_New(Py_ssize_t size)
}
_PyLong_SetSignAndDigitCount(result, size != 0, size);
_PyObject_Init((PyObject*)result, &PyLong_Type);
+ /* The digit has to be initialized explicitly to avoid
+ * use-of-uninitialized-value. */
+ result->long_value.ob_digit[0] = 0;
return result;
}