1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/json/tests/test_recursion.py b/Lib/json/tests/test_recursion.py
index 1e9b8ab..548bb89 100644
--- a/Lib/json/tests/test_recursion.py
+++ b/Lib/json/tests/test_recursion.py
@@ -65,3 +65,22 @@ class TestRecursion(TestCase):
             pass
         else:
             self.fail("didn't raise ValueError on default recursion")
+
+
+    def test_highly_nested_objects(self):
+        # test that loading highly-nested objects doesn't segfault when C
+        # accelerations are used. See #12017
+        # str
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+            json.loads('{"a":' * 100000 + '1' + '}' * 100000)
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+            json.loads('{"a":' * 100000 + '[1]' + '}' * 100000)
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+            json.loads('[' * 100000 + '1' + ']' * 100000)
+        # unicode
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+            json.loads(u'{"a":' * 100000 + u'1' + u'}' * 100000)
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+            json.loads(u'{"a":' * 100000 + u'[1]' + u'}' * 100000)
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+            json.loads(u'[' * 100000 + u'1' + u']' * 100000)