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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 947e169..61c9a21 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -2787,6 +2787,10 @@ Change or add an environment variable.";
int putenv( const char *str );
#endif
+/* Save putenv() parameters as values here, so we can collect them when they
+ * get re-set with another call for the same key. */
+static PyObject *posix_putenv_garbage;
+
static PyObject *
posix_putenv(self, args)
PyObject *self;
@@ -2794,6 +2798,7 @@ posix_putenv(self, args)
{
char *s1, *s2;
char *new;
+ PyObject *newstr;
if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ss", &s1, &s2))
return NULL;
@@ -2821,14 +2826,28 @@ posix_putenv(self, args)
} else {
#endif
- /* XXX This leaks memory -- not easy to fix :-( */
- if ((new = malloc(strlen(s1) + strlen(s2) + 2)) == NULL)
- return PyErr_NoMemory();
+ /* XXX This can leak memory -- not easy to fix :-( */
+ newstr = PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, strlen(s1) + strlen(s2) + 2);
+ if (newstr == NULL)
+ return PyErr_NoMemory();
+ new = PyString_AS_STRING(newstr);
(void) sprintf(new, "%s=%s", s1, s2);
if (putenv(new)) {
posix_error();
return NULL;
}
+ /* Install the first arg and newstr in posix_putenv_garbage;
+ * this will cause previous value to be collected. This has to
+ * happen after the real putenv() call because the old value
+ * was still accessible until then. */
+ if (PyDict_SetItem(posix_putenv_garbage,
+ PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0), newstr)) {
+ /* really not much we can do; just leak */
+ PyErr_Clear();
+ }
+ else {
+ Py_DECREF(newstr);
+ }
#if defined(PYOS_OS2)
}
@@ -3500,4 +3519,6 @@ INITFUNC()
return;
PyDict_SetItemString(d, "error", PyExc_OSError);
+
+ posix_putenv_garbage = PyDict_New();
}