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diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index 963df8a..f6217c3 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -1437,6 +1437,12 @@ PyOS_getsig(int sig)
{
#ifdef HAVE_SIGACTION
struct sigaction context;
+ /* Initialize context.sa_handler to SIG_ERR which makes about as
+ * much sense as anything else. It should get overwritten if
+ * sigaction actually succeeds and otherwise we avoid an
+ * uninitialized memory read.
+ */
+ context.sa_handler = SIG_ERR;
sigaction(sig, NULL, &context);
return context.sa_handler;
#else
@@ -1453,6 +1459,12 @@ PyOS_setsig(int sig, PyOS_sighandler_t handler)
#ifdef HAVE_SIGACTION
struct sigaction context;
PyOS_sighandler_t oldhandler;
+ /* Initialize context.sa_handler to SIG_ERR which makes about as
+ * much sense as anything else. It should get overwritten if
+ * sigaction actually succeeds and otherwise we avoid an
+ * uninitialized memory read.
+ */
+ context.sa_handler = SIG_ERR;
sigaction(sig, NULL, &context);
oldhandler = context.sa_handler;
context.sa_handler = handler;