[3.15] gh-151905: fix memory error handling in PyFrame_GetBack (GH-151906) (#151919)

Co-authored-by: Prakash Sellathurai <prakashsellathurai@gmail.com>

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-06-22-06-26-34.gh-issue-151905.FOLMYg.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-06-22-06-26-34.gh-issue-151905.FOLMYg.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..c71122d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-06-22-06-26-34.gh-issue-151905.FOLMYg.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix OOM error handling in :c:func:`PyFrame_GetBack` to propagate exceptions instead of masking them as None.

diff --git a/Objects/frameobject.c b/Objects/frameobject.c
index f60cdb2dd1bf20d124524bf1946a7d856b759861..3e70a71953709e514bc67b6d62ead3a0d2ba8dd5 100644 (file)
--- a/Objects/frameobject.c
+++ b/Objects/frameobject.c
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ frame_back_get_impl(PyFrameObject *self)
 /*[clinic end generated code: output=3a84c22a55a63c79 input=9e528570d0e1f44a]*/
 {
     PyObject *res = (PyObject *)PyFrame_GetBack(self);
-    if (res == NULL) {
+    if (res == NULL && !PyErr_Occurred()) {
         Py_RETURN_NONE;
     }
     return res;
@@ -2405,6 +2405,9 @@ PyFrame_GetBack(PyFrameObject *frame)
         prev = _PyFrame_GetFirstComplete(prev);
         if (prev) {
             back = _PyFrame_GetFrameObject(prev);
+            if (back == NULL) {
+                return NULL;
+            }
         }
     }
     return (PyFrameObject*)Py_XNewRef(back);