[3.12] gh-126106: Fix `NULL` possible derefrence in `Modules/_ssl.c` (GH-126111)...

gh-126106: Fix `NULL` possible derefrence in `Modules/_ssl.c` (GH-126111)
(cherry picked from commit a64a1c920660b0c1e4dd5a9573004cd527e15184)

Co-authored-by: sobolevn <mail@sobolevn.me>
Co-authored-by: Bénédikt Tran <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-29-10-58-52.gh-issue-126106.rlF798.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-29-10-58-52.gh-issue-126106.rlF798.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..de98900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-29-10-58-52.gh-issue-126106.rlF798.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixes a possible ``NULL`` pointer dereference in :mod:`ssl`.

diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index 7fcb79fec9f74e344369d7e04dfbe5d07301f29e..35e4ce7af50fc69ccff64ae18b95dc955b4c2f88 100644 (file)
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -4951,14 +4951,14 @@ PySSLSession_dealloc(PySSLSession *self)
 static PyObject *
 PySSLSession_richcompare(PyObject *left, PyObject *right, int op)
 {
-    int result;
-    PyTypeObject *sesstype = ((PySSLSession*)left)->ctx->state->PySSLSession_Type;
-
     if (left == NULL || right == NULL) {
         PyErr_BadInternalCall();
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    int result;
+    PyTypeObject *sesstype = ((PySSLSession*)left)->ctx->state->PySSLSession_Type;
+
     if (!Py_IS_TYPE(left, sesstype) || !Py_IS_TYPE(right, sesstype)) {
         Py_RETURN_NOTIMPLEMENTED;
     }