From: Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2022 17:18:29 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: gh-81057: Fix a Reference Leak in the posix Module (gh-100140)
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gh-81057: Fix a Reference Leak in the posix Module (gh-100140)

The leak was introduced in gh-100082.

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/81057
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diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index f5175350e12a..4817973262f4 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -2242,6 +2242,7 @@ statresult_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
         return NULL;
     }
     _posixstate *state = get_posix_state(mod);
+    Py_DECREF(mod);
     if (state == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }