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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:31:11 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: [3.14] Fix unlikely potential reference leak in _locale._getdefaultlocale (GH-145250... 
X-Git-Tag: v3.14.4~231
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=86c846735b7fd4b31d5456d89f7cb0b3e8eee2d9;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

[3.14] Fix unlikely potential reference leak in _locale._getdefaultlocale (GH-145250) (GH-145302)

It occurs in a code which perhaps never executed.
(cherry picked from commit 6ea84b2726bb6a1a8a6819d30c368ac34c50eabe)

Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Modules/_localemodule.c b/Modules/_localemodule.c
index cb448b14d8cd..b1d9e74db623 100644
--- a/Modules/_localemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_localemodule.c
@@ -579,7 +579,6 @@ _locale__getdefaultlocale_impl(PyObject *module)
     }
 
     /* cannot determine the language code (very unlikely) */
-    Py_INCREF(Py_None);
     return Py_BuildValue("Os", Py_None, encoding);
 }
 #endif