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Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 15:08:40 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: [3.14] gh-134100: Fix use-after-free in `PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject` (GH-134117... 
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[3.14] gh-134100: Fix use-after-free in `PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject` (GH-134117) (#134171)

gh-134100: Fix use-after-free in `PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject` (GH-134117)
(cherry picked from commit 4e9005d32ff466925f40af410f2ea6bf2329bcf8)

Co-authored-by: Nico-Posada <102486290+Nico-Posada@users.noreply.github.com>
---

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/import_/test_relative_imports.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/import_/test_relative_imports.py
index e535d1197631..1549cbe96ce2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/import_/test_relative_imports.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/import_/test_relative_imports.py
@@ -223,6 +223,21 @@ class RelativeImports:
             self.__import__('sys', {'__package__': '', '__spec__': None},
                             level=1)
 
+    def test_malicious_relative_import(self):
+        # https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/134100
+        # Test to make sure UAF bug with error msg doesn't come back to life
+        import sys
+        loooong = "".ljust(0x23000, "b")
+        name = f"a.{loooong}.c"
+
+        with util.uncache(name):
+            sys.modules[name] = {}
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(
+                KeyError,
+                r"'a\.b+' not in sys\.modules as expected"
+            ):
+                __import__(f"{loooong}.c", {"__package__": "a"}, level=1)
+
 
 (Frozen_RelativeImports,
  Source_RelativeImports
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-05-16-17-25-52.gh-issue-134100.5-FbLK.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-05-16-17-25-52.gh-issue-134100.5-FbLK.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d672347f9ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-05-16-17-25-52.gh-issue-134100.5-FbLK.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix a use-after-free bug that occurs when an imported module isn't
+in :data:`sys.modules` after its initial import. Patch by Nico-Posada.
diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
index afdc28eda31b..f24c5716feb6 100644
--- a/Python/import.c
+++ b/Python/import.c
@@ -3852,15 +3852,17 @@ PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject(PyObject *name, PyObject *globals,
                 }
 
                 final_mod = import_get_module(tstate, to_return);
-                Py_DECREF(to_return);
                 if (final_mod == NULL) {
                     if (!_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)) {
                         _PyErr_Format(tstate, PyExc_KeyError,
                                       "%R not in sys.modules as expected",
                                       to_return);
                     }
+                    Py_DECREF(to_return);
                     goto error;
                 }
+
+                Py_DECREF(to_return);
             }
         }
         else {