- Check for NULL result in PyType_FromSpec.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4c51246..2b69b5b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
*Release date: XX-XXX-20XX*
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+- Check for NULL result in PyType_FromSpec.
+
What's New in Python 3.2?
=========================
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index b1fe44e..7a1aa77 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -2330,6 +2330,8 @@
char *res_start = (char*)res;
PyType_Slot *slot;
+ if (res == NULL)
+ return NULL;
res->ht_name = PyUnicode_FromString(spec->name);
if (!res->ht_name)
goto fail;