issue2858: Fix potential memory corruption when bsddb.db.DBEnv.lock_get
and other bsddb.db object constructors raised an exception.
Debugging & patch by Neal Norowitz.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f11293d..954f2b6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 
 - bsddb module updated to version 4.6.4.
 
+- issue2858: Fix potential memory corruption when bsddb.db.DBEnv.lock_get
+  and other bsddb.db object constructors raised an exception.
+
 - Fixed #2870: cmathmodule.c compile error
 
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