commit f86ae691d34285e9c98ffb52d513aad1b61129c4
author Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com> Sat May 19 03:53:33 2007 +0000
committer Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com> Sat May 19 03:53:33 2007 +0000
tree eb21a24f1a4b223f31fb56177568d222e6ed5bcc
parent cf0fab2686799b562c9c6f6255557e36f9af095e

Backport rev 55450:
SF bug #1721309: Clear data so random memory does not get freed.

Misc/NEWS

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 67c4750..bc0e974 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
   run in verbose mode.
 
 
+Extension Modules
+-----------------
+
+- Bug #1721309: prevent bsddb module from freeing random memory.
+
+
 Documentation
 -------------
 

Modules/_bsddb.c

diff --git a/Modules/_bsddb.c b/Modules/_bsddb.c
index 9622c90..f064878 100644
--- a/Modules/_bsddb.c
+++ b/Modules/_bsddb.c
@@ -1713,6 +1713,7 @@
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    CLEAR_DBT(data);
     flags |= DB_GET_BOTH;
 
     if (CHECK_DBFLAG(self, DB_THREAD)) {