check for error conditions in _json #3623
diff --git a/Modules/_json.c b/Modules/_json.c
index 88510a7..832b1ff 100644
--- a/Modules/_json.c
+++ b/Modules/_json.c
@@ -179,11 +179,13 @@
errmsg_fn = PyObject_GetAttrString(decoder, "errmsg");
if (errmsg_fn == NULL)
return;
- Py_XDECREF(decoder);
+ Py_DECREF(decoder);
}
pymsg = PyObject_CallFunction(errmsg_fn, "(zOn)", msg, s, end);
- PyErr_SetObject(PyExc_ValueError, pymsg);
- Py_DECREF(pymsg);
+ if (pymsg) {
+ PyErr_SetObject(PyExc_ValueError, pymsg);
+ Py_DECREF(pymsg);
+ }
/*
def linecol(doc, pos):