bpo-43789: OpenSSL 3.0.0 Don't call passwd callback again in error case (GH-25303)
diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index f3c3b20..94b06dd 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -3926,6 +3926,13 @@ _password_callback(char *buf, int size, int rwflag, void *userdata)
PySSL_END_ALLOW_THREADS_S(pw_info->thread_state);
+ if (pw_info->error) {
+ /* already failed previously. OpenSSL 3.0.0-alpha14 invokes the
+ * callback multiple times which can lead to fatal Python error in
+ * exception check. */
+ goto error;
+ }
+
if (pw_info->callable) {
fn_ret = _PyObject_CallNoArg(pw_info->callable);
if (!fn_ret) {