commit ef920d6d5e38cebd51b17001d614b55b1c468041
author Steve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com> Sat Sep 05 23:09:00 2015 -0700
committer Steve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com> Sat Sep 05 23:09:00 2015 -0700
tree af703be82111b458922d8376f9189fde9ae4c729
parent 0fba9b324f061a4c8af9f39c3d0befdf29e2a216

Backed out changeset: a29b49d57769

Misc/NEWS

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 834e20a..dd175fe 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@
 - Issue #16180: Exit pdb if file has syntax error, instead of trapping user
   in an infinite loop.  Patch by Xavier de Gaye.
 
-- Issue #24917: time_strftime() Buffer Over-read. Patch by John Leitch.
-
 - Issue #21112: Fix regression in unittest.expectedFailure on subclasses.
   Patch from Berker Peksag.
 

Modules/timemodule.c

diff --git a/Modules/timemodule.c b/Modules/timemodule.c
index f729594..d0917a4 100644
--- a/Modules/timemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/timemodule.c
@@ -662,12 +662,6 @@
                             "format %y requires year >= 1900 on AIX");
             return NULL;
         }
-        else if (outbuf[1] == '\0')
-        {
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Incomplete format string");
-            Py_DECREF(format);
-            return NULL;
-        }
     }
 #endif