[Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #27662: add missing Misc/NEWS entry.

Sun Aug 21 04:32:28 EDT 2016

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c7f9e66826a0
changeset: 102823:c7f9e66826a0
user: Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com>
date: Sun Aug 21 09:31:44 2016 +0100
summary:
 Issue #27662: add missing Misc/NEWS entry.
files:
 Misc/NEWS | 4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #27662: Fix an overflow check in ``List_New``: the original code was
+ checking against ``Py_SIZE_MAX`` instead of the correct upper bound of
+ ``Py_SSIZE_T_MAX``. Patch by Xiang Zhang.
+
 - Issue #27782: Multi-phase extension module import now correctly allows the
 ``m_methods`` field to be used to add module level functions to instances
 of non-module types returned from ``Py_create_mod``. Patch by Xiang Zhang.
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Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython
