[3.12] gh-102509: Start initializing ob_digit of _PyLongValue (GH…

…-102510) (#107464) gh-102509: Start initializing `ob_digit` of `_PyLongValue` (GH-102510) (cherry picked from commit fc130c4) Co-authored-by: Illia Volochii <illia.volochii@gmail.com>
python · Jul 31, 2023 · 8f080a2 · 8f080a2
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2023-03-07-21-46-29.gh-issue-102509.5ouaH_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2023-03-07-21-46-29.gh-issue-102509.5ouaH_.rst
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+Start initializing ``ob_digit`` during creation of :c:type:`PyLongObject`
+objects. Patch by Illia Volochii.
diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ _PyLong_New(Py_ssize_t size)
     }
     _PyLong_SetSignAndDigitCount(result, size != 0, size);
     _PyObject_Init((PyObject*)result, &PyLong_Type);
+    /* The digit has to be initialized explicitly to avoid
+     * use-of-uninitialized-value. */
+    result->long_value.ob_digit[0] = 0;
     return result;
 }