[New-bugs-announce] [issue42952] Incorrect handling of EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name() in the _ssl module

[Zackery Spytz]

New submission from Zackery Spytz <zspytz at gmail.com>:

A EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name() call in the _ssl__SSLContext_impl() function is not checked for failure.

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assignee: christian.heimes
components: Extension Modules, SSL
messages: 385173
nosy: ZackerySpytz, christian.heimes
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Incorrect handling of EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name() in the _ssl module
versions: Python 3.10, Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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