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  r85536 | georg.brandl | 2010-10-15 18:26:08 +0200 (Fr, 15 Okt 2010) | 1 line

  #9054: fix crash when using pyexpat with a system expat lib version 2.0.1.
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Misc/NEWS

@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ Library
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #9054: Fix a crash occurring when using the pyexpat module
+  with expat version 2.0.1.
+
 - Issue #10003: Allow handling of SIGBREAK on Windows. Fixes a regression
   introduced by issue #9324.
 

Modules/pyexpat.c

@@ -415,6 +415,9 @@ call_character_handler(xmlparseobject *self, const XML_Char *buffer, int len)
     PyObject *args;
     PyObject *temp;
 
+    if (!have_handler(self, CharacterData))
+        return -1;
+
     args = PyTuple_New(1);
     if (args == NULL)
         return -1;