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Out of bounds in traceback.c when alloca() is used over VLA #145792

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#if defined(__STDC_NO_VLA__) && (__STDC_NO_VLA__ == 1)
/* Use alloca() for VLAs. */
# define VLA(type, name, size) type *name = alloca(size)
#elif !defined(__STDC_NO_VLA__) || (__STDC_NO_VLA__ == 0)
/* Use actual C VLAs.*/
# define VLA(type, name, size) type name[size]
#elif defined(CAN_C_BACKTRACE)

For the same size, VLA type[size] will allocate (sizeof(type) * size) but alloca(size) will only allocate (1 * size), which is significantly smaller than intended and will cause subsequent accesses of the allocation to be out of bounds, potentially corrupting the stack.

CPython versions tested on:

3.14

Operating systems tested on:

Linux

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