Public bug reported:
Python 3.8.0 to 3.8.2 include a bug which breaks subinterpereters nearly
in their entirety.
If a subinterpereter initializes asyncio (a library used by many other
libraries), then exits, and another subinterpereter initializes asyncio,
there will be a use-after-free and segmentation fault.
See: https://bugs.python.org/issue40294
A main.c small test program is attached to that bug which replicates the
issue.
The bug has been fixed as of 3.8.3 and 3.9.0. I attached a patch which
backports the one-line fix to a 3.8.2-1ubuntu1.2 version for focal.
I am writing a piece of software that I fear will be unusable on focal
without this backport, since the default python3 is python
3.8.2-1ubuntu1.1 at the time of writing. Since it does not contain the
fix, my application crashes.
** Affects: python3.8 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: after asyncio bpo40294 free gh-19542 gh-19565 use use-after-free
** Patch added: "1-3.8.2-1ubuntu1.2.debdiff"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1887847/+attachment/5393231/+files/1-3.8.2-1ubuntu1.2.debdiff
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