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gh-159739: Keep generic alias arguments alive while formatting errors - #159981

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Keep generic alias arguments alive while formatting errors. When a generic alias contains a list of parameters and an object claiming to be an unpacked type-variable tuple returns a non-tuple from __typing_subst__, the error path frees the temporary argument tuple before reading it to format a TypeError. That use-after-free can crash the interpreter instead of reporting the invalid substitution.

Backport to 3.15 and 3.14.

@JelleZijlstra JelleZijlstra added needs backport to 3.14 bugs and security fixes needs backport to 3.15 bugs and security fixes labels Oct 20, 2026
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JelleZijlstra merged commit 9c649db into python:main Oct 21, 2026
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Thanks @jelle-openai for the PR, and @JelleZijlstra for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.14, 3.15.
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GH-160020 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.15 branch.

@bedevere-app bedevere-app Bot removed the needs backport to 3.15 bugs and security fixes label Oct 21, 2026
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GH-160021 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.14 branch.

@bedevere-app bedevere-app Bot removed the needs backport to 3.14 bugs and security fixes label Oct 21, 2026
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