From ccb5af7bfee59b72313ccf1fa2c9b0dca347ac96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Irit Katriel <1055913+iritkatriel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:18:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] gh-102755: fix refleak (#102826)

---
 Python/pylifecycle.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Python/pylifecycle.c b/Python/pylifecycle.c
index 7bf12271db2323..317d6966d034fa 100644
--- a/Python/pylifecycle.c
+++ b/Python/pylifecycle.c
@@ -2547,6 +2547,7 @@ _Py_FatalError_PrintExc(PyThreadState *tstate)
     if (ferr == NULL || ferr == Py_None) {
         /* sys.stderr is not set yet or set to None,
            no need to try to display the exception */
+        Py_DECREF(exc);
         return 0;
     }
 
@@ -2555,7 +2556,7 @@ _Py_FatalError_PrintExc(PyThreadState *tstate)
     PyObject *tb = PyException_GetTraceback(exc);
     int has_tb = (tb != NULL) && (tb != Py_None);
     Py_XDECREF(tb);
-    Py_XDECREF(exc);
+    Py_DECREF(exc);
 
     /* sys.stderr may be buffered: call sys.stderr.flush() */
     PyObject *res = PyObject_CallMethodNoArgs(ferr, &_Py_ID(flush));