gh-78997: AttributeError if loading fails in LibraryLoader.__getattr__

Co-authored-by: Zachary Ware <zachary.ware@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Filipe Laíns <filipe.lains@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Wieser <wieser.eric@gmail.com>

Lib/ctypes/__init__.py

@@ -444,7 +444,10 @@ class LibraryLoader(object):
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         if name[0] == '_':
             raise AttributeError(name)
-        dll = self._dlltype(name)
+        try:
+            dll = self._dlltype(name)
+        except OSError:
+            raise AttributeError(name)
         setattr(self, name, dll)
         return dll
 

Lib/ctypes/test/test_loading.py

@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+from ctypes import *
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import unittest
+import test.support
+from test.support import import_helper
+from test.support import os_helper
+from ctypes.util import find_library
+
+libc_name = None
+
+def setUpModule():
+    global libc_name
+    if os.name == "nt":
+        libc_name = find_library("c")
+    elif sys.platform == "cygwin":
+        libc_name = "cygwin1.dll"
+    else:
+        libc_name = find_library("c")
+
+    if test.support.verbose:
+        print("libc_name is", libc_name)
+
+class LoaderTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    unknowndll = "xxrandomnamexx"
+
+    def test_load(self):
+        if libc_name is None:
+            self.skipTest('could not find libc')
+        CDLL(libc_name)
+        CDLL(os.path.basename(libc_name))
+        self.assertRaises(OSError, CDLL, self.unknowndll)
+
+    def test_load_version(self):
+        if libc_name is None:
+            self.skipTest('could not find libc')
+        if os.path.basename(libc_name) != 'libc.so.6':
+            self.skipTest('wrong libc path for test')
+        cdll.LoadLibrary("libc.so.6")
+        # linux uses version, libc 9 should not exist
+        self.assertRaises(OSError, cdll.LoadLibrary, "libc.so.9")
+        self.assertRaises(OSError, cdll.LoadLibrary, self.unknowndll)
+
+    def test_find(self):
+        for name in ("c", "m"):
+            lib = find_library(name)
+            if lib:
+                cdll.LoadLibrary(lib)
+                CDLL(lib)
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(os.name == "nt",
+                         'test specific to Windows')
+    def test_load_library(self):
+        # CRT is no longer directly loadable. See issue23606 for the
+        # discussion about alternative approaches.
+        #self.assertIsNotNone(libc_name)
+        if test.support.verbose:
+            print(find_library("kernel32"))
+            print(find_library("user32"))
+
+        if os.name == "nt":
+            windll.kernel32.GetModuleHandleW
+            windll["kernel32"].GetModuleHandleW
+            windll.LoadLibrary("kernel32").GetModuleHandleW
+            WinDLL("kernel32").GetModuleHandleW
+            # embedded null character
+            self.assertRaises(ValueError, windll.LoadLibrary, "kernel32\0")
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(os.name == "nt",
+                         'test specific to Windows')
+    def test_load_ordinal_functions(self):
+        import _ctypes_test
+        dll = WinDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__)
+        # We load the same function both via ordinal and name
+        func_ord = dll[2]
+        func_name = dll.GetString
+        # addressof gets the address where the function pointer is stored
+        a_ord = addressof(func_ord)
+        a_name = addressof(func_name)
+        f_ord_addr = c_void_p.from_address(a_ord).value
+        f_name_addr = c_void_p.from_address(a_name).value
+        self.assertEqual(hex(f_ord_addr), hex(f_name_addr))
+
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, dll.__getitem__, 1234)
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(os.name == "nt", 'Windows-specific test')
+    def test_1703286_A(self):
+        from _ctypes import LoadLibrary, FreeLibrary
+        # On winXP 64-bit, advapi32 loads at an address that does
+        # NOT fit into a 32-bit integer.  FreeLibrary must be able
+        # to accept this address.
+
+        # These are tests for https://www.python.org/sf/1703286
+        handle = LoadLibrary("advapi32")
+        FreeLibrary(handle)
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(os.name == "nt", 'Windows-specific test')
+    def test_1703286_B(self):
+        # Since on winXP 64-bit advapi32 loads like described
+        # above, the (arbitrarily selected) CloseEventLog function
+        # also has a high address.  'call_function' should accept
+        # addresses so large.
+        from _ctypes import call_function
+        advapi32 = windll.advapi32
+        # Calling CloseEventLog with a NULL argument should fail,
+        # but the call should not segfault or so.
+        self.assertEqual(0, advapi32.CloseEventLog(None))
+        windll.kernel32.GetProcAddress.argtypes = c_void_p, c_char_p
+        windll.kernel32.GetProcAddress.restype = c_void_p
+        proc = windll.kernel32.GetProcAddress(advapi32._handle,
+                                              b"CloseEventLog")
+        self.assertTrue(proc)
+        # This is the real test: call the function via 'call_function'
+        self.assertEqual(0, call_function(proc, (None,)))
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(os.name == "nt",
+                         'test specific to Windows')
+    def test_load_hasattr(self):
+        # bpo-34816: shouldn't raise OSError
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(windll, 'test'))
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(os.name == "nt",
+                         'test specific to Windows')
+    def test_load_dll_with_flags(self):
+        _sqlite3 = import_helper.import_module("_sqlite3")
+        src = _sqlite3.__file__
+        if src.lower().endswith("_d.pyd"):
+            ext = "_d.dll"
+        else:
+            ext = ".dll"
+
+        with os_helper.temp_dir() as tmp:
+            # We copy two files and load _sqlite3.dll (formerly .pyd),
+            # which has a dependency on sqlite3.dll. Then we test
+            # loading it in subprocesses to avoid it starting in memory
+            # for each test.
+            target = os.path.join(tmp, "_sqlite3.dll")
+            shutil.copy(src, target)
+            shutil.copy(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(src), "sqlite3" + ext),
+                        os.path.join(tmp, "sqlite3" + ext))
+
+            def should_pass(command):
+                with self.subTest(command):
+                    subprocess.check_output(
+                        [sys.executable, "-c",
+                         "from ctypes import *; import nt;" + command],
+                        cwd=tmp
+                    )
+
+            def should_fail(command):
+                with self.subTest(command):
+                    with self.assertRaises(subprocess.CalledProcessError):
+                        subprocess.check_output(
+                            [sys.executable, "-c",
+                             "from ctypes import *; import nt;" + command],
+                            cwd=tmp, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+                        )
+
+            # Default load should not find this in CWD
+            should_fail("WinDLL('_sqlite3.dll')")
+
+            # Relative path (but not just filename) should succeed
+            should_pass("WinDLL('./_sqlite3.dll')")
+
+            # Insecure load flags should succeed
+            # Clear the DLL directory to avoid safe search settings propagating
+            should_pass("windll.kernel32.SetDllDirectoryW(None); WinDLL('_sqlite3.dll', winmode=0)")
+
+            # Full path load without DLL_LOAD_DIR shouldn't find dependency
+            should_fail("WinDLL(nt._getfullpathname('_sqlite3.dll'), " +
+                        "winmode=nt._LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32)")
+
+            # Full path load with DLL_LOAD_DIR should succeed
+            should_pass("WinDLL(nt._getfullpathname('_sqlite3.dll'), " +
+                        "winmode=nt._LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32|" +
+                        "nt._LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DLL_LOAD_DIR)")
+
+            # User-specified directory should succeed
+            should_pass("import os; p = os.add_dll_directory(os.getcwd());" +
+                        "WinDLL('_sqlite3.dll'); p.close()")
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2021-04-08-00-36-37.bpo-34816.4Xe0id.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+``hasattr(ctypes.windll, 'nonexistant')`` now returns ``False`` instead of raising :exc:`OSError`.
+
+