python · serhiy-storchaka · Mar 31, 2026 · Mar 30, 2026 · Mar 30, 2026 · Mar 30, 2026
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -1803,6 +1803,28 @@ class SubSpam(spam.spamlist): pass
            spam_cm.__get__(None, list)
        self.assertEqual(str(cm.exception), expected_errmsg)

+    @support.cpython_only
+    def test_method_get_meth_method_invalid_type(self):
+        # gh-146615: method_get() for METH_METHOD descriptors used to pass
+        # Py_TYPE(type)->tp_name as the %V fallback instead of the separate
+        # %s argument, causing a missing argument for %s and a crash.
+        # Verify the error message is correct when __get__() is called with a
+        # non-type as the second argument.
+        #
+        # METH_METHOD|METH_FASTCALL|METH_KEYWORDS is the only flag combination
+        # that enters the affected branch in method_get().
+        import io
+
+        obj = io.StringIO()
+        descr = io.TextIOBase.read
+
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError) as cm:
+            descr.__get__(obj, "not_a_type")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            str(cm.exception),
+            "descriptor 'read' needs a type, not 'str', as arg 2",
+        )
+
    def test_staticmethods(self):
        # Testing static methods...
        class C(object):

diff --git a/...d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-03-31-01-06-35.gh-issue-146615.fix-method-get.rst b/...d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-03-31-01-06-35.gh-issue-146615.fix-method-get.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix a crash in :meth:`~object.__get__` for :c:expr:`METH_METHOD` descriptors
+when an invalid (non-type) object is passed as the second argument.
+Patch by Steven Sun.
diff --git a/Objects/descrobject.c b/Objects/descrobject.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ method_get(PyObject *self, PyObject *obj, PyObject *type)
        } else {
            PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
                        "descriptor '%V' needs a type, not '%s', as arg 2",
-                        descr_name((PyDescrObject *)descr),
+                        descr_name((PyDescrObject *)descr), "?",
                        Py_TYPE(type)->tp_name);
            return NULL;
        }