python · miss-islington · Jan 13, 2022
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-01-13-17-58-56.bpo-46070.q8IGth.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-01-13-17-58-56.bpo-46070.q8IGth.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+:c:func:`Py_EndInterpreter` now explicitly untracks all objects currently
+tracked by the GC. Previously, if an object was used later by another
+interpreter, calling :c:func:`PyObject_GC_UnTrack` on the object crashed if the
+previous or the next object of the :c:type:`PyGC_Head` structure became a
+dangling pointer. Patch by Victor Stinner.
@@ -2149,12 +2149,36 @@ _PyGC_DumpShutdownStats(PyThreadState *tstate)
    }
 }

+
+static void
+gc_fini_untrack(PyGC_Head *list)
+{
+    PyGC_Head *gc;
+    for (gc = GC_NEXT(list); gc != list; gc = GC_NEXT(list)) {
+        PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc);
+        _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK(op);
+    }
+}
+
+
 void
 _PyGC_Fini(PyThreadState *tstate)
 {
    GCState *gcstate = &tstate->interp->gc;
    Py_CLEAR(gcstate->garbage);
    Py_CLEAR(gcstate->callbacks);
+
+    if (!_Py_IsMainInterpreter(interp)) {
+        // bpo-46070: Explicitly untrack all objects currently tracked by the
+        // GC. Otherwise, if an object is used later by another interpreter,
+        // calling PyObject_GC_UnTrack() on the object crashs if the previous
+        // or the next object of the PyGC_Head structure became a dangling
+        // pointer.
+        for (int i = 0; i < NUM_GENERATIONS; i++) {
+            PyGC_Head *gen = GEN_HEAD(gcstate, i);
+            gc_fini_untrack(gen);
+        }
+    }
 }

 /* for debugging */