gh-143635: Fix crash in ga_repr_items_list (#143670)

Lib/test/test_genericalias.py

@@ -245,6 +245,56 @@ class BaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEndsWith(repr(MyGeneric[[]]), 'MyGeneric[[]]')
         self.assertEndsWith(repr(MyGeneric[[int, str]]), 'MyGeneric[[int, str]]')
 
+    def test_evil_repr1(self):
+        # gh-143635
+        class Zap:
+            def __init__(self, container):
+                self.container = container
+            def __getattr__(self, name):
+                if name == "__origin__":
+                    self.container.clear()
+                    return None
+                if name == "__args__":
+                    return ()
+                raise AttributeError
+
+        params = []
+        params.append(Zap(params))
+        alias = GenericAlias(list, (params,))
+        repr_str = repr(alias)
+        self.assertTrue(repr_str.startswith("list[["), repr_str)
+
+    def test_evil_repr2(self):
+        class Zap:
+            def __init__(self, container):
+                self.container = container
+            def __getattr__(self, name):
+                if name == "__qualname__":
+                    self.container.clear()
+                    return "abcd"
+                if name == "__module__":
+                    return None
+                raise AttributeError
+
+        params = []
+        params.append(Zap(params))
+        alias = GenericAlias(list, (params,))
+        repr_str = repr(alias)
+        self.assertTrue(repr_str.startswith("list[["), repr_str)
+
+    def test_evil_repr3(self):
+        # gh-143823
+        lst = []
+        class X:
+            def __repr__(self):
+                lst.clear()
+                return "x"
+
+        lst += [X(), 1]
+        ga = GenericAlias(int, lst)
+        with self.assertRaises(IndexError):
+            repr(ga)
+
     def test_exposed_type(self):
         import types
         a = types.GenericAlias(list, int)

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-11-20-11-36.gh-issue-143670.klnGoD.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixes a crash in ``ga_repr_items_list`` function.

Objects/genericaliasobject.c

@@ -68,10 +68,15 @@ ga_repr_items_list(PyUnicodeWriter *writer, PyObject *p)
                 return -1;
             }
         }
-        PyObject *item = PyList_GET_ITEM(p, i);
+        PyObject *item = PyList_GetItemRef(p, i);
+        if (item == NULL) {
+            return -1;  // list can be mutated in a callback
+        }
         if (_Py_typing_type_repr(writer, item) < 0) {
+            Py_DECREF(item);
             return -1;
         }
+        Py_DECREF(item);
     }
 
     if (PyUnicodeWriter_WriteChar(writer, ']') < 0) {