From 68840e91ac6689d3954b98a9ab136e194b5250b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 21:52:48 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] gh-122311: Fix a refleak in pickle (GH-122411)

---
 Modules/_pickle.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/Modules/_pickle.c b/Modules/_pickle.c
index 452b4aff0237ca..50c73dca0db281 100644
--- a/Modules/_pickle.c
+++ b/Modules/_pickle.c
@@ -3123,6 +3123,7 @@ batch_dict(PickleState *state, PicklerObject *self, PyObject *iter)
             if (!PyTuple_Check(obj) || PyTuple_Size(obj) != 2) {
                 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "dict items "
                                 "iterator must return 2-tuples");
+                Py_DECREF(obj);
                 return -1;
             }
             i = save(state, self, PyTuple_GET_ITEM(obj, 0), 0);