[3.15] gh-160162: Fix crash in int left shift with huge count on 32-bit (GH-160163)

Lib/test/test_long.py

@@ -996,6 +996,16 @@ def test_huge_lshift(self, size):
         self.assertEqual(v.bit_count(), 2)
         self.assertEqual(v >> size, 5)
 
+    @support.cpython_only
+    def test_huge_lshift_overflow(self):
+        # The number of digits of the result doesn't fit in Py_ssize_t.
+        for a in 1, -1, 1 << SHIFT, -1 << SHIFT, 1 << 10*SHIFT:
+            for ndigits in range(sys.maxsize - 12, sys.maxsize + 1):
+                for shift in ndigits*SHIFT - 1, ndigits*SHIFT:
+                    with self.subTest(a=a, shift=shift):
+                        with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
+                            a << shift
+
     def test_huge_rshift(self):
         huge_shift = 1 << 1000
         self.assertEqual(42 >> huge_shift, 0)

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-10-22-00-30-21.gh-issue-160162.lShf32.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix a crash on 32-bit platforms when left shifting an :class:`int` by a
+count close to ``sys.maxsize * sys.int_info.bits_per_digit``.
+:exc:`OverflowError` is now raised, as for other too large counts.

Objects/longobject.c

@@ -5530,7 +5530,9 @@ long_lshift_int64(PyLongObject *a, int64_t shiftby)
         return PyLong_FromLong(0);
     }
 #if PY_SSIZE_T_MAX <= INT64_MAX / PyLong_SHIFT
-    if (shiftby > (int64_t)PY_SSIZE_T_MAX * PyLong_SHIFT) {
+    /* Keep wordshift <= MAX_LONG_DIGITS, so that oldsize + wordshift
+       cannot overflow Py_ssize_t in long_lshift1(). */
+    if (shiftby > (int64_t)MAX_LONG_DIGITS * PyLong_SHIFT) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
                         "too many digits in integer");
         return NULL;