.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-SOURCES/Python-3.9.25.tar.xz
+/*.tar.*
+/*.src.rpm
+/results_python3*

.python3.9.metadata

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-36c7257ec30dca042679626d0dff79715acd4efb SOURCES/Python-3.9.25.tar.xz

00492-cve-2026-11940.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+From 8db3857331be8920c65f641c2d57e4e51f71d6bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stan Ulbrych <stan@python.org>
+Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:31:38 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gh-151558: Fix symlink escape via `tarfile`
+ hardlink-extraction fallback (GH-151559)
+
+---
+ Lib/tarfile.py           |  3 +++
+ Lib/test/test_tarfile.py | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
+index fa3f922647..191fd38cba 100755
+--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
++++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
+@@ -2668,6 +2668,9 @@ class TarFile(object):
+                     "makelink_with_filter: if filter_function is not None, "
+                     + "extraction_root must also not be None")
+             try:
++                filter_function(
++                    unfiltered.replace(name=tarinfo.name, deep=False),
++                    extraction_root)
+                 filtered = filter_function(unfiltered, extraction_root)
+             except _FILTER_ERRORS as cause:
+                 raise LinkFallbackError(tarinfo, unfiltered.name) from cause
+diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+index 8b9aea223c..34d0cff17b 100644
+--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
++++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+@@ -3854,6 +3854,31 @@ class TestExtractionFilters(unittest.TestCase):
+                     self.expect_file("boom", symlink_to='../../link_here')
+                     self.expect_file("c", symlink_to='b')
+ 
++    @symlink_test
++    def test_sneaky_hardlink_fallback_deep(self):
++        # (CVE-2026-11940)
++        with ArchiveMaker() as arc:
++            arc.add("a/b/s", symlink_to=os.path.join("..", "escape"))
++            arc.add("s", hardlink_to=os.path.join("a", "b", "s"))
++
++        with self.check_context(arc.open(), 'data'):
++            e = self.expect_exception(
++                tarfile.LinkFallbackError,
++                "link 's' would be extracted as a copy of "
++                + "'a/b/s', which was rejected")
++            self.assertIsInstance(e.__cause__,
++                                  tarfile.LinkOutsideDestinationError)
++
++        for filter in 'tar', 'fully_trusted':
++            with self.subTest(filter), self.check_context(arc.open(), filter):
++                if not support.can_symlink():
++                    self.expect_file("a/")
++                    self.expect_file("a/b/")
++                else:
++                    self.expect_file("a/b/s", symlink_to=os.path.join('..', 'escape'))
++                    self.expect_file("s", symlink_to=os.path.join('..', 'escape'))
++
++    @symlink_test
+     def test_exfiltration_via_symlink(self):
+         # (CVE-2025-4138)
+         # Test changing symlinks that result in a symlink pointing outside
+
+From b803c1f883f01db47a9ae28a79c5caedb859cfce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: RHEL Packaging Agent <redhat-ymir-agent@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 09:39:24 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix: replace undefined symlink_test decorator with
+ support.skip_unless_symlink for Python 3.9
+
+---
+ Lib/test/test_tarfile.py | 3 +--
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+index 34d0cff17b..e45ca141c9 100644
+--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
++++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+@@ -3854,7 +3854,7 @@ class TestExtractionFilters(unittest.TestCase):
+                     self.expect_file("boom", symlink_to='../../link_here')
+                     self.expect_file("c", symlink_to='b')
+ 
+-    @symlink_test
++    @support.skip_unless_symlink
+     def test_sneaky_hardlink_fallback_deep(self):
+         # (CVE-2026-11940)
+         with ArchiveMaker() as arc:
+@@ -3878,7 +3878,6 @@ class TestExtractionFilters(unittest.TestCase):
+                     self.expect_file("a/b/s", symlink_to=os.path.join('..', 'escape'))
+                     self.expect_file("s", symlink_to=os.path.join('..', 'escape'))
+ 
+-    @symlink_test
+     def test_exfiltration_via_symlink(self):
+         # (CVE-2025-4138)
+         # Test changing symlinks that result in a symlink pointing outside

SOURCES/Python-3.9.25.tar.xz.asc

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
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gating.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+--- !Policy
+product_versions:
+  - rhel-9
+decision_context: osci_compose_gate
+rules:
+  - !PassingTestCaseRule {test_case_name: osci.brew-build.tier0.functional}

python3.9.rpmlintrc

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# KNOWN BUGS:
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489816
+addFilter(r'crypto-policy-non-compliance-openssl')
+
+
+# TESTS:
+addFilter(r'(zero-length|pem-certificate|uncompressed-zip) /usr/lib(64)?/python3\.\d+/test')
+
+
+# OTHER DELIBERATES:
+# chroot function
+addFilter(r'missing-call-to-chdir-with-chroot')
+
+# intentionally unversioned and selfobsoleted
+addFilter(r'unversioned-explicit-obsoletes python')
+addFilter(r'self-obsoletion python3\.\d+ obsoletes python3\.\d+')
+
+# intentionally hardcoded
+addFilter(r'hardcoded-library-path in %{_prefix}/lib/(debug/%{_libdir}|python%{pybasever})')
+
+# intentional for our pythonXY package
+addFilter(r'python3\.\d+\.[^:]+: (E|W): devel-file-in-non-devel-package')
+
+# we have non binary stuff, python files
+addFilter(r'only-non-binary-in-usr-lib')
+
+# some devel files that are deliberately needed
+addFilter(r'devel-file-in-non-devel-package /usr/include/python3\.\d+m?/pyconfig-(32|64)\.h')
+addFilter(r'devel-file-in-non-devel-package /usr/lib(64)?/python3\.\d+/distutils/tests/xxmodule\.c')
+
+# some bytecode is shipped without sources on purpose, as a space optimization
+# if this regex needs to be relaxed in the future, make sure it **does not** match pyc files in __pycache__
+addFilter(r'python-bytecode-without-source /usr/lib(64)?/python3\.\d+/(encodings|pydoc_data)/[^/]+.pyc')
+
+# SORRY, NOT SORRY:
+# manual pages
+addFilter(r'no-manual-page-for-binary (idle|pydoc|pyvenv|2to3|python3?-debug|pathfix|msgfmt|pygettext)')
+addFilter(r'no-manual-page-for-binary python3?.*-config$')
+addFilter(r'no-manual-page-for-binary python3\.\d+dm?$')
+
+# missing documentation from subpackages
+addFilter(r'^python3(\.\d+)?-(debug|tkinter|test|idle)\.[^:]+: (E|W): no-documentation')
+
+# platform python is obsoleted, but not provided
+addFilter(r'obsolete-not-provided platform-python')
+
+
+# RPMLINT IMPERFECTIONS
+# https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmlint/issues/123
+addFilter(r'python-bytecode-wrong-magic-value .* expected 33\d\d \(3\.7\), found 3393')
+# https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmlint/pull/133
+addFilter(r'python-bytecode-wrong-magic-value .* expected 33\d\d \(3\.7\), found 3394')
+
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1550562
+# https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmlint/issues/128
+addFilter(r'python-bytecode-inconsistent-mtime .* 1970')
+
+# we provide python(abi) manually to be sure. createrepo will merge this with the automatic
+addFilter(r'python3(\.\d+)?\.[^:-]+: (E|W): useless-provides python\(abi\)')
+
+# debugsource
+addFilter(r'^python3(\.\d+)?-debugsource\.[^:]+: (E|W): no-documentation')
+
+# debuginfo
+addFilter(r'^python3(\.\d+)?-debuginfo\.[^:]+: (E|W): useless-provides debuginfo\(build-id\)')
+
+# this is OK for F28+
+addFilter(r'library-without-ldconfig-post')
+
+# debug package contains devel and non-devel files
+addFilter(r'python3(\.\d+)?-debug\.[^:]+: (E|W): (non-)?devel-file-in-(non-)?devel-package')
+
+# this goes to other subpackage, hence not actually dangling, the read error is bogus
+addFilter(r'dangling-relative-symlink /usr/lib(64)?/pkgconfig/python-3\.\d+dm?(-embed)?\.pc python-3\.\d+(-embed)?\.pc')
+addFilter(r'read-error /usr/lib(64)?/pkgconfig/python-3\.\d+dm?(-embed)?\.pc \[Errno 2\]')
+
+# the python-unversioned-command package contains dangling symlinks by design
+addFilter(r'^python-unversioned-command\.[^:]+: (E|W): dangling-relative-symlink '
+          r'(/usr/bin/python \./python3|/usr/share/man/man1/python\.1\S* ./python3\.1\S*)$')
+
+# we need this macro to evaluate, even if the line starts with #
+addFilter(r'macro-in-comment %\{_pyconfig(32|64)_h\}')
+
+# Python modules don't need to be linked against libc
+# Since 3.8 they are no longer linked against libpython3.8.so.1.0
+addFilter(r'E: library-not-linked-against-libc /usr/lib(64)?/python3\.\d+/lib-dynload/')
+addFilter(r'E: shared-lib-without-dependency-information /usr/lib(64)?/python3\.\d+/lib-dynload/')
+
+# SPELLING ERRORS
+addFilter(r'spelling-error .* en_US (bytecode|pyc|filename|tkinter|namespaces|pytest) ')

python3.9.spec

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ URL: https://www.python.org/
 #global prerel ...
 %global upstream_version %{general_version}%{?prerel}
 Version: %{general_version}%{?prerel:~%{prerel}}
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
 License: Python
 
 
@@ -519,6 +519,12 @@ Patch489: 00489-openssl-3.5.7.patch
 # only joined and parsed once enough has piled up.
 Patch490: 00490-cve-2026-15308.patch
 
+# 00492 #
+# CVE-2026-11940
+#
+# Fix symlink escape via tarfile hardlink-extraction fallback
+Patch492: 00492-cve-2026-11940.patch
+
 # (New patches go here ^^^)
 #
 # When adding new patches to "python" and "python3" in Fedora, EL, etc.,
@@ -1930,6 +1936,10 @@ CheckPython optimized
 # ======================================================
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 13 2026 RHEL Packaging Agent <redhat-ymir-agent@redhat.com> - 3.9.25-10
+- Security fix for CVE-2026-11940
+Resolves: RHEL-227223
+
 * Mon Jul 13 2026 Lukáš Zachar <lzachar@redhat.com> - 3.9.25-9
 - Security fix for CVE-2026-15308
 Resolves: RHEL-193783

rpminspect.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# exclude test XML data (not always valid) from XML validity check:
+xml:
+    ignore:
+        - /usr/lib*/python*/test/xmltestdata/*
+        - /usr/lib*/python*/test/xmltestdata/*/*
+
+# exclude _socket from ipv4 only functions check, it has both ipv4 and ipv6 only
+badfuncs:
+    ignore:
+        - /usr/lib*/python*/lib-dynload/_socket.*
+
+# don't report changed content of compiled files
+# that is expected with every toolchain update and not reproducible yet
+changedfiles:
+    # note that this is a posix regex, so no \d
+    exclude_path: (\.so(\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)?$|^/usr/bin/python[0-9]+\.[0-9]+d?m?$)
+
+# files change size all the time, we don't need to VERIFY it
+# however, the INFO is useful, so we don't disable the check entirely
+filesize:
+    # artificially large number, TODO a better way
+    size_threshold: 100000
+
+debuginfo:
+    ignore:
+        # libpython3.so doesn't contain compiled code
+        - /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib*/libpython3.so*debug
+
+# completely disabled inspections:
+inspections:
+    # we know about our patches, no need to report anything
+    patches: off

sources

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SHA512 (Python-3.9.25.tar.xz) = 33fd65952cc3ce5df83825aa32a103935815bdd5a016e5fd9896cafb068a3f89b3a6134458a2694e4f0f4f8a9fbe84739b53116264728b32cde0f03ab210cb19
+SHA512 (Python-3.9.25.tar.xz.asc) = 83f0a0e558aa89a106bdffeeb9b0fa2685fbd7be5c5954f9176c59c6c7023716207b07239f202b3508cbb98ca34572161955f0bfd3732fdb9265721cd6723dbe

tests/.fmf/version

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1

tests/provision.fmf

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+standard-inventory-qcow2:
+  qemu:
+    m: 3G  # Amount of VM memory

tests/tests.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+---
+- hosts: localhost
+  tags:
+    - classic
+  tasks:
+    - dnf:
+        name: "*"
+        state: latest
+    - dnf:
+        name: "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm"
+        state: installed
+    - dnf:
+        name: "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-next-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm"
+        state: installed
+
+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    tags:
+    - classic
+    repositories:
+    - repo: "https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/tests/python.git"
+      dest: "python"
+    tests:
+    - smoke:
+        dir: python/smoke
+        run: VERSION=3.9 ./venv.sh
+    - debugsmoke:
+        dir: python/smoke
+        run: PYTHON=python3-debug TOX=false VERSION=3.9 ./venv.sh
+    - selftest:
+        dir: python/selftest
+        run: VERSION=3.9 X="-x test_wsgiref" ./parallel.sh
+    - debugtest:
+        dir: python/selftest
+        run: VERSION=3.9 PYTHON=python3-debug X="-x test_wsgiref" ./parallel.sh
+    - optimizedflags_self:
+        dir: python/flags
+        run: python3 ./assertflags.py -O3 PY_BUILTIN_MODULE_CFLAGS PY_CFLAGS_NODIST PY_CORE_CFLAGS PY_STDMODULE_CFLAGS
+    - optimizedflags_3rd:
+        dir: python/flags
+        run: python3 ./assertflags.py -O2 CFLAGS PY_CFLAGS
+    - debugflags:
+        dir: python/flags
+        run: python3-debug ./assertflags.py -O0
+    - marshalparser:
+        dir: python/marshalparser
+        run: VERSION=3.9 SAMPLE=10 test_marshalparser_compatibility.sh
+    required_packages:
+    - gcc  # for extension building in venv and selftest
+    - gdb  # for test_gdb
+    - python3.9  # the test subject
+    - python3-debug  # for leak testing
+    - python3-devel  # for extension building in venv and selftest
+    - python3-tkinter  # for selftest
+    - python3-test  # for selftest
+    - python3-tox  # for venv tests
+    - glibc-all-langpacks # for locale tests
+    - marshalparser  # for testing compatibility (magic numbers) with marshalparser