Issue #23319: Fix ctypes.BigEndianStructure, swap correctly bytes. Patch

written by Matthieu Gautier.

Lib/ctypes/test/test_bitfields.py

@@ -259,5 +259,33 @@ class BitFieldTest(unittest.TestCase):
         x.a = 0xFEDCBA9876543211
         self.assertEqual(x.a, 0xFEDCBA9876543211)
 
+    @need_symbol('c_uint32')
+    def test_uint32_swap_little_endian(self):
+        # Issue #23319
+        class Little(LittleEndianStructure):
+            _fields_ = [("a", c_uint32, 24),
+                        ("b", c_uint32, 4),
+                        ("c", c_uint32, 4)]
+        b = bytearray(4)
+        x = Little.from_buffer(b)
+        x.a = 0xabcdef
+        x.b = 1
+        x.c = 2
+        self.assertEqual(b, b'\xef\xcd\xab\x21')
+
+    @need_symbol('c_uint32')
+    def test_uint32_swap_big_endian(self):
+        # Issue #23319
+        class Big(BigEndianStructure):
+            _fields_ = [("a", c_uint32, 24),
+                        ("b", c_uint32, 4),
+                        ("c", c_uint32, 4)]
+        b = bytearray(4)
+        x = Big.from_buffer(b)
+        x.a = 0xabcdef
+        x.b = 1
+        x.c = 2
+        self.assertEqual(b, b'\xab\xcd\xef\x12')
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()

Misc/NEWS

@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #23319: Fix ctypes.BigEndianStructure, swap correctly bytes. Patch
+  written by Matthieu Gautier.
+
 - Issue #23254: Document how to close the TCPServer listening socket.
   Patch from Martin Panter.
 

Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c

@@ -765,6 +765,7 @@ I_set_sw(void *ptr, PyObject *value, Py_ssize_t size)
     if (get_ulong(value, &val) < 0)
         return  NULL;
     memcpy(&field, ptr, sizeof(field));
+    field = SWAP_INT(field);
     field = SET(unsigned int, field, (unsigned int)val, size);
     field = SWAP_INT(field);
     memcpy(ptr, &field, sizeof(field));