LDAPmessage_to_python() leaks the per-entry attrdict (and, on one path, the pyctrls list) on three error paths. Each object is a new reference that the success path releases at the end of the loop iteration, but these early return paths skip that cleanup.

File: Modules/message.c

Function: LDAPmessage_to_python

attrdict is created near the top of each entry iteration:

attrdict = PyDict_New();
if (attrdict == NULL) { ... }

1. ldap_get_entry_controls() failure — leaks attrdict

rc = ldap_get_entry_controls(ld, entry, &serverctrls);
if (rc) {
    Py_DECREF(result);
    ldap_msgfree(m);
    ldap_memfree(dn);
    return LDAPerror(ld);      /* attrdict leaked */
}

2. LDAPControls_to_List() failure — leaks attrdict

if (!(pyctrls = LDAPControls_to_List(serverctrls))) {
    int err = LDAP_NO_MEMORY;
    ldap_set_option(ld, LDAP_OPT_ERROR_NUMBER, &err);
    Py_DECREF(result);
    ldap_msgfree(m);
    ldap_memfree(dn);
    ldap_controls_free(serverctrls);
    return LDAPerror(ld);      /* attrdict leaked */
}

3. PyUnicode_FromString(dn) failure — leaks attrdict and pyctrls

pydn = PyUnicode_FromString(dn);
if (pydn == NULL) {
    Py_DECREF(result);
    ldap_msgfree(m);
    ldap_memfree(dn);
    return NULL;               /* attrdict and pyctrls leaked */
}

At this last site both attrdict (from PyDict_New()) and pyctrls (from LDAPControls_to_List()) are owned local references — the normal path releases both a few lines later (Py_DECREF(attrdict); Py_XDECREF(pyctrls);). The DN conversion can fail on a non-UTF-8 distinguished name, so this is more than an OOM-only path.

Suggested fix: release the owned objects on each path, e.g. for site 3:

if (pydn == NULL) {
    Py_DECREF(attrdict);
    Py_XDECREF(pyctrls);
    Py_DECREF(result);
    ldap_msgfree(m);
    ldap_memfree(dn);
    return NULL;
}

and add Py_DECREF(attrdict); to sites 1 and 2.