[issue18175] os.listdir(fd) leaks fd on error

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[issue18175] os.listdir(fd) leaks fd on error

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[issue18175] os.listdir(fd) leaks fd on error

New submission from Richard Oudkerk: If os.listdir() is used with an fd, but fdopendir() fails (e.g. if the the fd is a normal file) then a duplicated fd is leaked. This explains the leaks in test_shutil mentioned in #18174. -- messages: 190875 nosy: sbt priority: normal severity: norm