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diff --git a/‎Objects/longobject.c‎
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+Start initializing ``ob_digit`` during creation of :c:type:`PyLongObject`
+objects. Patch by Illia Volochii.
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ _PyLong_New(Py_ssize_t size)
     }
     _PyLong_SetSignAndDigitCount(result, size != 0, size);
     _PyObject_Init((PyObject*)result, &PyLong_Type);
+    /* The digit has to be initialized explicitly to avoid
+     * use-of-uninitialized-value. */
+    result->long_value.ob_digit[0] = 0;
     return result;
 }
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	`1`	+Start initializing ``ob_digit`` during creation of :c:type:`PyLongObject`
	`2`	`+objects. Patch by Illia Volochii.`
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`@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ _PyLong_New(Py_ssize_t size)`
`163`	`163`	`}`
`164`	`164`	`_PyLong_SetSignAndDigitCount(result, size != 0, size);`
`165`	`165`	`_PyObject_Init((PyObject*)result, &PyLong_Type);`
	`166`	`+ /* The digit has to be initialized explicitly to avoid`
	`167`	`+ * use-of-uninitialized-value. */`
	`168`	`+ result->long_value.ob_digit[0] = 0;`
`166`	`169`	`return result;`
`167`	`170`	`}`
`168`	`171`