diff -up Python-2.7.3/Lib/test/test_hashlib.py.fix-hashlib-leak Python-2.7.3/Lib/test/test_hashlib.py
--- Python-2.7.3/Lib/test/test_hashlib.py.fix-hashlib-leak	2013-02-19 14:13:44.000000000 -0500
+++ Python-2.7.3/Lib/test/test_hashlib.py	2013-02-19 14:14:31.319948742 -0500
@@ -106,12 +106,8 @@ class HashLibTestCase(unittest.TestCase)
                                                 _algo.islower()]))
 
     def test_unknown_hash(self):
-        try:
-            hashlib.new('spam spam spam spam spam')
-        except ValueError:
-            pass
-        else:
-            self.assertTrue(0 == "hashlib didn't reject bogus hash name")
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, hashlib.new, 'spam spam spam spam spam')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, hashlib.new, 1)
 
     def test_hexdigest(self):
         for name in self.supported_hash_names:
diff -up Python-2.7.3/Modules/_hashopenssl.c.fix-hashlib-leak Python-2.7.3/Modules/_hashopenssl.c
--- Python-2.7.3/Modules/_hashopenssl.c.fix-hashlib-leak	2013-02-19 14:13:44.646951933 -0500
+++ Python-2.7.3/Modules/_hashopenssl.c	2013-02-19 14:13:44.715951929 -0500
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ EVP_new(PyObject *self, PyObject *args,
     }
 
     if (!PyArg_Parse(name_obj, "s", &name)) {
+        PyBuffer_Release(&view);
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "name must be a string");
         return NULL;
     }