3 files changed, 33 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sources/pyside6/PySide6/templates/gui_common.xml b/sources/pyside6/PySide6/templates/gui_common.xml
index 4cc6358b4..9a6ce100a 100644
--- a/sources/pyside6/PySide6/templates/gui_common.xml
+++ b/sources/pyside6/PySide6/templates/gui_common.xml
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
     </template>
 
     <template name="qimage_buffer_constructor">
-        auto ptr = reinterpret_cast&lt;uchar*&gt;(Shiboken::Buffer::getPointer(%PYARG_1));
-        %0 = new %TYPE(ptr, %ARGS);
+        auto *ptr = reinterpret_cast&lt;uchar *&gt;(Shiboken::Buffer::copyData(%PYARG_1));
+        %0 = new %TYPE(ptr, %ARGS, std::free);
     </template>
 
     <template name="qcolor_repr">
diff --git a/sources/shiboken6/libshiboken/shibokenbuffer.cpp b/sources/shiboken6/libshiboken/shibokenbuffer.cpp
index 5bae38aa5..45c727717 100644
--- a/sources/shiboken6/libshiboken/shibokenbuffer.cpp
+++ b/sources/shiboken6/libshiboken/shibokenbuffer.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,29 @@ void *Shiboken::Buffer::getPointer(PyObject *pyObj, Py_ssize_t *size)
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+void *Shiboken::Buffer::copyData(PyObject *pyObj, Py_ssize_t *sizeIn)
+{
+    void *result = nullptr;
+    Py_ssize_t size = 0;
+
+    Py_buffer view;
+    if (PyObject_GetBuffer(pyObj, &view, PyBUF_ND) == 0) {
+        size = view.len;
+        if (size) {
+            result = std::malloc(size);
+            if (result != nullptr)
+                std::memcpy(result, view.buf, size);
+            else
+                size = 0;
+        }
+        PyBuffer_Release(&view);
+    }
+
+    if (sizeIn != nullptr)
+        *sizeIn = size;
+    return result;
+}
+
 PyObject *Shiboken::Buffer::newObject(void *memory, Py_ssize_t size, Type type)
 {
     if (size == 0)
diff --git a/sources/shiboken6/libshiboken/shibokenbuffer.h b/sources/shiboken6/libshiboken/shibokenbuffer.h
index dc9f8d89f..512d9db4d 100644
--- a/sources/shiboken6/libshiboken/shibokenbuffer.h
+++ b/sources/shiboken6/libshiboken/shibokenbuffer.h
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ namespace Buffer
      */
     LIBSHIBOKEN_API void *getPointer(PyObject *pyObj, Py_ssize_t *size = nullptr);
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a copy of the buffer data which should be free'd.
+     *
+     * If the \p pyObj is a non-contiguous buffer a Python error is set.
+     * nullptr is returned for empty buffers.
+     */
+    LIBSHIBOKEN_API void *copyData(PyObject *pyObj, Py_ssize_t *size = nullptr);
+
 } // namespace Buffer
 } // namespace Shiboken