From 57b0229421ad64fea6ba50a8628e6aedce017152 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah Boyce <42296566+sarahboyce@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:01:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [4.2.x] Refs #36098 -- Fixed validate_ipv4_address() crash
 for non-string values.

Regression in ca2be7724e1244a4cb723de40a070f873c6e94bf.
---
 django/core/validators.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/django/core/validators.py b/django/core/validators.py
index 4a5835dbb0..c588603938 100644
--- a/django/core/validators.py
+++ b/django/core/validators.py
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ validate_unicode_slug = RegexValidator(
 
 
 def validate_ipv4_address(value):
+    if isinstance(value, ipaddress.IPv4Address):
+        return
     try:
         ipaddress.IPv4Address(value)
     except ValueError: