From e40ae1f762bbbb6f38a01dd27a3de9bbb7d8db95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Baxter <anthonybaxter@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 01:44:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] backport of 1.196: socket.recv(-1) fixup.

---
 Modules/socketmodule.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index e1b69d469dfe..733e5e7032b1 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -1324,6 +1324,11 @@ PySocketSock_recv(PySocketSockObject *s, PyObject *args)
 	PyObject *buf;
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i|i:recv", &len, &flags))
 		return NULL;
+        if (len < 0) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+				"negative buffersize in connect");
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	buf = PyString_FromStringAndSize((char *) 0, len);
 	if (buf == NULL)
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.47.3