# Fix adapted from upstream: http://bugs.python.org/issue20246

--- Python-2.6.8/Modules/socketmodule.c 2014-02-12 15:21:37.045342837 -0800

+++ Python-2.6.8/Modules/socketmodule.c 2014-02-12 15:23:04.666145417 -0800

@@ -2635,6 +2635,13 @@

recvlen = buflen;

}

+ /* Check if the buffer is large enough */

+ if (buflen < recvlen) {

+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,

+ "buffer too small for requested bytes");

+ return NULL;

+ }

+

readlen = sock_recvfrom_guts(s, buf, recvlen, flags, &addr);

if (readlen < 0) {

/* Return an error */