# 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 */