ensure internal buffer is large enough for string after flushing (closes #24481)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_hotshot.py b/Lib/test/test_hotshot.py
index 7da9746..9f4b798 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_hotshot.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_hotshot.py
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@
         stats.load(self.logfn)
         os.unlink(self.logfn)
 
+    def test_large_info(self):
+        p = self.new_profiler()
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, p.addinfo, "A", "A" * 0xfceb)
+
 
 def test_main():
     test_support.run_unittest(HotShotTestCase)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3b9b3fa..1496398 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #24481: Fix possible memory corruption with large profiler info strings
+  in hotshot.
+
 - Issue #24489: ensure a previously set C errno doesn't disturb cmath.polar().
 
 - Issue #19543: io.TextIOWrapper (and hence io.open()) now uses the internal
diff --git a/Modules/_hotshot.c b/Modules/_hotshot.c
index df8a7f9..9719cb7 100644
--- a/Modules/_hotshot.c
+++ b/Modules/_hotshot.c
@@ -626,6 +626,10 @@
     if (len + PISIZE + self->index >= BUFFERSIZE) {
         if (flush_data(self) < 0)
             return -1;
+        if (len + PISIZE + self->index >= BUFFERSIZE) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "string too large for internal buffer");
+            return -1;
+        }
     }
     assert(len < INT_MAX);
     if (pack_packed_int(self, (int)len) < 0)