diff --git a/Modules/_io/iobase.c b/Modules/_io/iobase.c
index 066dc8e..d813daf 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/iobase.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/iobase.c
@@ -571,7 +571,8 @@
     if (line == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
-    if (PyObject_Size(line) == 0) {
+    if (PyObject_Size(line) <= 0) {
+        /* Error or empty */
         Py_DECREF(line);
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -618,6 +619,7 @@
     }
 
     while (1) {
+        Py_ssize_t line_length;
         PyObject *line = PyIter_Next(it);
         if (line == NULL) {
             if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
@@ -631,11 +633,14 @@
             Py_DECREF(line);
             goto error;
         }
-        length += PyObject_Size(line);
+        line_length = PyObject_Size(line);
         Py_DECREF(line);
-
-        if (length > hint)
+        if (line_length < 0) {
+            goto error;
+        }
+        if (line_length > hint - length)
             break;
+        length += line_length;
     }
 
     Py_DECREF(it);
diff --git a/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c b/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c
index 8713628..8901b42 100644
--- a/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c
+++ b/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c
@@ -1604,6 +1604,9 @@
         if (r == -1)
             return NULL;
     }
+    /* PySequence_Length() can fail */
+    if (PyErr_Occurred())
+        return NULL;
 
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index e73805f..ad50536 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -6077,7 +6077,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 posix_setgroups(PyObject *self, PyObject *groups)
 {
-    int i, len;
+    Py_ssize_t i, len;
     gid_t grouplist[MAX_GROUPS];
 
     if (!PySequence_Check(groups)) {
@@ -6085,6 +6085,9 @@
         return NULL;
     }
     len = PySequence_Size(groups);
+    if (len < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
     if (len > MAX_GROUPS) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "too many groups");
         return NULL;