diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index db2160e..9b9d113 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -5944,6 +5944,24 @@
             with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
                 sock.sendmsg_afalg(op=socket.ALG_OP_ENCRYPT, assoclen=-1)
 
+    def test_length_restriction(self):
+        # bpo-35050, off-by-one error in length check
+        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_ALG, socket.SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0)
+        self.addCleanup(sock.close)
+
+        # salg_type[14]
+        with self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError):
+            sock.bind(("t" * 13, "name"))
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "type too long"):
+            sock.bind(("t" * 14, "name"))
+
+        # salg_name[64]
+        with self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError):
+            sock.bind(("type", "n" * 63))
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "name too long"):
+            sock.bind(("type", "n" * 64))
+
+
 @unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform.startswith("win"), "requires Windows")
 class TestMSWindowsTCPFlags(unittest.TestCase):
     knownTCPFlags = {
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-10-23-15-03-53.bpo-35050.49wraS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-10-23-15-03-53.bpo-35050.49wraS.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a33416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-10-23-15-03-53.bpo-35050.49wraS.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+:mod:`socket`: Fix off-by-one bug in length check for ``AF_ALG`` name and type.
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index ddb1c43..53bf996 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -2157,14 +2157,18 @@
 
         if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ss|HH:getsockaddrarg",
                                 &type, &name, &sa->salg_feat, &sa->salg_mask))
+        {
             return 0;
-        /* sockaddr_alg has fixed-sized char arrays for type and name */
-        if (strlen(type) > sizeof(sa->salg_type)) {
+        }
+        /* sockaddr_alg has fixed-sized char arrays for type, and name
+         * both must be NULL terminated.
+         */
+        if (strlen(type) >= sizeof(sa->salg_type)) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "AF_ALG type too long.");
             return 0;
         }
         strncpy((char *)sa->salg_type, type, sizeof(sa->salg_type));
-        if (strlen(name) > sizeof(sa->salg_name)) {
+        if (strlen(name) >= sizeof(sa->salg_name)) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "AF_ALG name too long.");
             return 0;
         }