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diff --git a/‎Lib/test/test_socket.py‎
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Lines changed: 8 additions & 2 deletions
diff --git a/‎Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-11-02-11-46-00.gh-issue-100218.9Ezfdq.rst‎
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diff --git a/‎Modules/socketmodule.c‎
Lines changed: 3 additions & 2 deletions b/‎Modules/socketmodule.c‎
Lines changed: 3 additions & 2 deletions
@@ -1176,7 +1176,10 @@ def testInterfaceNameIndex(self):
                          'socket.if_indextoname() not available.')
     @support.skip_android_selinux('if_indextoname')
     def testInvalidInterfaceIndexToName(self):
-        self.assertRaises(OSError, socket.if_indextoname, 0)
+        with self.assertRaises(OSError) as cm:
+            socket.if_indextoname(0)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(cm.exception.errno)
+
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, socket.if_indextoname, -1)
         self.assertRaises(OverflowError, socket.if_indextoname, 2**1000)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, socket.if_indextoname, '_DEADBEEF')
@@ -1196,8 +1199,11 @@ def testInvalidInterfaceIndexToName(self):
                          'socket.if_nametoindex() not available.')
     @support.skip_android_selinux('if_nametoindex')
     def testInvalidInterfaceNameToIndex(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(OSError) as cm:
+            socket.if_nametoindex("_DEADBEEF")
+        self.assertIsNotNone(cm.exception.errno)
+
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, socket.if_nametoindex, 0)
-        self.assertRaises(OSError, socket.if_nametoindex, '_DEADBEEF')
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(sys, 'getrefcount'),
                          'test needs sys.getrefcount()')
 
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Correctly set :attr:`~OSError.errno` when :func:`socket.if_nametoindex` or
+:func:`socket.if_indextoname` raise an :exc:`OSError`. Patch by Bénédikt
+Tran.
@@ -7294,10 +7294,10 @@ _socket_if_nametoindex_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *oname)
     unsigned long index;
 #endif
 
+    errno = ENODEV;  // in case 'if_nametoindex' does not set errno
     index = if_nametoindex(PyBytes_AS_STRING(oname));
     if (index == 0) {
-        /* if_nametoindex() doesn't set errno */
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OSError, "no interface with this name");
+        PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -7317,6 +7317,7 @@ static PyObject *
 _socket_if_indextoname_impl(PyObject *module, NET_IFINDEX index)
 /*[clinic end generated code: output=e48bc324993052e0 input=c93f753d0cf6d7d1]*/
 {
+    errno = ENXIO;  // in case 'if_indextoname' does not set errno
     char name[IF_NAMESIZE + 1];
     if (if_indextoname(index, name) == NULL) {
         PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@`
	`1`	+Correctly set :attr:`~OSError.errno` when :func:`socket.if_nametoindex` or
	`2`	+:func:`socket.if_indextoname` raise an :exc:`OSError`. Patch by Bénédikt
	`3`	`+Tran.`