gh-102179: Fix os.dup2() error reporting for negative fds

Lib/test/test_os.py

@@ -2221,6 +2221,22 @@ def test_closerange(self):
     def test_dup2(self):
         self.check(os.dup2, 20)
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, 'dup2'), 'test needs os.dup2()')
+    def test_dup2_negative_fd(self):
+        valid_fd = os.open(__file__, os.O_RDONLY)
+        self.addCleanup(os.close, valid_fd)
+        fds = [
+            valid_fd,
+            -1,
+            -2**31,
+        ]
+        for fd, fd2 in itertools.product(fds, repeat=2):
+            if fd != fd2:
+                with self.subTest(fd=fd, fd2=fd2):
+                    with self.assertRaises(OSError) as ctx:
+                        os.dup2(fd, fd2)
+                    self.assertEqual(ctx.exception.errno, errno.EBADF)
+
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, 'fchmod'), 'test needs os.fchmod()')
     def test_fchmod(self):
         self.check(os.fchmod, 0)

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-02-23-15-06-01.gh-issue-102179.P6KQ4c.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix ``os.dup2()`` error reporting for negative fds.

Modules/posixmodule.c

@@ -9829,11 +9829,6 @@ os_dup2_impl(PyObject *module, int fd, int fd2, int inheritable)
     static int dup3_works = -1;
 #endif
 
-    if (fd < 0 || fd2 < 0) {
-        posix_error();
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     /* dup2() can fail with EINTR if the target FD is already open, because it
      * then has to be closed. See os_close_impl() for why we don't handle EINTR
      * upon close(), and therefore below.