diff -r f5f1142c1516 -r 3ee8c1b20ffe indra/llinventory/llnotecard.cpp
--- a/indra/llinventory/llnotecard.cpp	Mon Dec 20 09:06:06 2010 -0500
+++ b/indra/llinventory/llnotecard.cpp	Tue Dec 14 12:30:32 2010 -0800
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
-	if(text_len > mMaxText)
+	if(text_len > mMaxText || text_len < 0)
 	{
 		llwarns << "Invalid Linden text length: " << text_len << llendl;
 		return FALSE;