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diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/python-libxml2-utf8.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/python-libxml2-utf8.patch
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/python-libxml2-utf8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+This patch fixes a crash in the libxml2 bindings for Python 3.x
+that 'itstool' stumbles upon when processing UTF-8 data:
+
+ https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/37468
+
+Patch by Jan Matejek
+from <https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1065270>.
+
+--- libxml2-2.9.5.orig/python/libxml.c
++++ libxml2-2.9.5/python/libxml.c
+@@ -1620,6 +1620,7 @@ libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(ATTRIBUTE_UNU
+ PyObject *message;
+ PyObject *result;
+ char str[1000];
++ unsigned char *ptr = (unsigned char *)str;
+
+ #ifdef DEBUG_ERROR
+ printf("libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(%p, %s, ...) called\n", ctx, msg);
+@@ -1636,12 +1637,20 @@ libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(ATTRIBUTE_UNU
+ str[999] = 0;
+ va_end(ap);
+
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
++ /* Ensure the error string doesn't start at UTF8 continuation. */
++ while (*ptr && (*ptr & 0xc0) == 0x80)
++ ptr++;
++#endif
++
+ list = PyTuple_New(2);
+ PyTuple_SetItem(list, 0, libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncCtxt);
+ Py_XINCREF(libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncCtxt);
+- message = libxml_charPtrConstWrap(str);
++ message = libxml_charPtrConstWrap(ptr);
+ PyTuple_SetItem(list, 1, message);
+ result = PyEval_CallObject(libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncHandler, list);
++ /* Forget any errors caused in the error handler. */
++ PyErr_Clear();
+ Py_XDECREF(list);
+ Py_XDECREF(result);
+ }