@@ -2557,7 +2557,8 @@ def chown(self, tarinfo, targetpath, numeric_owner):
                     os.lchown(targetpath, u, g)
                 else:
                     os.chown(targetpath, u, g)
-            except OSError as e:
+            except (OSError, OverflowError) as e:
+                # OverflowError can be raised if an ID doesn't fit in `id_t`
                 raise ExtractError("could not change owner") from e
 
     def chmod(self, tarinfo, targetpath):
 
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:mod:`tarfile`: extraction of members with overly large UID or GID (e.g. on
+an OS with 32-bit :c:type:`!id_t`) now fails in the same way as failing to
+set the ID.
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	`1`	+:mod:`tarfile`: extraction of members with overly large UID or GID (e.g. on
	`2`	+an OS with 32-bit :c:type:`!id_t`) now fails in the same way as failing to
	`3`	`+set the ID.`