diff --git a/SOURCES/perl-5.26.3-Net-Ping-Fix-_resolv-return-value.patch b/SOURCES/perl-5.26.3-Net-Ping-Fix-_resolv-return-value.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af52662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/perl-5.26.3-Net-Ping-Fix-_resolv-return-value.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+From 47d2c70bde8c0bdc67e85578133338fc63c33f13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:41:48 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix _resolv return value
+
+in case of the new warnings.
+Thanks to @nlv02636
+
+Backported fromn Net-Ping 2.68
+---
+ dist/Net-Ping/lib/Net/Ping.pm | 8 +++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/dist/Net-Ping/lib/Net/Ping.pm b/dist/Net-Ping/lib/Net/Ping.pm
+index 9e2497c..87087fc 100644
+--- a/dist/Net-Ping/lib/Net/Ping.pm
++++ b/dist/Net-Ping/lib/Net/Ping.pm
+@@ -1794,6 +1794,7 @@ sub _resolv {
+   # Clean up port
+   if (defined($h{port}) && (($h{port} !~ /^\d{1,5}$/) || ($h{port} < 1) || ($h{port} > 65535))) {
+     croak("Invalid port `$h{port}' in `$name'");
++    return undef;
+   }
+ # END - host:port
+ 
+@@ -1850,18 +1851,21 @@ sub _resolv {
+         } else {
+           (undef, $h{addr_in}, undef, undef) = Socket::unpack_sockaddr_in6 $getaddr[0]->{addr};
+         }
+-        return \%h
++        return \%h;
+       } else {
+         carp("getnameinfo($getaddr[0]->{addr}) failed - $err");
++        return undef;
+       }
+     } else {
+       warn(sprintf("getaddrinfo($h{host},,%s) failed - $err",
+                     $family == AF_INET ? "AF_INET" : "AF_INET6"));
++      return undef;
+     }
+   # old way
+   } else {
+     if ($family == $AF_INET6) {
+       croak("Socket >= 1.94 required for IPv6 - found Socket $Socket::VERSION");
++      return undef;
+     }
+ 
+     my @gethost = gethostbyname($h{host});
+@@ -1872,8 +1876,10 @@ sub _resolv {
+       return \%h
+     } else {
+       carp("gethostbyname($h{host}) failed - $^E");
++      return undef;
+     }
+   }
++  return undef;
+ }
+ 
+ sub _pack_sockaddr_in($$) {
+-- 
+2.31.1
+
diff --git a/SOURCES/perl-5.26.3-Net-Ping-carp-not-croak-on-most-name-lookup-failures.patch b/SOURCES/perl-5.26.3-Net-Ping-carp-not-croak-on-most-name-lookup-failures.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a9f98b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/perl-5.26.3-Net-Ping-carp-not-croak-on-most-name-lookup-failures.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+From 5a3f94a3f0e21d8e685ede4e851a318578a2151f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:12:30 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] carp, not croak on most name lookup failures
+
+See RT #124830, a regression.
+Return undef instead.
+
+Backported from Net-Ping 2.67
+---
+ dist/Net-Ping/lib/Net/Ping.pm | 24 ++++++++++++------------
+ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/dist/Net-Ping/lib/Net/Ping.pm b/dist/Net-Ping/lib/Net/Ping.pm
+index 13cbe81..9e2497c 100644
+--- a/dist/Net-Ping/lib/Net/Ping.pm
++++ b/dist/Net-Ping/lib/Net/Ping.pm
+@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ sub new
+   if ($self->{'host'}) {
+     my $host = $self->{'host'};
+     my $ip = _resolv($host)
+-      or croak("could not resolve host $host");
++      or carp("could not resolve host $host");
+     $self->{host} = $ip;
+     $self->{family} = $ip->{family};
+   }
+@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ sub new
+   if ($self->{bind}) {
+     my $addr = $self->{bind};
+     my $ip = _resolv($addr)
+-      or croak("could not resolve local addr $addr");
++      or carp("could not resolve local addr $addr");
+     $self->{local_addr} = $ip;
+   } else {
+     $self->{local_addr} = undef;              # Don't bind by default
+@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ sub bind
+     ($self->{proto} eq "udp" || $self->{proto} eq "icmp");
+ 
+   $ip = $self->_resolv($local_addr);
+-  croak("nonexistent local address $local_addr") unless defined($ip);
++  carp("nonexistent local address $local_addr") unless defined($ip);
+   $self->{local_addr} = $ip;
+ 
+   if (($self->{proto} ne "udp") && 
+@@ -1129,13 +1129,14 @@ sub open
+     $self->{family_local} = $self->{family};
+   }
+ 
+-  $ip = $self->_resolv($host);
+   $timeout = $self->{timeout} unless $timeout;
++  $ip = $self->_resolv($host);
+ 
+-  if($self->{proto} eq "stream") {
+-    if(defined($self->{fh}->fileno())) {
++  if ($self->{proto} eq "stream") {
++    if (defined($self->{fh}->fileno())) {
+       croak("socket is already open");
+     } else {
++      return () unless $ip;
+       $self->tcp_connect($ip, $timeout);
+     }
+   }
+@@ -1851,12 +1852,11 @@ sub _resolv {
+         }
+         return \%h
+       } else {
+-        croak("getnameinfo($getaddr[0]->{addr}) failed - $err");
++        carp("getnameinfo($getaddr[0]->{addr}) failed - $err");
+       }
+     } else {
+-      my $error = sprintf "getaddrinfo($h{host},,%s) failed - $err",
+-                  ($family == AF_INET) ? "AF_INET" : "AF_INET6";
+-      croak("$error");
++      warn(sprintf("getaddrinfo($h{host},,%s) failed - $err",
++                    $family == AF_INET ? "AF_INET" : "AF_INET6"));
+     }
+   # old way
+   } else {
+@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ sub _resolv {
+       $h{family} = AF_INET;
+       return \%h
+     } else {
+-      croak("gethostbyname($h{host}) failed - $^E");
++      carp("gethostbyname($h{host}) failed - $^E");
+     }
+   }
+ }
+@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ sub _inet_ntoa {
+     if (defined($address)) {
+       $ret = $address;
+     } else {
+-      croak("getnameinfo($addr) failed - $err");
++      carp("getnameinfo($addr) failed - $err");
+     }
+   } else {
+     $ret = inet_ntoa($addr)
+-- 
+2.31.1
+
diff --git a/SPECS/perl.spec b/SPECS/perl.spec
index 86278d9..4c0f265 100644
--- a/SPECS/perl.spec
+++ b/SPECS/perl.spec
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 Epoch:          %{perl_epoch}
 Version:        %{perl_version}
 # release number must be even higher, because dual-lived modules will be broken otherwise
-Release:        419%{?dist}
+Release:        420%{?dist}
 Summary:        Practical Extraction and Report Language
 Url:            http://www.perl.org/
 Source0:        http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-%{perl_version}.tar.bz2
@@ -306,6 +306,12 @@ Patch93:       perl-5.26.3-CVE-2020-10543.patch
 # for the regex engine
 Patch94:       perl-5.26.3-CVE-2020-10878.patch
 
+# Fix bug #1973030, fixed in Net-Ping 2.68
+# Fixed _resolv return value on failing DNS name lookup
+Patch95:       perl-5.26.3-Net-Ping-carp-not-croak-on-most-name-lookup-failures.patch
+Patch96:       perl-5.26.3-Net-Ping-Fix-_resolv-return-value.patch
+
+
 # Link XS modules to libperl.so with EU::CBuilder on Linux, bug #960048
 Patch200:       perl-5.16.3-Link-XS-modules-to-libperl.so-with-EU-CBuilder-on-Li.patch
 
@@ -2918,6 +2924,8 @@ Perl extension for Version Objects
 %patch92 -p1
 %patch93 -p1
 %patch94 -p1
+%patch95 -p1
+%patch96 -p1
 %patch200 -p1
 %patch201 -p1
 
@@ -2925,9 +2933,9 @@ Perl extension for Version Objects
 # Local patch tracking
 perl -x patchlevel.h \
     'Fedora Patch1: Removes date check, Fedora/RHEL specific' \
-%ifarch %{multilib_64_archs} \
+%ifarch %{multilib_64_archs}
     'Fedora Patch3: support for libdir64' \
-%endif \
+%endif
     'Fedora Patch4: use libresolv instead of libbind' \
     'Fedora Patch5: USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH' \
     'Fedora Patch6: Provide MM::maybe_command independently (bug #1129443)' \
@@ -2977,8 +2985,9 @@ perl -x patchlevel.h \
     'Fedora Patch90: Pass the correct CFLAGS to dtrace' \
     'RHEL Patch91: Fix Time-Local tests to pass after year 2019 (bug #1807120)' \
     'RHEL Patch92: Fix CVE-2020-12723 (GH#16947)' \
-    'RHEL Patch92: Fix CVE-2020-10543' \
-    'RHEL Patch92: Fix CVE-2020-10878' \
+    'RHEL Patch93: Fix CVE-2020-10543' \
+    'RHEL Patch94: Fix CVE-2020-10878' \
+    'RHEL Patch95: Fix Net-Ping _resolv return value on failing DNS name lookup (bug #1973030)' \
     'Fedora Patch200: Link XS modules to libperl.so with EU::CBuilder on Linux' \
     'Fedora Patch201: Link XS modules to libperl.so with EU::MM on Linux' \
     %{nil}
@@ -5266,6 +5275,9 @@ popd
 
 # Old changelog entries are preserved in CVS.
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 17 2021 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 4:5.26.3-420
+- Fix _resolv return value in Net-Ping (bug #1973030)
+
 * Wed Jan 06 2021 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 4:5.26.3-419
 - Fix CVE-2020-10543 (bug #1839273)
 - Fix CVE-2020-10878 (bug #1839276)