fix: appease linter gosec

G115: integer overflow conversion int -> uint (gosec)

go.mod

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ go 1.23.4
 replace github.com/mailru/easyjson => github.com/cmaglie/easyjson v0.8.1
 
 require (
+	fortio.org/safecast v1.0.0
 	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.1.3
 	github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper v1.12.1
 	github.com/arduino/go-properties-orderedmap v1.8.1

go.sum

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0 h1:AGCNq9Evsj31mOgNPcLyXc+4PNABt905YmuqPYYpBWk=
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
+fortio.org/safecast v1.0.0 h1:dr3131WPX8iS1pTf76+39WeXbTrerDYLvi9s7Oi3wiY=
+fortio.org/safecast v1.0.0/go.mod h1:xZmcPk3vi4kuUFf+tq4SvnlVdwViqf6ZSZl91Jr9Jdg=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.5.2/go.mod h1:WpS1mjBmmwHBEWmogvA2mj8546UReBk4v8QkMxJ6pZY=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1 h1:9/kr64B9VUZrLm5YYwbGtUJnMgqWVOdUAXu6Migciow=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1/go.mod h1:LRdKpFKfdobln8UmuiYcKPot9D2v6svN5+sAH+4kjUM=

internal/arduino/builder/sketch.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"fortio.org/safecast"
 	f "github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/algorithms"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/arduino/builder/cpp"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/i18n"
@@ -297,8 +298,12 @@ func merge(builtSketchPath, bootloaderPath, mergedSketchPath *paths.Path, maximu
 		if segment.Address < initialAddress {
 			initialAddress = segment.Address
 		}
-		if segment.Address+uint32(len(segment.Data)) > lastAddress {
-			lastAddress = segment.Address + uint32(len(segment.Data))
+		lenData, err := safecast.Convert[uint32](len(segment.Data))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if segment.Address+lenData > lastAddress {
+			lastAddress = segment.Address + lenData
 		}
 	}
 	for _, segment := range memSketch.GetDataSegments() {
@@ -308,8 +313,12 @@ func merge(builtSketchPath, bootloaderPath, mergedSketchPath *paths.Path, maximu
 		if segment.Address < initialAddress {
 			initialAddress = segment.Address
 		}
-		if segment.Address+uint32(len(segment.Data)) > lastAddress {
-			lastAddress = segment.Address + uint32(len(segment.Data))
+		lenData, err := safecast.Convert[uint32](len(segment.Data))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if segment.Address+lenData > lastAddress {
+			lastAddress = segment.Address + lenData
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -323,7 +332,11 @@ func merge(builtSketchPath, bootloaderPath, mergedSketchPath *paths.Path, maximu
 	// Write out a .bin if the addresses doesn't go too far away from origin
 	// (and consequently produce a very large bin)
 	size := lastAddress - initialAddress
-	if size > uint32(maximumBinSize) {
+	maximumBinSizeUint32, err := safecast.Convert[uint32](maximumBinSize)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if size > maximumBinSizeUint32 {
 		return nil
 	}
 	mergedSketchPathBin := paths.New(strings.TrimSuffix(mergedSketchPath.String(), ".hex") + ".bin")

internal/go-configmap/configuration.go

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
+
+	"fortio.org/safecast"
 )
 
 type Map struct {
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ func tryConversion(current any, desiredType reflect.Type) (any, error) {
 			return uint(currentFloat), nil
 		}
 		if currentInt, ok := current.(int); ok {
-			return uint(currentInt), nil
+			return safecast.Convert[uint](currentInt)
 		}
 	case reflect.Int:
 		// Exception for JSON decoder: json decoder will decode all numbers as float64