[Coverity CID: 487707] Overflowed return value in subsys/fs/ext2/ext2_impl.c

[zephyrbot]

Static code scan issues found in file:

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/tree/f0d0264c057255c60e91e422406f47a7b87d8a8a/subsys/fs/ext2/ext2_impl.c

Category: Insecure data handling
Function: ext2_init_storage
Component: File System
CID: 487707

Details:

zephyr/subsys/fs/ext2/ext2_impl.c

Line 230 in f0d0264

return ret;

Please fix or provide comments in coverity using the link:

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For more information about the violation, check the Coverity Reference. (CWE-190)

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[de-nordic]

There is no issue here, as returned values are in-bound error codes and us such will not overflow the int.
Nothing to fix false positive.

I have posted PR that clarifies this here #84920, though I do not consider it fix, and not linking is here for that reason.