lib/string_helpers: rework overflow-dependent code

When @size is 0, the desired behavior is to allow unlimited bytes to be
parsed. Currently, this relies on some intentional arithmetic overflow
where --size gives us SIZE_MAX when size is 0.

Explicitly spell out the desired behavior without relying on intentional
overflow/underflow.
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240808-b4-string_helpers_caa133-v1-1-686a455167c4@google.comSigned-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>

lib/string_helpers.c

@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ int string_unescape(char *src, char *dst, size_t size, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	char *out = dst;
 
+	if (!size)
+		size = SIZE_MAX;
+
 	while (*src && --size) {
 		if (src[0] == '\\' && src[1] != '\0' && size > 1) {
 			src++;