libbpf: Report error when a negative kprobe offset is specified

In attach_kprobe(), the parsing logic uses sscanf() to extract the
target function name and offset from the section definition. Currently,
if a user specifies a negative offset (e.g., SEC("kprobe/func+-100")),
the input is not explicitly caught and reported as an error.

This commit updates the logic to explicitly notify the user when a
negative integer is provided. To facilitate this check, the offset
variable is changed from unsigned long to long so that sscanf()
can accurately capture a negative input for evaluation.

If a negative offset is detected, the loader will now print an
informative warning stating that the offset must be non-negative,
and return -EINVAL.

Additionally, free(func) is called in this new error path to prevent
a memory leak, as the function name string is dynamically allocated
by sscanf().

Fixes: e3f9bc35ea7e9 ("libbpf: Allow decimal offset for kprobes")
Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Acked-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260419030944.1423642-1-atomlin@atomlin.com
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>

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