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ENT-13590: Fixed heap buffer overflow in files edit_line#5993

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  • files_editline.c: removed trailing whitespace
  • Fixed heap buffer overflow in files edit_line

Backported to #6001

Signed-off-by: Lars Erik Wik <lars.erik.wik@northern.tech>
```
==25903==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x50200004460f at pc 0x7fa23c10ec86 bp 0x7ffef7339c60 sp 0x7ffef7339408
READ of size 1 at 0x50200004460f thread T0
    #0 0x7fa23c10ec85 in __interceptor_strncmp ../../../../src/libsanitizer/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_common_interceptors.inc:497
    #1 0x7fa23be8d09b in StringSafeCompareN /tmp/matchpolicy_poc_3369/cfengine-core/libntech/libutils/string_lib.c:254
    #2 0x7fa23be8d10f in StringEqualN /tmp/matchpolicy_poc_3369/cfengine-core/libntech/libutils/string_lib.c:268
    cfengine#3 0x560644d90e30 in MatchPolicy /tmp/matchpolicy_poc_3369/cfengine-core/cf-agent/files_editline.c:1749
 ---snip---
0x50200004460f is located 1 bytes to the left of 4-byte region [0x502000044610,0x502000044614)
allocated by thread T0 here:
 ---snip---
```

Ticket: ENT-13590
Changelog: Title
Signed-off-by: Lars Erik Wik <lars.erik.wik@northern.tech>
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Thank you for submitting a PR! Maybe @craigcomstock can review this?

@larsewi larsewi added the cherry-pick? Fixes which may need to be cherry-picked to LTS branches label Dec 15, 2025
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@larsewi larsewi merged commit 8015f59 into cfengine:master Dec 19, 2025
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