int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *active, BlockDriverState *top,
                           BlockDriverState *base)
{
    BlockDriverState *intermediate;
    BlockDriverState *base_bs = NULL;
    BlockDriverState *new_top_bs = NULL;
    BlkIntermediateStates *intermediate_state, *next;
    int ret = -EIO;

    QSIMPLEQ_HEAD(states_to_delete, BlkIntermediateStates) states_to_delete;
    QSIMPLEQ_INIT(&states_to_delete);

    if (!top->drv || !base->drv) {
        goto exit;
    }

    new_top_bs = bdrv_find_overlay(active, top);

    if (new_top_bs == NULL) {
        /* we could not find the image above 'top', this is an error */
        goto exit;
    }

    /* special case of new_top_bs->backing_hd already pointing to base - nothing
     * to do, no intermediate images */
    if (new_top_bs->backing_hd == base) {
        ret = 0;
        goto exit;
    }

    intermediate = top;

    /* now we will go down through the list, and add each BDS we find
     * into our deletion queue, until we hit the 'base'
     */
    while (intermediate) {
        intermediate_state = g_malloc0(sizeof(BlkIntermediateStates));
        intermediate_state->bs = intermediate;
        QSIMPLEQ_INSERT_TAIL(&states_to_delete, intermediate_state, entry);

        if (intermediate->backing_hd == base) {
            base_bs = intermediate->backing_hd;
            break;
        }
        intermediate = intermediate->backing_hd;
    }
    if (base_bs == NULL) {
        /* something went wrong, we did not end at the base. safely
         * unravel everything, and exit with error */
        goto exit;
    }

    /* success - we can delete the intermediate states, and link top->base */
    ret = bdrv_change_backing_file(new_top_bs, base_bs->filename,
                                   base_bs->drv ? base_bs->drv->format_name : "");
    if (ret) {
        goto exit;
    }
    new_top_bs->backing_hd = base_bs;

    bdrv_refresh_limits(new_top_bs);

    QSIMPLEQ_FOREACH_SAFE(intermediate_state, &states_to_delete, entry, next) {
        /* so that bdrv_close() does not recursively close the chain */
        intermediate_state->bs->backing_hd = NULL;
        bdrv_unref(intermediate_state->bs);
    }
    ret = 0;

exit:
    QSIMPLEQ_FOREACH_SAFE(intermediate_state, &states_to_delete, entry, next) {
        g_free(intermediate_state);
    }
    return ret;
}

The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.