diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 9d800c2c3..470220859 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ static void flush_append(char *last_puts_char)
 static char *get_next_line(char *gets_char, char *last_puts_char)
 {
 	char *temp = NULL;
-	int len;
+	size_t len;
 	char gc;
 
 	flush_append(last_puts_char);
diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index fa878433e..309c58734 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ extern void xprint_and_close_file(FILE *file) FAST_FUNC;
  * end of line. If end isn't NULL, length of the chunk is stored in it.
  * Returns NULL if EOF/error.
  */
-extern char *bb_get_chunk_from_file(FILE *file, int *end) FAST_FUNC;
+extern char *bb_get_chunk_from_file(FILE *file, size_t *end) FAST_FUNC;
 /* Reads up to (and including) TERMINATING_STRING: */
 extern char *xmalloc_fgets_str(FILE *file, const char *terminating_string) FAST_FUNC RETURNS_MALLOC;
 /* Same, with limited max size, and returns the length (excluding NUL): */
diff --git a/libbb/get_line_from_file.c b/libbb/get_line_from_file.c
index 941ea12b5..d10066937 100644
--- a/libbb/get_line_from_file.c
+++ b/libbb/get_line_from_file.c
@@ -10,16 +10,19 @@
  */
 #include "libbb.h"
 
-char* FAST_FUNC bb_get_chunk_from_file(FILE *file, int *end)
+char* FAST_FUNC bb_get_chunk_from_file(FILE *file, size_t *end)
 {
 	int ch;
-	unsigned idx = 0;
+	size_t idx = 0;
 	char *linebuf = NULL;
 
 	while ((ch = getc(file)) != EOF) {
 		/* grow the line buffer as necessary */
-		if (!(idx & 0xff))
+		if (!(idx & 0xff)) {
+			if (idx == ((size_t)-1) - 0xff)
+				bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_memory_exhausted);
 			linebuf = xrealloc(linebuf, idx + 0x100);
+		}
 		linebuf[idx++] = (char) ch;
 		if (ch == '\0')
 			break;
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ char* FAST_FUNC xmalloc_fgets(FILE *file)
 /* Get line.  Remove trailing \n */
 char* FAST_FUNC xmalloc_fgetline(FILE *file)
 {
-	int i;
+	size_t i;
 	char *c = bb_get_chunk_from_file(file, &i);
 
 	if (i && c[--i] == '\n')