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[BUG] SocketAddr integer constructor silently wraps an out-of-range port #4305

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@thc1006

Part of #4287. Split out of the #4292 review so it does not widen that PR.

SocketAddr(u_long addr, int port) narrows the port without checking its range:

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/blob/main/ext/include/opentelemetry/ext/http/server/socket_tools.h

inet4.sin_port = htons(static_cast<uint16_t>(port));

So port = -1 becomes 65535, 65536 becomes 0, 99999 becomes 34463. HttpServer::addListeningPort(int port) passes straight through to this overload, so an out-of-range port silently binds a different one.

#4292 gave the string constructor a contract where a malformed port produces an invalid SocketAddr (AF_UNSPEC, port() == -1). The two constructors are now inconsistent: one rejects a bad port, the other wraps it.

This is deliberately not folded into #4292 because the integer overload has a real caller and changing its failure behaviour means deciding how addListeningPort should report a bad port (return value, clamp, or leave the socket unbound), which is a separate design question.

Suggested direction

Validate port < 0 || port > 65535 in the integer overload, leave AF_UNSPEC on failure to match the string constructor, and have addListeningPort surface the failure rather than binding a wrapped port. Add tests for the boundary values.

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