For example, in case of super-user:
$ sudo ping -s -64 127.0.0.1
PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): -64 data bytes
ping: sendto: Invalid argument

For unprivileged user:
$ ping -s -64 127.0.0.1
ping: packet size too large: 18446744073709551552 > 56: Operation not permitted

Fix this by switching from strtoul() to strtol() for integer arguments
and adding explicit checks for negative values.