diff --git a/internal/kconfig/kconfig.go b/internal/kconfig/kconfig.go
index fa5308578..1921e4f15 100644
--- a/internal/kconfig/kconfig.go
+++ b/internal/kconfig/kconfig.go
@@ -263,12 +263,25 @@ func PutInteger(data []byte, integer *btf.Int, n uint64) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid boolean value: %d", n)
 	}
 
+	if len(data) < int(integer.Size) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("can't fit an integer of size %d into a byte slice of length %d", integer.Size, len(data))
+	}
+
 	switch integer.Size {
 	case 1:
+		if integer.Encoding == btf.Signed && (int64(n) > math.MaxInt8 || int64(n) < math.MinInt8) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("can't represent %d as a signed integer of size %d", int64(n), integer.Size)
+		}
 		data[0] = byte(n)
 	case 2:
+		if integer.Encoding == btf.Signed && (int64(n) > math.MaxInt16 || int64(n) < math.MinInt16) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("can't represent %d as a signed integer of size %d", int64(n), integer.Size)
+		}
 		internal.NativeEndian.PutUint16(data, uint16(n))
 	case 4:
+		if integer.Encoding == btf.Signed && (int64(n) > math.MaxInt32 || int64(n) < math.MinInt32) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("can't represent %d as a signed integer of size %d", int64(n), integer.Size)
+		}
 		internal.NativeEndian.PutUint32(data, uint32(n))
 	case 8:
 		internal.NativeEndian.PutUint64(data, uint64(n))
diff --git a/internal/kconfig/kconfig_test.go b/internal/kconfig/kconfig_test.go
index 362123737..19f42f745 100644
--- a/internal/kconfig/kconfig_test.go
+++ b/internal/kconfig/kconfig_test.go
@@ -416,3 +416,114 @@ func TestPutValue(t *testing.T) {
 		qt.Assert(t, qt.DeepEquals(data, expected))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPutInteger(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	type testCase struct {
+		expected []byte
+		integer  *btf.Int
+		n        uint64
+		err      bool
+		comment  string
+	}
+
+	cases := []testCase{
+		{
+			integer:  &btf.Int{Size: 1, Encoding: btf.Unsigned},
+			n:        0x01,
+			expected: []byte{0x01},
+		},
+		{
+			integer:  &btf.Int{Size: 2, Encoding: btf.Unsigned},
+			n:        0x902a,
+			expected: []byte{0x2a, 0x90},
+		},
+		{
+			integer:  &btf.Int{Size: 4, Encoding: btf.Unsigned},
+			n:        0x01234567,
+			expected: []byte{0x67, 0x45, 0x23, 0x01},
+		},
+		{
+			integer: &btf.Int{Size: 1, Encoding: btf.Signed},
+			n:       0x80,
+			err:     true,
+			comment: "outside of range int8 -128 ~ 127",
+		},
+		{
+			integer: &btf.Int{Size: 2, Encoding: btf.Signed},
+			n:       0xabcdabcd,
+			err:     true,
+			comment: "outside of range int16 -32768 ~ 32767",
+		},
+		{
+			integer: &btf.Int{Size: 4, Encoding: btf.Signed},
+			n:       0x1234567890,
+			err:     true,
+			comment: "outside of range int32 -2147483648 ~ 2147483647",
+		},
+		{
+			integer:  &btf.Int{Size: 2, Encoding: btf.Signed},
+			n:        0xffffffffffffffff,
+			expected: []byte{0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00},
+			comment:  "n means -1",
+		},
+		{
+			integer: &btf.Int{Size: 2, Encoding: btf.Signed},
+			n:       0xffffffffffffffff - 0x8000,
+			err:     true,
+			comment: "n means -32768(-MinInt16) - 1 in signed value",
+		},
+		{
+			integer:  &btf.Int{Size: 2, Encoding: btf.Signed},
+			n:        0x7fff,
+			expected: []byte{0xff, 0x7f},
+			comment:  "maximum value of int16",
+		},
+		{
+			integer:  &btf.Int{Size: 2, Encoding: btf.Unsigned},
+			n:        0xffff,
+			expected: []byte{0xff, 0xff},
+		},
+		{
+			integer:  &btf.Int{Size: 4, Encoding: btf.Unsigned},
+			n:        0xffffffff,
+			expected: []byte{0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff},
+		},
+		{
+			integer: &btf.Int{Size: 4, Encoding: btf.Signed},
+			n:       0x80000000,
+			err:     true,
+			comment: "outside of range int32 ~2147483648 ~ 2147483647",
+		},
+		{
+			integer: &btf.Int{Size: 4, Encoding: btf.Signed},
+			n:       0xffffffffffffffff - 0x80000000,
+			err:     true,
+			comment: "outside of range int32 ~2147483648 ~ 2147483647",
+		},
+		{
+			integer:  &btf.Int{Size: 8, Encoding: btf.Unsigned},
+			n:        0xffffffffffffffff,
+			expected: []byte{0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		data := make([]byte, len(c.expected))
+		err := PutInteger(data, c.integer, c.n)
+
+		if c.err {
+			qt.Assert(t, qt.IsNotNil(err))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		qt.Assert(t, qt.IsNil(err))
+		qt.Assert(t, qt.DeepEquals(data, c.expected), qt.Commentf(c.comment))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPutIntegerError(t *testing.T) {
+	qt.Assert(t, qt.IsNotNil(PutInteger(nil, &btf.Int{Size: 2}, 0)), qt.Commentf("slice too small for int"))
+	qt.Assert(t, qt.IsNotNil(PutInteger(nil, &btf.Int{Encoding: btf.Bool}, 2)), qt.Commentf("n too big for bool"))
+}