Hexdump in C got too big values - c

Question

I have a midi file "USSR.mid" (binary file) under ./ and I tried to read it in the way hexdump does, but got some weird outputs.
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
char buff[1000];
FILE * midi_file = fopen("./USSR.mid", "rb");
fread(buff, 1, 900, midi_file);
int i = 0;
while(i<400) {
printf("%02x ", buff[i]);
i++;
}
fclose(midi_file);
return 0;
}
I noticed that some values are too big and unreadable:
$ ./a.out
4d 54 68 64 00 00 00 06 00 01 00 02 01 00 4d 54 72 6b 00 00 00 2b 00 ffffffff 58 04 04 02 18 08 00 ffffffff 59 02 fffffffe 00 00 ffffffff 03 0d 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 20 74 72 61 63 6b ffffff87 00 ffffffff 51 03 09 27 ffffffc0 01 ffffffff 2f 00 4d 54 72 6b 00 00 20 50 ffffff87 00 ffffffb0 79 00 00 ffffffb0 40 00 00 ffffffb0 5b 30 00 ffffffb0 0a 33 00 ffffffb0 07 64 00 ffffff90 41 53 00 ffffffb0 79 00 00 ffffffb0 40 00 00 ffffffb0 5b 30 00 ffffffb0 0a 33 00 ffffffb0 07 64 00 ffffffff 03 05 50 69 61 6e 6f ffffff81 00 ffffff80 41 00 00 ffffff90 3a 7f 00 ffffff90 3e 7f 00 ffffff90 41 7f 00 ffffff90 46 7f 00 ffffff90 22 7f 00 ffffff90 2e 7f ffffff82 00 ffffff80 3a 00 00 ffffff80 3e 00 00 ffffff80 41 00 00 ffffff80 46 00 00 ffffff90 3a 7f 00 ffffff90 3e 7f 00 ffffff90 41 7f 00 ffffff80 22 00 00 ffffff80 2e 00 00 ffffff90 22 7f 00 ffffff90 2e 7f ffffff81 40 ffffff80 41 00 00 ffffff90 43 7f 40 ffffff80 3a 00 00 ffffff80 3e 00 00 ffffff80 43 00 00 ffffff90 39 7f 00 ffffff90 3e 7f 00 ffffff90 41 7f 00 ffffff90 45 7f 00 ffffff80 22 00 00 ffffff80 2e 00 00 ffffff90 26 7f 00 ffffff90 32 7f ffffff82 00 ffffff80 39 00 00 ffffff80 3e 00 00 ffffff80 41 00 00 ffffff80 45 00 00 ffffff90 3e 7f 00 ffffff90 35 7f 00 ffffff90 39 7f 00 ffffff80 26 00 00 ffffff80 32 00 00 ffffff90 26 7f 00 ffffff90 32 7f ffffff81 00 ffffff80 3e 00 00 ffffff90 3e 7f ffffff81 00 ffffff80 35 00 00 ffffff80 39 00 00 ffffff80 3e 00 00 ffffff90 37 7f 00 ffffff90 3a 7f 00 ffffff90 43 7f 00 ffffff80 26 00 00 ffffff80 32 00 00 ffffff90 27 7f 00 ffffff90 33 7f ffffff82 00 ffffff80 37 00 00 ffffff80 3a 00 00 ffffff80 43 00 00 ffffff90 37 7f 00 ffffff90 3a 7f 00 ffffff90 41 7f 00 ffffff80 27 00 00 ffffff80 33 00 00 ffffff90 27 7f 00 ffffff90 33 7f ffffff81 40 ffffff80 37 00 00 ffffff80 3a 00 00 %
There're a bunch of "ffffXX" values in there. Why did this happen?

Answer 1

Why did this happen?
Code did not use a matching print specifier "%x" with the object type (char, which might be like a signed char) and value (some negative).
char buff[1000];
...
printf("%02x ", buff[i]);
"%x" matches an unsigned (C17dr § 7.21.6.1 8) and will also work with an int when the value is also in the unsigned range. (C17dr § 6.5.2.2 6)
Formally, OP's result is undefined behavior (UB).
What undefined behavior certainly happened here is the buff[] was negative (such as -1) and printf() interpreted that value as the unsigned 0xFFFFFFFF.
Instead, since code wants to see the 2 character hex value, use unsigned char rather than char.
int main() {
// char buff[1000];
unsigned char buff[1000];
FILE * midi_file = fopen("./USSR.mid", "rb");
int length = fread(buff, 1, sizeof buff, midi_file);
int i = 0;
while(i < length) {
printf("%02x ", buff[i]);
i++;
}
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