diff --git a/controllers/spaceprovisionerconfig/spaceprovisionerconfig_controller.go b/controllers/spaceprovisionerconfig/spaceprovisionerconfig_controller.go
index 91b2c7365..5410ae618 100644
--- a/controllers/spaceprovisionerconfig/spaceprovisionerconfig_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/spaceprovisionerconfig/spaceprovisionerconfig_controller.go
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) determineCapacityReadyState(spc *toolchainv1alpha1.SpacePro
 // It always knows this fact so returning a bool is ok, in contrast to determinMemoryUtilizationReadyState.
 func determineSpaceCountReadyState(spc *toolchainv1alpha1.SpaceProvisionerConfig) bool {
 	max := spc.Spec.CapacityThresholds.MaxNumberOfSpaces
+	//the value of this is not going beyond 100 and it won't overflow, hence its okay to ignore the overflow linter error
 	return max == 0 || max > uint(spc.Status.ConsumedCapacity.SpaceCount) // nolint:gosec
 }
 
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ func determineMemoryUtilizationReadyState(spc *toolchainv1alpha1.SpaceProvisione
 
 	// the memory utilitzation is ok if it is below the threshold in all node types
 	for _, val := range spc.Status.ConsumedCapacity.MemoryUsagePercentPerNodeRole {
+		//the value of this is not going beyond 100 and it won't overflow, hence its okay to ignore the overflow linter error
 		if uint(val) >= spc.Spec.CapacityThresholds.MaxMemoryUtilizationPercent { // nolint:gosec
 			return corev1.ConditionFalse
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/capacity/manager.go b/pkg/capacity/manager.go
index b019b971b..2a0676f0b 100644
--- a/pkg/capacity/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/capacity/manager.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type (
 
 func hasNotReachedMaxNumberOfSpacesThreshold(counts counter.Counts) spaceProvisionerConfigPredicate {
 	return func(spc *toolchainv1alpha1.SpaceProvisionerConfig) bool {
+		//the value of this is not going beyond 100 and it won't overflow, hence its okay to ignore the overflow linter error
 		numberOfSpaces := uint(counts.SpacesPerClusterCounts[spc.Spec.ToolchainCluster]) // nolint:gosec
 		threshold := spc.Spec.CapacityThresholds.MaxNumberOfSpaces
 		return threshold == 0 || numberOfSpaces < threshold
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ func hasEnoughMemoryCapacity(status *toolchainv1alpha1.ToolchainStatus) spacePro
 func hasMemberEnoughMemoryCapacity(memberStatus toolchainv1alpha1.Member, threshold uint) bool {
 	if len(memberStatus.MemberStatus.ResourceUsage.MemoryUsagePerNodeRole) > 0 {
 		for _, usagePerNode := range memberStatus.MemberStatus.ResourceUsage.MemoryUsagePerNodeRole {
+			//the value of this is not going beyond 100 and it won't overflow, hence its okay to ignore the overflow linter error
 			if uint(usagePerNode) >= threshold { // nolint:gosec
 				return false
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/space/space.go b/pkg/space/space.go
index 946289cdb..69b8ea122 100644
--- a/pkg/space/space.go
+++ b/pkg/space/space.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ func NewSpaceWithFeatureToggles(userSignup *toolchainv1alpha1.UserSignup, target
 func addFeatureToggles(space *toolchainv1alpha1.Space, toggles []toolchainconfig.FeatureToggle) {
 	var winners []string
 	for _, t := range toggles {
+		//the value of this is not going beyond 100 and it won't overflow, hence its okay to ignore the overflow linter error
 		weight := int(t.Weight()) // nolint:gosec
 		// We generate a random number between 0 and 100. If the number is equal to or lower than the weight
 		// then the feature wins.