stack canary protection
Stack canary protection is a security measure that helps prevent buffer overflow attacks by adding a specific value, known as a canary, to the stack of a program. The canary acts as a safeguard by detecting any changes to the stack caused by malicious input, and if such changes are detected, it triggers an immediate termination of the program as a defense mechanism.
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