stack smashing protection
Stack smashing protection refers to a security mechanism implemented in computer systems that detects and prevents buffer overflows in the stack, a portion of memory used for storing local variables and function call instructions. It helps prevent malicious attacks by ensuring that an attacker cannot overwrite critical data or execute arbitrary code by overflowing the stack.
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