Tag
stack-protector
- Jan 21, 2025 Stack Canaries and the Value That Terminates the Overflow A per-process guard word placed between the buffer and the saved return address converts a silent hijack into a detected abort, and its design depends on which byte patterns an overflow cannot write. security
- Oct 26, 2024 Stack Canaries and What They Actually Detect How a random guard word between local buffers and saved control data turns a linear stack overflow into a detectable event, and which overflows it cannot see. memory systems