Computing Dictionary
smash the stack definition
jargon In
C programming, to corrupt the execution stack by writing past the end of a local array or other data structure. Code that smashes the stack can cause a return from the routine to jump to a random address, resulting in insidious data-dependent
bugs.
Variants include "trash" the stack,
scribble the stack,
mangle the stack.
See
spam; see also
aliasing bug,
fandango on core,
memory leak,
memory smash,
precedence lossage,
overrun screw.
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(1995-03-16)
