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SubjectRe: [x86] Access off the bottom of stack causes a segfault?
> > Why exactly is accessing the stack below %esp always a bug?
>
> Any signal can overwrite any value stored below %esp. In kernel
> any interrupt/exception can overwrite any value stored below %esp.
> Your compiler is broken....

Ah, ok. That makes sense. Thanks!

-Chris

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