Stack smashing: How Linux creates the stack and runs a program. Then mess with it.

Priyankar Pal

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How does the Linux Kernel start a process...and how to ptrace the entry point and m3ss w1th da stack. How does Linux start a Process... and how does Linux begin a process. How the Kernel prepares the stack, heap, signals,... The Kernel passes execution to the userland program.

How does the Linux Kernel start a Process