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overrun screw
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n. [C programming] A variety of fandango on core produced by scribbling past
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the end of an array (C implementations typically have no checks for this
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error). This is relatively benign and easy to spot if the array is static;
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if it is auto, the result may be to smash the stack often resulting in
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heisenbug s of the most diabolical subtlety. The term overrun screw is used
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esp. of scribbles beyond the end of arrays allocated with malloc (3) ; this
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typically trashes the allocation header for the next block in the arena ,
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producing massive lossage within malloc and often a core dump on the next
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operation to use stdio (3) or malloc (3) itself. See spam , overrun ; see
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also memory leak , memory smash , aliasing bug , precedence lossage ,
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fandango on core , secondary damage.
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