How does Windows implement memory protection for system and process stacks?

[ProfRon]

You ever wonder why one app crashing doesn't take down your whole PC? Windows sets up these invisible walls around memory chunks. It gives each process its own playground for the stack, that spot where it juggles temporary data. I mean, the system stack chills in a high-privilege zone, away from nosy user stuff.

Think about it like this. Windows tags pages of memory with rules. Your process stack gets read and write access, but nothing sneaky like executing code from there. That stops buffer overflows from running wild. I remember fixing a buggy app once; those protections saved my bacon.

The kernel handles the system stack with even tighter reins. It runs in a mode where it can boss everything around, but user processes can't touch it. Windows flips bits in the hardware to enforce that. You poke where you shouldn't, and boom, access denied error.

They even randomize stack locations a bit. Keeps hackers guessing if they try to exploit. I chat with devs about this; it's why modern Windows feels so sturdy. Processes stay in their lanes, stacks don't bleed into each other.

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