The stack frame of the last function called before the signal (which, in case of fault signals, also is the one that supposedly caused the problem) is lost. Thus, if function B called function A, ...

Presumably, you are in a subroutine, and some arguments were pushed on the stack for you. The instruction puts the pointer to those arguments in EBP and then adjusts the stack pointer to account ...

The stack was used for the dynamic variables and data used in subroutines. Having a dedicated register for the stack was a real luxury for programmers and contributed to faster program execution.

When a program's function is called, the return address is stored in both the normal stack and the Shadow Stack. When the function returns, the Hardware-enforced Stack Protection feature checks if ...