What are the scenarios where a process gets a SIGABRT in C++? Does this signal always come from within the process or can this signal be sent from one process to another?
Is there a way to identify which process is sending this signal?
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What are the scenarios where a process gets a SIGABRT in C++? Does this signal always come from within the process or can this signal be sent from one process to another?
Is there a way to identify which process is sending this signal?
abort() sends the calling process the SIGABRT signal, this is how abort() basically works.
abort() is usually called by library functions which detect an internal error or some seriously broken constraint. For example malloc() will call abort() if its internal structures are damaged by a heap overflow.
SIGABRT is commonly used by libc and other libraries to abort the program in case of critical errors. For example, glibc sends an SIGABRT in case of a detected double-free or other heap corruptions.
Also, most assert implementations make use of SIGABRT in case of a failed assert.
Furthermore, SIGABRT can be sent from any other process like any other signal. Of course, the sending process needs to run as same user or root.