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 the meantime. This can happen in case of buffer overflows or memory corruption,  the meantime. This can happen in case of buffer overflows or memory corruption,
 and therefore exposing these bugs.  and therefore exposing these bugs.
   
   Different mitigation levels are available:
   * the default ("yes"), which will only protect functions considered vulnerable
     by the compiler;
   * "all", which will protect every function;
   * "strong", which will apply a better balance between the two settings above.
   
 This mitigation is supported by both GCC and clang. It may be supported in  This mitigation is supported by both GCC and clang. It may be supported in
 additional compilers, possibly under a different name. It is particularly useful  additional compilers, possibly under a different name. It is particularly useful
 for unsafe programming languages, such as C/C++.  for unsafe programming languages, such as C/C++.
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