What is a segmentation fault, and what can cause it in memory management?

  • Accessing an invalid memory address
  • Buffer overflow
  • Incorrectly configured hardware
  • Insufficient memory space
A segmentation fault occurs when a program attempts to access a memory address that is not within its allocated memory space. This can happen due to bugs in the program's code, such as accessing an uninitialized pointer or trying to write to read-only memory. Insufficient memory space or buffer overflows can indirectly lead to segmentation faults by causing memory corruption.
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