GDB shows “neg” instruction or $0xffffffffffffffff,%eax jmp 0x7f94f7fce0d0 mov 0x296e5f(%rip),%rax # 0x7f94f8264f98 neg %edx mov %edx,%fs:(%rax) or $0xffffffffffffffff,%eax jmp 0x7f94f7fce10f End of assembler dump. (gdb) 0x00007f94f7fce139 : neg %edx Process Involved software : gnome-panel. The launcher and docking facility for GNOME Explanation The neg (negate) instruction takes the two’s complement of a byte or word. …