diff --git a/ledger_secure_sdk_sys/src/seph.rs b/ledger_secure_sdk_sys/src/seph.rs
index dfc5e749..3ec5e591 100644
--- a/ledger_secure_sdk_sys/src/seph.rs
+++ b/ledger_secure_sdk_sys/src/seph.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,47 @@
 use crate::{os_io_rx_evt, os_io_tx_cmd};
 
+mod canary {
+    // This module provides stack overflow protection by initializing and checking
+    // a canary value to detect if the stack has grown too much and is overlapping
+    // with the .bss section. The canary is checked on every APDU I/O operation and
+    // will panic if corruption is detected.
+    // This might later be removed if such protection is provided in the C SDK.
+
+    extern "C" {
+        /// Stack canary symbol provided by the linker script
+        static mut app_stack_canary: u32;
+    }
+
+    const APP_STACK_CANARY_MAGIC: u32 = 0xDEAD0031;
+    static mut CANARY_INITIALIZED: bool = false;
+
+    /// Initialize the stack canary with the magic value
+    fn init_canary() {
+        unsafe {
+            core::ptr::write_volatile(&raw mut app_stack_canary, APP_STACK_CANARY_MAGIC);
+            CANARY_INITIALIZED = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Ensure canary is initialized and check if it's still intact
+    #[inline]
+    pub(super) fn init_and_check() {
+        unsafe {
+            if !CANARY_INITIALIZED {
+                init_canary();
+            }
+
+            let canary_value = core::ptr::read_volatile(&raw const app_stack_canary);
+            if canary_value != APP_STACK_CANARY_MAGIC {
+                panic!("Stack canary corruption detected!");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Receive the next APDU into 'buffer'
 pub fn io_rx(buffer: &mut [u8], check_se_event: bool) -> i32 {
+    canary::init_and_check();
     unsafe {
         os_io_rx_evt(
             buffer.as_ptr() as _,
@@ -13,6 +53,7 @@ pub fn io_rx(buffer: &mut [u8], check_se_event: bool) -> i32 {
 }
 
 pub fn io_tx(apdu_type: u8, buffer: &[u8], length: usize) -> i32 {
+    canary::init_and_check();
     unsafe {
         os_io_tx_cmd(
             apdu_type,