diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.h b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.h
index 3c8627ca5f42..bfb6c45b6130 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ void lkdtm_EXCEPTION(void);
 void lkdtm_LOOP(void);
 void lkdtm_OVERFLOW(void);
 void lkdtm_CORRUPT_STACK(void);
+void lkdtm_CORRUPT_STACK_STRONG(void);
 void lkdtm_UNALIGNED_LOAD_STORE_WRITE(void);
 void lkdtm_SOFTLOCKUP(void);
 void lkdtm_HARDLOCKUP(void);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm_bugs.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm_bugs.c
index 041fe6e9532a..9e0b4f959987 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm_bugs.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm_bugs.c
@@ -85,16 +85,31 @@ void lkdtm_OVERFLOW(void)
 
 static noinline void __lkdtm_CORRUPT_STACK(void *stack)
 {
-	memset(stack, 'a', 64);
+	memset(stack, '\xff', 64);
 }
 
+/* This should trip the stack canary, not corrupt the return address. */
 noinline void lkdtm_CORRUPT_STACK(void)
 {
 	/* Use default char array length that triggers stack protection. */
-	char data[8];
+	char data[8] __aligned(sizeof(void *));
+
 	__lkdtm_CORRUPT_STACK(&data);
 
-	pr_info("Corrupted stack with '%16s'...\n", data);
+	pr_info("Corrupted stack containing char array ...\n");
+}
+
+/* Same as above but will only get a canary with -fstack-protector-strong */
+noinline void lkdtm_CORRUPT_STACK_STRONG(void)
+{
+	union {
+		unsigned short shorts[4];
+		unsigned long *ptr;
+	} data __aligned(sizeof(void *));
+
+	__lkdtm_CORRUPT_STACK(&data);
+
+	pr_info("Corrupted stack containing union ...\n");
 }
 
 void lkdtm_UNALIGNED_LOAD_STORE_WRITE(void)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm_core.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm_core.c
index 9e98d7ef5503..981b3ef71e47 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm_core.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm_core.c
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ struct crashtype crashtypes[] = {
 	CRASHTYPE(CORRUPT_LIST_DEL),
 	CRASHTYPE(CORRUPT_USER_DS),
 	CRASHTYPE(CORRUPT_STACK),
+	CRASHTYPE(CORRUPT_STACK_STRONG),
 	CRASHTYPE(STACK_GUARD_PAGE_LEADING),
 	CRASHTYPE(STACK_GUARD_PAGE_TRAILING),
 	CRASHTYPE(UNALIGNED_LOAD_STORE_WRITE),