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+#include "arch/exception_handling/panic.hpp"
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+namespace teachos::arch::exception_handling
+{
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Override for the newlib abort function.
+   *
+   * newlib defines @p ::abort as a weak symbol, thus allowing implementations to override it by simply providing a
+   * matching implementation. Since the default implemenatation calls a number of functions the kernel does not
+   * currently implement, @p ::abort gets overridden to simply panic.
+   */
+  extern "C" auto abort() -> void { panic("Terminate was called, possibly due to an unhandled exception"); }
+
+}  // namespace teachos::arch::exception_handling
+\ No newline at end of file