kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. A local, unprivileged user could use a flaw in the Out of Memory (OOM) killer to monopolize memory, have their process skipped by the OOM killer, or cause other tasks to be terminated.
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0333
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4097
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f