<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
an	O
oops	O
is	O
a	O
serious	O
but	O
non-fatal	O
error	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
oops	O
may	O
precede	O
a	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
panic	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
it	O
may	O
also	O
allow	O
continued	O
operation	O
with	O
compromised	O
reliability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
detects	O
a	O
problem	O
,	O
it	O
kills	O
any	O
offending	O
processes	B-Operating_System
and	O
prints	O
an	O
oops	O
message	O
,	O
which	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
engineers	O
can	O
use	O
in	O
debugging	O
the	O
condition	B-General_Concept
that	O
created	O
the	O
oops	O
and	O
fixing	O
the	O
underlying	O
programming	O
error	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
kernel	B-Application
oops	I-Application
often	O
leads	O
to	O
a	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
panic	I-Operating_System
when	O
the	O
system	O
attempts	O
to	O
use	O
resources	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
lost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
kernels	B-Operating_System
are	O
configured	O
to	O
panic	O
when	O
many	O
oopses	O
(	O
by	O
default	O
)	O
have	O
occurred	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
oops	O
limit	O
is	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
potential	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
for	O
attackers	O
to	O
repeatedly	O
trigger	O
an	O
oops	O
and	O
an	O
associated	O
resource	O
leak	O
,	O
which	O
eventually	O
overflows	B-Error_Name
an	I-Error_Name
integer	I-Error_Name
and	O
allows	O
further	O
exploitation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
documentation	O
regarding	O
oops	O
messages	O
resides	O
in	O
the	O
file	O
of	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
kerneloops	O
software	O
can	O
collect	O
and	O
submit	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
oopses	O
to	O
a	O
repository	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
www.kerneloops.org	O
website	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
statistics	O
and	O
public	O
access	O
to	O
reported	O
oopses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
person	O
not	O
familiar	O
with	O
technical	O
details	O
of	O
computers	O
and	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
an	O
oops	O
message	O
might	O
look	O
confusing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
such	O
as	O
Windows	B-Application
or	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
chooses	O
to	O
present	O
details	O
explaining	O
the	O
crash	O
of	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
rather	O
than	O
display	O
a	O
simplified	O
,	O
user-friendly	O
message	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
BSoD	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
