error on /var/log/messages --> oom problem?

[JM]

i got this data from our server killing almost all of our services.. can someone help me here... do i need to upgrade or anything..

im using redhat 9 with 2.4.27 SMP

tia,

May  5 18:10:55 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:10:55 earth kernel: VM: killing process sshd
May  5 18:10:55 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:10:55 earth kernel: VM: killing process modprobe
May  5 18:10:55 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:10:55 earth kernel: VM: killing process smsbox
May  5 18:11:42 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:11:42 earth kernel: VM: killing process smsbox
May  5 18:11:48 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:11:48 earth kernel: VM: killing process iwrite_globe
May  5 18:11:49 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:11:49 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:11:49 earth kernel: VM: killing process java
May  5 18:11:49 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:11:49 earth kernel: VM: killing process java
May  5 18:13:09 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:13:09 earth kernel: VM: killing process java
May  5 18:13:36 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:14:28 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:14:28 earth kernel: VM: killing process croncallboykann
May  5 18:14:29 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:14:29 earth kernel: VM: killing process gsmsbox
May  5 18:14:29 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:14:29 earth kernel: VM: killing process modprobe
May  5 18:14:29 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:14:29 earth kernel: VM: killing process mms_forwarder
May  5 18:14:29 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:14:29 earth kernel: VM: killing process java
May  5 18:14:30 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:15:29 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:15:29 earth kernel: VM: killing process modprobe
May  5 18:15:32 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:15:32 earth kernel: VM: killing process smsbox
May  5 18:15:34 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:15:34 earth kernel: VM: killing process modprobe
May  5 18:15:36 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:15:36 earth kernel: VM: killing process sh
May  5 18:15:38 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:15:39 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:15:39 earth kernel: VM: killing process sendmail
May  5 18:15:40 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:15:40 earth kernel: VM: killing process crond
May  5 18:15:40 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:15:40 earth kernel: VM: killing process iwrite_globe
May  5 18:15:40 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:16:12 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:16:12 earth kernel: VM: killing process croncallboykann
May  5 18:16:12 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:16:16 earth last message repeated 2 times
May  5 18:16:16 earth kernel: VM: killing process forwarder
May  5 18:16:17 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:16:17 earth kernel: VM: killing process smsbox
May  5 18:16:17 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:16:17 earth kernel: VM: killing process java
May  5 18:16:18 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:16:18 earth kernel: VM: killing process curl
May  5 18:16:19 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:17:22 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:17:22 earth kernel: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k net-pf-10, errno = 12
May  5 18:17:22 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:17:22 earth kernel: VM: killing process java
May  5 18:17:22 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:17:22 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:17:22 earth kernel: VM: killing process smsbox
May  5 18:17:22 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:17:22 earth kernel: VM: killing process emacs
May  5 18:18:01 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:18:01 earth kernel: VM: killing process gsmsbox
May  5 18:18:01 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:18:01 earth kernel: VM: killing process sendmail
May  5 18:18:37 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:18:37 earth kernel: VM: killing process sendmail
May  5 18:18:37 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:18:38 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:18:38 earth kernel: VM: killing process sh
May  5 18:19:01 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:19:01 earth kernel: VM: killing process java
May  5 18:19:48 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:19:48 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:19:48 earth kernel: VM: killing process smsbox
May  5 18:19:49 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:19:49 earth kernel: VM: killing process off_keyword
May  5 18:19:49 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:19:49 earth kernel: VM: killing process java
May  5 18:20:29 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:22:27 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:22:30 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:22:30 earth kernel: VM: killing process smsbox
May  5 18:22:31 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:22:31 earth kernel: VM: killing process smsbox
May  5 18:22:55 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:22:55 earth kernel: VM: killing process modprobe
May  5 18:22:56 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:23:14 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:23:14 earth kernel: VM: killing process sh
May  5 18:23:14 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:23:14 earth kernel: VM: killing process dlr_handler_236
May  5 18:23:15 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:23:16 earth last message repeated 2 times
May  5 18:23:16 earth kernel: VM: killing process smsbox
May  5 18:23:16 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:23:16 earth kernel: VM: killing process crond
May  5 18:23:16 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:23:16 earth kernel: VM: killing process dlr_handler_236
May  5 18:23:16 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:23:16 earth kernel: VM: killing process smsbox
May  5 18:23:16 earth kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
May  5 18:23:16 earth kernel: VM: killing process java
May  5 18:30:38 earth sshd[25651]: Accepted publickey for nsadmin from 192.168.6.70 port 59842 ssh2
May  5 18:36:10 earth sshd[2006]: Accepted publickey for nsadmin from 192.168.6.70 port 59877 ssh2
May  5 18:38:17 earth sshd[5160]: Accepted password for nsadmin from 192.168.6.35 port 1964 ssh2
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