2.6.24.3-12.fc8 memory issue?

[Peter McNeil]

G'day all,

did a yum update this morning which updated the kernel to  
2.6.24.3-12.fc8 then started my IDE and a largish program (java), as 
soon as I hit the physical memory limit (2GB) the machine hangs 
(freezes) sometimes the mouse freezes too. I have to power down to recover.

...]$ uname -a
Linux foo-foo.mcneils.net 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 #1 SMP Tue Feb 26 14:21:30 EST 
2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

is this a known problem?

Cheers,
Peter.