Indication: htop shows the check_header process sucking up all the memory. Error message: terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc' what(): std::bad_alloc https://github.com/srcvirus/micro-nf/blob/1df24cc1ea3aff83d8a37197f8af8a59b2f43362/src/packet-processors/check_header.cc#L28