[tor-bugs] #24398 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Plugin-container exhausts memory leading to thrash and/or crash on Linux

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#24398: Plugin-container exhausts memory leading to thrash and/or crash on Linux
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 Reporter:  gk                                |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                            |         Status:
                                              |  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                            |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser          |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                            |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-crash, TorBrowserTeam201712R  |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                                    |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by mcs):

 r=brade, r=mcs
 We confirmed that the patch avoids the recursion problem. Because the
 devtools code cannot load file URLs such as the userContent.css
 stylesheet, things still do not work correctly... but at least we avoid
 infinite recursion.

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