CVE-2008-0163: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Linux kernel 2.6, when using vservers, allows local users to access resources of other vservers via a symlink attack in /proc.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.0 only

Published 2008-02-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.