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authorStéphane Lesimple <speed47_github@speed47.net>2018-02-02 11:13:54 +0100
committerStéphane Lesimple <speed47_github@speed47.net>2018-02-02 11:13:54 +0100
commita2dfca671e05e9ef365128d45841d5958b7a3e0b (patch)
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parent36bd80d75fd3217dde94b65598fd5838948882cb (diff)
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feat: detect disrepancy between found kernel image and running kernel
-rwxr-xr-xspectre-meltdown-checker.sh12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh b/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
index b0b4e39..ba4ccef 100755
--- a/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
+++ b/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
@@ -993,6 +993,18 @@ else
fi
if [ -z "$vmlinux" ] || [ ! -r "$vmlinux" ]; then
[ -z "$vmlinux_err" ] && vmlinux_err="couldn't extract your kernel from $opt_kernel"
+else
+ vmlinux_version=$(strings "$vmlinux" 2>/dev/null | grep '^Linux version ' | head -1)
+ if [ -n "$vmlinux_version" ]; then
+ _verbose "Kernel image is \033[35m$vmlinux_version"
+ # in live mode, check if the img we found is the correct one
+ if [ "$opt_live" = 1 ]; then
+ if ! echo "$vmlinux_version" | grep -qF "$(uname -r)" || \
+ ! echo "$vmlinux_version" | grep -qF "$(uname -v)"; then
+ _warn "Possible disrepancy between your running kernel and the image we found ($opt_kernel), results might be incorrect"
+ fi
+ fi
+ fi
fi
_info