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| -rwxr-xr-x | spectre-meltdown-checker.sh | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh b/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh index 5eb1226..8fdb396 100755 --- a/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh +++ b/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh @@ -651,8 +651,11 @@ if [ "$opt_live" = 1 ]; then elif [ -e /sys/kernel/debug/x86/pti_enabled ]; then # RedHat Backport creates a dedicated file, see https://access.redhat.com/articles/3311301 kpti_enabled=$(cat /sys/kernel/debug/x86/pti_enabled 2>/dev/null) - elif grep -Eq 'Kernel/User page tables isolation: enabled|Kernel page table isolation enabled' /var/log/dmesg; then - # if we can't find the flag, grep in /var/log/dmesg + elif dmesg | grep -Eq 'Kernel/User page tables isolation: enabled|Kernel page table isolation enabled'; then + # if we can't find the flag, grep dmesg output + kpti_enabled=1 + elif [ -r /var/log/dmesg ] && grep -Eq 'Kernel/User page tables isolation: enabled|Kernel page table isolation enabled' /var/log/dmesg; then + # if we can't find the flag in dmesg output, grep in /var/log/dmesg when readable kpti_enabled=1 else kpti_enabled=0 |