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@@ -8,6 +8,28 @@ You can also specify a kernel image on the command line, if you'd like to inspec The script will do its best to detect mitigations, including backported non-vanilla patches, regardless of the advertised kernel version number. +## Easy way to run the script + +- Get the latest version of the script using `curl` *or* `wget` + +```bash +curl -L meltdown.ovh -o spectre-meltdown-checker.sh +wget meltdown.ovh -O spectre-meltdown-checker.sh +``` + +- Inspect the script. You never blindly run scripts you downloaded from the Internet, do you? + +```bash +vim spectre-meltdown-checker.sh +``` + +- When you're ready, run the script as root + +```bash +chmod +x spectre-meltdown-checker.sh +sudo ./spectre-meltdown-checker.sh +``` + ## Example of script output - Intel Haswell CPU running under Ubuntu 16.04 LTS |