From f2d871acffe6427a067cdad1e421bf197c5655f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?St=C3=A9phane=20Lesimple?= <speed47_github@speed47.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 23:31:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: spurious local keyword broke sysfs based detection
 (#533) (#534)

The $msg var assigned in sys_interface_check() must not be
local to the func, but must capture and modify the callers'
own local $msg var
---
 spectre-meltdown-checker.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh b/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
index 863afe0..9d2bd8a 100755
--- a/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
+++ b/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
@@ -3329,7 +3329,7 @@ pr_info
 # Sets: ret_sys_interface_check_fullmsg
 # Returns: 0 if file matched, 1 otherwise
 sys_interface_check() {
-    local file regex mode msg mockvarname
+    local file regex mode mockvarname
     file="$1"
     regex="${2:-}"
     mode="${3:-}"