enh: CVE-2017-5715; check for unprivileged eBPF for paranoid mode

built from commit e5c6d2d905
 dated 2026-04-01 20:37:54 +0000
 by Stéphane Lesimple (speed47_github@speed47.net)

.github/workflows/check.yml

@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-name: CI
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - name: install prerequisites
-      run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y shellcheck jq sqlite3 iucode-tool
-    - name: shellcheck
-      run: shellcheck -s sh spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
-    - name: check indentation
-      run: |
-        if [ $(grep -cPv "^\t*\S|^$" spectre-meltdown-checker.sh) != 0 ]; then
-          echo "Badly indented lines found:"
-          grep -nPv "^\t*\S|^$" spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
-          exit 1
-        else
-          echo "Indentation seems correct."
-        fi
-    - name: check direct execution
-      run: |
-        expected=19
-        nb=$(sudo ./spectre-meltdown-checker.sh --batch json | jq '.[]|.CVE' | wc -l)
-        if [ "$nb" -ne "$expected" ]; then
-          echo "Invalid number of CVEs reported: $nb instead of $expected"
-          exit 1
-        else
-          echo "OK $nb CVEs reported"
-        fi
-    - name: check docker compose run execution
-      run: |
-        expected=19
-        docker compose build
-        nb=$(docker compose run --rm spectre-meltdown-checker --batch json | jq '.[]|.CVE' | wc -l)
-        if [ "$nb" -ne "$expected" ]; then
-          echo "Invalid number of CVEs reported: $nb instead of $expected"
-          exit 1
-        else
-          echo "OK $nb CVEs reported"
-        fi
-    - name: check docker run execution
-      run: |
-        expected=19
-        docker build -t spectre-meltdown-checker .
-        nb=$(docker run --rm --privileged -v /boot:/boot:ro -v /dev/cpu:/dev/cpu:ro -v /lib/modules:/lib/modules:ro spectre-meltdown-checker --batch json | jq '.[]|.CVE' | wc -l)
-        if [ "$nb" -ne "$expected" ]; then
-          echo "Invalid number of CVEs reported: $nb instead of $expected"
-          exit 1
-        else
-          echo "OK $nb CVEs reported"
-        fi
-    - name: check fwdb update
-      run: |
-        nbtmp1=$(find /tmp 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
-        ./spectre-meltdown-checker.sh --update-fwdb; ret=$?
-        if [ "$ret" != 0 ]; then
-          echo "Non-zero return value: $ret"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-        nbtmp2=$(find /tmp 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
-        if [ "$nbtmp1" != "$nbtmp2" ]; then
-          echo "Left temporary files!"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-        if ! [ -e ~/.mcedb ]; then
-          echo "No .mcedb file found after updating fwdb"
-          exit 1
-        fi

spectre-meltdown-checker.sh

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #
 # Stephane Lesimple
 #
-VERSION='26.21.0402467'
+VERSION='26.21.0401891'
 
 # --- Common paths and basedirs ---
 readonly VULN_SYSFS_BASE="/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities"