remove dependency on rdmsr

spectre-meltdown-checker.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Spectre & Meltdown checker
 # Stephane Lesimple
-VERSION=0.03
+VERSION=0.06
 
 pstatus()
 {
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ extract_vmlinux()
 /bin/echo -e "\033[1;34mCVE-2017-5753 [bounds check bypass] aka 'Spectre Variant 1'\033[0m"
 /bin/echo -n "* Kernel compiled with LFENCE opcode inserted at the proper places: "
 
+status=0
 img=''
 [ -e /boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r) ] && img=/boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r)
 [ -e /boot/vmlinux-$(uname -r) ] && img=/boot/vmlinux-$(uname -r)
@@ -115,14 +116,13 @@ fi
 if [ ! -e /dev/cpu/0/msr ]; then
 	pstatus yellow UNKNOWN "couldn't read /dev/cpu/0/msr, is msr support enabled in your kernel?"
 else
-	dd if=/dev/cpu/0/msr of=/dev/null bs=1 count=8 skip=72 2>/dev/null
+	# same that rdmsr 0x48 but without needing the rdmsr tool
+	dd if=/dev/cpu/0/msr of=/dev/null bs=8 count=1 skip=9 2>/dev/null
 	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 		pstatus green YES
 	else
 		pstatus red NO
 	fi
-	#dd if=/dev/cpu/0/msr of=/dev/null bs=1 count=8 skip=73 2>/dev/null
-	#/bin/echo $?
 fi
 
 if [ "$insmod_msr" = 1 ]; then
@@ -162,16 +162,33 @@ if [ "$mounted_debugfs" = 1 ]; then
 fi
 
 /bin/echo "* Mitigation 2"
-/bin/echo -n "*   Kernel recompiled with retpolines: "
+/bin/echo -n "*   Kernel compiled with retpolines: "
-pstatus yellow UNKNOWN "check not yet implemented"
+# XXX this doesn't mean the kernel has been compiled with a retpoline-aware gcc
+if [ -e /proc/config.gz ]; then
+	if zgrep -q '^CONFIG_RETPOLINE=y' /proc/config.gz; then
+		pstatus green YES
+		retpoline=1
+	else
+		pstatus red NO
+	fi
+elif [ -e /boot/config-$(uname -r) ]; then
+	if grep  -q '^CONFIG_RETPOLINE=y' /boot/config-$(uname -r); then
+		pstatus green YES
+		retpoline=1
+	else
+		pstatus red NO
+	fi
+fi
 
 /bin/echo -ne "> \033[46m\033[30mSTATUS:\033[0m "
 if grep -q AMD /proc/cpuinfo; then
 	pstatus green "NOT VULNERABLE" "your CPU is not vulnerable as per the vendor"
 elif [ "$ibrs_enabled" = 1 -o "$ibrs_enabled" = 2 ]; then
 	pstatus green "NOT VULNERABLE" "IBRS mitigates the vulnerability"
+elif [ "$retpoline" = 1 ]; then
+	pstatus green "NOT VULNERABLE" "retpolines mitigate the vulnerability"
 else
-	pstatus red VULNERABLE "IBRS hardware + kernel support OR retpolines-compiled kernel are needed to mitigate the vulnerability"
+	pstatus red VULNERABLE "IBRS hardware + kernel support OR kernel with retpolines are needed to mitigate the vulnerability"
 fi
 
 # MELTDOWN