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Stéphane Lesimple 7329c1fd2f feat: hide CVE checks that arebirrelevant for current arch
CVE_REGISTRY gains an optional fifth field that tags checks as x86-only or
arm-only, untagged entries apply everywhere. The main CVE dispatcher and the
affectedness summary both skip gated entries in default "all CVEs" runs,
removing the noise of arm64 errata on x86 hosts and of x86 CVEs on ARM hosts
across text, json, nrpe and prometheus outputs. Explicit --cve/--variant/--errata
selection bypasses the gate so manual queries still run anywhere.
The gate honours no-hw mode by ignoring the host CPU and keying off the
inspected kernel's architecture only, which handles cross-arch offline
analysis driven by --kernel/--config/--map.
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# vim: set ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 et:
# Print command-line usage information to stdout
show_usage() {
# shellcheck disable=SC2086
cat <<EOF
Modes:
* Live mode: $(basename $0) [options] [--kernel <kimage>] [--config <kconfig>] [--map <mapfile>]
Inspect the currently running kernel within the context of the CPU it's running on.
You can optionally specify --kernel, --config, or --map to help the script locate files it couldn't auto-detect
* No-runtime mode: $(basename $0) [options] --no-runtime <--kernel <kimage>> [--config <kconfig>] [--map <mapfile>]
Inspect the CPU hardware, but skips all running-kernel artifacts (/sys, /proc, dmesg).
Use this when you have a kernel image different from the kernel you're running but want to check it against this CPU.
* No-hardware mode: $(basename $0) [options] --no-hw <--kernel <kimage>> [--config <kconfig>] [--map <mapfile>]
Ignore both CPU hardware and running-kernel artifacts. Use this for pure static analysis of a kernel image,
for example when inspecting a kernel targeted for another system or CPU.
* Hardware-only mode: $(basename $0) [options] --hw-only
Only inspect the CPU hardware, and report information and affectedness per vulnerability.
Vulnerability selection:
--variant VARIANT specify which variant you'd like to check, by default all variants are checked.
can be used multiple times (e.g. --variant 3a --variant l1tf). For a list use 'help'.
--cve CVE specify which CVE you'd like to check, by default all supported CVEs are checked
can be used multiple times (e.g. --cve CVE-2017-5753 --cve CVE-2020-0543)
--errata NUMBER specify a vendor-numbered erratum (e.g. ARM64 erratum 1530923) that has no CVE
assigned. Maps the erratum to the corresponding check. For a list use 'help'.
Can be used multiple times (e.g. --errata 1530923 --errata 3194386).
Check scope:
--no-sysfs don't use the /sys interface even if present [Linux]
--sysfs-only only use the /sys interface, don't run our own checks [Linux]
Strictness:
--paranoid require all mitigations to be enabled to the fullest extent, including those that
are not strictly necessary but provide defense in depth (e.g. SMT disabled, IBPB
always-on); without this flag, the script follows the security community consensus
--extra run additional checks for issues that don't have a CVE but are still security-relevant,
such as compile-time mitigations not enabled by default (e.g. Straight-Line Speculation)
Hardware and platform:
--cpu [#,all] interact with CPUID and MSR of CPU core number #, or all (default: CPU core 0)
--vmm [auto,yes,no] override the detection of the presence of a hypervisor, default: auto
--allow-msr-write allow probing for write-only MSRs, this might produce kernel logs or be blocked by your system
--arch-prefix PREFIX specify a prefix for cross-inspecting a kernel of a different arch, for example "aarch64-linux-gnu-",
so that invoked tools will be prefixed with this (i.e. aarch64-linux-gnu-objdump)
--coreos special mode for CoreOS (use an ephemeral toolbox to inspect kernel) [Linux]
Output:
--batch FORMAT produce machine readable output; FORMAT is one of:
text (default), short, json, json-terse, nrpe, prometheus
--no-color don't use color codes
--verbose, -v increase verbosity level, possibly several times
--explain produce an additional human-readable explanation of actions to take to mitigate a vulnerability
Firmware database:
--update-fwdb update our local copy of the CPU microcodes versions database (using the awesome
MCExtractor project and the Intel firmwares GitHub repository)
--update-builtin-fwdb same as --update-fwdb but update builtin DB inside the script itself
Debug:
--dump-mock-data used to mimick a CPU on an other system, mainly used to help debugging this script
Return codes:
0 (not vulnerable), 2 (vulnerable), 3 (unknown), 255 (error)
IMPORTANT:
A false sense of security is worse than no security at all.
Please use the --disclaimer option to understand exactly what this script does.
EOF
}
# Print the legal disclaimer about tool accuracy and limitations
show_disclaimer() {
cat <<EOF
Disclaimer:
This tool does its best to determine whether your system is immune (or has proper mitigations in place) for the
collectively named "transient execution" (aka "speculative execution") vulnerabilities that started to appear
since early 2018 with the infamous Spectre & Meltdown.
This tool does NOT attempt to run any kind of exploit, and can't 100% guarantee that your system is secure,
but rather helps you verifying whether your system has the known correct mitigations in place.
However, some mitigations could also exist in your kernel that this script doesn't know (yet) how to detect, or it might
falsely detect mitigations that in the end don't work as expected (for example, on backported or modified kernels).
Your system affectability to a given vulnerability depends on your CPU model and CPU microcode version, whereas the
mitigations in place depend on your CPU (model and microcode), your kernel version, and both the runtime configuration
of your CPU (through bits set through the MSRs) and your kernel. The script attempts to explain everything for each
vulnerability, so you know where your system stands. For a given vulnerability, detailed information is sometimes
available using the \`--explain\` switch.
Please also note that for the Spectre-like vulnerabilities, all software can possibly be exploited, in which case
this tool only verifies that the kernel (which is the core of the system) you're using has the proper protections
in place. Verifying all the other software is out of the scope of this tool, as it can't be done in a simple way.
As a general measure, ensure you always have the most up to date stable versions of all the software you use,
especially for those who are exposed to the world, such as network daemons and browsers.
For more information and answers to related questions, please refer to the FAQ.md file.
This tool has been released in the hope that it'll be useful, but don't use it to jump to conclusions about your security.
EOF
}
g_os=$(uname -s)
# parse options
opt_kernel=''
opt_config=''
opt_map=''
opt_runtime=1
opt_no_color=0
opt_batch=0
opt_batch_format='text'
opt_verbose=1
opt_cve_list=''
opt_cve_all=1
opt_no_sysfs=0
opt_sysfs_only=0
opt_coreos=0
opt_arch_prefix=''
opt_hw_only=0
opt_no_hw=0
opt_vmm=-1
opt_allow_msr_write=0
opt_cpu=0
opt_explain=0
# Canonical run mode, set at the end of option parsing.
# Values: live, no-runtime, no-hw, hw-only
g_mode='live'
# Return 0 (true) if runtime state is accessible (procfs, sysfs, dmesg, debugfs).
# True in live and hw-only modes; false in no-runtime and no-hw modes.
has_runtime() { [ "$g_mode" = live ] || [ "$g_mode" = hw-only ]; }
opt_paranoid=0
opt_extra=0
opt_mock=0
g_critical=0
g_unknown=0
g_nrpe_total=0
g_nrpe_vuln_count=0
g_nrpe_unk_count=0
g_nrpe_vuln_ids=''
g_nrpe_vuln_details=''
g_nrpe_unk_details=''
g_smc_vuln_output=''
g_smc_ok_count=0
g_smc_vuln_count=0
g_smc_unk_count=0
g_smc_system_info_line=''
g_smc_cpu_info_line=''
# CVE Registry: single source of truth for all CVE metadata.
# Fields: cve_id|json_key_name|affected_var_suffix|complete_name_and_aliases|arch
#
# The optional `arch` field gates whether the check is run at all, based on the
# host CPU architecture and the inspected kernel architecture. Values:
# x86 - only relevant when host CPU or inspected kernel is x86/amd64
# arm - only relevant when host CPU or inspected kernel is ARM/ARM64
# (empty) - always relevant (shared logic across architectures, e.g. Spectre V1-V4)
# The gate only applies to default "all CVEs" runs; explicit --cve/--variant/--errata
# selection bypasses it (if the user asks for it, they get it regardless of arch).
#
# Three ranges of placeholder IDs are reserved when no real CVE applies:
# CVE-0000-NNNN: permanent placeholder for supplementary checks (--extra only)
# that will never receive a real CVE (e.g. SLS, compile-time hardening).
# CVE-0001-NNNN: permanent placeholder for vendor-numbered errata that will never
# receive a CVE (e.g. ARM64 silicon errata tracked only by erratum ID).
# Selectable via --errata <number>.
# CVE-9999-NNNN: temporary placeholder for real vulnerabilities awaiting CVE
# assignment. Rename across the codebase once the real CVE is issued.
readonly CVE_REGISTRY='
CVE-2017-5753|SPECTRE VARIANT 1|variant1|Spectre Variant 1, bounds check bypass|
CVE-2017-5715|SPECTRE VARIANT 2|variant2|Spectre Variant 2, branch target injection|
CVE-2017-5754|MELTDOWN|variant3|Variant 3, Meltdown, rogue data cache load|
CVE-2018-3640|VARIANT 3A|variant3a|Variant 3a, rogue system register read|
CVE-2018-3639|VARIANT 4|variant4|Variant 4, speculative store bypass|
CVE-2018-3615|L1TF SGX|variantl1tf_sgx|Foreshadow (SGX), L1 terminal fault|x86
CVE-2018-3620|L1TF OS|variantl1tf|Foreshadow-NG (OS), L1 terminal fault|x86
CVE-2018-3646|L1TF VMM|variantl1tf|Foreshadow-NG (VMM), L1 terminal fault|x86
CVE-2018-12126|MSBDS|msbds|Fallout, microarchitectural store buffer data sampling (MSBDS)|x86
CVE-2018-12130|MFBDS|mfbds|ZombieLoad, microarchitectural fill buffer data sampling (MFBDS)|x86
CVE-2018-12127|MLPDS|mlpds|RIDL, microarchitectural load port data sampling (MLPDS)|x86
CVE-2019-11091|MDSUM|mdsum|RIDL, microarchitectural data sampling uncacheable memory (MDSUM)|x86
CVE-2019-11135|TAA|taa|ZombieLoad V2, TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA)|x86
CVE-2018-12207|ITLBMH|itlbmh|No eXcuses, iTLB Multihit, machine check exception on page size changes (MCEPSC)|x86
CVE-2020-0543|SRBDS|srbds|Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS)|x86
CVE-2022-21123|SBDR|mmio|Shared Buffers Data Read (SBDR), MMIO Stale Data|x86
CVE-2022-21125|SBDS|mmio|Shared Buffers Data Sampling (SBDS), MMIO Stale Data|x86
CVE-2022-21166|DRPW|mmio|Device Register Partial Write (DRPW), MMIO Stale Data|x86
CVE-2023-20588|DIV0|div0|Division by Zero, AMD Zen1 speculative data leak|x86
CVE-2023-20593|ZENBLEED|zenbleed|Zenbleed, cross-process information leak|x86
CVE-2022-40982|DOWNFALL|downfall|Downfall, gather data sampling (GDS)|x86
CVE-2022-29900|RETBLEED AMD|retbleed|Retbleed, arbitrary speculative code execution with return instructions (AMD)|x86
CVE-2022-29901|RETBLEED INTEL|retbleed|Retbleed, arbitrary speculative code execution with return instructions (Intel)|x86
CVE-2023-20569|INCEPTION|inception|Inception, return address security (RAS)|x86
CVE-2023-23583|REPTAR|reptar|Reptar, redundant prefix issue|x86
CVE-2024-36350|TSA_SQ|tsa|Transient Scheduler Attack - Store Queue (TSA-SQ)|x86
CVE-2024-36357|TSA_L1|tsa|Transient Scheduler Attack - L1 (TSA-L1)|x86
CVE-2024-28956|ITS|its|Indirect Target Selection (ITS)|x86
CVE-2025-40300|VMSCAPE|vmscape|VMScape, VM-exit stale branch prediction|x86
CVE-2023-28746|RFDS|rfds|Register File Data Sampling (RFDS)|x86
CVE-2024-45332|BPI|bpi|Branch Privilege Injection (BPI)|x86
CVE-0000-0001|SLS|sls|Straight-Line Speculation (SLS)|
CVE-2025-54505|FPDSS|fpdss|FPDSS, AMD Zen1 Floating-Point Divider Stale Data Leak|x86
CVE-0001-0001|ARM SPEC AT|arm_spec_at|ARM64 errata 1165522/1319367/1319537/1530923, Speculative AT TLB corruption|arm
CVE-0001-0002|ARM SPEC UNPRIV LOAD|arm_spec_unpriv_load|ARM64 errata 2966298/3117295, Speculative unprivileged load|arm
CVE-0001-0003|ARM SSBS NOSYNC|arm_ssbs_nosync|ARM64 erratum 3194386, MSR SSBS not self-synchronizing|arm
'
# Derive the supported CVE list from the registry
g_supported_cve_list=$(echo "$CVE_REGISTRY" | grep '^CVE-' | cut -d'|' -f1)
# Look up a field from the CVE registry
# Args: $1=cve_id $2=field_number (see CVE_REGISTRY format above)
# Callers: cve2name, _is_cpu_affected_cached, pvulnstatus
_cve_registry_field() {
local line
line=$(echo "$CVE_REGISTRY" | grep -E "^$1\|")
if [ -z "$line" ]; then
echo "$0: error: invalid CVE '$1' passed to _cve_registry_field()" >&2
exit 255
fi
echo "$line" | cut -d'|' -f"$2"
}
# find a sane command to print colored messages, we prefer `printf` over `echo`
# because `printf` behavior is more standard across Linux/BSD
# we'll try to avoid using shell builtins that might not take options
g_echo_cmd_type='echo'
# ignore SC2230 here because `which` ignores builtins while `command -v` doesn't, and
# we don't want builtins here. Even if `which` is not installed, we'll fallback to the
# `echo` builtin anyway, so this is safe.
# shellcheck disable=SC2230
if command -v printf >/dev/null 2>&1; then
g_echo_cmd=$(command -v printf)
g_echo_cmd_type='printf'
elif which echo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
g_echo_cmd=$(which echo)
else
# maybe the `which` command is broken?
[ -x /bin/echo ] && g_echo_cmd=/bin/echo
# for Android
[ -x /system/bin/echo ] && g_echo_cmd=/system/bin/echo
fi
# still empty? fallback to builtin
[ -z "$g_echo_cmd" ] && g_echo_cmd='echo'