Spectre & Meltdown vulnerability/mitigation checker for Linux

Install / Update Security
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ok I admit I am aware but woefully uninformed on Spectre & Meltdown and offer these for insight - maintenance and support is a bear and of course ignorance is no excuse :slight_smile:

Here is a script to run a check

Ubuntu 17.10
https://linuxhint.com/check-patch-spectre-meltdown-ubuntu/

VirtualBox
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=86118

KVM/QEMU
https://www.qemu.org/2018/01/04/spectre/

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