#!/usr/bin/perl # check_kernel_status : check if the running kernel is the latest installed # By Toni Van Remortel [toni.van.remortel@p-ops.be] # 2008-07-28 # GPLv2 $OK = 0; $WARN = 1; $CRIT = 2; $UNKN = 3; # First, find the current running kernel version if ( -e '/proc/version_signature' ) { # Likely Ubuntu $sig = `cat /proc/version_signature`; if ( $sig =~ /.* (\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)-(\d+)\.(\d+)-[generic|server]/ ) { @running_version = ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5); } else { print "UNKNOWN - Cannot find running Ubuntu kernel version\n"; exit $UNKN; } } elsif ( -e '/proc/version' ) { # Likely Debian $sig = `cat /proc/version`; if ( $sig =~ /\(Debian (\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.dfsg\.(\d+)-(\d+)\)/ || $sig =~ /\(Debian (\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.dfsg\.(\d+)-(\d+)\w+(\d+)\)/ || $sig =~ /\(Debian (\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)-(\d+).+?(\d+).+?(\d+)\)/ || $sig =~ /\(Debian (\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)-(\d+)lenny(\d+)\)/ ) { @running_version = ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6); } else { print "UNKNOWN - Cannot find running Debian kernel version\n"; exit $UNKN; } } else { print "UNKNOWN - Cannot extract running kernel info\n"; exit $UNKN; } # Next, find the installed kernel version # Yes, as you can see, it is limited to 2.6 kernels here. # But I assume that you don't need reboots anymore when this major version has passed. $dpkg_list = `dpkg -l | grep linux-image-2.6`; chomp($dpkg_list); @dpkg_lines = split("\n", $dpkg_list); $dpkg = pop(@dpkg_lines); # Now, which OS is it, and which footprint do they use? if ( $dpkg =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)-(\d+)\.(\d+)/ ) { # Ubuntu @installed_version = ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, 0); } elsif ( $dpkg =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.dfsg\.(\d+)-(\d+)\w+(\d+)/ ) { # Debian Etch and older @installed_version = ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6); } elsif ( $dpkg =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.dfsg\.(\d+)-(\d+) / ) { # Debian Etch and older @installed_version = ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, 0); } elsif ( $dpkg =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)-(\d+)\~.+?(\d+).+?(\d+)/ ) { # Debian Etch and older @installed_version = ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6); } elsif ( $dpkg =~ /Debian (\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\+(\d+)\+lenny(\d+)/ ) { # Debian Lenny @installed_version = ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, 0); } else { print "UNKNOWN - Could not determine installed version.\n"; exit $UNKN; } # Calculate sums for easy comparison $running_version_sum = sprintf("%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d", @running_version); $installed_version_sum = sprintf("%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d", @installed_version); # And some readable format $print_running_version = sprintf("%d.%d.%d-%d.%d.%d", @running_version); $print_installed_version = sprintf("%d.%d.%d-%d.%d.%d", @installed_version); # Do we need a reboot? if ( $running_version_sum < $installed_version_sum ) { print "WARNING - Reboot required : running kernel = $print_running_version, installed kernel = $print_installed_version\n"; exit $WARN; } else { print "OK - running kernel = $print_running_version, installed kernel = $print_installed_version\n"; exit $OK; }