Re: [OE-core][dunfell 01/18] cve-extra-exclusions: add db CVEs to exclusion list

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, 2021-12-03 at 08:18 -1000, Steve Sakoman wrote:
> Since Oracle relicensed bdb, the open source community is slowly but surely replacing bdb with
> supported and open source friendly alternatives. As a result these CVEs are unlikely to ever be fixed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>
> ---
>  meta/conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc
> index a6f52b5de7..e02a4d1fde 100644
> --- a/meta/conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc
> +++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc
> @@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2010-4756"
>  # exposing this interface in an exploitable way
>  CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2020-29509 CVE-2020-29511"
>  
> -
> +# db
> +# Since Oracle relicensed bdb, the open source community is slowly but surely replacing bdb with
> +# supported and open source friendly alternatives. As a result these CVEs are unlikely to ever be fixed.
> +CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2015-2583 CVE-2015-2624 CVE-2015-2626 CVE-2015-2640 CVE-2015-2654 \
> +CVE-2015-2656 CVE-2015-4754 CVE-2015-4764 CVE-2015-4774 CVE-2015-4775 CVE-2015-4776 CVE-2015-4777 \
> +CVE-2015-4778 CVE-2015-4779 CVE-2015-4780 CVE-2015-4781 CVE-2015-4782 CVE-2015-4783 CVE-2015-4784 \
> +CVE-2015-4785 CVE-2015-4786 CVE-2015-4787 CVE-2015-4788 CVE-2015-4789 CVE-2015-4790 CVE-2016-0682 \
> +CVE-2016-0689 CVE-2016-0692 CVE-2016-0694 CVE-2016-3418 CVE-2020-2981"
>  
>  #### CPE update pending ####
>  


Do we need to fix this in master first?

Cheers,

Richard