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[v1] doc: add note about patching third party dependencies

Message ID 1564484875-75300-1-git-send-email-john.mcnamara@intel.com (mailing list archive)
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Series [v1] doc: add note about patching third party dependencies |

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John McNamara July 30, 2019, 11:07 a.m. UTC 
  Added a note to the getting started guides about patching third
party libraries/dependencies to avoid any known vulnerabilities.

Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst | 6 ++++++
 doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst             | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

Comments

Thomas Monjalon Aug. 6, 2019, 9:45 p.m. UTC | #1 
30/07/2019 13:07, John McNamara:
> Added a note to the getting started guides about patching third
> party libraries/dependencies to avoid any known vulnerabilities.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

Applied, thanks
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diff --git a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
index 633699e..baead28 100644
--- a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@  those below would be added to the file ``/boot/loader.conf``.
     hw.nic_uio.bdfs="2:0:0,2:0:1"
     nic_uio_load="YES"
 
+.. note::
+
+   Please ensure that the latest patches are applied any third party libraries
+   or software to avoid any known vulnerabilities.
+
+
 Compiling and Running the Example Applications
 ----------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index 10b01e3..d235905 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@  Compilation of the DPDK
 
 *   Python, version 2.7+ or 3.2+, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package.
 
+.. note::
+
+   Please ensure that the latest patches are applied to third party libraries
+   and software to avoid any known vulnerabilities.
+
 
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