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[kirkstone,30/40] cve-update-db-native: let the user to drive the update interval

Message ID 0007dd0edb39123201a46886a4e71d001c118ddf.1652192957.git.steve@sakoman.com
State Accepted, archived
Commit 0007dd0edb39123201a46886a4e71d001c118ddf
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Series [kirkstone,01/40] openssl: extract legacy provider module to a separate package | expand

Commit Message

Steve Sakoman May 10, 2022, 2:37 p.m. UTC 
From: Marta Rybczynska <rybczynska@gmail.com>

Add a new variable CVE_DB_UPDATE_INTERVAL allowing the user to set
the database update interval.
 - a positive value sets an interval (in seconds)
 - a zero ("0") forces the database update

Signed-off-by: Marta Rybczynska <marta.rybczynska@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
(cherry picked from commit fe7bc6f16184d5ebdb1dd914b6dcb75c9e5e0c9c)
Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>
---
 meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
index af39480dda..c8c1cbf115 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@  deltask do_install
 deltask do_populate_sysroot
 
 NVDCVE_URL ?= "https://nvd.nist.gov/feeds/json/cve/1.1/nvdcve-1.1-"
+# CVE database update interval, in seconds. By default: once a day (24*60*60).
+# Use 0 to force the update
+CVE_DB_UPDATE_INTERVAL ?= "86400"
 
 python () {
     if not bb.data.inherits_class("cve-check", d):
@@ -44,11 +47,16 @@  python do_fetch() {
             os.remove(db_file)
 
     # The NVD database changes once a day, so no need to update more frequently
+    # Allow the user to force-update
     try:
         import time
-        if time.time() - os.path.getmtime(db_file) < (24*60*60):
+        update_interval = int(d.getVar("CVE_DB_UPDATE_INTERVAL"))
+        if (update_interval < 0):
+            update_interval = 0
+        if time.time() - os.path.getmtime(db_file) < update_interval:
             bb.debug(2, "Recently updated, skipping")
             return
+
     except OSError:
         pass