patchtest: remove test for CVE tag in mbox

diff --git a/meta/lib/patchtest/selftest/files/TestMbox.test_cve_presence_in_commit_message.fail b/meta/lib/patchtest/selftest/files/TestMbox.test_cve_presence_in_commit_message.fail
deleted file mode 100644
index d40b8a936bf..00000000000
--- a/meta/lib/patchtest/selftest/files/TestMbox.test_cve_presence_in_commit_message.fail
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ 
-From 14d72f6973270f78455a8628143f2cff90e8f41e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
-Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:12:27 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] selftest-hello: fix CVE-1234-56789
-
-This patch should fail the test for CVE presence in the mbox commit message.
-
-Signed-off-by: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
----
- .../selftest-hello/files/CVE-1234-56789.patch | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
- .../selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb      |  6 +++--
- 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
- create mode 100644 meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/files/CVE-1234-56789.patch
-
-diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/files/CVE-1234-56789.patch b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/files/CVE-1234-56789.patch
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000000..869cfb6fe5
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/files/CVE-1234-56789.patch
-@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
-+From b26a31186e6ee2eb1f506d5f2f9394d327a0df2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-+From: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
-+Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:08:20 -0400
-+Subject: [PATCH] Fix CVE-NOT-REAL
-+
-+CVE: CVE-1234-56789
-+Upstream-Status: Backport(http://example.com/example)
-+
-+Signed-off-by: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
-+---
-+ strlen.c | 1 +
-+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-+
-+diff --git a/strlen.c b/strlen.c
-+index 1788f38..83d7918 100644
-+--- a/strlen.c
-++++ b/strlen.c
-+@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ int main() {
-+ 
-+ 	printf("%d\n", str_len(string1));
-+ 	printf("%d\n", str_len(string2));
-++	printf("CVE FIXED!!!\n");
-+ 
-+ 	return 0;
-+ }
-+-- 
-+2.41.0
-diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb
-index 547587bef4..76975a6729 100644
---- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb
-+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb
-@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ SECTION = "examples"
- LICENSE = "MIT"
- LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
- 
--SRC_URI = "file://helloworld.c"
-+SRC_URI = "file://helloworld.c \
-+           file://CVE-1234-56789.patch \
-+           "
- 
- S = "${WORKDIR}"
- 
-@@ -16,4 +18,4 @@ do_install() {
- 	install -m 0755 helloworld ${D}${bindir}
- }
- 
--BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
-\ No newline at end of file
-+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
--- 
-2.41.0
-
diff --git a/meta/lib/patchtest/selftest/files/TestMbox.test_cve_presence_in_commit_message.pass b/meta/lib/patchtest/selftest/files/TestMbox.test_cve_presence_in_commit_message.pass
deleted file mode 100644
index 433c7a450ad..00000000000
--- a/meta/lib/patchtest/selftest/files/TestMbox.test_cve_presence_in_commit_message.pass
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@ 
-From 14d72f6973270f78455a8628143f2cff90e8f41e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
-Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:12:27 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] selftest-hello: fix CVE-1234-56789
-
-This test should pass the mbox cve tag test.
-
-CVE: CVE-1234-56789
-
-Signed-off-by: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
----
- .../selftest-hello/files/CVE-1234-56789.patch | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
- .../selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb      |  6 +++--
- 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
- create mode 100644 meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/files/CVE-1234-56789.patch
-
-diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/files/CVE-1234-56789.patch b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/files/CVE-1234-56789.patch
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000000..869cfb6fe5
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/files/CVE-1234-56789.patch
-@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
-+From b26a31186e6ee2eb1f506d5f2f9394d327a0df2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-+From: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
-+Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:08:20 -0400
-+Subject: [PATCH] Fix CVE-NOT-REAL
-+
-+CVE: CVE-1234-56789
-+Upstream-Status: Backport(http://example.com/example)
-+
-+Signed-off-by: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@baylibre.com>
-+---
-+ strlen.c | 1 +
-+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-+
-+diff --git a/strlen.c b/strlen.c
-+index 1788f38..83d7918 100644
-+--- a/strlen.c
-++++ b/strlen.c
-+@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ int main() {
-+ 
-+ 	printf("%d\n", str_len(string1));
-+ 	printf("%d\n", str_len(string2));
-++	printf("CVE FIXED!!!\n");
-+ 
-+ 	return 0;
-+ }
-+-- 
-+2.41.0
-diff --git a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb
-index 547587bef4..76975a6729 100644
---- a/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb
-+++ b/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hello/selftest-hello_1.0.bb
-@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ SECTION = "examples"
- LICENSE = "MIT"
- LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
- 
--SRC_URI = "file://helloworld.c"
-+SRC_URI = "file://helloworld.c \
-+           file://CVE-1234-56789.patch \
-+           "
- 
- S = "${WORKDIR}"
- 
-@@ -16,4 +18,4 @@ do_install() {
- 	install -m 0755 helloworld ${D}${bindir}
- }
- 
--BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
-\ No newline at end of file
-+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
--- 
-2.41.0
-
diff --git a/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_mbox.py b/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_mbox.py
index 2449564d0f2..0b623b7d17b 100644
--- a/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_mbox.py
+++ b/meta/lib/patchtest/tests/test_mbox.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ 
 
 import base
 import collections
-import parse_cve_tags
 import parse_shortlog
 import parse_signed_off_by
 import pyparsing
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@  class TestMbox(base.Base):
     rexp_detect = pyparsing.Regex('\[\s?YOCTO.*\]')
     rexp_validation = pyparsing.Regex('\[(\s?YOCTO\s?#\s?(\d+)\s?,?)+\]')
     revert_shortlog_regex = pyparsing.Regex('Revert\s+".*"')
-    prog = parse_cve_tags.cve_tag
-    patch_prog = parse_cve_tags.patch_cve_tag
     signoff_prog = parse_signed_off_by.signed_off_by
     revert_shortlog_regex = pyparsing.Regex('Revert\s+".*"')
     maxlength = 90
@@ -143,27 +140,6 @@  class TestMbox(base.Base):
             if not commit.commit_message.strip():
                 self.fail('Please include a commit message on your patch explaining the change', commit=commit)
 
-    def test_cve_presence_in_commit_message(self):
-        if self.unidiff_parse_error:
-            self.skip('Parse error %s' % self.unidiff_parse_error)
-
-        # we are just interested in series that introduce CVE patches, thus discard other
-        # possibilities: modification to current CVEs, patch directly introduced into the
-        # recipe, upgrades already including the CVE, etc.
-        new_patches = [p for p in self.patchset if p.path.endswith('.patch') and p.is_added_file]
-        if not new_patches:
-            self.skip('No new patches introduced')
-
-        for commit in TestMbox.commits:
-            # skip those patches that revert older commits, these do not required the tag presence
-            if self.revert_shortlog_regex.search_string(commit.shortlog):
-                continue
-            if not self.patch_prog.search_string(commit.payload):
-                self.skip("No CVE tag in added patch, so not needed in mbox")
-            elif not self.prog.search_string(commit.payload):
-                self.fail('A CVE tag should be provided in the commit message with format: "CVE: CVE-YYYY-XXXX"',
-                          commit=commit)
-
     def test_bugzilla_entry_format(self):
         for commit in TestMbox.commits:
             if not self.rexp_detect.search_string(commit.commit_message):