1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass b/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
index e8668b2566..512d4c7302 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
@@ -39,15 +39,12 @@ CVE_CHECK_CREATE_MANIFEST ??= "1"
 # Whitelist for packages (PN)
 CVE_CHECK_PN_WHITELIST ?= ""
 
-# Whitelist for CVE and version of package. If a CVE is found then the PV is
-# compared with the version list, and if found the CVE is considered
-# patched.
-#
-# The value should be valid Python in this format:
-# {
-#   'CVE-2014-2524': ('6.3','5.2')
-# }
-CVE_CHECK_CVE_WHITELIST ?= "{}"
+# Whitelist for CVE. If a CVE is found, then it is considered patched.
+# The value is a string containing space separated CVE values:
+# 
+# CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST = 'CVE-2014-2524 CVE-2018-1234'
+# 
+CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST ?= ""
 
 python do_cve_check () {
     """
@@ -185,7 +182,10 @@ def check_cves(d, patched_cves):
         bb.note("Recipe has been whitelisted, skipping check")
         return ([], [])
 
-    cve_whitelist = ast.literal_eval(d.getVar("CVE_CHECK_CVE_WHITELIST"))
+    old_cve_whitelist =  d.getVar("CVE_CHECK_CVE_WHITELIST")
+    if old_cve_whitelist:
+        bb.warn("CVE_CHECK_CVE_WHITELIST is deprecated, please use CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST.")
+    cve_whitelist = d.getVar("CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST").split()
 
     import sqlite3
     db_file = d.getVar("CVE_CHECK_DB_FILE")
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def check_cves(d, patched_cves):
             version_end = row[6]
             operator_end = row[7]
 
-            if pv in cve_whitelist.get(cve, []):
+            if cve in cve_whitelist:
                 bb.note("%s-%s has been whitelisted for %s" % (product, pv, cve))
             elif cve in patched_cves:
                 bb.note("%s has been patched" % (cve))