1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/flex/flex_2.6.4.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/flex/flex_2.6.4.bb
index 56f5b742e2..6a47ef1bd8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/flex/flex_2.6.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/flex/flex_2.6.4.bb
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e87aae032bf07c26f85ac0ed3250998c37621d95f8bd748b31f15b33c4
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/westes/flex/releases"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "flex-(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)\.tar"
 
+# Disputed - yes there is stack exhaustion but no bug and it is building the
+# parser, not running it, effectively similar to a compiler ICE. Upstream no plans to address
+# https://github.com/westes/flex/issues/414
+CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2019-6293"
+
 inherit autotools gettext texinfo ptest
 
 M4 = "${bindir}/m4"