3 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/cve_check.py b/meta/lib/oe/cve_check.py
index ce755f940a..a1d7c292af 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/cve_check.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/cve_check.py
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@ _Version = collections.namedtuple(
 class Version():
 
     def __init__(self, version, suffix=None):
+
+        suffixes = ["alphabetical", "patch"]
+
         if str(suffix) == "alphabetical":
             version_pattern =  r"""r?v?(?:(?P<release>[0-9]+(?:[-\.][0-9]+)*)(?P<patch>[-_\.]?(?P<patch_l>[a-z]))?(?P<pre>[-_\.]?(?P<pre_l>(rc|alpha|beta|pre|preview|dev))[-_\.]?(?P<pre_v>[0-9]+)?)?)(.*)?"""
+        elif str(suffix) == "patch":
+            version_pattern =  r"""r?v?(?:(?P<release>[0-9]+(?:[-\.][0-9]+)*)(?P<patch>[-_\.]?(p|patch)(?P<patch_l>[0-9]+))?(?P<pre>[-_\.]?(?P<pre_l>(rc|alpha|beta|pre|preview|dev))[-_\.]?(?P<pre_v>[0-9]+)?)?)(.*)?"""
         else:
             version_pattern =  r"""r?v?(?:(?P<release>[0-9]+(?:[-\.][0-9]+)*)(?P<pre>[-_\.]?(?P<pre_l>(rc|alpha|beta|pre|preview|dev))[-_\.]?(?P<pre_v>[0-9]+)?)?)(.*)?"""
         regex = re.compile(r"^\s*" + version_pattern + r"\s*$", re.VERBOSE | re.IGNORECASE)
@@ -23,7 +28,7 @@ class Version():
 
         self._version = _Version(
             release=tuple(int(i) for i in match.group("release").replace("-",".").split(".")),
-            patch_l=match.group("patch_l") if str(suffix) == "alphabetical" and match.group("patch_l") else "",
+            patch_l=match.group("patch_l") if str(suffix) in suffixes and match.group("patch_l") else "",
             pre_l=match.group("pre_l"),
             pre_v=match.group("pre_v")
         )
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/cve_check.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/cve_check.py
index 3f343a2841..d1947baffc 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/cve_check.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/cve_check.py
@@ -34,3 +34,11 @@ class CVECheck(OESelftestTestCase):
         self.assertTrue( result ,msg="Failed to compare version with suffix '1.0b' < '1.0r'")
         result = Version("1.0b","alphabetical") > Version("1.0","alphabetical")
         self.assertTrue( result ,msg="Failed to compare version with suffix '1.0b' > '1.0'")
+
+        # consider the trailing "p" and "patch" as patched released when comparing
+        result = Version("1.0","patch") < Version("1.0p1","patch")
+        self.assertTrue( result ,msg="Failed to compare version with suffix '1.0' < '1.0p1'")
+        result = Version("1.0p2","patch") > Version("1.0p1","patch")
+        self.assertTrue( result ,msg="Failed to compare version with suffix '1.0p2' > '1.0p1'")
+        result = Version("1.0_patch2","patch") < Version("1.0_patch3","patch")
+        self.assertTrue( result ,msg="Failed to compare version with suffix '1.0_patch2' < '1.0_patch3'")
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc
index 86a18be7e2..8b50f5eee5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc
@@ -49,3 +49,5 @@ do_compile_prepend () {
 do_install_prepend (){
         mkdir -p ${D}/${localstatedir}/lib
 }
+
+CVE_VERSION_SUFFIX = "patch"