1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

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