Added a note to the getting started guides about patching third
party libraries/dependencies to avoid any known vulnerabilities.
Signed-off-by: John McNamara <john.mcnam...@intel.com>
---
doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst | 6 ++++++
doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
index 633699e..baead28 100644
--- a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ those below would be added to the file ``/boot/loader.conf``.
hw.nic_uio.bdfs="2:0:0,2:0:1"
nic_uio_load="YES"
+.. note::
+
+ Please ensure that the latest patches are applied any third party libraries
+ or software to avoid any known vulnerabilities.
+
+
Compiling and Running the Example Applications
----------------------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index 10b01e3..d235905 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
* Python, version 2.7+ or 3.2+, to use various helper scripts included in
the DPDK package.
+.. note::
+
+ Please ensure that the latest patches are applied to third party libraries
+ and software to avoid any known vulnerabilities.
+
**Optional Tools:**
--
2.7.5
