migration-guide: add release notes for 5.0.17

From: Lee Chee Yang <chee.yang.lee@intel.com>

Signed-off-by: Lee Chee Yang <chee.yang.lee@intel.com>
---
 .../migration-guides/release-5.0.rst          |   1 +
 .../migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.17.rst | 261 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 262 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.17.rst

On Fri Apr 17, 2026 at 8:49 AM CEST, Lee Chee Yang via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> From: Lee Chee Yang <chee.yang.lee@intel.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Chee Yang <chee.yang.lee@intel.com>
> ---
>  .../migration-guides/release-5.0.rst          |   1 +
>  .../migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.17.rst | 261 ++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 262 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.17.rst
>
> diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.0.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.0.rst
> index b98e0141c..76d8ae3b0 100644
> --- a/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.0.rst
> +++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.0.rst
> @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ Release 5.0 (scarthgap)
>     release-notes-5.0.14
>     release-notes-5.0.15
>     release-notes-5.0.16
> +   release-notes-5.0.17
> diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.17.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.17.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000..aef61272b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-5.0.17.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
> +Release notes for Yocto-5.0.17 (Scarthgap)
> +------------------------------------------

I think the openssl upgrade should be made more visible. Something like:
OpenSSL was upgraded to 3.5.5 (from 3.2.6) in
https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?h=scarthgap&id=c4fc6ee6986fbd05d72bf1e6bb1d2c4eee84e5db
> Openssl 3.2 has reached EOL.
> Some projects would like to use LTS version due to criticality and
> exposure of this component, so upgrade to 3.5 branch.
To ensure stability through this upgrade, this was tested on a meta-openembedded
world build.

> +
> +Security Fixes in Yocto-5.0.17
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +-  alsa-lib: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-25068`
> +-  avahi: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-68276`, :cve_nist:`2025-68468`, :cve_nist:`2025-68471` and
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-24401`
> +-  bind: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-13878`
> +-  busybox: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-60876`
> +-  ffmpeg: ignore :cve_nist:`2025-1594`, :cve_nist:`2025-10256`, :cve_nist:`2025-12343` and
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-25468`
> +-  freetype: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-23865`
> +-  gdk-pixbuf: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-6199`
> +-  glib-2.0: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-1484`, :cve_nist:`2026-1485` and :cve_nist:`2026-1489`
> +-  gnupg: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-68973`
> +-  gnutls: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-14831`
> +-  go 1.22.12: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-61726`, :cve_nist:`2025-61728`, :cve_nist:`2025-61730`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-61731`, :cve_nist:`2025-61732`, :cve_nist:`2025-68119` and :cve_nist:`2025-68121`
> +-  harfbuzz: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-22693`
> +-  inetutils: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-28372` and :cve_nist:`2026-32746`
> +-  libpng: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-25646`
> +-  libsndfile1: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-56226`
> +-  libtheora: Ignore :cve_nist:`2024-56431`
> +-  linux-yocto/6.6: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-38593`, :cve_nist:`2025-38643`, :cve_nist:`2025-38678`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-40039`, :cve_nist:`2025-40040`, :cve_nist:`2025-40149`, :cve_nist:`2025-40164`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-40251`, :cve_nist:`2025-68211`, :cve_nist:`2025-68214`, :cve_nist:`2025-68223`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-68340`, :cve_nist:`2025-68365`, :cve_nist:`2025-68725`, :cve_nist:`2025-68817`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71068`, :cve_nist:`2025-71071`, :cve_nist:`2025-71075`, :cve_nist:`2025-71077`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71078`, :cve_nist:`2025-71079`, :cve_nist:`2025-71081`, :cve_nist:`2025-71082`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71083`, :cve_nist:`2025-71084`, :cve_nist:`2025-71085`, :cve_nist:`2025-71086`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71087`, :cve_nist:`2025-71088`, :cve_nist:`2025-71089`, :cve_nist:`2025-71091`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71093`, :cve_nist:`2025-71094`, :cve_nist:`2025-71095`, :cve_nist:`2025-71096`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71097`, :cve_nist:`2025-71098`, :cve_nist:`2025-71101`, :cve_nist:`2025-71102`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71104`, :cve_nist:`2025-71105`, :cve_nist:`2025-71107`, :cve_nist:`2025-71108`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71111`, :cve_nist:`2025-71112`, :cve_nist:`2025-71113`, :cve_nist:`2025-71114`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71116`, :cve_nist:`2025-71118`, :cve_nist:`2025-71119`, :cve_nist:`2025-71120`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71121`, :cve_nist:`2025-71122`, :cve_nist:`2025-71125`, :cve_nist:`2025-71126`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71127`, :cve_nist:`2025-71129`, :cve_nist:`2025-71130`, :cve_nist:`2025-71131`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71132`, :cve_nist:`2025-71133`, :cve_nist:`2025-71136`, :cve_nist:`2025-71137`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71138`, :cve_nist:`2025-71141`, :cve_nist:`2025-71143`, :cve_nist:`2025-71147`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71148`, :cve_nist:`2025-71149`, :cve_nist:`2025-71150`, :cve_nist:`2025-71151`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71153`, :cve_nist:`2025-71154`, :cve_nist:`2025-71160`, :cve_nist:`2025-71162`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71163`, :cve_nist:`2025-71180`, :cve_nist:`2025-71182`, :cve_nist:`2025-71183`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71185`, :cve_nist:`2025-71186`, :cve_nist:`2025-71188`, :cve_nist:`2025-71189`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2025-71190`, :cve_nist:`2025-71191`, :cve_nist:`2025-71200`, :cve_nist:`2026-22976`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-22977`, :cve_nist:`2026-22978`, :cve_nist:`2026-22979`, :cve_nist:`2026-22980`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-22982`, :cve_nist:`2026-22984`, :cve_nist:`2026-22990`, :cve_nist:`2026-22991`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-22992`, :cve_nist:`2026-22994`, :cve_nist:`2026-22997`, :cve_nist:`2026-22998`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-22999`, :cve_nist:`2026-23001`, :cve_nist:`2026-23003`, :cve_nist:`2026-23005`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23006`, :cve_nist:`2026-23010`, :cve_nist:`2026-23011`, :cve_nist:`2026-23019`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23020`, :cve_nist:`2026-23021`, :cve_nist:`2026-23025`, :cve_nist:`2026-23026`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23060`, :cve_nist:`2026-23061`, :cve_nist:`2026-23062`, :cve_nist:`2026-23063`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23064`, :cve_nist:`2026-23068`, :cve_nist:`2026-23069`, :cve_nist:`2026-23071`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23073`, :cve_nist:`2026-23074`, :cve_nist:`2026-23075`, :cve_nist:`2026-23076`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23078`, :cve_nist:`2026-23080`, :cve_nist:`2026-23083`, :cve_nist:`2026-23084`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23085`, :cve_nist:`2026-23086`, :cve_nist:`2026-23087`, :cve_nist:`2026-23088`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23089`, :cve_nist:`2026-23090`, :cve_nist:`2026-23091`, :cve_nist:`2026-23093`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23094`, :cve_nist:`2026-23095`, :cve_nist:`2026-23096`, :cve_nist:`2026-23097`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23098`, :cve_nist:`2026-23099`, :cve_nist:`2026-23101`, :cve_nist:`2026-23102`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23103`, :cve_nist:`2026-23105`, :cve_nist:`2026-23107`, :cve_nist:`2026-23108`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23110`, :cve_nist:`2026-23113`, :cve_nist:`2026-23116`, :cve_nist:`2026-23119`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23120`, :cve_nist:`2026-23121`, :cve_nist:`2026-23123`, :cve_nist:`2026-23124`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23125`, :cve_nist:`2026-23126`, :cve_nist:`2026-23128`, :cve_nist:`2026-23131`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23133`, :cve_nist:`2026-23135`, :cve_nist:`2026-23136`, :cve_nist:`2026-23139`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23140`, :cve_nist:`2026-23141`, :cve_nist:`2026-23142`, :cve_nist:`2026-23144`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23146`, :cve_nist:`2026-23150`, :cve_nist:`2026-23156`, :cve_nist:`2026-23160`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23163`, :cve_nist:`2026-23164`, :cve_nist:`2026-23167`, :cve_nist:`2026-23168`,
> +   :cve_nist:`2026-23170`, :cve_nist:`2026-23172`, :cve_nist:`2026-23173` and :cve_nist:`2026-23212`
> +-  openssl: fix :cve_nist:`2025-15468` and :cve_nist:`2025-69419`
> +-  python3-cryptography: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-26007`
> +-  python3-pip: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-1703`
> +-  python3-pyopenssl: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-27448` and :cve_nist:`2026-27459`
> +-  tiff: ignore :cve_nist:`2025-61144` and :cve_nist:`2025-61145`
> +-  vim: ignore :cve_nist:`2025-66476`
> +-  zlib: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-27171`
> +
> +
> +Fixes in Yocto-5.0.17
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +-  README: Add scarthgap subject-prefix to git-send-email suggestion
> +-  bind: upgrade to 9.18.44
> +-  bitbake: COW: Fix hardcoded magic numbers and work with python 3.13
> +-  bitbake: fetch2: Fix LFS object checkout in submodules
> +-  bitbake: fetch2: Fix incorrect lfs parametrization for submodules
> +-  bitbake: fetch2: don't try to preserve all attributes when unpacking files
> +-  bitbake: gitsm: Add clean function
> +-  build-appliance-image: Update to scarthgap head revision
> +-  classes/buildhistory: Do not sign buildhistory commits
> +-  create-pull-request: Keep commit hash to be pulled in cover email
> +-  dev-manual: delete references to "tar" package format
> +-  docs: Makefile: pass -silent to latexmk
> +-  go-vendor: Fix absolute paths issue
> +-  improve_kernel_cve_report: add option to read debugsources.zstd
> +-  improve_kernel_cve_report: do not override backported-patch
> +-  improve_kernel_cve_report: do not use custom version
> +-  linux-yocto/6.6: upgrade to v6.6.123
> +-  lsb.py: strip ' from os-release file
> +-  migration-guides: add release notes for 5.0.16
> +-  mobile-broadband-provider-info: upgrade to 20251101
> +-  oe-setup-build: Fix typo
> +-  oeqa/selftest/wic: test recursive dir copy on ext partitions
> +-  openssl: upgrade to 3.5.5
(for reference ^ the openssl upgrade is just mentionned here)

> +-  overview-manual/concepts: list other possible class directories
> +-  overview-manual: escape wildcard in inline markup
> +-  poky.conf: Bump version for 5.0.17 release
> +-  poky.conf: add Centos Stream 9, fedora-41, rocky-8 to :term:`SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS`
> +-  pseudo: Update to include a fix for systems with kernel <5.6
> +-  python3-pip: drop unused Windows distlib launcher templates
> +-  python3-setuptools: drop Windows launcher executables on non-mingw builds
> +-  ref-manual/classes.rst: fix broken links to U-Boot documentation
> +-  ref-manual/system-requirements.rst: update supported, end-of-life and untested distros
> +-  scripts/install-buildtools: Update to 5.0.15
> +-  spdx30_tasks: Exclude 'doc' when exporting :term:`PACKAGECONFIG` to :term:`SPDX`
> +-  spdx: add option to include only compiled sources
> +-  systemd-systemctl: Fix instance name parsing with escapes or periods
> +-  tzdata,tzcode-native: upgrade to 2025c
> +-  u-boot: move CVE Fixes out of the common .inc file
> +-  uboot-config: Fix devtool modify
> +-  weston: fix a touch-calibrator issue
> +-  what-i-wish-id-known.rst: replace figure by the new SVG
> +-  wic/engine: error on old host debugfs for standalone directory copy
> +-  wic/engine: fix copying directories into wic image with ext* partition
> +-  wireless-regdb: upgrade to 2026.02.04
> +
> +
> +Known Issues in Yocto-5.0.17
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +- N/A
> +
> +Contributors to Yocto-5.0.17
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +-  Aleksandar Nikolic
> +-  Amaury Couderc
> +-  Ankur Tyagi
> +-  Antonin Godard
> +-  Benjamin Robin (Schneider Electric)
> +-  Bruce Ashfield
> +-  Daniel Dragomir
> +-  Daniel Turull
> +-  Deepak Rathore
> +-  Dragomir, Daniel
> +-  Eduardo Ferreira
> +-  Fabio Berton
> +-  Hitendra Prajapati
> +-  Hugo SIMELIERE
> +-  João Marcos Costa (Schneider Electric)
> +-  Kristiyan Chakarov
> +-  Krupal Ka Patel
> +-  Lee Chee Yang
> +-  Livin Sunny
> +-  Martin Jansa
> +-  Michael Opdenacker
> +-  Ming Liu
> +-  Nguyen Dat Tho
> +-  Paul Barker
> +-  Peter Marko
> +-  Philip Lorenz
> +-  Quentin Schulz
> +-  Richard Purdie
> +-  Robert P. J. Day
> +-  Robert Yang
> +-  Ross Burton
> +-  Ryan Eatmon
> +-  Shaik Moin
> +-  Tom Hochstein
> +-  Trent Piepho
> +-  Vijay Anusuri
> +-  Yoann Congal
> +
> +Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-5.0.17
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +yocto-docs
> +
> +-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/yocto-docs`
> +-  Branch: :yocto_git:`scarthgap </yocto-docs/log/?h=scarthgap>`
> +-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-5.0.17 </yocto-docs/log/?h=yocto-5.0.17>`
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