[PATCH 2/4] scripts: add "scan" mode to process-advisories.sh to find more backports

This will look through the stable branches to find additional backports of 
the fix for the given advisory.

Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <[email protected]>
---
 scripts/process-advisories.sh | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/process-advisories.sh b/scripts/process-advisories.sh
index a520fab5e6..00a8cd9416 100755
--- a/scripts/process-advisories.sh
+++ b/scripts/process-advisories.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ command=$1
 
 usage () {
     cat >&2 <<EOF
-usage: $0 {update|news}
+usage: $0 {update|news|scan}
 EOF
     exit 1
 }
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ EOF
 command="$1"
 
 case "$command" in
-    update|news)
+    update|news|scan)
     ;;
     *)
         usage
@@ -69,6 +69,36 @@ advisories_update() {
     done
 }
 
+advisories_scan() {
+  advisory=$1
+
+  if [ -z $1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 update GLIBC-SA-YYYY-NNNN"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  advisory_file=advisories/$advisory
+
+  FIX=$(sed -nr '/^Fix-Commit: /s/Fix-Commit: *([0-9a-fA-F]+) *\(2\.[0-9]+\).*/\1/p' $advisory_file)
+
+  if [ -z "${FIX}" ]; then
+    echo "No Fix-Commit found in $advisory_file"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  for n in $(seq 20 44); do
+    BACKPORT=($(git log ..origin/release/2.${n}/master --grep "cherry picked from commit ${FIX}"   --format=%H))
+    if [ ${#BACKPORT[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+      continue
+    fi
+    if [ ${#BACKPORT[@]} -ne 1 ]; then
+      echo "Multiple matches for backport of ${FIX} found in branch 2.${n}"
+      continue
+    fi
+    grep -q "^Fix-Commit: ${BACKPORT[0]} " $advisory_file || echo "Fix-Commit: ${BACKPORT[0]} ($(get_rel ${BACKPORT[0]}))" >> $advisory_file
+  done
+}
+
 advisories_news() {
   rel=$(get_rel "HEAD")
   for f in $(grep -l "^Fix-Commit: .* ($rel)$" advisories/*); do
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