doc: advise patching third party dependencies

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / freebsd_gsg / install_from_ports.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst b/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/install_from_ports.rst
index 633699e..a895d61 100644 (file)
--- 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 to third party libraries
+   and software to avoid any known vulnerabilities.
+
+
 Compiling and Running the Example Applications
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