diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/generate-cve-exclusions.py b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/generate-cve-exclusions.py
index b45c2d5702..dfc16663a5 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/generate-cve-exclusions.py
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/generate-cve-exclusions.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import json
 import pathlib
 import os
 import glob
+import subprocess
 
 from packaging.version import Version
 
@@ -92,13 +93,16 @@ def main(argp=None):
     parser.add_argument("version", type=Version, help="Kernel version number to generate data for, such as 6.1.38")
 
     args = parser.parse_args(argp)
-    datadir = args.datadir
+    datadir = args.datadir.resolve()
     version = args.version
     base_version = Version(f"{version.major}.{version.minor}")
 
+    data_version = subprocess.check_output(("git", "describe", "--tags", "HEAD"), cwd=datadir, text=True)
+
     print(f"""
 # Auto-generated CVE metadata, DO NOT EDIT BY HAND.
-# Generated at {datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)} for version {version}
+# Generated at {datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)} for kernel version {version}
+# From {datadir.name} {data_version}
 
 python check_kernel_cve_status_version() {{
     this_version = "{version}"