4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> commit ba7cd5d95f25cc6005f687dabdb4e7a6063adda9 upstream. xt_cgroup_info_v1->priv is an internal pointer only used for kernel, we should not trust what user-space provides. Reported-by: <syzbot+4fbcfcc0d2e6592bd641@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: c38c4597e4bf ("netfilter: implement xt_cgroup cgroup2 path match") Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c +++ b/net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static int cgroup_mt_check_v1(const stru return -EINVAL; } + info->priv = NULL; if (info->has_path) { cgrp = cgroup_get_from_path(info->path); if (IS_ERR(cgrp)) {