FAILED: patch "[PATCH] netfilter: nft_exthdr: break evaluation if setting TCP option" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

[<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From 962e5a40358787105f126ab1dc01604da3d169e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:34:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nft_exthdr: break evaluation if setting TCP option
 fails

Break rule evaluation on malformed TCP options.

Fixes: 99d1712bc41c ("netfilter: exthdr: tcp option set support")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
index af4ee874a067..dbe1f2e7dd9e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static void nft_exthdr_tcp_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 
 	tcph = nft_tcp_header_pointer(pkt, sizeof(buff), buff, &tcphdr_len);
 	if (!tcph)
-		return;
+		goto err;
 
 	opt = (u8 *)tcph;
 	for (i = sizeof(*tcph); i < tcphdr_len - 1; i += optl) {
@@ -251,16 +251,16 @@ static void nft_exthdr_tcp_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 			continue;
 
 		if (i + optl > tcphdr_len || priv->len + priv->offset > optl)
-			return;
+			goto err;
 
 		if (skb_ensure_writable(pkt->skb,
 					nft_thoff(pkt) + i + priv->len))
-			return;
+			goto err;
 
 		tcph = nft_tcp_header_pointer(pkt, sizeof(buff), buff,
 					      &tcphdr_len);
 		if (!tcph)
-			return;
+			goto err;
 
 		offset = i + priv->offset;
 
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ static void nft_exthdr_tcp_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 
 		return;
 	}
+	return;
+err:
+	regs->verdict.code = NFT_BREAK;
 }
 
 static void nft_exthdr_sctp_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,