From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	patches@lists.linux.dev,
	Jan Engelhardt <ej@inai.de>,
	Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>,
	=?UTF-8?q?Michal=20Koutn=C3=BD?= <mkoutny@suse.com>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12 1320/1376] netfilter: xt_cgroup: Make it independent from net_cls
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:02:26 +0200
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6.12-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@suse.com>

[ Upstream commit 3ba0032afea888d0edebf5ece3c6b36417189b63 ]

The xt_group matching supports the default hierarchy since commit
c38c4597e4bf3 ("netfilter: implement xt_cgroup cgroup2 path match").
The cgroup v1 matching (based on clsid) and cgroup v2 matching (based on
path) are rather independent. Downgrade the Kconfig dependency to
mere CONFIG_SOCK_GROUP_DATA so that xt_group can be built even without
CONFIG_NET_CLS_CGROUP for path matching.
Also add a message for users when they attempt to specify any clsid.

Link: https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/kernel@lists.opensuse.org/thread/S23NOILB7MUIRHSKPBOQKJHVSK26GP6X/
Cc: Jan Engelhardt <ej@inai.de>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Stable-dep-of: 793d9eda4821 ("netfilter: x_tables: replace pr_{info,err}() by pr_info_ratelimited()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 net/netfilter/Kconfig     |  2 +-
 net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
index df2dc21304efb..346ac2152fa18 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CGROUP
 	tristate '"control group" match support'
 	depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
 	depends on CGROUPS
-	select CGROUP_NET_CLASSID
+	select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA
 	help
 	Socket/process control group matching allows you to match locally
 	generated packets based on which net_cls control group processes
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c b/net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c
index bfc98719684e2..b182b9e0882b6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xtables: process control group matching");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ipt_cgroup");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ip6t_cgroup");
 
+#define NET_CLS_CLASSID_INVALID_MSG "xt_cgroup: classid invalid without net_cls cgroups\n"
+
 static int cgroup_mt_check_v0(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
 {
 	struct xt_cgroup_info_v0 *info = par->matchinfo;
@@ -30,6 +32,11 @@ static int cgroup_mt_check_v0(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
 	if (info->invert & ~1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_CLASSID)) {
+		pr_info(NET_CLS_CLASSID_INVALID_MSG);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -51,6 +58,11 @@ static int cgroup_mt_check_v1(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (info->has_classid && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_CLASSID)) {
+		pr_info(NET_CLS_CLASSID_INVALID_MSG);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	info->priv = NULL;
 	if (info->has_path) {
 		if (strnlen(info->path, sizeof(info->path)) >= sizeof(info->path))
@@ -86,6 +98,11 @@ static int cgroup_mt_check_v2(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (info->has_classid && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_CLASSID)) {
+		pr_info(NET_CLS_CLASSID_INVALID_MSG);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	info->priv = NULL;
 	if (info->has_path) {
 		if (strnlen(info->path, sizeof(info->path)) >= sizeof(info->path))
-- 
2.53.0