Patch "netfilter: xt_cgroup: initialize info->priv in cgroup_mt_check_v1()" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    netfilter: xt_cgroup: initialize info->priv in cgroup_mt_check_v1()

to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
netfilter-xt_cgroup-initialize-info-priv-in-cgroup_mt_check_v1.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Cong Wang <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:02:47 -0800
Subject: netfilter: xt_cgroup: initialize info->priv in cgroup_mt_check_v1()

From: Cong Wang <[email protected]>

commit ba7cd5d95f25cc6005f687dabdb4e7a6063adda9 upstream.

xt_cgroup_info_v1->priv is an internal pointer only used for kernel, we should not trust what user-space provides.

---
 net/netfilter/xt_cgroup.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

@@ -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)) {

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.14/net_sched-gen_estimator-fix-lockdep-splat.patch queue-4.14/netfilter-xt_cgroup-initialize-info-priv-in-cgroup_mt_check_v1.patch queue-4.14/netfilter-xt_rateest-acquire-xt_rateest_mutex-for-hash-insert.patch queue-4.14/xfrm-check-id-proto-in-validate_tmpl.patch