cgroup: fail if monitored file and event_control are in different cgroup

index 65c8101..a41673c 100644
@@ -3911,6 +3911,7 @@ static int cgroup_write_event_control(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
 				      const char *buffer)
 {
 	struct cgroup_event *event = NULL;
+	struct cgroup *cgrp_cfile;
 	unsigned int efd, cfd;
 	struct file *efile = NULL;
 	struct file *cfile = NULL;

@@ -3966,6 +3967,16 @@ static int cgroup_write_event_control(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * The file to be monitored must be in the same cgroup as
+	 * cgroup.event_control is.
+	 */
+	cgrp_cfile = __d_cgrp(cfile->f_dentry->d_parent);
+	if (cgrp_cfile != cgrp) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
 	if (!event->cft->register_event || !event->cft->unregister_event) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto fail;