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-rw-r--r--kernel/cgroup.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 4eb1ed3e5bed..519c252f0fc8 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -3476,6 +3476,7 @@ 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;
@@ -3531,6 +3532,16 @@ 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;