Public bug reported:

When net_prio and net_cls cgroups are used, cgroup refcount is bogus, as
it's not incremented anymore, but decremented when sockets are closed.

This might lead to crashes possibly because of use-after-free when
packets are received as shown in LP #1886668.

Cascardo.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Bionic)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Eoan)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Focal)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Groovy)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Bionic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Focal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Groovy)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Eoan)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Bionic)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Bionic)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)

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Title:
  cgroup refcount is bogus when cgroup_sk_alloc is disabled

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux source package in Bionic:
  Confirmed
Status in linux source package in Eoan:
  New
Status in linux source package in Focal:
  New
Status in linux source package in Groovy:
  New

Bug description:
  When net_prio and net_cls cgroups are used, cgroup refcount is bogus,
  as it's not incremented anymore, but decremented when sockets are
  closed.

  This might lead to crashes possibly because of use-after-free when
  packets are received as shown in LP #1886668.

  Cascardo.

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