1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ping.c b/net/ipv4/ping.c
index f4b19e5dde54..8210964a9f19 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ping.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ping.c
@@ -252,26 +252,33 @@ int ping_init_sock(struct sock *sk)
 {
         struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
         kgid_t group = current_egid();
-        struct group_info *group_info = get_current_groups();
-        int i, j, count = group_info->ngroups;
+        struct group_info *group_info;
+        int i, j, count;
         kgid_t low, high;
+        int ret = 0;
 
         inet_get_ping_group_range_net(net, &low, &high);
         if (gid_lte(low, group) && gid_lte(group, high))
                 return 0;
 
+        group_info = get_current_groups();
+        count = group_info->ngroups;
         for (i = 0; i < group_info->nblocks; i++) {
                 int cp_count = min_t(int, NGROUPS_PER_BLOCK, count);
                 for (j = 0; j < cp_count; j++) {
                         kgid_t gid = group_info->blocks[i][j];
                         if (gid_lte(low, gid) && gid_lte(gid, high))
-                                return 0;
+                                goto out_release_group;
                 }
 
                 count -= cp_count;
         }
 
-        return -EACCES;
+        ret = -EACCES;
+
+out_release_group:
+        put_group_info(group_info);
+        return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ping_init_sock);