diff --git a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
index ccac1c453080..ef3820b43b5c 100644
--- a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
@@ -48,6 +48,22 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct local_event, local_event) = {
 	.lock = INIT_LOCAL_LOCK(lock),
 };
 
+int cn_filter(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb, void *data)
+{
+	enum proc_cn_mcast_op mc_op;
+
+	if (!dsk)
+		return 0;
+
+	mc_op = ((struct proc_input *)(dsk->sk_user_data))->mcast_op;
+
+	if (mc_op == PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cn_filter);
+
 static inline void send_msg(struct cn_msg *msg)
 {
 	local_lock(&local_event.lock);
@@ -61,7 +77,8 @@ static inline void send_msg(struct cn_msg *msg)
 	 *
 	 * If cn_netlink_send() fails, the data is not sent.
 	 */
-	cn_netlink_send(msg, 0, CN_IDX_PROC, GFP_NOWAIT);
+	cn_netlink_send_mult(msg, msg->len, 0, CN_IDX_PROC, GFP_NOWAIT,
+			     cn_filter, NULL);
 
 	local_unlock(&local_event.lock);
 }
@@ -346,11 +363,9 @@ static void cn_proc_ack(int err, int rcvd_seq, int rcvd_ack)
 static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
 			      struct netlink_skb_parms *nsp)
 {
-	enum proc_cn_mcast_op *mc_op = NULL;
-	int err = 0;
-
-	if (msg->len != sizeof(*mc_op))
-		return;
+	enum proc_cn_mcast_op mc_op = 0, prev_mc_op = 0;
+	int err = 0, initial = 0;
+	struct sock *sk = NULL;
 
 	/* 
 	 * Events are reported with respect to the initial pid
@@ -367,13 +382,32 @@ static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	mc_op = (enum proc_cn_mcast_op *)msg->data;
-	switch (*mc_op) {
+	if (msg->len == sizeof(mc_op))
+		mc_op = *((enum proc_cn_mcast_op *)msg->data);
+	else
+		return;
+
+	if (nsp->sk) {
+		sk = nsp->sk;
+		if (sk->sk_user_data == NULL) {
+			sk->sk_user_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct proc_input),
+						   GFP_KERNEL);
+			initial = 1;
+		} else {
+			prev_mc_op =
+			((struct proc_input *)(sk->sk_user_data))->mcast_op;
+		}
+		((struct proc_input *)(sk->sk_user_data))->mcast_op = mc_op;
+	}
+
+	switch (mc_op) {
 	case PROC_CN_MCAST_LISTEN:
-		atomic_inc(&proc_event_num_listeners);
+		if (initial || (prev_mc_op != PROC_CN_MCAST_LISTEN))
+			atomic_inc(&proc_event_num_listeners);
 		break;
 	case PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE:
-		atomic_dec(&proc_event_num_listeners);
+		if (!initial && (prev_mc_op != PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE))
+			atomic_dec(&proc_event_num_listeners);
 		break;
 	default:
 		err = EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/connector/connector.c b/drivers/connector/connector.c
index 48ec7ce6ecac..1b7851b1aa0f 100644
--- a/drivers/connector/connector.c
+++ b/drivers/connector/connector.c
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ static int cn_already_initialized;
  * both, or if both are zero then the group is looked up and sent there.
  */
 int cn_netlink_send_mult(struct cn_msg *msg, u16 len, u32 portid, u32 __group,
-	gfp_t gfp_mask)
+	gfp_t gfp_mask,
+	int (*filter)(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb, void *data),
+	void *filter_data)
 {
 	struct cn_callback_entry *__cbq;
 	unsigned int size;
@@ -110,8 +112,9 @@ int cn_netlink_send_mult(struct cn_msg *msg, u16 len, u32 portid, u32 __group,
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = group;
 
 	if (group)
-		return netlink_broadcast(dev->nls, skb, portid, group,
-					 gfp_mask);
+		return netlink_broadcast_filtered(dev->nls, skb, portid, group,
+						  gfp_mask, filter,
+						  (void *)filter_data);
 	return netlink_unicast(dev->nls, skb, portid,
 			!gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask));
 }
@@ -121,7 +124,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cn_netlink_send_mult);
 int cn_netlink_send(struct cn_msg *msg, u32 portid, u32 __group,
 	gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	return cn_netlink_send_mult(msg, msg->len, portid, __group, gfp_mask);
+	return cn_netlink_send_mult(msg, msg->len, portid, __group, gfp_mask,
+				    NULL, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cn_netlink_send);
 
diff --git a/drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c b/drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c
index db110cc442b1..691978cddab7 100644
--- a/drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ static void w1_unref_block(struct w1_cb_block *block)
 		u16 len = w1_reply_len(block);
 		if (len) {
 			cn_netlink_send_mult(block->first_cn, len,
-				block->portid, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+					     block->portid, 0,
+					     GFP_KERNEL, NULL, NULL);
 		}
 		kfree(block);
 	}
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ static void w1_reply_make_space(struct w1_cb_block *block, u16 space)
 {
 	u16 len = w1_reply_len(block);
 	if (len + space >= block->maxlen) {
-		cn_netlink_send_mult(block->first_cn, len, block->portid, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+		cn_netlink_send_mult(block->first_cn, len, block->portid,
+				     0, GFP_KERNEL, NULL, NULL);
 		block->first_cn->len = 0;
 		block->cn = NULL;
 		block->msg = NULL;
diff --git a/include/linux/connector.h b/include/linux/connector.h
index 487350bb19c3..1336a5e7dd2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/connector.h
+++ b/include/linux/connector.h
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ void cn_del_callback(const struct cb_id *id);
  *
  * If there are no listeners for given group %-ESRCH can be returned.
  */
-int cn_netlink_send_mult(struct cn_msg *msg, u16 len, u32 portid, u32 group, gfp_t gfp_mask);
+int cn_netlink_send_mult(struct cn_msg *msg, u16 len, u32 portid,
+			 u32 group, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+			 int (*filter)(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+				       void *data),
+			 void *filter_data);
 
 /**
  * cn_netlink_send - Sends message to the specified groups.
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h b/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
index db210625cee8..6a06fb424313 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
@@ -30,6 +30,30 @@ enum proc_cn_mcast_op {
 	PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE = 2
 };
 
+enum proc_cn_event {
+	/* Use successive bits so the enums can be used to record
+	 * sets of events as well
+	 */
+	PROC_EVENT_NONE = 0x00000000,
+	PROC_EVENT_FORK = 0x00000001,
+	PROC_EVENT_EXEC = 0x00000002,
+	PROC_EVENT_UID  = 0x00000004,
+	PROC_EVENT_GID  = 0x00000040,
+	PROC_EVENT_SID  = 0x00000080,
+	PROC_EVENT_PTRACE = 0x00000100,
+	PROC_EVENT_COMM = 0x00000200,
+	/* "next" should be 0x00000400 */
+	/* "last" is the last process event: exit,
+	 * while "next to last" is coredumping event
+	 */
+	PROC_EVENT_COREDUMP = 0x40000000,
+	PROC_EVENT_EXIT = 0x80000000
+};
+
+struct proc_input {
+	enum proc_cn_mcast_op mcast_op;
+};
+
 /*
  * From the user's point of view, the process
  * ID is the thread group ID and thread ID is the internal
@@ -44,24 +68,7 @@ enum proc_cn_mcast_op {
  */
 
 struct proc_event {
-	enum what {
-		/* Use successive bits so the enums can be used to record
-		 * sets of events as well
-		 */
-		PROC_EVENT_NONE = 0x00000000,
-		PROC_EVENT_FORK = 0x00000001,
-		PROC_EVENT_EXEC = 0x00000002,
-		PROC_EVENT_UID  = 0x00000004,
-		PROC_EVENT_GID  = 0x00000040,
-		PROC_EVENT_SID  = 0x00000080,
-		PROC_EVENT_PTRACE = 0x00000100,
-		PROC_EVENT_COMM = 0x00000200,
-		/* "next" should be 0x00000400 */
-		/* "last" is the last process event: exit,
-		 * while "next to last" is coredumping event */
-		PROC_EVENT_COREDUMP = 0x40000000,
-		PROC_EVENT_EXIT = 0x80000000
-	} what;
+	enum proc_cn_event what;
 	__u32 cpu;
 	__u64 __attribute__((aligned(8))) timestamp_ns;
 		/* Number of nano seconds since system boot */
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 003c7e6ec9be..b311375b8c4c 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #include <linux/net_namespace.h>
 #include <linux/nospec.h>
 #include <linux/btf_ids.h>
+#include <linux/connector.h>
 
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <net/netns/generic.h>
@@ -767,9 +768,14 @@ static int netlink_release(struct socket *sock)
 	/* must not acquire netlink_table_lock in any way again before unbind
 	 * and notifying genetlink is done as otherwise it might deadlock
 	 */
-	if (nlk->netlink_unbind) {
+	if (nlk->netlink_unbind && nlk->groups) {
 		int i;
-
+		if (sk->sk_protocol == NETLINK_CONNECTOR) {
+			if (test_bit(CN_IDX_PROC - 1, nlk->groups)) {
+				kfree(sk->sk_user_data);
+				sk->sk_user_data = NULL;
+			}
+		}
 		for (i = 0; i < nlk->ngroups; i++)
 			if (test_bit(i, nlk->groups))
 				nlk->netlink_unbind(sock_net(sk), i + 1);
