diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 38f63451b928..9294049f5487 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1270,7 +1270,9 @@ int begin_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 	 * not visibile until then. This also enables the update
 	 * to be lockless.
 	 */
-	set_mm_exe_file(bprm->mm, bprm->file);
+	retval = set_mm_exe_file(bprm->mm, bprm->file);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out;
 
 	/* If the binary is not readable then enforce mm->dumpable=0 */
 	would_dump(bprm, bprm->file);
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 48c6fa9ab792..56b1cd41db61 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2580,7 +2580,7 @@ static inline int check_data_rlimit(unsigned long rlim,
 extern int mm_take_all_locks(struct mm_struct *mm);
 extern void mm_drop_all_locks(struct mm_struct *mm);
 
-extern void set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file);
+extern int set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file);
 extern int replace_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file);
 extern struct file *get_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm);
 extern struct file *get_task_exe_file(struct task_struct *task);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index eedce5c77041..543541764865 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -470,6 +470,20 @@ void free_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_task);
 
+static void dup_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
+{
+	struct file *exe_file;
+
+	exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(oldmm);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->exe_file, exe_file);
+	/*
+	 * We depend on the oldmm having properly denied write access to the
+	 * exe_file already.
+	 */
+	if (exe_file && deny_write_access(exe_file))
+		pr_warn_once("deny_write_access() failed in %s\n", __func__);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 static __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm,
 					struct mm_struct *oldmm)
@@ -493,7 +507,7 @@ static __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	mmap_write_lock_nested(mm, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 
 	/* No ordering required: file already has been exposed. */
-	RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->exe_file, get_mm_exe_file(oldmm));
+	dup_mm_exe_file(mm, oldmm);
 
 	mm->total_vm = oldmm->total_vm;
 	mm->data_vm = oldmm->data_vm;
@@ -639,7 +653,7 @@ static inline void mm_free_pgd(struct mm_struct *mm)
 static int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
 {
 	mmap_write_lock(oldmm);
-	RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->exe_file, get_mm_exe_file(oldmm));
+	dup_mm_exe_file(mm, oldmm);
 	mmap_write_unlock(oldmm);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1149,8 +1163,10 @@ void mmput_async(struct mm_struct *mm)
  * Main users are mmput() and sys_execve(). Callers prevent concurrent
  * invocations: in mmput() nobody alive left, in execve task is single
  * threaded.
+ *
+ * Can only fail if new_exe_file != NULL.
  */
-void set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file)
+int set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file)
 {
 	struct file *old_exe_file;
 
@@ -1161,11 +1177,21 @@ void set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file)
 	 */
 	old_exe_file = rcu_dereference_raw(mm->exe_file);
 
-	if (new_exe_file)
+	if (new_exe_file) {
+		/*
+		 * We expect the caller (i.e., sys_execve) to already denied
+		 * write access, so this is unlikely to fail.
+		 */
+		if (unlikely(deny_write_access(new_exe_file)))
+			return -EACCES;
 		get_file(new_exe_file);
+	}
 	rcu_assign_pointer(mm->exe_file, new_exe_file);
-	if (old_exe_file)
+	if (old_exe_file) {
+		allow_write_access(old_exe_file);
 		fput(old_exe_file);
+	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1201,10 +1227,22 @@ int replace_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file)
 	}
 
 	/* set the new file, lockless */
+	ret = deny_write_access(new_exe_file);
+	if (ret)
+		return -EACCES;
 	get_file(new_exe_file);
+
 	old_exe_file = xchg(&mm->exe_file, new_exe_file);
-	if (old_exe_file)
+	if (old_exe_file) {
+		/*
+		 * Don't race with dup_mmap() getting the file and disallowing
+		 * write access while someone might open the file writable.
+		 */
+		mmap_read_lock(mm);
+		allow_write_access(old_exe_file);
 		fput(old_exe_file);
+		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
