diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 9e7704e44f6d..b55d93af8096 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -473,3 +473,4 @@
 541	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 542	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 543	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+545	common	close_range			sys_close_range
diff --git a/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl b/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
index aaf479a9e92d..0125c97c75dd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
@@ -447,3 +447,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+435	common	close_range			sys_close_range
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
index c39e90600bb3..9a3270d29b42 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
@@ -886,6 +886,8 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_fsconfig, sys_fsconfig)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_fsmount, sys_fsmount)
 #define __NR_fspick 433
 __SYSCALL(__NR_fspick, sys_fspick)
+#define __NR_close_range 435
+__SYSCALL(__NR_close_range, sys_close_range)
 
 /*
  * Please add new compat syscalls above this comment and update
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index e01df3f2f80d..1a90b464e96f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -354,3 +354,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+435	common	close_range			sys_close_range
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 7e3d0734b2f3..2dee2050f9ef 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -433,3 +433,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+435	common	close_range			sys_close_range
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 26339e417695..923ef69e5a76 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -439,3 +439,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+435	common	close_range			sys_close_range
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
index 0e2dd68ade57..967ed9de51cd 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
@@ -372,3 +372,4 @@
 431	n32	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	n32	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	n32	fspick				sys_fspick
+435	n32	close_range			sys_close_range
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
index 5eebfa0d155c..71de731102b1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
@@ -348,3 +348,4 @@
 431	n64	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	n64	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	n64	fspick				sys_fspick
+435	n64	close_range			sys_close_range
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
index 3cc1374e02d0..5a325ab29f88 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
@@ -421,3 +421,4 @@
 431	o32	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	o32	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	o32	fspick				sys_fspick
+435	o32	close_range			sys_close_range
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index c9e377d59232..dcc0a0879139 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -430,3 +430,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+435	common	close_range			sys_close_range
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 103655d84b4b..ba2c1f078cbd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -515,3 +515,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+435	common	close_range			sys_close_range
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index e822b2964a83..d7c9043d2902 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -436,3 +436,4 @@
 431  common	fsconfig		sys_fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432  common	fsmount			sys_fsmount			sys_fsmount
 433  common	fspick			sys_fspick			sys_fspick
+435  common	close_range		sys_close_range			sys_close_range
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 016a727d4357..9b5e6bf0ce32 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -436,3 +436,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+435	common	close_range			sys_close_range
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index e047480b1605..8c674a1e0072 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -479,3 +479,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+435	common	close_range			sys_close_range
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index ad968b7bac72..7f7a89a96707 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -438,3 +438,4 @@
 431	i386	fsconfig		sys_fsconfig			__ia32_sys_fsconfig
 432	i386	fsmount			sys_fsmount			__ia32_sys_fsmount
 433	i386	fspick			sys_fspick			__ia32_sys_fspick
+435	i386	close_range		sys_close_range			__ia32_sys_close_range
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index b4e6f9e6204a..0f7d47ae921c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@
 431	common	fsconfig		__x64_sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount			__x64_sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick			__x64_sys_fspick
+435	common	close_range		__x64_sys_close_range
 
 #
 # x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 5fa0ee1c8e00..b489532265d0 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -404,3 +404,4 @@
 431	common	fsconfig			sys_fsconfig
 432	common	fsmount				sys_fsmount
 433	common	fspick				sys_fspick
+435	common	close_range			sys_close_range
diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 3da91a112bab..53430d68bbd7 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -615,12 +616,9 @@ void fd_install(unsigned int fd, struct file *file)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fd_install);
 
-/*
- * The same warnings as for __alloc_fd()/__fd_install() apply here...
- */
-int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd)
+static struct file *pick_file(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd)
 {
-	struct file *file;
+	struct file *file = NULL;
 	struct fdtable *fdt;
 
 	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
@@ -632,15 +630,63 @@ int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], NULL);
 	__put_unused_fd(files, fd);
-	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
-	return filp_close(file, files);
 
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
-	return -EBADF;
+	return file;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The same warnings as for __alloc_fd()/__fd_install() apply here...
+ */
+int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd)
+{
+	struct file *file;
+
+	file = pick_file(files, fd);
+	if (!file)
+		return -EBADF;
+
+	return filp_close(file, files);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__close_fd); /* for ksys_close() */
 
+/**
+ * __close_range() - Close all file descriptors in a given range.
+ *
+ * @fd:     starting file descriptor to close
+ * @max_fd: last file descriptor to close
+ *
+ * This closes a range of file descriptors. All file descriptors
+ * from @fd up to and including @max_fd are closed.
+ */
+int __close_range(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd, unsigned max_fd)
+{
+	unsigned int cur_max;
+
+	if (fd > max_fd)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	cur_max = files_fdtable(files)->max_fds;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	/* cap to last valid index into fdtable */
+	max_fd = max(max_fd, (cur_max - 1));
+	while (fd <= max_fd) {
+		struct file *file;
+
+		file = pick_file(files, fd++);
+		if (!file)
+			continue;
+
+		filp_close(file, files);
+		cond_resched();
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * variant of __close_fd that gets a ref on the file for later fput
  */
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 9c7d724a6f67..c7baaee7aa47 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1174,6 +1174,26 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(close, unsigned int, fd)
 	return retval;
 }
 
+/**
+ * close_range() - Close all file descriptors in a given range.
+ *
+ * @fd:     starting file descriptor to close
+ * @max_fd: last file descriptor to close
+ * @flags:  reserved for future extensions
+ *
+ * This closes a range of file descriptors. All file descriptors
+ * from @fd up to and including @max_fd are closed.
+ * Currently, errors to close a given file descriptor are ignored.
+ */
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(close_range, unsigned int, fd, unsigned int, max_fd,
+		unsigned int, flags)
+{
+	if (flags)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return __close_range(current->files, fd, max_fd);
+}
+
 /*
  * This routine simulates a hangup on the tty, to arrange that users
  * are given clean terminals at login time.
diff --git a/include/linux/fdtable.h b/include/linux/fdtable.h
index f07c55ea0c22..fcd07181a365 100644
--- a/include/linux/fdtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/fdtable.h
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ extern void __fd_install(struct files_struct *files,
 		      unsigned int fd, struct file *file);
 extern int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files,
 		      unsigned int fd);
+extern int __close_range(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd,
+			 unsigned int max_fd);
 extern int __close_fd_get_file(unsigned int fd, struct file **res);
 
 extern struct kmem_cache *files_cachep;
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index e2870fe1be5b..c0189e223255 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fchown(unsigned int fd, uid_t user, gid_t group);
 asmlinkage long sys_openat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags,
 			   umode_t mode);
 asmlinkage long sys_close(unsigned int fd);
+asmlinkage long sys_close_range(unsigned int fd, unsigned int max_fd,
+				unsigned int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_vhangup(void);
 
 /* fs/pipe.c */
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
index a87904daf103..3f36c8745d24 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
@@ -844,9 +844,11 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_fsconfig, sys_fsconfig)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_fsmount, sys_fsmount)
 #define __NR_fspick 433
 __SYSCALL(__NR_fspick, sys_fspick)
+#define __NR_close_range 435
+__SYSCALL(__NR_close_range, sys_close_range)
 
 #undef __NR_syscalls
-#define __NR_syscalls 434
+#define __NR_syscalls 436
 
 /*
  * 32 bit systems traditionally used different
