diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index d270f640a192..c9e29e589cec 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ int notify_change(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr, struct inode **de
 			return -EPERM;
 
 		if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode)) {
-			error = inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
+			error = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode,
+						 MAY_WRITE);
 			if (error)
 				return error;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index a8e0a6b038d3..512ee2650bbb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9889,7 +9889,7 @@ static int btrfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		if (BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_READONLY)
 			return -EACCES;
 	}
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask);
+	return generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 }
 
 static int btrfs_tmpfile(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index dde49a791f3e..8ced6dfefee4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ static int btrfs_may_delete(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *victim, int isdir)
 	BUG_ON(d_inode(victim->d_parent) != dir);
 	audit_inode_child(dir, victim, AUDIT_TYPE_CHILD_DELETE);
 
-	error = inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+	error = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	if (IS_APPEND(dir))
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ static inline int btrfs_may_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *child)
 		return -EEXIST;
 	if (IS_DEADDIR(dir))
 		return -ENOENT;
-	return inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+	return inode_permission(&init_user_ns, dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2538,7 +2538,8 @@ static int btrfs_search_path_in_tree_user(struct inode *inode,
 				ret = PTR_ERR(temp_inode);
 				goto out_put;
 			}
-			ret = inode_permission(temp_inode, MAY_READ | MAY_EXEC);
+			ret = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, temp_inode,
+					       MAY_READ | MAY_EXEC);
 			iput(temp_inode);
 			if (ret) {
 				ret = -EACCES;
@@ -3068,7 +3069,8 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_snap_destroy(struct file *file,
 		if (root == dest)
 			goto out_dput;
 
-		err = inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+		err = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode,
+				       MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_dput;
 	}
@@ -3139,7 +3141,7 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_defrag(struct file *file, void __user *argp)
 		 * running and allows defrag on files open in read-only mode.
 		 */
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) &&
-		    inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE)) {
+		    inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, MAY_WRITE)) {
 			ret = -EPERM;
 			goto out;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index adc8fc3c5d85..e8a15ee09bc1 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -2331,7 +2331,7 @@ int ceph_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	err = ceph_do_getattr(inode, CEPH_CAP_AUTH_SHARED, false);
 
 	if (!err)
-		err = generic_permission(inode, mask);
+		err = generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index ce0d0037fd0a..ce14e6f8adb6 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static int cifs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		on the client (above and beyond ACL on servers) for
 		servers which do not support setting and viewing mode bits,
 		so allowing client to check permissions is useful */
-		return generic_permission(inode, mask);
+		return generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 }
 
 static struct kmem_cache *cifs_inode_cachep;
diff --git a/fs/configfs/symlink.c b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
index cb61467478ca..8ca36394fa30 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ int configfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *symna
 	if (dentry->d_inode || d_unhashed(dentry))
 		ret = -EEXIST;
 	else
-		ret = inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+		ret = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, dir,
+				       MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = type->ct_item_ops->allow_link(parent_item, target_item);
 	if (!ret) {
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index e23752d9a79f..0b346baf110d 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -864,7 +864,8 @@ int ecryptfs_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t new_length)
 static int
 ecryptfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
-	return inode_permission(ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode), mask);
+	return inode_permission(&init_user_ns,
+				ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode), mask);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 89d4780ff48f..a8ec371cd3cd 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(begin_new_exec);
 void would_dump(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
-	if (inode_permission(inode, MAY_READ) < 0) {
+	if (inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, MAY_READ) < 0) {
 		struct user_namespace *old, *user_ns;
 		bprm->interp_flags |= BINPRM_FLAGS_ENFORCE_NONDUMP;
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 78f9f209078c..7497009a5a45 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	}
 
 	if (fc->default_permissions) {
-		err = generic_permission(inode, mask);
+		err = generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 
 		/* If permission is denied, try to refresh file
 		   attributes.  This is also needed, because the root
@@ -1288,7 +1288,8 @@ static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		if (err == -EACCES && !refreshed) {
 			err = fuse_perm_getattr(inode, mask);
 			if (!err)
-				err = generic_permission(inode, mask);
+				err = generic_permission(&init_user_ns,
+							 inode, mask);
 		}
 
 		/* Note: the opposite of the above test does not
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index c1b77e8d6b1c..5b2ff0c74b67 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	if ((mask & MAY_WRITE) && IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
 		error = -EPERM;
 	else
-		error = generic_permission(inode, mask);
+		error = generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 	if (gfs2_holder_initialized(&i_gh))
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&i_gh);
 
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index aea35459d390..b841a05a2b8c 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ static int hostfs_permission(struct inode *ino, int desired)
 		err = access_file(name, r, w, x);
 	__putname(name);
 	if (!err)
-		err = generic_permission(ino, desired);
+		err = generic_permission(&init_user_ns, ino, desired);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/inode.c b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
index fc2469a20fed..ff5598cc1de0 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ int kernfs_iop_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	kernfs_refresh_inode(kn, inode);
 	mutex_unlock(&kernfs_mutex);
 
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask);
+	return generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 }
 
 int kernfs_xattr_get(struct kernfs_node *kn, const char *name,
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index d1c3bade9f30..f8b3c02b4f0f 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -1318,9 +1318,14 @@ static ssize_t empty_dir_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t siz
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
+static int empty_dir_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+{
+	return generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
+}
+
 static const struct inode_operations empty_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= empty_dir_lookup,
-	.permission	= generic_permission,
+	.permission	= empty_dir_permission,
 	.setattr	= empty_dir_setattr,
 	.getattr	= empty_dir_getattr,
 	.listxattr	= empty_dir_listxattr,
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index fd4724bce4f5..d78d74f5f5af 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -259,7 +259,24 @@ void putname(struct filename *name)
 		__putname(name);
 }
 
-static int check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+/**
+ * check_acl - perform ACL permission checking
+ * @mnt_userns:	user namespace of the mount the inode was found from
+ * @inode:	inode to check permissions on
+ * @mask:	right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC ...)
+ *
+ * This function performs the ACL permission checking. Since this function
+ * retrieve POSIX acls it needs to know whether it is called from a blocking or
+ * non-blocking context and thus cares about the MAY_NOT_BLOCK bit.
+ *
+ * If the inode has been found through an idmapped mount the user namespace of
+ * the vfsmount must be passed through @mnt_userns. This function will then take
+ * care to map the inode according to @mnt_userns before checking permissions.
+ * On non-idmapped mounts or if permission checking is to be performed on the
+ * raw inode simply passs init_user_ns.
+ */
+static int check_acl(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+		     struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
@@ -271,14 +288,14 @@ static int check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		/* no ->get_acl() calls in RCU mode... */
 		if (is_uncached_acl(acl))
 			return -ECHILD;
-	        return posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
+	        return posix_acl_permission(mnt_userns, inode, acl, mask);
 	}
 
 	acl = get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl))
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
 	if (acl) {
-	        int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
+	        int error = posix_acl_permission(mnt_userns, inode, acl, mask);
 	        posix_acl_release(acl);
 	        return error;
 	}
@@ -287,18 +304,31 @@ static int check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
-/*
- * This does the basic UNIX permission checking.
+/**
+ * acl_permission_check - perform basic UNIX permission checking
+ * @mnt_userns:	user namespace of the mount the inode was found from
+ * @inode:	inode to check permissions on
+ * @mask:	right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC ...)
  *
- * Note that the POSIX ACL check cares about the MAY_NOT_BLOCK bit,
- * for RCU walking.
+ * This function performs the basic UNIX permission checking. Since this
+ * function may retrieve POSIX acls it needs to know whether it is called from a
+ * blocking or non-blocking context and thus cares about the MAY_NOT_BLOCK bit.
+ *
+ * If the inode has been found through an idmapped mount the user namespace of
+ * the vfsmount must be passed through @mnt_userns. This function will then take
+ * care to map the inode according to @mnt_userns before checking permissions.
+ * On non-idmapped mounts or if permission checking is to be performed on the
+ * raw inode simply passs init_user_ns.
  */
-static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+static int acl_permission_check(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+				struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	unsigned int mode = inode->i_mode;
+	kuid_t i_uid;
 
 	/* Are we the owner? If so, ACL's don't matter */
-	if (likely(uid_eq(current_fsuid(), inode->i_uid))) {
+	i_uid = i_uid_into_mnt(mnt_userns, inode);
+	if (likely(uid_eq(current_fsuid(), i_uid))) {
 		mask &= 7;
 		mode >>= 6;
 		return (mask & ~mode) ? -EACCES : 0;
@@ -306,7 +336,7 @@ static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 
 	/* Do we have ACL's? */
 	if (IS_POSIXACL(inode) && (mode & S_IRWXG)) {
-		int error = check_acl(inode, mask);
+		int error = check_acl(mnt_userns, inode, mask);
 		if (error != -EAGAIN)
 			return error;
 	}
@@ -320,7 +350,8 @@ static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	 * about? Need to check group ownership if so.
 	 */
 	if (mask & (mode ^ (mode >> 3))) {
-		if (in_group_p(inode->i_gid))
+		kgid_t kgid = i_gid_into_mnt(mnt_userns, inode);
+		if (in_group_p(kgid))
 			mode >>= 3;
 	}
 
@@ -330,6 +361,7 @@ static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 
 /**
  * generic_permission -  check for access rights on a Posix-like filesystem
+ * @mnt_userns:	user namespace of the mount the inode was found from
  * @inode:	inode to check access rights for
  * @mask:	right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC,
  *		%MAY_NOT_BLOCK ...)
@@ -342,25 +374,32 @@ static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask)
  * generic_permission is rcu-walk aware. It returns -ECHILD in case an rcu-walk
  * request cannot be satisfied (eg. requires blocking or too much complexity).
  * It would then be called again in ref-walk mode.
+ *
+ * If the inode has been found through an idmapped mount the user namespace of
+ * the vfsmount must be passed through @mnt_userns. This function will then take
+ * care to map the inode according to @mnt_userns before checking permissions.
+ * On non-idmapped mounts or if permission checking is to be performed on the
+ * raw inode simply passs init_user_ns.
  */
-int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int generic_permission(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *inode,
+		       int mask)
 {
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * Do the basic permission checks.
 	 */
-	ret = acl_permission_check(inode, mask);
+	ret = acl_permission_check(mnt_userns, inode, mask);
 	if (ret != -EACCES)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		/* DACs are overridable for directories */
 		if (!(mask & MAY_WRITE))
-			if (capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(&init_user_ns, inode,
+			if (capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(mnt_userns, inode,
 						     CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH))
 				return 0;
-		if (capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(&init_user_ns, inode,
+		if (capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(mnt_userns, inode,
 					     CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE))
 			return 0;
 		return -EACCES;
@@ -371,7 +410,7 @@ int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	 */
 	mask &= MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC;
 	if (mask == MAY_READ)
-		if (capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(&init_user_ns, inode,
+		if (capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(mnt_userns, inode,
 					     CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH))
 			return 0;
 	/*
@@ -380,7 +419,7 @@ int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	 * at least one exec bit set.
 	 */
 	if (!(mask & MAY_EXEC) || (inode->i_mode & S_IXUGO))
-		if (capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(&init_user_ns, inode,
+		if (capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(mnt_userns, inode,
 					     CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE))
 			return 0;
 
@@ -388,13 +427,19 @@ int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_permission);
 
-/*
+/**
+ * do_inode_permission - UNIX permission checking
+ * @mnt_userns:	user namespace of the mount the inode was found from
+ * @inode:	inode to check permissions on
+ * @mask:	right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC ...)
+ *
  * We _really_ want to just do "generic_permission()" without
  * even looking at the inode->i_op values. So we keep a cache
  * flag in inode->i_opflags, that says "this has not special
  * permission function, use the fast case".
  */
-static inline int do_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+static inline int do_inode_permission(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+				      struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	if (unlikely(!(inode->i_opflags & IOP_FASTPERM))) {
 		if (likely(inode->i_op->permission))
@@ -405,7 +450,7 @@ static inline int do_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		inode->i_opflags |= IOP_FASTPERM;
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	}
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask);
+	return generic_permission(mnt_userns, inode, mask);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -430,8 +475,9 @@ static int sb_permission(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode, int mask)
 
 /**
  * inode_permission - Check for access rights to a given inode
- * @inode: Inode to check permission on
- * @mask: Right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC)
+ * @mnt_userns:	User namespace of the mount the inode was found from
+ * @inode:	Inode to check permission on
+ * @mask:	Right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC)
  *
  * Check for read/write/execute permissions on an inode.  We use fs[ug]id for
  * this, letting us set arbitrary permissions for filesystem access without
@@ -439,7 +485,8 @@ static int sb_permission(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode, int mask)
  *
  * When checking for MAY_APPEND, MAY_WRITE must also be set in @mask.
  */
-int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int inode_permission(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+		     struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	int retval;
 
@@ -463,7 +510,7 @@ int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 			return -EACCES;
 	}
 
-	retval = do_inode_permission(inode, mask);
+	retval = do_inode_permission(mnt_userns, inode, mask);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -1009,7 +1056,7 @@ static bool safe_hardlink_source(struct inode *inode)
 		return false;
 
 	/* Hardlinking to unreadable or unwritable sources is dangerous. */
-	if (inode_permission(inode, MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE))
+	if (inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE))
 		return false;
 
 	return true;
@@ -1569,13 +1616,14 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_slow(const struct qstr *name,
 static inline int may_lookup(struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
-		int err = inode_permission(nd->inode, MAY_EXEC|MAY_NOT_BLOCK);
+		int err = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, nd->inode,
+					   MAY_EXEC | MAY_NOT_BLOCK);
 		if (err != -ECHILD)
 			return err;
 		if (unlazy_walk(nd))
 			return -ECHILD;
 	}
-	return inode_permission(nd->inode, MAY_EXEC);
+	return inode_permission(&init_user_ns, nd->inode, MAY_EXEC);
 }
 
 static int reserve_stack(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *link, unsigned seq)
@@ -2509,7 +2557,7 @@ static int lookup_one_len_common(const char *name, struct dentry *base,
 			return err;
 	}
 
-	return inode_permission(base->d_inode, MAY_EXEC);
+	return inode_permission(&init_user_ns, base->d_inode, MAY_EXEC);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2703,7 +2751,7 @@ static int may_delete(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *victim, bool isdir)
 
 	audit_inode_child(dir, victim, AUDIT_TYPE_CHILD_DELETE);
 
-	error = inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+	error = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	if (IS_APPEND(dir))
@@ -2747,7 +2795,7 @@ static inline int may_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *child)
 	if (!kuid_has_mapping(s_user_ns, current_fsuid()) ||
 	    !kgid_has_mapping(s_user_ns, current_fsgid()))
 		return -EOVERFLOW;
-	return inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+	return inode_permission(&init_user_ns, dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2877,7 +2925,7 @@ static int may_open(const struct path *path, int acc_mode, int flag)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	error = inode_permission(inode, MAY_OPEN | acc_mode);
+	error = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, MAY_OPEN | acc_mode);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -2939,7 +2987,8 @@ static int may_o_create(const struct path *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t m
 	    !kgid_has_mapping(s_user_ns, current_fsgid()))
 		return -EOVERFLOW;
 
-	error = inode_permission(dir->dentry->d_inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+	error = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, dir->dentry->d_inode,
+				 MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -3276,7 +3325,7 @@ struct dentry *vfs_tmpfile(struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, int open_flag)
 	int error;
 
 	/* we want directory to be writable */
-	error = inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+	error = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_err;
 	error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -4267,12 +4316,14 @@ int vfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	 */
 	if (new_dir != old_dir) {
 		if (is_dir) {
-			error = inode_permission(source, MAY_WRITE);
+			error = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, source,
+						 MAY_WRITE);
 			if (error)
 				return error;
 		}
 		if ((flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE) && new_is_dir) {
-			error = inode_permission(target, MAY_WRITE);
+			error = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, target,
+						 MAY_WRITE);
 			if (error)
 				return error;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index ef827ae193d2..727e01a84503 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2987,7 +2987,7 @@ int nfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 
 	res = nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode);
 	if (res == 0)
-		res = generic_permission(inode, mask);
+		res = generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 	goto out;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_permission);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
index 66f2ef67792a..8d90796e236a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ static int nfsd_acceptable(void *expv, struct dentry *dentry)
 		/* make sure parents give x permission to user */
 		int err;
 		parent = dget_parent(tdentry);
-		err = inode_permission(d_inode(parent), MAY_EXEC);
+		err = inode_permission(&init_user_ns,
+				       d_inode(parent), MAY_EXEC);
 		if (err < 0) {
 			dput(parent);
 			break;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 04937e51de56..0edf11258aaa 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -2391,13 +2391,14 @@ nfsd_permission(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_export *exp,
 		return 0;
 
 	/* This assumes  NFSD_MAY_{READ,WRITE,EXEC} == MAY_{READ,WRITE,EXEC} */
-	err = inode_permission(inode, acc & (MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE|MAY_EXEC));
+	err = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode,
+			       acc & (MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC));
 
 	/* Allow read access to binaries even when mode 111 */
 	if (err == -EACCES && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) &&
 	     (acc == (NFSD_MAY_READ | NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE) ||
 	      acc == (NFSD_MAY_READ | NFSD_MAY_READ_IF_EXEC)))
-		err = inode_permission(inode, MAY_EXEC);
+		err = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, MAY_EXEC);
 
 	return err? nfserrno(err) : 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 745d371d6fea..b6517220cad5 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	    root->cno != NILFS_CPTREE_CURRENT_CNO)
 		return -EROFS; /* snapshot is not writable */
 
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask);
+	return generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 }
 
 int nilfs_load_inode_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **pbh)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 85979e2214b3..0c75619adf54 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		dump_stack();
 	}
 
-	ret = generic_permission(inode, mask);
+	ret = generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock_tracker(inode, 0, &oh, had_lock);
 out:
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 3b397fa9c9e8..c26937824be1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -4346,7 +4346,7 @@ static inline int ocfs2_may_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *child)
 		return -EEXIST;
 	if (IS_DEADDIR(dir))
 		return -ENOENT;
-	return inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
+	return inode_permission(&init_user_ns, dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -4400,7 +4400,7 @@ static int ocfs2_vfs_reflink(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	 * file.
 	 */
 	if (!preserve) {
-		error = inode_permission(inode, MAY_READ);
+		error = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, MAY_READ);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index cd1efd254cad..a6dac6d97988 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ long vfs_truncate(const struct path *path, loff_t length)
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
-	error = inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
+	error = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, MAY_WRITE);
 	if (error)
 		goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
 
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ static long do_faccessat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int mode, int fla
 			goto out_path_release;
 	}
 
-	res = inode_permission(inode, mode | MAY_ACCESS);
+	res = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mode | MAY_ACCESS);
 	/* SuS v2 requires we report a read only fs too */
 	if (res || !(mode & S_IWOTH) || special_file(inode->i_mode))
 		goto out_path_release;
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/inode.c b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
index 48f0547d4850..4c790cc8042d 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ int orangefs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask);
+	return generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 }
 
 int orangefs_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec64 *time, int flags)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index bd9dd38347ae..b2948e7b3210 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static struct file *ovl_open_realfile(const struct file *file,
 		acc_mode |= MAY_APPEND;
 
 	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(inode->i_sb);
-	err = inode_permission(realinode, MAY_OPEN | acc_mode);
+	err = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, realinode, MAY_OPEN | acc_mode);
 	if (err) {
 		realfile = ERR_PTR(err);
 	} else {
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index d739e14c6814..c101ebbb7a77 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ int ovl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	 * Check overlay inode with the creds of task and underlying inode
 	 * with creds of mounter
 	 */
-	err = generic_permission(inode, mask);
+	err = generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ int ovl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		/* Make sure mounter can read file for copy up later */
 		mask |= MAY_READ;
 	}
-	err = inode_permission(realinode, mask);
+	err = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, realinode, mask);
 	revert_creds(old_cred);
 
 	return err;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index 6569031af3cd..de5c2047a0e9 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ struct file *ovl_path_open(struct path *path, int flags)
 		BUG();
 	}
 
-	err = inode_permission(inode, acc_mode | MAY_OPEN);
+	err = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, acc_mode | MAY_OPEN);
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 4ca6d53c6f0a..5d9fe2fb2953 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -345,10 +345,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_from_mode);
  * by the acl. Returns -E... otherwise.
  */
 int
-posix_acl_permission(struct inode *inode, const struct posix_acl *acl, int want)
+posix_acl_permission(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *inode,
+		     const struct posix_acl *acl, int want)
 {
 	const struct posix_acl_entry *pa, *pe, *mask_obj;
 	int found = 0;
+	kuid_t uid;
+	kgid_t gid;
 
 	want &= MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC;
 
@@ -356,22 +359,26 @@ posix_acl_permission(struct inode *inode, const struct posix_acl *acl, int want)
                 switch(pa->e_tag) {
                         case ACL_USER_OBJ:
 				/* (May have been checked already) */
-				if (uid_eq(inode->i_uid, current_fsuid()))
+				uid = i_uid_into_mnt(mnt_userns, inode);
+				if (uid_eq(uid, current_fsuid()))
                                         goto check_perm;
                                 break;
                         case ACL_USER:
-				if (uid_eq(pa->e_uid, current_fsuid()))
+				uid = kuid_into_mnt(mnt_userns, pa->e_uid);
+				if (uid_eq(uid, current_fsuid()))
                                         goto mask;
 				break;
                         case ACL_GROUP_OBJ:
-                                if (in_group_p(inode->i_gid)) {
+				gid = i_gid_into_mnt(mnt_userns, inode);
+				if (in_group_p(gid)) {
 					found = 1;
 					if ((pa->e_perm & want) == want)
 						goto mask;
                                 }
 				break;
                         case ACL_GROUP:
-				if (in_group_p(pa->e_gid)) {
+				gid = kgid_into_mnt(mnt_userns, pa->e_gid);
+				if (in_group_p(gid)) {
 					found = 1;
 					if ((pa->e_perm & want) == want)
 						goto mask;
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index b3422cda2a91..b4ec9293625e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ static int proc_pid_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask);
+	return generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 }
 
 
@@ -3492,7 +3492,7 @@ static int proc_tid_comm_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask);
+	return generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations proc_tid_comm_inode_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/proc/fd.c b/fs/proc/fd.c
index cb51763ed554..d6e76461e135 100644
--- a/fs/proc/fd.c
+++ b/fs/proc/fd.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ int proc_fd_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	int rv;
 
-	rv = generic_permission(inode, mask);
+	rv = generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 	if (rv == 0)
 		return rv;
 
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index fe63a7c3e0da..ec440d1957a1 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	if (IS_PRIVATE(inode))
 		return 0;
 
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask);
+	return generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 }
 
 static int xattr_hide_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
diff --git a/fs/remap_range.c b/fs/remap_range.c
index 77dba3a49e65..29a4a4dbfe12 100644
--- a/fs/remap_range.c
+++ b/fs/remap_range.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static bool allow_file_dedupe(struct file *file)
 		return true;
 	if (uid_eq(current_fsuid(), file_inode(file)->i_uid))
 		return true;
-	if (!inode_permission(file_inode(file), MAY_WRITE))
+	if (!inode_permission(&init_user_ns, file_inode(file), MAY_WRITE))
 		return true;
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index fd57153b1f61..56151bd9e642 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ xattr_permission(struct inode *inode, const char *name, int mask)
 			return -EPERM;
 	}
 
-	return inode_permission(inode, mask);
+	return inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index bcd17097d441..a85dfe6962df 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2810,15 +2810,17 @@ static inline int bmap(struct inode *inode,  sector_t *block)
 #endif
 
 extern int notify_change(struct dentry *, struct iattr *, struct inode **);
-extern int inode_permission(struct inode *, int);
-extern int generic_permission(struct inode *, int);
+int inode_permission(struct user_namespace *, struct inode *, int);
+int generic_permission(struct user_namespace *, struct inode *, int);
 static inline int file_permission(struct file *file, int mask)
 {
-	return inode_permission(file_inode(file), mask);
+	return inode_permission(file_mnt_user_ns(file),
+				file_inode(file), mask);
 }
 static inline int path_permission(const struct path *path, int mask)
 {
-	return inode_permission(d_inode(path->dentry), mask);
+	return inode_permission(mnt_user_ns(path->mnt),
+				d_inode(path->dentry), mask);
 }
 extern int __check_sticky(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/posix_acl.h b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
index 90797f1b421d..85fb4c0c650a 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/posix_acl.h>
 
+struct user_namespace;
+
 struct posix_acl_entry {
 	short			e_tag;
 	unsigned short		e_perm;
@@ -61,8 +63,6 @@ posix_acl_release(struct posix_acl *acl)
 
 extern void posix_acl_init(struct posix_acl *, int);
 extern struct posix_acl *posix_acl_alloc(int, gfp_t);
-extern int posix_acl_valid(struct user_namespace *, const struct posix_acl *);
-extern int posix_acl_permission(struct inode *, const struct posix_acl *, int);
 extern struct posix_acl *posix_acl_from_mode(umode_t, gfp_t);
 extern int posix_acl_equiv_mode(const struct posix_acl *, umode_t *);
 extern int __posix_acl_create(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, umode_t *);
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ struct posix_acl *get_cached_acl_rcu(struct inode *inode, int type);
 void set_cached_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl);
 void forget_cached_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 void forget_all_cached_acls(struct inode *inode);
+int posix_acl_valid(struct user_namespace *, const struct posix_acl *);
+int posix_acl_permission(struct user_namespace *, struct inode *,
+			 const struct posix_acl *, int);
 
 static inline void cache_no_acl(struct inode *inode)
 {
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index beff0cfcd1e8..693f01fe1216 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ static int prepare_open(struct dentry *dentry, int oflag, int ro,
 	if ((oflag & O_ACCMODE) == (O_RDWR | O_WRONLY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	acc = oflag2acc[oflag & O_ACCMODE];
-	return inode_permission(d_inode(dentry), acc);
+	return inode_permission(&init_user_ns, d_inode(dentry), acc);
 }
 
 static int do_mq_open(const char __user *u_name, int oflag, umode_t mode,
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/inode.c b/kernel/bpf/inode.c
index 8962f139521e..e3226b65f5dc 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/inode.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/inode.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ int bpf_obj_get_user(const char __user *pathname, int flags)
 static struct bpf_prog *__get_prog_inode(struct inode *inode, enum bpf_prog_type type)
 {
 	struct bpf_prog *prog;
-	int ret = inode_permission(inode, MAY_READ);
+	int ret = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, MAY_READ);
 	if (ret)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 613845769103..091ffb5d2939 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -4670,7 +4670,7 @@ static int cgroup_may_write(const struct cgroup *cgrp, struct super_block *sb)
 	if (!inode)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
+	ret = inode_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, MAY_WRITE);
 	iput(inode);
 	return ret;
 }