3 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/file.c b/fs/efivarfs/file.c
index 5f22e74bbade..8e568428c88b 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/file.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/efi.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
@@ -74,6 +75,11 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
         ssize_t size = 0;
         int err;
 
+        while (!__ratelimit(&file->f_cred->user->ratelimit)) {
+                if (!msleep_interruptible(50))
+                        return -EINTR;
+        }
+
         err = efivar_entry_size(var, &datasize);
 
         /*
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/user.h b/include/linux/sched/user.h
index 0dcf4e480ef7..96fe289c4c6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/user.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/user.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/uidgid.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 
 struct key;
 
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ struct user_struct {
     defined(CONFIG_NET)
         atomic_long_t locked_vm;
 #endif
+
+        /* Miscellaneous per-user rate limit */
+        struct ratelimit_state ratelimit;
 };
 
 extern int uids_sysfs_init(void);
diff --git a/kernel/user.c b/kernel/user.c
index 9a20acce460d..36288d840675 100644
--- a/kernel/user.c
+++ b/kernel/user.c
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ struct user_struct root_user = {
         .sigpending     = ATOMIC_INIT(0),
         .locked_shm     = 0,
         .uid            = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID,
+        .ratelimit      = RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT(root_user.ratelimit, 0, 0),
 };
 
 /*
@@ -191,6 +192,8 @@ struct user_struct *alloc_uid(kuid_t uid)
 
                 new->uid = uid;
                 atomic_set(&new->__count, 1);
+                ratelimit_state_init(&new->ratelimit, HZ, 100);
+                ratelimit_set_flags(&new->ratelimit, RATELIMIT_MSG_ON_RELEASE);
 
                 /*
                  * Before adding this, check whether we raced