1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 1d33d7db277..f9216102b42 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -707,7 +707,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fanotify_init, unsigned int, flags, unsigned int, event_f_flags)
                 group->max_events = FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_EVENTS;
         }
 
-        group->fanotify_data.max_marks = FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_MARKS;
+        if (flags & FAN_UNLIMITED_MARKS) {
+                fd = -EPERM;
+                if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+                        goto out_put_group;
+                group->fanotify_data.max_marks = UINT_MAX;
+        } else {
+                group->fanotify_data.max_marks = FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_MARKS;
+        }
 
         fd = anon_inode_getfd("[fanotify]", &fanotify_fops, group, f_flags);
         if (fd < 0)