diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index edad7a43edea..fbf25f19b3b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -830,6 +830,7 @@ struct user_struct {
 	unsigned long mq_bytes;	/* How many bytes can be allocated to mqueue? */
 #endif
 	unsigned long locked_shm; /* How many pages of mlocked shm ? */
+	unsigned long unix_inflight;	/* How many files in flight in unix sockets */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
 	struct key *uid_keyring;	/* UID specific keyring */
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index ef05cd9403d4..e3f85bc8b135 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1513,6 +1513,21 @@ static void unix_destruct_scm(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	sock_wfree(skb);
 }
 
+/*
+ * The "user->unix_inflight" variable is protected by the garbage
+ * collection lock, and we just read it locklessly here. If you go
+ * over the limit, there might be a tiny race in actually noticing
+ * it across threads. Tough.
+ */
+static inline bool too_many_unix_fds(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	struct user_struct *user = current_user();
+
+	if (unlikely(user->unix_inflight > task_rlimit(p, RLIMIT_NOFILE)))
+		return !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+	return false;
+}
+
 #define MAX_RECURSION_LEVEL 4
 
 static int unix_attach_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -1521,6 +1536,9 @@ static int unix_attach_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	unsigned char max_level = 0;
 	int unix_sock_count = 0;
 
+	if (too_many_unix_fds(current))
+		return -ETOOMANYREFS;
+
 	for (i = scm->fp->count - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		struct sock *sk = unix_get_socket(scm->fp->fp[i]);
 
@@ -1542,10 +1560,8 @@ static int unix_attach_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (!UNIXCB(skb).fp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (unix_sock_count) {
-		for (i = scm->fp->count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
-			unix_inflight(scm->fp->fp[i]);
-	}
+	for (i = scm->fp->count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+		unix_inflight(scm->fp->fp[i]);
 	return max_level;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/unix/garbage.c b/net/unix/garbage.c
index a73a226f2d33..8fcdc2283af5 100644
--- a/net/unix/garbage.c
+++ b/net/unix/garbage.c
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ void unix_inflight(struct file *fp)
 {
 	struct sock *s = unix_get_socket(fp);
 
+	spin_lock(&unix_gc_lock);
+
 	if (s) {
 		struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(s);
 
-		spin_lock(&unix_gc_lock);
-
 		if (atomic_long_inc_return(&u->inflight) == 1) {
 			BUG_ON(!list_empty(&u->link));
 			list_add_tail(&u->link, &gc_inflight_list);
@@ -132,25 +132,28 @@ void unix_inflight(struct file *fp)
 			BUG_ON(list_empty(&u->link));
 		}
 		unix_tot_inflight++;
-		spin_unlock(&unix_gc_lock);
 	}
+	fp->f_cred->user->unix_inflight++;
+	spin_unlock(&unix_gc_lock);
 }
 
 void unix_notinflight(struct file *fp)
 {
 	struct sock *s = unix_get_socket(fp);
 
+	spin_lock(&unix_gc_lock);
+
 	if (s) {
 		struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(s);
 
-		spin_lock(&unix_gc_lock);
 		BUG_ON(list_empty(&u->link));
 
 		if (atomic_long_dec_and_test(&u->inflight))
 			list_del_init(&u->link);
 		unix_tot_inflight--;
-		spin_unlock(&unix_gc_lock);
 	}
+	fp->f_cred->user->unix_inflight--;
+	spin_unlock(&unix_gc_lock);
 }
 
 static void scan_inflight(struct sock *x, void (*func)(struct unix_sock *),