diff --git a/include/linux/seccomp.h b/include/linux/seccomp.h
index 4054b0994071..9ff98b4bfe2e 100644
--- a/include/linux/seccomp.h
+++ b/include/linux/seccomp.h
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ struct seccomp_filter;
  *
  * @mode:  indicates one of the valid values above for controlled
  *         system calls available to a process.
- * @filter: The metadata and ruleset for determining what system calls
- *          are allowed for a task.
+ * @filter: must always point to a valid seccomp-filter or NULL as it is
+ *          accessed without locking during system call entry.
  *
  *          @filter must only be accessed from the context of current as there
- *          is no locking.
+ *          is no read locking.
  */
 struct seccomp {
 	int mode;
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 6a13c46cd87d..ed4bc339c9dc 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -315,6 +315,15 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig)
 		goto free_ti;
 
 	tsk->stack = ti;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SECCOMP
+	/*
+	 * We must handle setting up seccomp filters once we're under
+	 * the sighand lock in case orig has changed between now and
+	 * then. Until then, filter must be NULL to avoid messing up
+	 * the usage counts on the error path calling free_task.
+	 */
+	tsk->seccomp.filter = NULL;
+#endif
 
 	setup_thread_stack(tsk, orig);
 	clear_user_return_notifier(tsk);
@@ -1081,6 +1090,39 @@ static int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void copy_seccomp(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SECCOMP
+	/*
+	 * Must be called with sighand->lock held, which is common to
+	 * all threads in the group. Holding cred_guard_mutex is not
+	 * needed because this new task is not yet running and cannot
+	 * be racing exec.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&current->sighand->siglock));
+
+	/* Ref-count the new filter user, and assign it. */
+	get_seccomp_filter(current);
+	p->seccomp = current->seccomp;
+
+	/*
+	 * Explicitly enable no_new_privs here in case it got set
+	 * between the task_struct being duplicated and holding the
+	 * sighand lock. The seccomp state and nnp must be in sync.
+	 */
+	if (task_no_new_privs(current))
+		task_set_no_new_privs(p);
+
+	/*
+	 * If the parent gained a seccomp mode after copying thread
+	 * flags and between before we held the sighand lock, we have
+	 * to manually enable the seccomp thread flag here.
+	 */
+	if (p->seccomp.mode != SECCOMP_MODE_DISABLED)
+		set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_SECCOMP);
+#endif
+}
+
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(set_tid_address, int __user *, tidptr)
 {
 	current->clear_child_tid = tidptr;
@@ -1196,7 +1238,6 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 		goto fork_out;
 
 	ftrace_graph_init_task(p);
-	get_seccomp_filter(p);
 
 	rt_mutex_init_task(p);
 
@@ -1436,6 +1477,12 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 
 	spin_lock(&current->sighand->siglock);
 
+	/*
+	 * Copy seccomp details explicitly here, in case they were changed
+	 * before holding sighand lock.
+	 */
+	copy_seccomp(p);
+
 	/*
 	 * Process group and session signals need to be delivered to just the
 	 * parent before the fork or both the parent and the child after the
diff --git a/kernel/seccomp.c b/kernel/seccomp.c
index 58125160417c..d5543e787e4e 100644
--- a/kernel/seccomp.c
+++ b/kernel/seccomp.c
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ static u32 seccomp_run_filters(int syscall)
 
 static inline bool seccomp_may_assign_mode(unsigned long seccomp_mode)
 {
+	BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&current->sighand->siglock));
+
 	if (current->seccomp.mode && current->seccomp.mode != seccomp_mode)
 		return false;
 
@@ -207,6 +209,8 @@ static inline bool seccomp_may_assign_mode(unsigned long seccomp_mode)
 
 static inline void seccomp_assign_mode(unsigned long seccomp_mode)
 {
+	BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&current->sighand->siglock));
+
 	current->seccomp.mode = seccomp_mode;
 	set_tsk_thread_flag(current, TIF_SECCOMP);
 }
@@ -332,6 +336,8 @@ out:
  * @flags:  flags to change filter behavior
  * @filter: seccomp filter to add to the current process
  *
+ * Caller must be holding current->sighand->siglock lock.
+ *
  * Returns 0 on success, -ve on error.
  */
 static long seccomp_attach_filter(unsigned int flags,
@@ -340,6 +346,8 @@ static long seccomp_attach_filter(unsigned int flags,
 	unsigned long total_insns;
 	struct seccomp_filter *walker;
 
+	BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&current->sighand->siglock));
+
 	/* Validate resulting filter length. */
 	total_insns = filter->prog->len;
 	for (walker = current->seccomp.filter; walker; walker = walker->prev)
@@ -529,6 +537,8 @@ static long seccomp_set_mode_strict(void)
 	const unsigned long seccomp_mode = SECCOMP_MODE_STRICT;
 	long ret = -EINVAL;
 
+	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+
 	if (!seccomp_may_assign_mode(seccomp_mode))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -539,6 +549,7 @@ static long seccomp_set_mode_strict(void)
 	ret = 0;
 
 out:
+	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -566,13 +577,15 @@ static long seccomp_set_mode_filter(unsigned int flags,
 
 	/* Validate flags. */
 	if (flags != 0)
-		goto out;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Prepare the new filter before holding any locks. */
 	prepared = seccomp_prepare_user_filter(filter);
 	if (IS_ERR(prepared))
 		return PTR_ERR(prepared);
 
+	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+
 	if (!seccomp_may_assign_mode(seccomp_mode))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -584,6 +597,7 @@ static long seccomp_set_mode_filter(unsigned int flags,
 
 	seccomp_assign_mode(seccomp_mode);
 out:
+	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	seccomp_filter_free(prepared);
 	return ret;
 }