diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 9d536be324ce..f3c0b172fd6d 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -361,6 +361,12 @@ setxattr(struct dentry *d, const char __user *name, const void __user *value,
 		if ((strcmp(kname, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS) == 0) ||
 		    (strcmp(kname, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT) == 0))
 			posix_acl_fix_xattr_from_user(kvalue, size);
+		else if (strcmp(kname, XATTR_NAME_CAPS) == 0) {
+			error = cap_convert_nscap(d, &kvalue, size);
+			if (error < 0)
+				goto out;
+			size = error;
+		}
 	}
 
 	error = vfs_setxattr(d, kname, kvalue, size, flags);
diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
index b20ffe23a09b..1df0b01a18d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -253,4 +253,6 @@ extern bool ptracer_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, struct user_namespace *ns);
 /* audit system wants to get cap info from files as well */
 extern int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(const struct dentry *dentry, struct cpu_vfs_cap_data *cpu_caps);
 
+extern int cap_convert_nscap(struct dentry *dentry, void **ivalue, size_t size);
+
 #endif /* !_LINUX_CAPABILITY_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 32a40430732e..fdec096e5330 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ extern int cap_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 extern int cap_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
 extern int cap_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry);
 extern int cap_inode_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry);
+extern int cap_inode_getsecurity(const struct inode *inode, const char *name,
+				 void **buffer, bool alloc);
 extern int cap_mmap_addr(unsigned long addr);
 extern int cap_mmap_file(struct file *file, unsigned long reqprot,
 			 unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/capability.h b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
index 12c37a197d24..a1b550cede30 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
@@ -62,9 +62,13 @@ typedef struct __user_cap_data_struct {
 #define VFS_CAP_U32_2           2
 #define XATTR_CAPS_SZ_2         (sizeof(__le32)*(1 + 2*VFS_CAP_U32_2))
 
-#define XATTR_CAPS_SZ           XATTR_CAPS_SZ_2
-#define VFS_CAP_U32             VFS_CAP_U32_2
-#define VFS_CAP_REVISION	VFS_CAP_REVISION_2
+#define VFS_CAP_REVISION_3	0x03000000
+#define VFS_CAP_U32_3           2
+#define XATTR_CAPS_SZ_3         (sizeof(__le32)*(2 + 2*VFS_CAP_U32_3))
+
+#define XATTR_CAPS_SZ           XATTR_CAPS_SZ_3
+#define VFS_CAP_U32             VFS_CAP_U32_3
+#define VFS_CAP_REVISION	VFS_CAP_REVISION_3
 
 struct vfs_cap_data {
 	__le32 magic_etc;            /* Little endian */
@@ -74,6 +78,18 @@ struct vfs_cap_data {
 	} data[VFS_CAP_U32];
 };
 
+/*
+ * same as vfs_cap_data but with a rootid at the end
+ */
+struct vfs_ns_cap_data {
+	__le32 magic_etc;
+	struct {
+		__le32 permitted;    /* Little endian */
+		__le32 inheritable;  /* Little endian */
+	} data[VFS_CAP_U32];
+	__le32 rootid;
+};
+
 #ifndef __KERNEL__
 
 /*
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 9b3edba566b1..c730ed00f427 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -337,6 +337,209 @@ int cap_inode_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return inode->i_op->removexattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS);
 }
 
+static bool rootid_owns_currentns(kuid_t kroot)
+{
+	struct user_namespace *ns;
+
+	if (!uid_valid(kroot))
+		return false;
+
+	for (ns = current_user_ns(); ; ns = ns->parent) {
+		if (from_kuid(ns, kroot) == 0)
+			return true;
+		if (ns == &init_user_ns)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static __u32 sansflags(__u32 m)
+{
+	return m & ~VFS_CAP_FLAGS_EFFECTIVE;
+}
+
+static bool is_v2header(size_t size, __le32 magic)
+{
+	__u32 m = le32_to_cpu(magic);
+	if (size != XATTR_CAPS_SZ_2)
+		return false;
+	return sansflags(m) == VFS_CAP_REVISION_2;
+}
+
+static bool is_v3header(size_t size, __le32 magic)
+{
+	__u32 m = le32_to_cpu(magic);
+
+	if (size != XATTR_CAPS_SZ_3)
+		return false;
+	return sansflags(m) == VFS_CAP_REVISION_3;
+}
+
+/*
+ * getsecurity: We are called for security.* before any attempt to read the
+ * xattr from the inode itself.
+ *
+ * This gives us a chance to read the on-disk value and convert it.  If we
+ * return -EOPNOTSUPP, then vfs_getxattr() will call the i_op handler.
+ *
+ * Note we are not called by vfs_getxattr_alloc(), but that is only called
+ * by the integrity subsystem, which really wants the unconverted values -
+ * so that's good.
+ */
+int cap_inode_getsecurity(const struct inode *inode, const char *name,
+			  void **buffer, bool alloc)
+{
+	int size, ret;
+	kuid_t kroot;
+	uid_t root, mappedroot;
+	char *tmpbuf = NULL;
+	struct vfs_cap_data *cap;
+	struct vfs_ns_cap_data *nscap;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct user_namespace *fs_ns;
+
+	if (strcmp(name, "capability") != 0)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	dentry = d_find_alias((struct inode *)inode);
+	if (!dentry)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	size = sizeof(struct vfs_ns_cap_data);
+	ret = (int) vfs_getxattr_alloc(dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS,
+				 &tmpbuf, size, GFP_NOFS);
+	dput(dentry);
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	fs_ns = inode->i_sb->s_user_ns;
+	cap = (struct vfs_cap_data *) tmpbuf;
+	if (is_v2header((size_t) ret, cap->magic_etc)) {
+		/* If this is sizeof(vfs_cap_data) then we're ok with the
+		 * on-disk value, so return that.  */
+		if (alloc)
+			*buffer = tmpbuf;
+		else
+			kfree(tmpbuf);
+		return ret;
+	} else if (!is_v3header((size_t) ret, cap->magic_etc)) {
+		kfree(tmpbuf);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	nscap = (struct vfs_ns_cap_data *) tmpbuf;
+	root = le32_to_cpu(nscap->rootid);
+	kroot = make_kuid(fs_ns, root);
+
+	/* If the root kuid maps to a valid uid in current ns, then return
+	 * this as a nscap. */
+	mappedroot = from_kuid(current_user_ns(), kroot);
+	if (mappedroot != (uid_t)-1 && mappedroot != (uid_t)0) {
+		if (alloc) {
+			*buffer = tmpbuf;
+			nscap->rootid = cpu_to_le32(mappedroot);
+		} else
+			kfree(tmpbuf);
+		return size;
+	}
+
+	if (!rootid_owns_currentns(kroot)) {
+		kfree(tmpbuf);
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
+	/* This comes from a parent namespace.  Return as a v2 capability */
+	size = sizeof(struct vfs_cap_data);
+	if (alloc) {
+		*buffer = kmalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (*buffer) {
+			struct vfs_cap_data *cap = *buffer;
+			__le32 nsmagic, magic;
+			magic = VFS_CAP_REVISION_2;
+			nsmagic = le32_to_cpu(nscap->magic_etc);
+			if (nsmagic & VFS_CAP_FLAGS_EFFECTIVE)
+				magic |= VFS_CAP_FLAGS_EFFECTIVE;
+			memcpy(&cap->data, &nscap->data, sizeof(__le32) * 2 * VFS_CAP_U32);
+			cap->magic_etc = cpu_to_le32(magic);
+		}
+	}
+	kfree(tmpbuf);
+	return size;
+}
+
+static kuid_t rootid_from_xattr(const void *value, size_t size,
+				struct user_namespace *task_ns)
+{
+	const struct vfs_ns_cap_data *nscap = value;
+	uid_t rootid = 0;
+
+	if (size == XATTR_CAPS_SZ_3)
+		rootid = le32_to_cpu(nscap->rootid);
+
+	return make_kuid(task_ns, rootid);
+}
+
+static bool validheader(size_t size, __le32 magic)
+{
+	return is_v2header(size, magic) || is_v3header(size, magic);
+}
+
+/*
+ * User requested a write of security.capability.  If needed, update the
+ * xattr to change from v2 to v3, or to fixup the v3 rootid.
+ *
+ * If all is ok, we return the new size, on error return < 0.
+ */
+int cap_convert_nscap(struct dentry *dentry, void **ivalue, size_t size)
+{
+	struct vfs_ns_cap_data *nscap;
+	uid_t nsrootid;
+	const struct vfs_cap_data *cap = *ivalue;
+	__u32 magic, nsmagic;
+	struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
+	struct user_namespace *task_ns = current_user_ns(),
+		*fs_ns = inode->i_sb->s_user_ns;
+	kuid_t rootid;
+	size_t newsize;
+
+	if (!*ivalue)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!validheader(size, cap->magic_etc))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(inode, CAP_SETFCAP))
+		return -EPERM;
+	if (size == XATTR_CAPS_SZ_2)
+		if (ns_capable(inode->i_sb->s_user_ns, CAP_SETFCAP))
+			/* user is privileged, just write the v2 */
+			return size;
+
+	rootid = rootid_from_xattr(*ivalue, size, task_ns);
+	if (!uid_valid(rootid))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	nsrootid = from_kuid(fs_ns, rootid);
+	if (nsrootid == -1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	newsize = sizeof(struct vfs_ns_cap_data);
+	nscap = kmalloc(newsize, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!nscap)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	nscap->rootid = cpu_to_le32(nsrootid);
+	nsmagic = VFS_CAP_REVISION_3;
+	magic = le32_to_cpu(cap->magic_etc);
+	if (magic & VFS_CAP_FLAGS_EFFECTIVE)
+		nsmagic |= VFS_CAP_FLAGS_EFFECTIVE;
+	nscap->magic_etc = cpu_to_le32(nsmagic);
+	memcpy(&nscap->data, &cap->data, sizeof(__le32) * 2 * VFS_CAP_U32);
+
+	kvfree(*ivalue);
+	*ivalue = nscap;
+	return newsize;
+}
+
 /*
  * Calculate the new process capability sets from the capability sets attached
  * to a file.
@@ -390,26 +593,31 @@ int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(const struct dentry *dentry, struct cpu_vfs_cap_data
 	__u32 magic_etc;
 	unsigned tocopy, i;
 	int size;
-	struct vfs_cap_data caps;
+	struct vfs_ns_cap_data data, *nscaps = &data;
+	struct vfs_cap_data *caps = (struct vfs_cap_data *) &data;
+	kuid_t rootkuid;
+	struct user_namespace *fs_ns = inode->i_sb->s_user_ns;
 
 	memset(cpu_caps, 0, sizeof(struct cpu_vfs_cap_data));
 
 	if (!inode || !inode->i_op->getxattr)
 		return -ENODATA;
 
-	size = inode->i_op->getxattr((struct dentry *)dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS, &caps,
+	size = inode->i_op->getxattr((struct dentry *)dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS, &data,
 				   XATTR_CAPS_SZ);
 	if (size == -ENODATA || size == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		/* no data, that's ok */
 		return -ENODATA;
+
 	if (size < 0)
 		return size;
 
 	if (size < sizeof(magic_etc))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	cpu_caps->magic_etc = magic_etc = le32_to_cpu(caps.magic_etc);
+	cpu_caps->magic_etc = magic_etc = le32_to_cpu(caps->magic_etc);
 
+	rootkuid = make_kuid(fs_ns, 0);
 	switch (magic_etc & VFS_CAP_REVISION_MASK) {
 	case VFS_CAP_REVISION_1:
 		if (size != XATTR_CAPS_SZ_1)
@@ -421,15 +629,27 @@ int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(const struct dentry *dentry, struct cpu_vfs_cap_data
 			return -EINVAL;
 		tocopy = VFS_CAP_U32_2;
 		break;
+	case VFS_CAP_REVISION_3:
+		if (size != XATTR_CAPS_SZ_3)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		tocopy = VFS_CAP_U32_3;
+		rootkuid = make_kuid(fs_ns, le32_to_cpu(nscaps->rootid));
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	/* Limit the caps to the mounter of the filesystem
+	 * or the more limited uid specified in the xattr.
+	 */
+	if (!rootid_owns_currentns(rootkuid))
+		return -ENODATA;
 
 	CAP_FOR_EACH_U32(i) {
 		if (i >= tocopy)
 			break;
-		cpu_caps->permitted.cap[i] = le32_to_cpu(caps.data[i].permitted);
-		cpu_caps->inheritable.cap[i] = le32_to_cpu(caps.data[i].inheritable);
+		cpu_caps->permitted.cap[i] = le32_to_cpu(caps->data[i].permitted);
+		cpu_caps->inheritable.cap[i] = le32_to_cpu(caps->data[i].inheritable);
 	}
 
 	cpu_caps->permitted.cap[CAP_LAST_U32] &= CAP_LAST_U32_VALID_MASK;
@@ -461,8 +681,8 @@ static int get_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm, bool *effective, bool *has_c
 	rc = get_vfs_caps_from_disk(bprm->file->f_path.dentry, &vcaps);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		if (rc == -EINVAL)
-			printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: get_vfs_caps_from_disk returned %d for %s\n",
-				__func__, rc, bprm->filename);
+			printk(KERN_NOTICE "Invalid argument reading file caps for %s\n",
+					bprm->filename);
 		else if (rc == -ENODATA)
 			rc = 0;
 		goto out;
@@ -660,15 +880,19 @@ int cap_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 {
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns = dentry->d_sb->s_user_ns;
 
-	if (!strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_CAPS)) {
-		if (!ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SETFCAP))
-			return -EPERM;
+	/* Ignore non-security xattrs */
+	if (strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
+			sizeof(XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX) - 1) != 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * For XATTR_NAME_CAPS the check will be done in
+	 * cap_convert_nscap(), called by setxattr()
+	 */
+	if (strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_CAPS) == 0)
 		return 0;
-	}
 
-	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
-		     sizeof(XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX) - 1) &&
-	    !ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	if (!ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -688,15 +912,22 @@ int cap_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns = dentry->d_sb->s_user_ns;
 
-	if (!strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_CAPS)) {
-		if (!ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SETFCAP))
+	/* Ignore non-security xattrs */
+	if (strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
+			sizeof(XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX) - 1) != 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_CAPS) == 0) {
+		/* security.capability gets namespaced */
+		struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
+		if (!inode)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (!capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(inode, CAP_SETFCAP))
 			return -EPERM;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
-		     sizeof(XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX) - 1) &&
-	    !ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	if (!ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1086,6 +1317,7 @@ struct security_hook_list capability_hooks[] = {
 	LSM_HOOK_INIT(bprm_secureexec, cap_bprm_secureexec),
 	LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_need_killpriv, cap_inode_need_killpriv),
 	LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_killpriv, cap_inode_killpriv),
+	LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_getsecurity, cap_inode_getsecurity),
 	LSM_HOOK_INIT(mmap_addr, cap_mmap_addr),
 	LSM_HOOK_INIT(mmap_file, cap_mmap_file),
 	LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_fix_setuid, cap_task_fix_setuid),
