diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 6a3d62de1cca..056422e6a0be 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -4270,6 +4270,20 @@ resched:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
+/*
+ * See mincore: reveal pagecache information only for files
+ * that the calling process has write access to, or could (if
+ * tried) open for writing.
+ */
+static inline bool can_do_cachestat(struct file *f)
+{
+	if (f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
+		return true;
+	if (inode_owner_or_capable(file_mnt_idmap(f), file_inode(f)))
+		return true;
+	return file_permission(f, MAY_WRITE) == 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * The cachestat(2) system call.
  *
@@ -4329,6 +4343,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(cachestat, unsigned int, fd,
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
+	if (!can_do_cachestat(f.file)) {
+		fdput(f);
+		return -EPERM;
+	}
+
 	if (flags != 0) {
 		fdput(f);
 		return -EINVAL;