diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index ba3a7cb1eaa0d6a3d3c67401592728c58742917f..9a72cc78e6b817d2b7c24b076eef7bd0061235f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ extern int sysctl_legacy_va_layout;
 #define sysctl_legacy_va_layout 0
 #endif
 
-extern unsigned long mmap_min_addr;
-
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
@@ -574,19 +572,6 @@ static inline void set_page_links(struct page *page, enum zone_type zone,
 	set_page_section(page, pfn_to_section_nr(pfn));
 }
 
-/*
- * If a hint addr is less than mmap_min_addr change hint to be as
- * low as possible but still greater than mmap_min_addr
- */
-static inline unsigned long round_hint_to_min(unsigned long hint)
-{
-	hint &= PAGE_MASK;
-	if (((void *)hint != NULL) &&
-	    (hint < mmap_min_addr))
-		return PAGE_ALIGN(mmap_min_addr);
-	return hint;
-}
-
 /*
  * Some inline functions in vmstat.h depend on page_zone()
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 963a48fc300579fe3ab2776667ae6a678746d72e..7b431155e392ee4d5c2766af0a8ec5490d56bc2c 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/resource.h>
 #include <linux/sem.h>
 #include <linux/shm.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h> /* PAGE_ALIGN */
 #include <linux/msg.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/key.h>
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ extern int cap_netlink_send(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern int cap_netlink_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, int cap);
 
 extern unsigned long mmap_min_addr;
+extern unsigned long dac_mmap_min_addr;
 /*
  * Values used in the task_security_ops calls
  */
@@ -147,6 +149,21 @@ static inline void security_free_mnt_opts(struct security_mnt_opts *opts)
 	opts->num_mnt_opts = 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If a hint addr is less than mmap_min_addr change hint to be as
+ * low as possible but still greater than mmap_min_addr
+ */
+static inline unsigned long round_hint_to_min(unsigned long hint)
+{
+	hint &= PAGE_MASK;
+	if (((void *)hint != NULL) &&
+	    (hint < mmap_min_addr))
+		return PAGE_ALIGN(mmap_min_addr);
+	return hint;
+}
+
+extern int mmap_min_addr_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
+				 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
 /**
  * struct security_operations - main security structure
  *
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 98e02328c67de053dc55bdee746ca381e526660e..58be76017fd000f3b019c0acab6d3cdeb672afda 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/slow-work.h>
 #include <linux/perf_counter.h>
 
@@ -1306,10 +1307,10 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "mmap_min_addr",
-		.data		= &mmap_min_addr,
-		.maxlen         = sizeof(unsigned long),
+		.data		= &dac_mmap_min_addr,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned long),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_doulongvec_minmax,
+		.proc_handler	= &mmap_min_addr_handler,
 	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	{
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index c948d4ca8bde0dc0d73ba1c40b984d395a73b4d8..fe5f674d7a7d571a1f456d2df3d5a31bb965db2e 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ config DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
 	  For most ia64, ppc64 and x86 users with lots of address space
 	  a value of 65536 is reasonable and should cause no problems.
 	  On arm and other archs it should not be higher than 32768.
-	  Programs which use vm86 functionality would either need additional
-	  permissions from either the LSM or the capabilities module or have
-	  this protection disabled.
+	  Programs which use vm86 functionality or have some need to map
+	  this low address space will need CAP_SYS_RAWIO or disable this
+	  protection by setting the value to 0.
 
 	  This value can be changed after boot using the
 	  /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr tunable.
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 34579b23ebd55ebed1a99a5473c6ca0693b559e2..8101de490c73941ab8815733a3899c614cdb8cb7 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -88,9 +88,6 @@ int sysctl_overcommit_ratio = 50;	/* default is 50% */
 int sysctl_max_map_count __read_mostly = DEFAULT_MAX_MAP_COUNT;
 struct percpu_counter vm_committed_as;
 
-/* amount of vm to protect from userspace access */
-unsigned long mmap_min_addr = CONFIG_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR;
-
 /*
  * Check that a process has enough memory to allocate a new virtual
  * mapping. 0 means there is enough memory for the allocation to
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 53cab10fece40a3f5835604e62754818de0e1e7c..28754c40be986608e96fe3cb1db7111a6e161cf8 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ int sysctl_max_map_count = DEFAULT_MAX_MAP_COUNT;
 int sysctl_nr_trim_pages = CONFIG_NOMMU_INITIAL_TRIM_EXCESS;
 int heap_stack_gap = 0;
 
-/* amount of vm to protect from userspace access */
-unsigned long mmap_min_addr = CONFIG_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR;
-
 atomic_long_t mmap_pages_allocated;
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mem_map);
diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
index d23c839038f00836cb96a51e53e27db8b8ec163c..9c60c346a91ddded5dcbff3186a0c501619ae477 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig
+++ b/security/Kconfig
@@ -113,6 +113,22 @@ config SECURITY_ROOTPLUG
 
 	  If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
 
+config LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
+	int "Low address space for LSM to from user allocation"
+	depends on SECURITY && SECURITY_SELINUX
+	default 65535
+	help
+	  This is the portion of low virtual memory which should be protected
+	  from userspace allocation.  Keeping a user from writing to low pages
+	  can help reduce the impact of kernel NULL pointer bugs.
+
+	  For most ia64, ppc64 and x86 users with lots of address space
+	  a value of 65536 is reasonable and should cause no problems.
+	  On arm and other archs it should not be higher than 32768.
+	  Programs which use vm86 functionality or have some need to map
+	  this low address space will need the permission specific to the
+	  systems running LSM.
+
 source security/selinux/Kconfig
 source security/smack/Kconfig
 source security/tomoyo/Kconfig
diff --git a/security/Makefile b/security/Makefile
index c67557cdaa857f9046d30cacb7f3ecc42196f9bb..b56e7f9ecbc2adf22706a849d704d8761dfa91dd 100644
--- a/security/Makefile
+++ b/security/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SMACK)		+= smack
 subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_TOMOYO)        += tomoyo
 
 # always enable default capabilities
-obj-y		+= commoncap.o
+obj-y		+= commoncap.o min_addr.o
 
 # Object file lists
 obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY)			+= security.o capability.o
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 3852e9432801e02473ff2777a35fe4809079cead..fe30751a6cd9cb8862fa7fcbd19a3b818264c934 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ int cap_file_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long reqprot,
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (addr < mmap_min_addr) {
+	if (addr < dac_mmap_min_addr) {
 		ret = cap_capable(current, current_cred(), CAP_SYS_RAWIO,
 				  SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
 		/* set PF_SUPERPRIV if it turns out we allow the low mmap */
diff --git a/security/min_addr.c b/security/min_addr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..14cc7b3b8d0379ef0cd17e071aa2821ea6dd4a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/min_addr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+
+/* amount of vm to protect from userspace access by both DAC and the LSM*/
+unsigned long mmap_min_addr;
+/* amount of vm to protect from userspace using CAP_SYS_RAWIO (DAC) */
+unsigned long dac_mmap_min_addr = CONFIG_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR;
+/* amount of vm to protect from userspace using the LSM = CONFIG_LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR */
+
+/*
+ * Update mmap_min_addr = max(dac_mmap_min_addr, CONFIG_LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR)
+ */
+static void update_mmap_min_addr(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
+	if (dac_mmap_min_addr > CONFIG_LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR)
+		mmap_min_addr = dac_mmap_min_addr;
+	else
+		mmap_min_addr = CONFIG_LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR;
+#else
+	mmap_min_addr = dac_mmap_min_addr;
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
+ * sysctl handler which just sets dac_mmap_min_addr = the new value and then
+ * calls update_mmap_min_addr() so non MAP_FIXED hints get rounded properly
+ */
+int mmap_min_addr_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
+			  void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+
+	update_mmap_min_addr();
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int __init init_mmap_min_addr(void)
+{
+	update_mmap_min_addr();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+pure_initcall(init_mmap_min_addr);
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 8a78f584f46e2aede0999216517c922a3c866864..5dee88362e71ce02c1e272b54c56f5737995dfaa 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3040,7 +3040,7 @@ static int selinux_file_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long reqprot,
 	 * at bad behaviour/exploit that we always want to get the AVC, even
 	 * if DAC would have also denied the operation.
 	 */
-	if (addr < mmap_min_addr) {
+	if (addr < CONFIG_LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR) {
 		rc = avc_has_perm(sid, sid, SECCLASS_MEMPROTECT,
 				  MEMPROTECT__MMAP_ZERO, NULL);
 		if (rc)