diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/module.h b/include/uapi/linux/module.h
index 50d98ec5e8668b1379202866d5791bebb6fb685d..03a33ffffcba886b232606b3da9976e03f96308e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/module.h
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 /* Flags for sys_finit_module: */
 #define MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_MODVERSIONS	1
 #define MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_VERMAGIC	2
+#define MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE	4
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MODULE_H */
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 4b7bac10c72d30db71b12347cb5d6c290ae8c156..ad386eac1210982d50567e991c8867aa9300e688 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -2280,6 +2280,19 @@ config MODULE_COMPRESS_ZSTD
 
 endchoice
 
+config MODULE_DECOMPRESS
+	bool "Support in-kernel module decompression"
+	depends on MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP || MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ
+	select ZLIB_INFLATE if MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP
+	select XZ_DEC if MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ
+	help
+
+	  Support for decompressing kernel modules by the kernel itself
+	  instead of relying on userspace to perform this task. Useful when
+	  load pinning security policy is enabled.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS
 	bool "Allow loading of modules with missing namespace imports"
 	help
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 186c49582f45b65e8ab284905203cbe95b6e5d5e..56f4ee97f32849823304b0b3b6509b33a4cca6e7 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ obj-y += up.o
 endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_UID16) += uid16.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += module.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_DECOMPRESS) += module_decompress.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG) += module_signing.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORMAT) += module_signature.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS) += kallsyms.o
diff --git a/kernel/module-internal.h b/kernel/module-internal.h
index 33783abc377bfb5333a8da30601134f4265dbcea..8c381c99062f2d38443dbdbf5ea9e634c23fc6f0 100644
--- a/kernel/module-internal.h
+++ b/kernel/module-internal.h
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ struct load_info {
 	bool sig_ok;
 #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
 	unsigned long mod_kallsyms_init_off;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_DECOMPRESS
+	struct page **pages;
+	unsigned int max_pages;
+	unsigned int used_pages;
 #endif
 	struct {
 		unsigned int sym, str, mod, vers, info, pcpu;
@@ -29,3 +34,17 @@ struct load_info {
 };
 
 extern int mod_verify_sig(const void *mod, struct load_info *info);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_DECOMPRESS
+int module_decompress(struct load_info *info, const void *buf, size_t size);
+void module_decompress_cleanup(struct load_info *info);
+#else
+static inline int module_decompress(struct load_info *info,
+				    const void *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+static inline void module_decompress_cleanup(struct load_info *info)
+{
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 84a9141a5e159a01642c6a67e4250e016de39797..a7c5490b41e9e8228237932e6535e2c054c54ef5 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -3174,9 +3174,12 @@ static int copy_module_from_user(const void __user *umod, unsigned long len,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void free_copy(struct load_info *info)
+static void free_copy(struct load_info *info, int flags)
 {
-	vfree(info->hdr);
+	if (flags & MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE)
+		module_decompress_cleanup(info);
+	else
+		vfree(info->hdr);
 }
 
 static int rewrite_section_headers(struct load_info *info, int flags)
@@ -4125,7 +4128,7 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
 	}
 
 	/* Get rid of temporary copy. */
-	free_copy(info);
+	free_copy(info, flags);
 
 	/* Done! */
 	trace_module_load(mod);
@@ -4174,7 +4177,7 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
 
 	module_deallocate(mod, info);
  free_copy:
-	free_copy(info);
+	free_copy(info, flags);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -4201,7 +4204,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(init_module, void __user *, umod,
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(finit_module, int, fd, const char __user *, uargs, int, flags)
 {
 	struct load_info info = { };
-	void *hdr = NULL;
+	void *buf = NULL;
+	int len;
 	int err;
 
 	err = may_init_module();
@@ -4211,15 +4215,24 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(finit_module, int, fd, const char __user *, uargs, int, flags)
 	pr_debug("finit_module: fd=%d, uargs=%p, flags=%i\n", fd, uargs, flags);
 
 	if (flags & ~(MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_MODVERSIONS
-		      |MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_VERMAGIC))
+		      |MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_VERMAGIC
+		      |MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	err = kernel_read_file_from_fd(fd, 0, &hdr, INT_MAX, NULL,
+	len = kernel_read_file_from_fd(fd, 0, &buf, INT_MAX, NULL,
 				       READING_MODULE);
-	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
-	info.hdr = hdr;
-	info.len = err;
+	if (len < 0)
+		return len;
+
+	if (flags & MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE) {
+		err = module_decompress(&info, buf, len);
+		vfree(buf); /* compressed data is no longer needed */
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	} else {
+		info.hdr = buf;
+		info.len = len;
+	}
 
 	return load_module(&info, uargs, flags);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/module_decompress.c b/kernel/module_decompress.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aeefd95a33375c304104288ed84e2a198accba1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/module_decompress.c
@@ -0,0 +1,271 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 Google LLC.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/highmem.h>
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+
+#include "module-internal.h"
+
+static int module_extend_max_pages(struct load_info *info, unsigned int extent)
+{
+	struct page **new_pages;
+
+	new_pages = kvmalloc_array(info->max_pages + extent,
+				   sizeof(info->pages), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new_pages)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	memcpy(new_pages, info->pages, info->max_pages * sizeof(info->pages));
+	kvfree(info->pages);
+	info->pages = new_pages;
+	info->max_pages += extent;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct page *module_get_next_page(struct load_info *info)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+	int error;
+
+	if (info->max_pages == info->used_pages) {
+		error = module_extend_max_pages(info, info->used_pages);
+		if (error)
+			return ERR_PTR(error);
+	}
+
+	page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
+	if (!page)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	info->pages[info->used_pages++] = page;
+	return page;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP
+#include <linux/zlib.h>
+#define MODULE_COMPRESSION	gzip
+#define MODULE_DECOMPRESS_FN	module_gzip_decompress
+
+/*
+ * Calculate length of the header which consists of signature, header
+ * flags, time stamp and operating system ID (10 bytes total), plus
+ * an optional filename.
+ */
+static size_t module_gzip_header_len(const u8 *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	const u8 signature[] = { 0x1f, 0x8b, 0x08 };
+	size_t len = 10;
+
+	if (size < len || memcmp(buf, signature, sizeof(signature)))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (buf[3] & 0x08) {
+		do {
+			/*
+			 * If we can't find the end of the file name we must
+			 * be dealing with a corrupted file.
+			 */
+			if (len == size)
+				return 0;
+		} while (buf[len++] != '\0');
+	}
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+static ssize_t module_gzip_decompress(struct load_info *info,
+				      const void *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	struct z_stream_s s = { 0 };
+	size_t new_size = 0;
+	size_t gzip_hdr_len;
+	ssize_t retval;
+	int rc;
+
+	gzip_hdr_len = module_gzip_header_len(buf, size);
+	if (!gzip_hdr_len) {
+		pr_err("not a gzip compressed module\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	s.next_in = buf + gzip_hdr_len;
+	s.avail_in = size - gzip_hdr_len;
+
+	s.workspace = kmalloc(zlib_inflate_workspacesize(), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!s.workspace)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	rc = zlib_inflateInit2(&s, -MAX_WBITS);
+	if (rc != Z_OK) {
+		pr_err("failed to initialize decompresser: %d\n", rc);
+		retval = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	do {
+		struct page *page = module_get_next_page(info);
+		if (!page) {
+			retval = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out_inflate_end;
+		}
+
+		s.next_out = kmap(page);
+		s.avail_out = PAGE_SIZE;
+		rc = zlib_inflate(&s, 0);
+		kunmap(page);
+
+		new_size += PAGE_SIZE - s.avail_out;
+	} while (rc == Z_OK);
+
+	if (rc != Z_STREAM_END) {
+		pr_err("decompression failed with status %d\n", rc);
+		retval = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_inflate_end;
+	}
+
+	retval = new_size;
+
+out_inflate_end:
+	zlib_inflateEnd(&s);
+out:
+	kfree(s.workspace);
+	return retval;
+}
+#elif CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ
+#include <linux/xz.h>
+#define MODULE_COMPRESSION	xz
+#define MODULE_DECOMPRESS_FN	module_xz_decompress
+
+static ssize_t module_xz_decompress(struct load_info *info,
+				    const void *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	static const u8 signature[] = { 0xfd, '7', 'z', 'X', 'Z', 0 };
+	struct xz_dec *xz_dec;
+	struct xz_buf xz_buf;
+	enum xz_ret xz_ret;
+	size_t new_size = 0;
+	ssize_t retval;
+
+	if (size < sizeof(signature) ||
+	    memcmp(buf, signature, sizeof(signature))) {
+		pr_err("not an xz compressed module\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	xz_dec = xz_dec_init(XZ_DYNALLOC, (u32)-1);
+	if (!xz_dec)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	xz_buf.in_size = size;
+	xz_buf.in = buf;
+	xz_buf.in_pos = 0;
+
+	do {
+		struct page *page = module_get_next_page(info);
+		if (!page) {
+			retval = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		xz_buf.out = kmap(page);
+		xz_buf.out_pos = 0;
+		xz_buf.out_size = PAGE_SIZE;
+		xz_ret = xz_dec_run(xz_dec, &xz_buf);
+		kunmap(page);
+
+		new_size += xz_buf.out_pos;
+	} while (xz_buf.out_pos == PAGE_SIZE && xz_ret == XZ_OK);
+
+	if (xz_ret != XZ_STREAM_END) {
+		pr_err("decompression failed with status %d\n", xz_ret);
+		retval = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	retval = new_size;
+
+ out:
+	xz_dec_end(xz_dec);
+	return retval;
+}
+#else
+#error "Unexpected configuration for CONFIG_MODULE_DECOMPRESS"
+#endif
+
+int module_decompress(struct load_info *info, const void *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	unsigned int n_pages;
+	ssize_t data_size;
+	int error;
+
+	/*
+	 * Start with number of pages twice as big as needed for
+	 * compressed data.
+	 */
+	n_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(size, PAGE_SIZE) * 2;
+	error = module_extend_max_pages(info, n_pages);
+
+	data_size = MODULE_DECOMPRESS_FN(info, buf, size);
+	if (data_size < 0) {
+		error = data_size;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	info->hdr = vmap(info->pages, info->used_pages, VM_MAP, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	if (!info->hdr) {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	info->len = data_size;
+	return 0;
+
+err:
+	module_decompress_cleanup(info);
+	return error;
+}
+
+void module_decompress_cleanup(struct load_info *info)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (info->hdr)
+		vunmap(info->hdr);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < info->used_pages; i++)
+		__free_page(info->pages[i]);
+
+	kvfree(info->pages);
+
+	info->pages = NULL;
+	info->max_pages = info->used_pages = 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t compression_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+				struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", __stringify(MODULE_COMPRESSION));
+}
+static struct kobj_attribute module_compression_attr = __ATTR_RO(compression);
+
+static int __init module_decompress_sysfs_init(void)
+{
+	int error;
+
+	error = sysfs_create_file(&module_kset->kobj,
+				  &module_compression_attr.attr);
+	if (error)
+		pr_warn("Failed to create 'compression' attribute");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(module_decompress_sysfs_init);