diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 53ae52dbff84..cd2fdac000c9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ static int sg_version_num = 30536;	/* 2 digits for each component */
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/cred.h> /* for sg_check_file_access() */
 
 #include "scsi.h"
 #include <scsi/scsi_dbg.h>
@@ -209,6 +210,33 @@ static void sg_device_destroy(struct kref *kref);
 	sdev_prefix_printk(prefix, (sdp)->device,		\
 			   (sdp)->disk->disk_name, fmt, ##a)
 
+/*
+ * The SCSI interfaces that use read() and write() as an asynchronous variant of
+ * ioctl(..., SG_IO, ...) are fundamentally unsafe, since there are lots of ways
+ * to trigger read() and write() calls from various contexts with elevated
+ * privileges. This can lead to kernel memory corruption (e.g. if these
+ * interfaces are called through splice()) and privilege escalation inside
+ * userspace (e.g. if a process with access to such a device passes a file
+ * descriptor to a SUID binary as stdin/stdout/stderr).
+ *
+ * This function provides protection for the legacy API by restricting the
+ * calling context.
+ */
+static int sg_check_file_access(struct file *filp, const char *caller)
+{
+	if (filp->f_cred != current_real_cred()) {
+		pr_err_once("%s: process %d (%s) changed security contexts after opening file descriptor, this is not allowed.\n",
+			caller, task_tgid_vnr(current), current->comm);
+		return -EPERM;
+	}
+	if (uaccess_kernel()) {
+		pr_err_once("%s: process %d (%s) called from kernel context, this is not allowed.\n",
+			caller, task_tgid_vnr(current), current->comm);
+		return -EACCES;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int sg_allow_access(struct file *filp, unsigned char *cmd)
 {
 	struct sg_fd *sfp = filp->private_data;
@@ -393,6 +421,14 @@ sg_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
 	struct sg_header *old_hdr = NULL;
 	int retval = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * This could cause a response to be stranded. Close the associated
+	 * file descriptor to free up any resources being held.
+	 */
+	retval = sg_check_file_access(filp, __func__);
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
+
 	if ((!(sfp = (Sg_fd *) filp->private_data)) || (!(sdp = sfp->parentdp)))
 		return -ENXIO;
 	SCSI_LOG_TIMEOUT(3, sg_printk(KERN_INFO, sdp,
@@ -580,9 +616,11 @@ sg_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
 	struct sg_header old_hdr;
 	sg_io_hdr_t *hp;
 	unsigned char cmnd[SG_MAX_CDB_SIZE];
+	int retval;
 
-	if (unlikely(uaccess_kernel()))
-		return -EINVAL;
+	retval = sg_check_file_access(filp, __func__);
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
 
 	if ((!(sfp = (Sg_fd *) filp->private_data)) || (!(sdp = sfp->parentdp)))
 		return -ENXIO;