diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
index 29880c9b324ed33601c8af02340a4765d9d75b3b..e22e57298522b0ced2fbecd9dfc24830c4739e3a 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void mconsole_proc(struct mc_request *req)
 	ptr += strlen("proc");
 	ptr = skip_spaces(ptr);
 
-	file = file_open_root(mnt->mnt_root, mnt, ptr, O_RDONLY);
+	file = file_open_root(mnt->mnt_root, mnt, ptr, O_RDONLY, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
 		mconsole_reply(req, "Failed to open file", 1, 0);
 		printk(KERN_ERR "open /proc/%s: %ld\n", ptr, PTR_ERR(file));
diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 7227ad89ecee9d5ac7dcd47b65fdae68d5a67cbb..26d05e3bc6db77badc633f2b629164dbd00de593 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #include <linux/pipe_fs_i.h>
 #include <linux/oom.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/path.h>
 #include <linux/timekeeping.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -623,6 +626,8 @@ void do_coredump(const siginfo_t *siginfo)
 		}
 	} else {
 		struct inode *inode;
+		int open_flags = O_CREAT | O_RDWR | O_NOFOLLOW |
+				 O_LARGEFILE | O_EXCL;
 
 		if (cprm.limit < binfmt->min_coredump)
 			goto fail_unlock;
@@ -661,10 +666,27 @@ void do_coredump(const siginfo_t *siginfo)
 		 * what matters is that at least one of the two processes
 		 * writes its coredump successfully, not which one.
 		 */
-		cprm.file = filp_open(cn.corename,
-				 O_CREAT | 2 | O_NOFOLLOW |
-				 O_LARGEFILE | O_EXCL,
-				 0600);
+		if (need_suid_safe) {
+			/*
+			 * Using user namespaces, normal user tasks can change
+			 * their current->fs->root to point to arbitrary
+			 * directories. Since the intention of the "only dump
+			 * with a fully qualified path" rule is to control where
+			 * coredumps may be placed using root privileges,
+			 * current->fs->root must not be used. Instead, use the
+			 * root directory of init_task.
+			 */
+			struct path root;
+
+			task_lock(&init_task);
+			get_fs_root(init_task.fs, &root);
+			task_unlock(&init_task);
+			cprm.file = file_open_root(root.dentry, root.mnt,
+				cn.corename, open_flags, 0600);
+			path_put(&root);
+		} else {
+			cprm.file = filp_open(cn.corename, open_flags, 0600);
+		}
 		if (IS_ERR(cprm.file))
 			goto fail_unlock;
 
diff --git a/fs/fhandle.c b/fs/fhandle.c
index d59712dfa3e701e86ff53609308e813cf8acf69e..ca3c3dd017897936d114e0adb76ec120794f1cfc 100644
--- a/fs/fhandle.c
+++ b/fs/fhandle.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ long do_handle_open(int mountdirfd,
 		path_put(&path);
 		return fd;
 	}
-	file = file_open_root(path.dentry, path.mnt, "", open_flag);
+	file = file_open_root(path.dentry, path.mnt, "", open_flag, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
 		put_unused_fd(fd);
 		retval =  PTR_ERR(file);
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index f9d2bf935099661e473129b8da87c22e9d184605..ff80b2542989da03313695384bd3bb5f1bf66166 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -987,14 +987,12 @@ struct file *filp_open(const char *filename, int flags, umode_t mode)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_open);
 
 struct file *file_open_root(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
-			    const char *filename, int flags)
+			    const char *filename, int flags, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct open_flags op;
-	int err = build_open_flags(flags, 0, &op);
+	int err = build_open_flags(flags, mode, &op);
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
-	if (flags & O_CREAT)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	return do_file_open_root(dentry, mnt, filename, &op);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_open_root);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index d2f5d455e14423a6319f179ec4bc9c43835065c2..ae327f6a53f696069f8e4ec30ecf8b3dbf073ece 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ extern long do_sys_open(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags,
 extern struct file *file_open_name(struct filename *, int, umode_t);
 extern struct file *filp_open(const char *, int, umode_t);
 extern struct file *file_open_root(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
-				   const char *, int);
+				   const char *, int, umode_t);
 extern struct file * dentry_open(const struct path *, int, const struct cred *);
 extern int filp_close(struct file *, fl_owner_t id);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
index 7e7746a42a623e66034b73c1e78f017d469b9f53..10a1d7dc931358caf4fddda72b5dcda857dd8a98 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ static ssize_t binary_sysctl(const int *name, int nlen,
 	}
 
 	mnt = task_active_pid_ns(current)->proc_mnt;
-	file = file_open_root(mnt->mnt_root, mnt, pathname, flags);
+	file = file_open_root(mnt->mnt_root, mnt, pathname, flags, 0);
 	result = PTR_ERR(file);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		goto out_putname;