diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index 3cf7b533b3d1..7efb63fd0617 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -398,3 +398,4 @@
 384	i386	arch_prctl		sys_arch_prctl			__ia32_compat_sys_arch_prctl
 385	i386	io_pgetevents		sys_io_pgetevents		__ia32_compat_sys_io_pgetevents
 386	i386	rseq			sys_rseq			__ia32_sys_rseq
+387	i386	taskfd_send_signal	sys_taskfd_send_signal		__ia32_sys_taskfd_send_signal
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index f0b1709a5ffb..be894f4a84e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@
 332	common	statx			__x64_sys_statx
 333	common	io_pgetevents		__x64_sys_io_pgetevents
 334	common	rseq			__x64_sys_rseq
+335	common	taskfd_send_signal	__x64_sys_taskfd_send_signal
 
 #
 # x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index ce3465479447..b8b88bfee455 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -716,8 +716,6 @@ static int proc_pid_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	return generic_permission(inode, mask);
 }
 
-
-
 static const struct inode_operations proc_def_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr	= proc_setattr,
 };
@@ -3038,6 +3036,15 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_tgid_base_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
+struct pid *tgid_taskfd_to_pid(const struct file *file)
+{
+	if (!d_is_dir(file->f_path.dentry) ||
+	    (file->f_op != &proc_tgid_base_operations))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
+
+	return proc_pid(file_inode(file));
+}
+
 static struct dentry *proc_tgid_base_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	return proc_pident_lookup(dir, dentry,
@@ -3422,6 +3429,15 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_tid_base_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
+struct pid *tid_taskfd_to_pid(const struct file *file)
+{
+	if (!d_is_dir(file->f_path.dentry) ||
+	    (file->f_op != &proc_tid_base_operations))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
+
+	return proc_pid(file_inode(file));
+}
+
 static const struct inode_operations proc_tid_base_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= proc_tid_base_lookup,
 	.getattr	= pid_getattr,
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index d0e1f1522a78..96817415c420 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_net_single_write(const char *name, umode_t mo
 						    int (*show)(struct seq_file *, void *),
 						    proc_write_t write,
 						    void *data);
+extern struct pid *tgid_taskfd_to_pid(const struct file *file);
+extern struct pid *tid_taskfd_to_pid(const struct file *file);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
@@ -114,6 +116,16 @@ static inline int remove_proc_subtree(const char *name, struct proc_dir_entry *p
 #define proc_create_net(name, mode, parent, state_size, ops) ({NULL;})
 #define proc_create_net_single(name, mode, parent, show, data) ({NULL;})
 
+static inline struct pid *tgid_taskfd_to_pid(const struct file *file)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
+}
+
+static inline struct pid *tid_taskfd_to_pid(const struct file *file)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
 struct net;
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 2ac3d13a915b..5ffe194ef29b 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -907,6 +907,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys_statx(int dfd, const char __user *path, unsigned flags,
 			  unsigned mask, struct statx __user *buffer);
 asmlinkage long sys_rseq(struct rseq __user *rseq, uint32_t rseq_len,
 			 int flags, uint32_t sig);
+asmlinkage long sys_taskfd_send_signal(int taskfd, int sig,
+				       siginfo_t __user *info,
+				       unsigned int flags);
 
 /*
  * Architecture-specific system calls
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
index 538546edbfbd..9343dca63fd9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
@@ -738,9 +738,11 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_statx,     sys_statx)
 __SC_COMP(__NR_io_pgetevents, sys_io_pgetevents, compat_sys_io_pgetevents)
 #define __NR_rseq 293
 __SYSCALL(__NR_rseq, sys_rseq)
+#define __NR_taskfd_send_signal 294
+__SYSCALL(__NR_taskfd_send_signal, sys_taskfd_send_signal)
 
 #undef __NR_syscalls
-#define __NR_syscalls 294
+#define __NR_syscalls 295
 
 /*
  * 32 bit systems traditionally used different
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 9a32bc2088c9..a00a4bcb7605 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 #include <linux/sched/task.h>
 #include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
 #include <linux/sched/cputime.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/binfmts.h>
 #include <linux/coredump.h>
@@ -3286,6 +3288,16 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rt_sigtimedwait, compat_sigset_t __user *, uthese,
 }
 #endif
 
+static inline void prepare_kill_siginfo(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info)
+{
+	clear_siginfo(info);
+	info->si_signo = sig;
+	info->si_errno = 0;
+	info->si_code = SI_USER;
+	info->si_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current);
+	info->si_uid = from_kuid_munged(current_user_ns(), current_uid());
+}
+
 /**
  *  sys_kill - send a signal to a process
  *  @pid: the PID of the process
@@ -3295,16 +3307,124 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(kill, pid_t, pid, int, sig)
 {
 	struct kernel_siginfo info;
 
-	clear_siginfo(&info);
-	info.si_signo = sig;
-	info.si_errno = 0;
-	info.si_code = SI_USER;
-	info.si_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current);
-	info.si_uid = from_kuid_munged(current_user_ns(), current_uid());
+	prepare_kill_siginfo(sig, &info);
 
 	return kill_something_info(sig, &info, pid);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Verify that the signaler and signalee either are in the same pid namespace
+ * or that the signaler's pid namespace is an ancestor of the signalee's pid
+ * namespace.
+ */
+static bool may_signal_taskfd(struct pid *pid)
+{
+	struct pid_namespace *active = task_active_pid_ns(current);
+	struct pid_namespace *p = ns_of_pid(pid);
+
+	for (;;) {
+		if (!p)
+			return false;
+		if (p == active)
+			break;
+		p = p->parent;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static int copy_siginfo_from_user_any(kernel_siginfo_t *kinfo, siginfo_t *info)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+	/*
+	 * Avoid hooking up compat syscalls and instead handle necessary
+	 * conversions here. Note, this is a stop-gap measure and should not be
+	 * considered a generic solution.
+	 */
+	if (in_compat_syscall())
+		return copy_siginfo_from_user32(
+			kinfo, (struct compat_siginfo __user *)info);
+#endif
+	return copy_siginfo_from_user(kinfo, info);
+}
+
+/**
+ *  sys_taskfd_send_signal - send a signal to a process through a task file
+ *                           descriptor
+ *  @taskfd: the file descriptor of the process
+ *  @sig:    signal to be sent
+ *  @info:   the signal info
+ *  @flags:  future flags to be passed
+ *
+ *  Return: 0 on success, negative errno on failure
+ */
+SYSCALL_DEFINE4(taskfd_send_signal, int, taskfd, int, sig,
+		siginfo_t __user *, info, unsigned int, flags)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct fd f;
+	struct pid *pid;
+	kernel_siginfo_t kinfo;
+
+	/* Enforce flags be set to 0 until we add an extension. */
+	if (flags)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	f = fdget_raw(taskfd);
+	if (!f.file)
+		return -EBADF;
+
+	pid = tid_taskfd_to_pid(f.file);
+	if (!IS_ERR(pid)) {
+		/*
+		 * Give userspace a way to detect /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>
+		 * support when we add it.
+		 */
+		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	/* Is this a procfd? */
+	pid = tgid_taskfd_to_pid(f.file);
+	if (IS_ERR(pid)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(pid);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	ret = -EINVAL;
+	if (!may_signal_taskfd(pid))
+		goto err;
+
+	if (info) {
+		ret = copy_siginfo_from_user_any(&kinfo, info);
+		if (unlikely(ret))
+			goto err;
+
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		if (unlikely(sig != kinfo.si_signo))
+			goto err;
+
+		if ((task_pid(current) != pid) &&
+		    (kinfo.si_code >= 0 || kinfo.si_code == SI_TKILL)) {
+			/* Only allow sending arbitrary signals to yourself. */
+			ret = -EPERM;
+			if (kinfo.si_code != SI_USER)
+				goto err;
+
+			/* Turn this into a regular kill signal. */
+			prepare_kill_siginfo(sig, &kinfo);
+		}
+	} else {
+		prepare_kill_siginfo(sig, &kinfo);
+	}
+
+	ret = kill_pid_info(sig, &kinfo, pid);
+
+err:
+	fdput(f);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int
 do_send_specific(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info)
 {
