diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 3da91a112bab..e896d87f4431 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -615,12 +616,9 @@ void fd_install(unsigned int fd, struct file *file)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fd_install);
 
-/*
- * The same warnings as for __alloc_fd()/__fd_install() apply here...
- */
-int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd)
+static struct file *pick_file(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd)
 {
-	struct file *file;
+	struct file *file = NULL;
 	struct fdtable *fdt;
 
 	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
@@ -632,15 +630,63 @@ int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], NULL);
 	__put_unused_fd(files, fd);
-	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
-	return filp_close(file, files);
 
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
-	return -EBADF;
+	return file;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The same warnings as for __alloc_fd()/__fd_install() apply here...
+ */
+int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd)
+{
+	struct file *file;
+
+	file = pick_file(files, fd);
+	if (!file)
+		return -EBADF;
+
+	return filp_close(file, files);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__close_fd); /* for ksys_close() */
 
+/**
+ * __close_range() - Close all file descriptors in a given range.
+ *
+ * @fd:     starting file descriptor to close
+ * @max_fd: last file descriptor to close
+ *
+ * This closes a range of file descriptors. All file descriptors
+ * from @fd up to and including @max_fd are closed.
+ */
+int __close_range(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd, unsigned max_fd)
+{
+	unsigned int cur_max;
+
+	if (fd > max_fd)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	cur_max = files_fdtable(files)->max_fds;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	/* cap to last valid index into fdtable */
+	max_fd = min(max_fd, (cur_max - 1));
+	while (fd <= max_fd) {
+		struct file *file;
+
+		file = pick_file(files, fd++);
+		if (!file)
+			continue;
+
+		filp_close(file, files);
+		cond_resched();
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * variant of __close_fd that gets a ref on the file for later fput
  */
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 9c7d724a6f67..c7baaee7aa47 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1174,6 +1174,26 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(close, unsigned int, fd)
 	return retval;
 }
 
+/**
+ * close_range() - Close all file descriptors in a given range.
+ *
+ * @fd:     starting file descriptor to close
+ * @max_fd: last file descriptor to close
+ * @flags:  reserved for future extensions
+ *
+ * This closes a range of file descriptors. All file descriptors
+ * from @fd up to and including @max_fd are closed.
+ * Currently, errors to close a given file descriptor are ignored.
+ */
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(close_range, unsigned int, fd, unsigned int, max_fd,
+		unsigned int, flags)
+{
+	if (flags)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return __close_range(current->files, fd, max_fd);
+}
+
 /*
  * This routine simulates a hangup on the tty, to arrange that users
  * are given clean terminals at login time.
diff --git a/include/linux/fdtable.h b/include/linux/fdtable.h
index f07c55ea0c22..fcd07181a365 100644
--- a/include/linux/fdtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/fdtable.h
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ extern void __fd_install(struct files_struct *files,
 		      unsigned int fd, struct file *file);
 extern int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files,
 		      unsigned int fd);
+extern int __close_range(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd,
+			 unsigned int max_fd);
 extern int __close_fd_get_file(unsigned int fd, struct file **res);
 
 extern struct kmem_cache *files_cachep;
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index e2870fe1be5b..c0189e223255 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fchown(unsigned int fd, uid_t user, gid_t group);
 asmlinkage long sys_openat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags,
 			   umode_t mode);
 asmlinkage long sys_close(unsigned int fd);
+asmlinkage long sys_close_range(unsigned int fd, unsigned int max_fd,
+				unsigned int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_vhangup(void);
 
 /* fs/pipe.c */
