diff --git a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
index 949dd8a48164..c09dc0f3c3fe 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
@@ -2426,10 +2426,9 @@ static int aa_mk_null_file(struct dentry *parent)
 	}
 
 	inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
-	inode->i_mode = S_IFCHR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO;
+	inode->i_mode = S_IFCHR | 0666;
 	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
-	init_special_inode(inode, S_IFCHR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO,
-			   MKDEV(MEM_MAJOR, 3));
+	init_special_inode(inode, S_IFCHR | 0666, MKDEV(MEM_MAJOR, 3));
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	aa_null.dentry = dget(dentry);
 	aa_null.mnt = mntget(mount);
diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index fbb08bc78bee..6759a70918de 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -1255,45 +1255,42 @@ static int param_get_mode(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp);
 /* AppArmor global enforcement switch - complain, enforce, kill */
 enum profile_mode aa_g_profile_mode = APPARMOR_ENFORCE;
 module_param_call(mode, param_set_mode, param_get_mode,
-		  &aa_g_profile_mode, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+		  &aa_g_profile_mode, 0600);
 
 /* whether policy verification hashing is enabled */
 bool aa_g_hash_policy = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR_HASH_DEFAULT);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR_HASH
-module_param_named(hash_policy, aa_g_hash_policy, aabool, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_named(hash_policy, aa_g_hash_policy, aabool, 0600);
 #endif
 
 /* Debug mode */
 bool aa_g_debug = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR_DEBUG_MESSAGES);
-module_param_named(debug, aa_g_debug, aabool, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_named(debug, aa_g_debug, aabool, 0600);
 
 /* Audit mode */
 enum audit_mode aa_g_audit;
-module_param_call(audit, param_set_audit, param_get_audit,
-		  &aa_g_audit, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_call(audit, param_set_audit, param_get_audit, &aa_g_audit, 0600);
 
 /* Determines if audit header is included in audited messages.  This
  * provides more context if the audit daemon is not running
  */
 bool aa_g_audit_header = true;
-module_param_named(audit_header, aa_g_audit_header, aabool,
-		   S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_named(audit_header, aa_g_audit_header, aabool, 0600);
 
 /* lock out loading/removal of policy
  * TODO: add in at boot loading of policy, which is the only way to
  *       load policy, if lock_policy is set
  */
 bool aa_g_lock_policy;
-module_param_named(lock_policy, aa_g_lock_policy, aalockpolicy,
-		   S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_named(lock_policy, aa_g_lock_policy, aalockpolicy, 0600);
 
 /* Syscall logging mode */
 bool aa_g_logsyscall;
-module_param_named(logsyscall, aa_g_logsyscall, aabool, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+module_param_named(logsyscall, aa_g_logsyscall, aabool, 0600);
 
 /* Maximum pathname length before accesses will start getting rejected */
 unsigned int aa_g_path_max = 2 * PATH_MAX;
-module_param_named(path_max, aa_g_path_max, aauint, S_IRUSR);
+module_param_named(path_max, aa_g_path_max, aauint, 0400);
 
 /* Determines how paranoid loading of policy is and how much verification
  * on the loaded policy is done.
@@ -1301,11 +1298,11 @@ module_param_named(path_max, aa_g_path_max, aauint, S_IRUSR);
  * that none root users (user namespaces) can load policy.
  */
 bool aa_g_paranoid_load = true;
-module_param_named(paranoid_load, aa_g_paranoid_load, aabool, S_IRUGO);
+module_param_named(paranoid_load, aa_g_paranoid_load, aabool, 0444);
 
 /* Boot time disable flag */
 static bool apparmor_enabled = CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR_BOOTPARAM_VALUE;
-module_param_named(enabled, apparmor_enabled, bool, S_IRUGO);
+module_param_named(enabled, apparmor_enabled, bool, 0444);
 
 static int __init apparmor_enabled_setup(char *str)
 {
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index 354bb5716ce3..3f7707b8aaa7 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -314,9 +314,9 @@ static inline int security_filter_rule_match(u32 secid, u32 field, u32 op,
 #endif /* CONFIG_IMA_LSM_RULES */
 
 #ifdef	CONFIG_IMA_READ_POLICY
-#define	POLICY_FILE_FLAGS	(S_IWUSR | S_IRUSR)
+#define	POLICY_FILE_FLAGS	0600
 #else
-#define	POLICY_FILE_FLAGS	S_IWUSR
+#define	POLICY_FILE_FLAGS	0200
 #endif /* CONFIG_IMA_READ_POLICY */
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_IMA_H */
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
index ae9d5c766a3c..81700df83f51 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ static int ima_release_policy(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 #elif defined(CONFIG_IMA_WRITE_POLICY)
 	clear_bit(IMA_FS_BUSY, &ima_fs_flags);
 #elif defined(CONFIG_IMA_READ_POLICY)
-	inode->i_mode &= ~S_IWUSR;
+	inode->i_mode &= ~0200;
 #endif
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -465,28 +465,29 @@ int __init ima_fs_init(void)
 
 	binary_runtime_measurements =
 	    securityfs_create_file("binary_runtime_measurements",
-				   S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP, ima_dir, NULL,
+				   0440, ima_dir, NULL,
 				   &ima_measurements_ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(binary_runtime_measurements))
 		goto out;
 
 	ascii_runtime_measurements =
 	    securityfs_create_file("ascii_runtime_measurements",
-				   S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP, ima_dir, NULL,
+				   0440, ima_dir, NULL,
 				   &ima_ascii_measurements_ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(ascii_runtime_measurements))
 		goto out;
 
 	runtime_measurements_count =
 	    securityfs_create_file("runtime_measurements_count",
-				   S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP, ima_dir, NULL,
+				   0440, ima_dir, NULL,
 				   &ima_measurements_count_ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(runtime_measurements_count))
 		goto out;
 
 	violations =
-	    securityfs_create_file("violations", S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP,
-				   ima_dir, NULL, &ima_htable_violations_ops);
+		securityfs_create_file("violations",
+				       0440, ima_dir, NULL,
+				       &ima_htable_violations_ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(violations))
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index a85fac3345df..8ae043be8782 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -6336,9 +6336,9 @@ static int selinux_ipc_permission(struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp, short flag)
 	u32 av = 0;
 
 	av = 0;
-	if (flag & S_IRUGO)
+	if (flag & 0444)
 		av |= IPC__UNIX_READ;
-	if (flag & S_IWUGO)
+	if (flag & 0222)
 		av |= IPC__UNIX_WRITE;
 
 	if (av == 0)
diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index f3d374d2ca04..bfecac19ba92 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ static int sel_make_bools(struct selinux_fs_info *fsi)
 			goto out;
 
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		inode = sel_make_inode(dir->d_sb, S_IFREG | S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+		inode = sel_make_inode(dir->d_sb, S_IFREG | 0644);
 		if (!inode)
 			goto out;
 
@@ -1582,10 +1582,10 @@ static int sel_make_avc_files(struct dentry *dir)
 	int i;
 	static const struct tree_descr files[] = {
 		{ "cache_threshold",
-		  &sel_avc_cache_threshold_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR },
-		{ "hash_stats", &sel_avc_hash_stats_ops, S_IRUGO },
+		  &sel_avc_cache_threshold_ops, 0644 },
+		{ "hash_stats", &sel_avc_hash_stats_ops, 0444 },
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_AVC_STATS
-		{ "cache_stats", &sel_avc_cache_stats_ops, S_IRUGO },
+		{ "cache_stats", &sel_avc_cache_stats_ops, 0444 },
 #endif
 	};
 
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ static int sel_make_initcon_files(struct dentry *dir)
 		if (!dentry)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
-		inode = sel_make_inode(dir->d_sb, S_IFREG|S_IRUGO);
+		inode = sel_make_inode(dir->d_sb, S_IFREG | 0444);
 		if (!inode)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ static int sel_make_perm_files(char *objclass, int classvalue,
 			goto out;
 
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		inode = sel_make_inode(dir->d_sb, S_IFREG|S_IRUGO);
+		inode = sel_make_inode(dir->d_sb, S_IFREG | 0444);
 		if (!inode)
 			goto out;
 
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ static int sel_make_class_dir_entries(char *classname, int index,
 	if (!dentry)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	inode = sel_make_inode(dir->d_sb, S_IFREG|S_IRUGO);
+	inode = sel_make_inode(dir->d_sb, S_IFREG | 0444);
 	if (!inode)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ static struct dentry *sel_make_dir(struct dentry *dir, const char *name,
 	if (!dentry)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	inode = sel_make_inode(dir->d_sb, S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO);
+	inode = sel_make_inode(dir->d_sb, S_IFDIR | 0555);
 	if (!inode) {
 		dput(dentry);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -1899,25 +1899,24 @@ static int sel_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	struct inode_security_struct *isec;
 
 	static const struct tree_descr selinux_files[] = {
-		[SEL_LOAD] = {"load", &sel_load_ops, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR},
-		[SEL_ENFORCE] = {"enforce", &sel_enforce_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
-		[SEL_CONTEXT] = {"context", &transaction_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
-		[SEL_ACCESS] = {"access", &transaction_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
-		[SEL_CREATE] = {"create", &transaction_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
-		[SEL_RELABEL] = {"relabel", &transaction_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
-		[SEL_USER] = {"user", &transaction_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
-		[SEL_POLICYVERS] = {"policyvers", &sel_policyvers_ops, S_IRUGO},
-		[SEL_COMMIT_BOOLS] = {"commit_pending_bools", &sel_commit_bools_ops, S_IWUSR},
-		[SEL_MLS] = {"mls", &sel_mls_ops, S_IRUGO},
-		[SEL_DISABLE] = {"disable", &sel_disable_ops, S_IWUSR},
-		[SEL_MEMBER] = {"member", &transaction_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
-		[SEL_CHECKREQPROT] = {"checkreqprot", &sel_checkreqprot_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
-		[SEL_REJECT_UNKNOWN] = {"reject_unknown", &sel_handle_unknown_ops, S_IRUGO},
-		[SEL_DENY_UNKNOWN] = {"deny_unknown", &sel_handle_unknown_ops, S_IRUGO},
-		[SEL_STATUS] = {"status", &sel_handle_status_ops, S_IRUGO},
-		[SEL_POLICY] = {"policy", &sel_policy_ops, S_IRUGO},
-		[SEL_VALIDATE_TRANS] = {"validatetrans", &sel_transition_ops,
-					S_IWUGO},
+		[SEL_LOAD] = {"load", &sel_load_ops, 0600},
+		[SEL_ENFORCE] = {"enforce", &sel_enforce_ops, 0644},
+		[SEL_CONTEXT] = {"context", &transaction_ops, 0666},
+		[SEL_ACCESS] = {"access", &transaction_ops, 0666},
+		[SEL_CREATE] = {"create", &transaction_ops, 0666},
+		[SEL_RELABEL] = {"relabel", &transaction_ops, 0666},
+		[SEL_USER] = {"user", &transaction_ops, 0666},
+		[SEL_POLICYVERS] = {"policyvers", &sel_policyvers_ops, 0444},
+		[SEL_COMMIT_BOOLS] = {"commit_pending_bools", &sel_commit_bools_ops, 0200},
+		[SEL_MLS] = {"mls", &sel_mls_ops, 0444},
+		[SEL_DISABLE] = {"disable", &sel_disable_ops, 0200},
+		[SEL_MEMBER] = {"member", &transaction_ops, 0666},
+		[SEL_CHECKREQPROT] = {"checkreqprot", &sel_checkreqprot_ops, 0644},
+		[SEL_REJECT_UNKNOWN] = {"reject_unknown", &sel_handle_unknown_ops, 0444},
+		[SEL_DENY_UNKNOWN] = {"deny_unknown", &sel_handle_unknown_ops, 0444},
+		[SEL_STATUS] = {"status", &sel_handle_status_ops, 0444},
+		[SEL_POLICY] = {"policy", &sel_policy_ops, 0444},
+		[SEL_VALIDATE_TRANS] = {"validatetrans", &sel_transition_ops, 0222},
 		/* last one */ {""}
 	};
 
@@ -1943,7 +1942,7 @@ static int sel_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		goto err;
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	inode = sel_make_inode(sb, S_IFCHR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO);
+	inode = sel_make_inode(sb, S_IFCHR | 0666);
 	if (!inode)
 		goto err;
 
@@ -1953,7 +1952,7 @@ static int sel_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	isec->sclass = SECCLASS_CHR_FILE;
 	isec->initialized = LABEL_INITIALIZED;
 
-	init_special_inode(inode, S_IFCHR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO, MKDEV(MEM_MAJOR, 3));
+	init_special_inode(inode, S_IFCHR | 0666, MKDEV(MEM_MAJOR, 3));
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 
 	dentry = sel_make_dir(sb->s_root, "avc", &fsi->last_ino);
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index dcb976f98df2..8953440c6559 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -2945,11 +2945,11 @@ static int smack_flags_to_may(int flags)
 {
 	int may = 0;
 
-	if (flags & S_IRUGO)
+	if (flags & 0444)
 		may |= MAY_READ;
-	if (flags & S_IWUGO)
+	if (flags & 0222)
 		may |= MAY_WRITE;
-	if (flags & S_IXUGO)
+	if (flags & 0111)
 		may |= MAY_EXEC;
 
 	return may;
diff --git a/security/smack/smackfs.c b/security/smack/smackfs.c
index f6482e53d55a..270cd3a308f0 100644
--- a/security/smack/smackfs.c
+++ b/security/smack/smackfs.c
@@ -2857,55 +2857,53 @@ static int smk_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
 	static const struct tree_descr smack_files[] = {
 		[SMK_LOAD] = {
-			"load", &smk_load_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"load", &smk_load_ops, 0644},
 		[SMK_CIPSO] = {
-			"cipso", &smk_cipso_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"cipso", &smk_cipso_ops, 0644},
 		[SMK_DOI] = {
-			"doi", &smk_doi_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"doi", &smk_doi_ops, 0644},
 		[SMK_DIRECT] = {
-			"direct", &smk_direct_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"direct", &smk_direct_ops, 0644},
 		[SMK_AMBIENT] = {
-			"ambient", &smk_ambient_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"ambient", &smk_ambient_ops, 0644},
 		[SMK_NET4ADDR] = {
-			"netlabel", &smk_net4addr_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"netlabel", &smk_net4addr_ops, 0644},
 		[SMK_ONLYCAP] = {
-			"onlycap", &smk_onlycap_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"onlycap", &smk_onlycap_ops, 0644},
 		[SMK_LOGGING] = {
-			"logging", &smk_logging_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"logging", &smk_logging_ops, 0644},
 		[SMK_LOAD_SELF] = {
-			"load-self", &smk_load_self_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
+			"load-self", &smk_load_self_ops, 0666},
 		[SMK_ACCESSES] = {
-			"access", &smk_access_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
+			"access", &smk_access_ops, 0666},
 		[SMK_MAPPED] = {
-			"mapped", &smk_mapped_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"mapped", &smk_mapped_ops, 0644},
 		[SMK_LOAD2] = {
-			"load2", &smk_load2_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"load2", &smk_load2_ops, 0644},
 		[SMK_LOAD_SELF2] = {
-			"load-self2", &smk_load_self2_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
+			"load-self2", &smk_load_self2_ops, 0666},
 		[SMK_ACCESS2] = {
-			"access2", &smk_access2_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
+			"access2", &smk_access2_ops, 0666},
 		[SMK_CIPSO2] = {
-			"cipso2", &smk_cipso2_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"cipso2", &smk_cipso2_ops, 0644},
 		[SMK_REVOKE_SUBJ] = {
-			"revoke-subject", &smk_revoke_subj_ops,
-			S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"revoke-subject", &smk_revoke_subj_ops, 0644},
 		[SMK_CHANGE_RULE] = {
-			"change-rule", &smk_change_rule_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"change-rule", &smk_change_rule_ops, 0644},
 		[SMK_SYSLOG] = {
-			"syslog", &smk_syslog_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"syslog", &smk_syslog_ops, 0644},
 		[SMK_PTRACE] = {
-			"ptrace", &smk_ptrace_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"ptrace", &smk_ptrace_ops, 0644},
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SMACK_BRINGUP
 		[SMK_UNCONFINED] = {
-			"unconfined", &smk_unconfined_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"unconfined", &smk_unconfined_ops, 0644},
 #endif
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 		[SMK_NET6ADDR] = {
-			"ipv6host", &smk_net6addr_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
+			"ipv6host", &smk_net6addr_ops, 0644},
 #endif /* CONFIG_IPV6 */
 		[SMK_RELABEL_SELF] = {
-			"relabel-self", &smk_relabel_self_ops,
-				S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
+			"relabel-self", &smk_relabel_self_ops, 0666},
 		/* last one */
 			{""}
 	};
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/condition.c b/security/tomoyo/condition.c
index 8d0e1b9c9c57..2069f5912469 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/condition.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/condition.c
@@ -874,31 +874,31 @@ bool tomoyo_condition(struct tomoyo_request_info *r,
 				value = S_ISVTX;
 				break;
 			case TOMOYO_MODE_OWNER_READ:
-				value = S_IRUSR;
+				value = 0400;
 				break;
 			case TOMOYO_MODE_OWNER_WRITE:
-				value = S_IWUSR;
+				value = 0200;
 				break;
 			case TOMOYO_MODE_OWNER_EXECUTE:
-				value = S_IXUSR;
+				value = 0100;
 				break;
 			case TOMOYO_MODE_GROUP_READ:
-				value = S_IRGRP;
+				value = 0040;
 				break;
 			case TOMOYO_MODE_GROUP_WRITE:
-				value = S_IWGRP;
+				value = 0020;
 				break;
 			case TOMOYO_MODE_GROUP_EXECUTE:
-				value = S_IXGRP;
+				value = 0010;
 				break;
 			case TOMOYO_MODE_OTHERS_READ:
-				value = S_IROTH;
+				value = 0004;
 				break;
 			case TOMOYO_MODE_OTHERS_WRITE:
-				value = S_IWOTH;
+				value = 0002;
 				break;
 			case TOMOYO_MODE_OTHERS_EXECUTE:
-				value = S_IXOTH;
+				value = 0001;
 				break;
 			case TOMOYO_EXEC_ARGC:
 				if (!bprm)
