diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
index 250369d6901d..e91ce092efb1 100644
--- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/dnotify.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/fdtable.h>
@@ -288,6 +289,16 @@ int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 		goto out_err;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * convert the userspace DN_* "arg" to the internal FS_*
+	 * defined in fsnotify
+	 */
+	mask = convert_arg(arg);
+
+	error = security_inode_notify(inode, mask);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_err;
+
 	/* expect most fcntl to add new rather than augment old */
 	dn = kmem_cache_alloc(dnotify_struct_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dn) {
@@ -302,9 +313,6 @@ int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 		goto out_err;
 	}
 
-	/* convert the userspace DN_* "arg" to the internal FS_* defines in fsnotify */
-	mask = convert_arg(arg);
-
 	/* set up the new_fsn_mark and new_dn_mark */
 	new_fsn_mark = &new_dn_mark->fsn_mark;
 	fsnotify_init_mark(new_fsn_mark, dnotify_group);
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index a90bb19dcfa2..c0d9fa998377 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static const struct file_operations fanotify_fops = {
 };
 
 static int fanotify_find_path(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
-			      struct path *path, unsigned int flags)
+			      struct path *path, unsigned int flags, __u64 mask)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -567,8 +567,15 @@ static int fanotify_find_path(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
 
 	/* you can only watch an inode if you have read permissions on it */
 	ret = inode_permission(path->dentry->d_inode, MAY_READ);
+	if (ret) {
+		path_put(path);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = security_inode_notify(path->dentry->d_inode, mask);
 	if (ret)
 		path_put(path);
+
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1014,7 +1021,7 @@ static int do_fanotify_mark(int fanotify_fd, unsigned int flags, __u64 mask,
 		goto fput_and_out;
 	}
 
-	ret = fanotify_find_path(dfd, pathname, &path, flags);
+	ret = fanotify_find_path(dfd, pathname, &path, flags, mask);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fput_and_out;
 
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 7b53598c8804..47b079f20aad 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
 
 #include "inotify.h"
 #include "../fdinfo.h"
@@ -342,7 +343,8 @@ static const struct file_operations inotify_fops = {
 /*
  * find_inode - resolve a user-given path to a specific inode
  */
-static int inotify_find_inode(const char __user *dirname, struct path *path, unsigned flags)
+static int inotify_find_inode(const char __user *dirname, struct path *path,
+						unsigned int flags, __u64 mask)
 {
 	int error;
 
@@ -351,8 +353,14 @@ static int inotify_find_inode(const char __user *dirname, struct path *path, uns
 		return error;
 	/* you can only watch an inode if you have read permissions on it */
 	error = inode_permission(path->dentry->d_inode, MAY_READ);
+	if (error) {
+		path_put(path);
+		return error;
+	}
+	error = security_inode_notify(path->dentry->d_inode, mask);
 	if (error)
 		path_put(path);
+
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -744,7 +752,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(inotify_add_watch, int, fd, const char __user *, pathname,
 	if (mask & IN_ONLYDIR)
 		flags |= LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
 
-	ret = inotify_find_inode(pathname, &path, flags);
+	ret = inotify_find_inode(pathname, &path, flags, mask);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fput_and_out;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
index 47f58cfb6a19..ef6b74938dd8 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
@@ -1571,6 +1571,7 @@ union security_list_options {
 	int (*inode_getxattr)(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
 	int (*inode_listxattr)(struct dentry *dentry);
 	int (*inode_removexattr)(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
+	int (*inode_notify)(struct inode *inode, u64 mask);
 	int (*inode_need_killpriv)(struct dentry *dentry);
 	int (*inode_killpriv)(struct dentry *dentry);
 	int (*inode_getsecurity)(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
@@ -1881,6 +1882,7 @@ struct security_hook_heads {
 	struct hlist_head inode_getxattr;
 	struct hlist_head inode_listxattr;
 	struct hlist_head inode_removexattr;
+	struct hlist_head inode_notify;
 	struct hlist_head inode_need_killpriv;
 	struct hlist_head inode_killpriv;
 	struct hlist_head inode_getsecurity;
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 659071c2e57c..50106fb9eef9 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ int security_inode_listsecurity(struct inode *inode, char *buffer, size_t buffer
 void security_inode_getsecid(struct inode *inode, u32 *secid);
 int security_inode_copy_up(struct dentry *src, struct cred **new);
 int security_inode_copy_up_xattr(const char *name);
+int security_inode_notify(struct inode *inode, u64 mask);
 int security_kernfs_init_security(struct kernfs_node *kn_dir,
 				  struct kernfs_node *kn);
 int security_file_permission(struct file *file, int mask);
@@ -392,6 +393,7 @@ void security_inode_invalidate_secctx(struct inode *inode);
 int security_inode_notifysecctx(struct inode *inode, void *ctx, u32 ctxlen);
 int security_inode_setsecctx(struct dentry *dentry, void *ctx, u32 ctxlen);
 int security_inode_getsecctx(struct inode *inode, void **ctx, u32 *ctxlen);
+
 #else /* CONFIG_SECURITY */
 
 static inline int call_lsm_notifier(enum lsm_event event, void *data)
@@ -776,6 +778,11 @@ static inline int security_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry,
 	return cap_inode_removexattr(dentry, name);
 }
 
+static inline int security_inode_notify(struct inode *inode, u64 mask)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int security_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return cap_inode_need_killpriv(dentry);
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 613a5c00e602..57b2a96c1991 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -1251,6 +1251,11 @@ int security_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 	return evm_inode_removexattr(dentry, name);
 }
 
+int security_inode_notify(struct inode *inode, u64 mask)
+{
+	return call_int_hook(inode_notify, 0, inode, mask);
+}
+
 int security_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return call_int_hook(inode_need_killpriv, 0, dentry);
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index c61787b15f27..1a37966c2978 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernfs.h>
 #include <linux/stringhash.h>	/* for hashlen_string() */
 #include <uapi/linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
 
 #include "avc.h"
 #include "objsec.h"
@@ -3261,6 +3262,26 @@ static int selinux_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 	return -EACCES;
 }
 
+static int selinux_inode_notify(struct inode *inode, u64 mask)
+{
+	u32 perm = FILE__WATCH; // basic permission, can a watch be set?
+
+	struct common_audit_data ad;
+
+	ad.type = LSM_AUDIT_DATA_INODE;
+	ad.u.inode = inode;
+
+	// check if the mask is requesting ability to set a blocking watch
+	if (mask & (FS_OPEN_PERM | FS_OPEN_EXEC_PERM | FS_ACCESS_PERM))
+		perm |= FILE__WATCH_WITH_PERM; // if so, check that permission
+
+	// is the mask asking to watch file reads?
+	if (mask & (FS_ACCESS | FS_ACCESS_PERM | FS_CLOSE_NOWRITE))
+		perm |= FILE__WATCH_READS; // check that permission as well
+
+	return inode_has_perm(current_cred(), inode, perm, &ad);
+}
+
 /*
  * Copy the inode security context value to the user.
  *
@@ -6797,6 +6818,7 @@ static struct security_hook_list selinux_hooks[] __lsm_ro_after_init = {
 	LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_getsecid, selinux_inode_getsecid),
 	LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_copy_up, selinux_inode_copy_up),
 	LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_copy_up_xattr, selinux_inode_copy_up_xattr),
+	LSM_HOOK_INIT(inode_notify, selinux_inode_notify),
 
 	LSM_HOOK_INIT(kernfs_init_security, selinux_kernfs_init_security),
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/classmap.h b/security/selinux/include/classmap.h
index 201f7e588a29..0654dd2fbebf 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/classmap.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/classmap.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #define COMMON_FILE_PERMS COMMON_FILE_SOCK_PERMS, "unlink", "link", \
     "rename", "execute", "quotaon", "mounton", "audit_access", \
-    "open", "execmod"
+	"open", "execmod", "watch", "watch_with_perm", "watch_reads"
 
 #define COMMON_SOCK_PERMS COMMON_FILE_SOCK_PERMS, "bind", "connect", \
     "listen", "accept", "getopt", "setopt", "shutdown", "recvfrom",  \
