diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index 356d2b8568c1424d1d1935c451e65c7db13aab62..cd58939dc977e481930053f37e3137394265d75e 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -1361,6 +1361,19 @@ static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		if (!vma_can_userfault(cur))
 			goto out_unlock;
+
+		/*
+		 * UFFDIO_COPY will fill file holes even without
+		 * PROT_WRITE. This check enforces that if this is a
+		 * MAP_SHARED, the process has write permission to the backing
+		 * file. If VM_MAYWRITE is set it also enforces that on a
+		 * MAP_SHARED vma: there is no F_WRITE_SEAL and no further
+		 * F_WRITE_SEAL can be taken until the vma is destroyed.
+		 */
+		ret = -EPERM;
+		if (unlikely(!(cur->vm_flags & VM_MAYWRITE)))
+			goto out_unlock;
+
 		/*
 		 * If this vma contains ending address, and huge pages
 		 * check alignment.
@@ -1406,6 +1419,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_register(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 		BUG_ON(!vma_can_userfault(vma));
 		BUG_ON(vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx &&
 		       vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx != ctx);
+		WARN_ON(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYWRITE));
 
 		/*
 		 * Nothing to do: this vma is already registered into this
@@ -1552,6 +1566,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_unregister(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 		cond_resched();
 
 		BUG_ON(!vma_can_userfault(vma));
+		WARN_ON(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYWRITE));
 
 		/*
 		 * Nothing to do: this vma is already registered into this
diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
index 471b6457f95f1202942a8dff877d8f0ad5a8b4dc..43cf314cfddd5eb4d0ccb9fa62c5ea15c1f51230 100644
--- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -205,8 +205,9 @@ static __always_inline ssize_t __mcopy_atomic_hugetlb(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 		if (!dst_vma || !is_vm_hugetlb_page(dst_vma))
 			goto out_unlock;
 		/*
-		 * Only allow __mcopy_atomic_hugetlb on userfaultfd
-		 * registered ranges.
+		 * Check the vma is registered in uffd, this is
+		 * required to enforce the VM_MAYWRITE check done at
+		 * uffd registration time.
 		 */
 		if (!dst_vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx)
 			goto out_unlock;
@@ -459,13 +460,9 @@ static __always_inline ssize_t __mcopy_atomic(struct mm_struct *dst_mm,
 	if (!dst_vma)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	/*
-	 * Be strict and only allow __mcopy_atomic on userfaultfd
-	 * registered ranges to prevent userland errors going
-	 * unnoticed. As far as the VM consistency is concerned, it
-	 * would be perfectly safe to remove this check, but there's
-	 * no useful usage for __mcopy_atomic ouside of userfaultfd
-	 * registered ranges. This is after all why these are ioctls
-	 * belonging to the userfaultfd and not syscalls.
+	 * Check the vma is registered in uffd, this is required to
+	 * enforce the VM_MAYWRITE check done at uffd registration
+	 * time.
 	 */
 	if (!dst_vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx)
 		goto out_unlock;