diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
index 6983473011980de09299120a41c5ca175b5374b5..174bab3982029f87097216a8f6ce0fedf62dbe78 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ show_transport_handle(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		      char *buf)
 {
 	struct iscsi_internal *priv = dev_to_iscsi_internal(dev);
+
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EACCES;
 	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", (unsigned long long)iscsi_handle(priv->iscsi_transport));
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(handle, S_IRUGO, show_transport_handle, NULL);
@@ -3504,6 +3507,9 @@ iscsi_if_recv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, uint32_t *group)
 	struct iscsi_cls_conn *conn;
 	struct iscsi_endpoint *ep = NULL;
 
+	if (!netlink_capable(skb, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	if (nlh->nlmsg_type == ISCSI_UEVENT_PATH_UPDATE)
 		*group = ISCSI_NL_GRP_UIP;
 	else