diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 35159176997b636d561c441fb974fe241a1c8bc6..9f11d36a8c109a82e928ace49c4394e19ca2d8e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
 - shmmax                      [ sysv ipc ]
 - shmmni
 - stop-a                      [ SPARC only ]
+- suid_dumpable
 - sysrq                       ==> Documentation/sysrq.txt
 - tainted
 - threads-max
@@ -300,6 +301,25 @@ kernel.  This value defaults to SHMMAX.
 
 ==============================================================
 
+suid_dumpable:
+
+This value can be used to query and set the core dump mode for setuid
+or otherwise protected/tainted binaries. The modes are
+
+0 - (default) - traditional behaviour. Any process which has changed
+	privilege levels or is execute only will not be dumped
+1 - (debug) - all processes dump core when possible. The core dump is
+	owned by the current user and no security is applied. This is
+	intended for system debugging situations only. Ptrace is unchecked.
+2 - (suidsafe) - any binary which normally would not be dumped is dumped
+	readable by root only. This allows the end user to remove
+	such a dump but not access it directly. For security reasons
+	core dumps in this mode will not overwrite one another or
+	other files. This mode is appropriate when adminstrators are
+	attempting to debug problems in a normal environment.
+
+==============================================================
+
 tainted: 
 
 Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted.  Numeric values, which
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 3a4b35a14c0d4504b0b3b8598c9ffa0d50ad6b40..48871917d3639c2b4d679ddd47d0db10651dc88c 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 
 int core_uses_pid;
 char core_pattern[65] = "core";
+int suid_dumpable = 0;
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(suid_dumpable);
 /* The maximal length of core_pattern is also specified in sysctl.c */
 
 static struct linux_binfmt *formats;
@@ -864,6 +867,9 @@ int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 
 	if (current->euid == current->uid && current->egid == current->gid)
 		current->mm->dumpable = 1;
+	else
+		current->mm->dumpable = suid_dumpable;
+
 	name = bprm->filename;
 
 	/* Copies the binary name from after last slash */
@@ -884,7 +890,7 @@ int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 	    permission(bprm->file->f_dentry->d_inode,MAY_READ, NULL) ||
 	    (bprm->interp_flags & BINPRM_FLAGS_ENFORCE_NONDUMP)) {
 		suid_keys(current);
-		current->mm->dumpable = 0;
+		current->mm->dumpable = suid_dumpable;
 	}
 
 	/* An exec changes our domain. We are no longer part of the thread
@@ -1432,6 +1438,8 @@ int do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs * regs)
 	struct inode * inode;
 	struct file * file;
 	int retval = 0;
+	int fsuid = current->fsuid;
+	int flag = 0;
 
 	binfmt = current->binfmt;
 	if (!binfmt || !binfmt->core_dump)
@@ -1441,6 +1449,16 @@ int do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs * regs)
 		up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 		goto fail;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 *	We cannot trust fsuid as being the "true" uid of the
+	 *	process nor do we know its entire history. We only know it
+	 *	was tainted so we dump it as root in mode 2.
+	 */
+	if (mm->dumpable == 2) {	/* Setuid core dump mode */
+		flag = O_EXCL;		/* Stop rewrite attacks */
+		current->fsuid = 0;	/* Dump root private */
+	}
 	mm->dumpable = 0;
 	init_completion(&mm->core_done);
 	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
@@ -1466,7 +1484,7 @@ int do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs * regs)
  	lock_kernel();
 	format_corename(corename, core_pattern, signr);
 	unlock_kernel();
-	file = filp_open(corename, O_CREAT | 2 | O_NOFOLLOW | O_LARGEFILE, 0600);
+	file = filp_open(corename, O_CREAT | 2 | O_NOFOLLOW | O_LARGEFILE | flag, 0600);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		goto fail_unlock;
 	inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
@@ -1491,6 +1509,7 @@ int do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs * regs)
 close_fail:
 	filp_close(file, NULL);
 fail_unlock:
+	current->fsuid = fsuid;
 	complete_all(&mm->core_done);
 fail:
 	return retval;
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index e31903aadd96f6f3a4cc327c67f9163352da262f..ace151fa487865fd160546d27c07e31384fa17c9 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ static int may_ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task)
 	     (current->gid != task->gid)) && !capable(CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
 		goto out;
 	rmb();
-	if (!task->mm->dumpable && !capable(CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
+	if (task->mm->dumpable != 1 && !capable(CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
 		goto out;
 	if (security_ptrace(current, task))
 		goto out;
@@ -1113,7 +1113,9 @@ static int task_dumpable(struct task_struct *task)
 	if (mm)
 		dumpable = mm->dumpable;
 	task_unlock(task);
-	return dumpable;
+	if(dumpable == 1)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index 7e736e201c46c125eb11a1722f5a5e31fabcd4df..c1e82c51444320f0970162fa76b2065ab3727bf7 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ extern void remove_arg_zero(struct linux_binprm *);
 extern int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *,struct pt_regs *);
 extern int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm);
 
+extern int suid_dumpable;
+#define SUID_DUMP_DISABLE	0	/* No setuid dumping */
+#define SUID_DUMP_USER		1	/* Dump as user of process */
+#define SUID_DUMP_ROOT		2	/* Dump as root */
+
 /* Stack area protections */
 #define EXSTACK_DEFAULT   0	/* Whatever the arch defaults to */
 #define EXSTACK_DISABLE_X 1	/* Disable executable stacks */
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index b58afd97a180274bad8b8904b018aac1c08621ef..901742f92389f273723ecad9767768bdd3fff293 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ struct mm_struct {
 
 	unsigned long saved_auxv[42]; /* for /proc/PID/auxv */
 
-	unsigned dumpable:1;
+	unsigned dumpable:2;
 	cpumask_t cpu_vm_mask;
 
 	/* Architecture-specific MM context */
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index a17745c80a91a6ce19fdeeb007aa1f529ce440df..614e939c78a4f915d7d58d7789a09f20c156bd58 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ enum
 	KERN_UNKNOWN_NMI_PANIC=66, /* int: unknown nmi panic flag */
 	KERN_BOOTLOADER_TYPE=67, /* int: boot loader type */
 	KERN_RANDOMIZE=68, /* int: randomize virtual address space */
+	KERN_SETUID_DUMPABLE=69, /* int: behaviour of dumps for setuid core */
 };
 
 
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index f006632c2ba70c4493e1340db7c99bcad7ff38c0..0a2c8cda9638f3273a11702c1f0721be0662e4aa 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setregid(gid_t rgid, gid_t egid)
 	}
 	if (new_egid != old_egid)
 	{
-		current->mm->dumpable = 0;
+		current->mm->dumpable = suid_dumpable;
 		smp_wmb();
 	}
 	if (rgid != (gid_t) -1 ||
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setgid(gid_t gid)
 	{
 		if(old_egid != gid)
 		{
-			current->mm->dumpable=0;
+			current->mm->dumpable = suid_dumpable;
 			smp_wmb();
 		}
 		current->gid = current->egid = current->sgid = current->fsgid = gid;
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setgid(gid_t gid)
 	{
 		if(old_egid != gid)
 		{
-			current->mm->dumpable=0;
+			current->mm->dumpable = suid_dumpable;
 			smp_wmb();
 		}
 		current->egid = current->fsgid = gid;
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ static int set_user(uid_t new_ruid, int dumpclear)
 
 	if(dumpclear)
 	{
-		current->mm->dumpable = 0;
+		current->mm->dumpable = suid_dumpable;
 		smp_wmb();
 	}
 	current->uid = new_ruid;
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setreuid(uid_t ruid, uid_t euid)
 
 	if (new_euid != old_euid)
 	{
-		current->mm->dumpable=0;
+		current->mm->dumpable = suid_dumpable;
 		smp_wmb();
 	}
 	current->fsuid = current->euid = new_euid;
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setuid(uid_t uid)
 
 	if (old_euid != uid)
 	{
-		current->mm->dumpable = 0;
+		current->mm->dumpable = suid_dumpable;
 		smp_wmb();
 	}
 	current->fsuid = current->euid = uid;
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setresuid(uid_t ruid, uid_t euid, uid_t suid)
 	if (euid != (uid_t) -1) {
 		if (euid != current->euid)
 		{
-			current->mm->dumpable = 0;
+			current->mm->dumpable = suid_dumpable;
 			smp_wmb();
 		}
 		current->euid = euid;
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setresgid(gid_t rgid, gid_t egid, gid_t sgid)
 	if (egid != (gid_t) -1) {
 		if (egid != current->egid)
 		{
-			current->mm->dumpable = 0;
+			current->mm->dumpable = suid_dumpable;
 			smp_wmb();
 		}
 		current->egid = egid;
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setfsuid(uid_t uid)
 	{
 		if (uid != old_fsuid)
 		{
-			current->mm->dumpable = 0;
+			current->mm->dumpable = suid_dumpable;
 			smp_wmb();
 		}
 		current->fsuid = uid;
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setfsgid(gid_t gid)
 	{
 		if (gid != old_fsgid)
 		{
-			current->mm->dumpable = 0;
+			current->mm->dumpable = suid_dumpable;
 			smp_wmb();
 		}
 		current->fsgid = gid;
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
 				error = 1;
 			break;
 		case PR_SET_DUMPABLE:
-			if (arg2 != 0 && arg2 != 1) {
+			if (arg2 < 0 || arg2 > 2) {
 				error = -EINVAL;
 				break;
 			}
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 701d12c6306844136a8e525902d06082733127fb..24a4d12d5aa9b40bc8e2ea57dde06f1075e70135 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ extern int sysctl_overcommit_ratio;
 extern int max_threads;
 extern int sysrq_enabled;
 extern int core_uses_pid;
+extern int suid_dumpable;
 extern char core_pattern[];
 extern int cad_pid;
 extern int pid_max;
@@ -950,6 +951,14 @@ static ctl_table fs_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
 	},
 #endif
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= KERN_SETUID_DUMPABLE,
+		.procname	= "suid_dumpable",
+		.data		= &suid_dumpable,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+	},
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
 };
 
diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 849b8c338ee8fd99185188b383b137cad76406f5..04c12f58d656200b29c1e0c60c31e7ac62349741 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void cap_bprm_apply_creds (struct linux_binprm *bprm, int unsafe)
 
 	if (bprm->e_uid != current->uid || bprm->e_gid != current->gid ||
 	    !cap_issubset (new_permitted, current->cap_permitted)) {
-		current->mm->dumpable = 0;
+		current->mm->dumpable = suid_dumpable;
 
 		if (unsafe & ~LSM_UNSAFE_PTRACE_CAP) {
 			if (!capable(CAP_SETUID)) {
diff --git a/security/dummy.c b/security/dummy.c
index b32eff146547112d1b47ed910b0b004d42e97961..6ff887586479546054956d17a2a5e5faba3dce85 100644
--- a/security/dummy.c
+++ b/security/dummy.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static void dummy_bprm_free_security (struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 static void dummy_bprm_apply_creds (struct linux_binprm *bprm, int unsafe)
 {
 	if (bprm->e_uid != current->uid || bprm->e_gid != current->gid) {
-		current->mm->dumpable = 0;
+		current->mm->dumpable = suid_dumpable;
 
 		if ((unsafe & ~LSM_UNSAFE_PTRACE_CAP) && !capable(CAP_SETUID)) {
 			bprm->e_uid = current->uid;