* This isn't strictly necessary, but it makes it harder for LSMs to
         * mess up.
         */
-       if (current->no_new_privs)
+       if (task_no_new_privs(current))
                bprm->unsafe |= LSM_UNSAFE_NO_NEW_PRIVS;
 
        t = p;
        bprm->cred->egid = current_egid();
 
        if (!(bprm->file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOSUID) &&
-           !current->no_new_privs &&
+           !task_no_new_privs(current) &&
            kuid_has_mapping(bprm->cred->user_ns, inode->i_uid) &&
            kgid_has_mapping(bprm->cred->user_ns, inode->i_gid)) {
                /* Set-uid? */
 
                                 * execve */
        unsigned in_iowait:1;
 
-       /* task may not gain privileges */
-       unsigned no_new_privs:1;
-
        /* Revert to default priority/policy when forking */
        unsigned sched_reset_on_fork:1;
        unsigned sched_contributes_to_load:1;
 
+       unsigned long atomic_flags; /* Flags needing atomic access. */
+
        pid_t pid;
        pid_t tgid;
 
        current->flags = (current->flags & ~PF_MEMALLOC_NOIO) | flags;
 }
 
+/* Per-process atomic flags. */
+#define PFA_NO_NEW_PRIVS 0x00000001    /* May not gain new privileges. */
+
+static inline bool task_no_new_privs(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+       return test_bit(PFA_NO_NEW_PRIVS, &p->atomic_flags);
+}
+
+static inline void task_set_no_new_privs(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+       set_bit(PFA_NO_NEW_PRIVS, &p->atomic_flags);
+}
+
 /*
  * task->jobctl flags
  */
 
         * This avoids scenarios where unprivileged tasks can affect the
         * behavior of privileged children.
         */
-       if (!current->no_new_privs &&
+       if (!task_no_new_privs(current) &&
            security_capable_noaudit(current_cred(), current_user_ns(),
                                     CAP_SYS_ADMIN) != 0)
                return -EACCES;
 
                if (arg2 != 1 || arg3 || arg4 || arg5)
                        return -EINVAL;
 
-               current->no_new_privs = 1;
+               task_set_no_new_privs(current);
                break;
        case PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS:
                if (arg2 || arg3 || arg4 || arg5)
                        return -EINVAL;
-               return current->no_new_privs ? 1 : 0;
+               return task_no_new_privs(current) ? 1 : 0;
        case PR_GET_THP_DISABLE:
                if (arg2 || arg3 || arg4 || arg5)
                        return -EINVAL;
 
         * There is no exception for unconfined as change_hat is not
         * available.
         */
-       if (current->no_new_privs)
+       if (task_no_new_privs(current))
                return -EPERM;
 
        /* released below */
         * no_new_privs is set because this aways results in a reduction
         * of permissions.
         */
-       if (current->no_new_privs && !unconfined(profile)) {
+       if (task_no_new_privs(current) && !unconfined(profile)) {
                put_cred(cred);
                return -EPERM;
        }