int rc = 0;
        u32 sid = current_sid();
 
-       if (addr < mmap_min_addr)
+       /*
+        * notice that we are intentionally putting the SELinux check before
+        * the secondary cap_file_mmap check.  This is such a likely attempt
+        * at bad behaviour/exploit that we always want to get the AVC, even
+        * if DAC would have also denied the operation.
+        */
+       if (addr < mmap_min_addr) {
                rc = avc_has_perm(sid, sid, SECCLASS_MEMPROTECT,
                                  MEMPROTECT__MMAP_ZERO, NULL);
+               if (rc)
+                       return rc;
+       }
+
+       /* do DAC check on address space usage */
+       rc = cap_file_mmap(file, reqprot, prot, flags, addr, addr_only);
        if (rc || addr_only)
                return rc;