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diff --git a/block/ioprio.c b/block/ioprio.c
index 0e4ff245f2bf..313c14a70bbd 100644
--- a/block/ioprio.c
+++ b/block/ioprio.c
@@ -69,7 +69,14 @@ int ioprio_check_cap(int ioprio)
switch (class) {
case IOPRIO_CLASS_RT:
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ /*
+ * Originally this only checked for CAP_SYS_ADMIN,
+ * which was implicitly allowed for pid 0 by security
+ * modules such as SELinux. Make sure we check
+ * CAP_SYS_ADMIN first to avoid a denial/avc for
+ * possibly missing CAP_SYS_NICE permission.
+ */
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE))
return -EPERM;
fallthrough;
/* rt has prio field too */