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diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index 42bb42bb3c72..3c42cab06b5d 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -202,6 +202,21 @@ int notify_change(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr, struct inode **de
return -EPERM;
}
+ /*
+ * If utimes(2) and friends are called with times == NULL (or both
+ * times are UTIME_NOW), then we need to check for write permission
+ */
+ if (ia_valid & ATTR_TOUCH) {
+ if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode)) {
+ error = inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+ }
+ }
+
if ((ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)) {
umode_t amode = attr->ia_mode;
/* Flag setting protected by i_mutex */