diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
index 35b9203283447703cf9b7a21e9321c1e4fbf7ef1..87c5835b9d7bfe6752c6bcc6186b830c25842ee1 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
@@ -507,10 +507,11 @@ static ssize_t __cgroup1_procs_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	/*
-	 * Even if we're attaching all tasks in the thread group, we only
-	 * need to check permissions on one of them.
+	 * Even if we're attaching all tasks in the thread group, we only need
+	 * to check permissions on one of them. Check permissions using the
+	 * credentials from file open to protect against inherited fd attacks.
 	 */
-	cred = current_cred();
+	cred = of->file->f_cred;
 	tcred = get_task_cred(task);
 	if (!uid_eq(cred->euid, GLOBAL_ROOT_UID) &&
 	    !uid_eq(cred->euid, tcred->uid) &&
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index d6ea872b23aadbe90cb7a4948f4e54b7775543b6..6622e1da2ac5005655f65d6be03384b4b8bfdaef 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -4892,6 +4892,7 @@ static ssize_t __cgroup_procs_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
 {
 	struct cgroup *src_cgrp, *dst_cgrp;
 	struct task_struct *task;
+	const struct cred *saved_cred;
 	ssize_t ret;
 	bool locked;
 
@@ -4909,9 +4910,15 @@ static ssize_t __cgroup_procs_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
 	src_cgrp = task_cgroup_from_root(task, &cgrp_dfl_root);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
 
-	/* process and thread migrations follow same delegation rule */
+	/*
+	 * Process and thread migrations follow same delegation rule. Check
+	 * permissions using the credentials from file open to protect against
+	 * inherited fd attacks.
+	 */
+	saved_cred = override_creds(of->file->f_cred);
 	ret = cgroup_attach_permissions(src_cgrp, dst_cgrp,
 					of->file->f_path.dentry->d_sb, threadgroup);
+	revert_creds(saved_cred);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_finish;