diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index b469e910f887..a9cce632ed48 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ static int __shm_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	if (IS_ERR(shp))
 		return PTR_ERR(shp);
 
+	if (shp->shm_file != sfd->file) {
+		/* ID was reused */
+		shm_unlock(shp);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	shp->shm_atim = ktime_get_real_seconds();
 	shp->shm_lprid = task_tgid_vnr(current);
 	shp->shm_nattch++;
@@ -431,8 +437,9 @@ static int shm_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
-	 * In case of remap_file_pages() emulation, the file can represent
-	 * removed IPC ID: propogate shm_lock() error to caller.
+	 * In case of remap_file_pages() emulation, the file can represent an
+	 * IPC ID that was removed, and possibly even reused by another shm
+	 * segment already.  Propagate this case as an error to caller.
 	 */
 	ret = __shm_open(vma);
 	if (ret)
@@ -456,6 +463,7 @@ static int shm_release(struct inode *ino, struct file *file)
 	struct shm_file_data *sfd = shm_file_data(file);
 
 	put_ipc_ns(sfd->ns);
+	fput(sfd->file);
 	shm_file_data(file) = NULL;
 	kfree(sfd);
 	return 0;
@@ -1391,7 +1399,16 @@ long do_shmat(int shmid, char __user *shmaddr, int shmflg,
 	file->f_mapping = shp->shm_file->f_mapping;
 	sfd->id = shp->shm_perm.id;
 	sfd->ns = get_ipc_ns(ns);
-	sfd->file = shp->shm_file;
+	/*
+	 * We need to take a reference to the real shm file to prevent the
+	 * pointer from becoming stale in cases where the lifetime of the outer
+	 * file extends beyond that of the shm segment.  It's not usually
+	 * possible, but it can happen during remap_file_pages() emulation as
+	 * that unmaps the memory, then does ->mmap() via file reference only.
+	 * We'll deny the ->mmap() if the shm segment was since removed, but to
+	 * detect shm ID reuse we need to compare the file pointers.
+	 */
+	sfd->file = get_file(shp->shm_file);
 	sfd->vm_ops = NULL;
 
 	err = security_mmap_file(file, prot, flags);