diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c
index 99058a6da956..34d6458340b0 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ asmlinkage void set_esp0(unsigned long ssp)
  */
 asmlinkage void fpsp040_die(void)
 {
-	force_fatal_sig(SIGSEGV);
+	force_exit_sig(SIGSEGV);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_M68KFPU_EMU
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
index 00a9c9cd6d42..3e053e2fd6b6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(swapcontext, struct ucontext __user *, old_ctx,
 	 * We kill the task with a SIGSEGV in this situation.
 	 */
 	if (do_setcontext(new_ctx, regs, 0)) {
-		force_fatal_sig(SIGSEGV);
+		force_exit_sig(SIGSEGV);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index ef518535d436..d1e1fc0acbea 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(swapcontext, struct ucontext __user *, old_ctx,
 	 */
 
 	if (__get_user_sigset(&set, &new_ctx->uc_sigmask)) {
-		force_fatal_sig(SIGSEGV);
+		force_exit_sig(SIGSEGV);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(swapcontext, struct ucontext __user *, old_ctx,
 		return -EFAULT;
 	if (__unsafe_restore_sigcontext(current, NULL, 0, &new_ctx->uc_mcontext)) {
 		user_read_access_end();
-		force_fatal_sig(SIGSEGV);
+		force_exit_sig(SIGSEGV);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 	user_read_access_end();
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/traps.c b/arch/s390/kernel/traps.c
index 035705c9f23e..2b780786fc68 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/traps.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static void default_trap_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	if (user_mode(regs)) {
 		report_user_fault(regs, SIGSEGV, 0);
-		force_fatal_sig(SIGSEGV);
+		force_exit_sig(SIGSEGV);
 	} else
 		die(regs, "Unknown program exception");
 }
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c
index cd677bc564a7..ffab16369bea 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static int setup_frame(struct ksignal *ksig, struct pt_regs *regs,
 		get_sigframe(ksig, regs, sigframe_size);
 
 	if (invalid_frame_pointer(sf, sigframe_size)) {
-		force_fatal_sig(SIGILL);
+		force_exit_sig(SIGILL);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static int setup_rt_frame(struct ksignal *ksig, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	sf = (struct rt_signal_frame __user *)
 		get_sigframe(ksig, regs, sigframe_size);
 	if (invalid_frame_pointer(sf, sigframe_size)) {
-		force_fatal_sig(SIGILL);
+		force_exit_sig(SIGILL);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/windows.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/windows.c
index bbbd40cc6b28..8f20862ccc83 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/windows.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/windows.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void try_to_clear_window_buffer(struct pt_regs *regs, int who)
 		if ((sp & 7) ||
 		    copy_to_user((char __user *) sp, &tp->reg_window[window],
 				 sizeof(struct reg_window32))) {
-			force_fatal_sig(SIGILL);
+			force_exit_sig(SIGILL);
 			return;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
index 0b6b277ee050..fd2ee9408e91 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ bool emulate_vsyscall(unsigned long error_code,
 	if ((!tmp && regs->orig_ax != syscall_nr) || regs->ip != address) {
 		warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_DEBUG, regs,
 				  "seccomp tried to change syscall nr or ip");
-		force_fatal_sig(SIGSYS);
+		force_exit_sig(SIGSYS);
 		return true;
 	}
 	regs->orig_ax = -1;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
index cce1c89cb7df..c21bcd668284 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Efault_end:
 	user_access_end();
 Efault:
 	pr_alert("could not access userspace vm86 info\n");
-	force_fatal_sig(SIGSEGV);
+	force_exit_sig(SIGSEGV);
 	goto exit_vm86;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/signal.h b/include/linux/sched/signal.h
index 23505394ef70..33a50642cf41 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/signal.h
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ extern __must_check bool do_notify_parent(struct task_struct *, int);
 extern void __wake_up_parent(struct task_struct *p, struct task_struct *parent);
 extern void force_sig(int);
 extern void force_fatal_sig(int);
+extern void force_exit_sig(int);
 extern int send_sig(int, struct task_struct *, int);
 extern int zap_other_threads(struct task_struct *p);
 extern struct sigqueue *sigqueue_alloc(void);
diff --git a/kernel/entry/syscall_user_dispatch.c b/kernel/entry/syscall_user_dispatch.c
index 4508201847d2..0b6379adff6b 100644
--- a/kernel/entry/syscall_user_dispatch.c
+++ b/kernel/entry/syscall_user_dispatch.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ bool syscall_user_dispatch(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		 * the selector is loaded by userspace.
 		 */
 		if (unlikely(__get_user(state, sd->selector))) {
-			force_fatal_sig(SIGSEGV);
+			force_exit_sig(SIGSEGV);
 			return true;
 		}
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ bool syscall_user_dispatch(struct pt_regs *regs)
 			return false;
 
 		if (state != SYSCALL_DISPATCH_FILTER_BLOCK) {
-			force_fatal_sig(SIGSYS);
+			force_exit_sig(SIGSYS);
 			return true;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 7c4b7ae714d4..a629b11bf3e0 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1298,6 +1298,12 @@ int do_send_sig_info(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p
 	return ret;
 }
 
+enum sig_handler {
+	HANDLER_CURRENT, /* If reachable use the current handler */
+	HANDLER_SIG_DFL, /* Always use SIG_DFL handler semantics */
+	HANDLER_EXIT,	 /* Only visible as the process exit code */
+};
+
 /*
  * Force a signal that the process can't ignore: if necessary
  * we unblock the signal and change any SIG_IGN to SIG_DFL.
@@ -1310,7 +1316,8 @@ int do_send_sig_info(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info, struct task_struct *p
  * that is why we also clear SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE.
  */
 static int
-force_sig_info_to_task(struct kernel_siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t, bool sigdfl)
+force_sig_info_to_task(struct kernel_siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t,
+	enum sig_handler handler)
 {
 	unsigned long int flags;
 	int ret, blocked, ignored;
@@ -1321,9 +1328,10 @@ force_sig_info_to_task(struct kernel_siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t, bool
 	action = &t->sighand->action[sig-1];
 	ignored = action->sa.sa_handler == SIG_IGN;
 	blocked = sigismember(&t->blocked, sig);
-	if (blocked || ignored || sigdfl) {
+	if (blocked || ignored || (handler != HANDLER_CURRENT)) {
 		action->sa.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
-		action->sa.sa_flags |= SA_IMMUTABLE;
+		if (handler == HANDLER_EXIT)
+			action->sa.sa_flags |= SA_IMMUTABLE;
 		if (blocked) {
 			sigdelset(&t->blocked, sig);
 			recalc_sigpending_and_wake(t);
@@ -1343,7 +1351,7 @@ force_sig_info_to_task(struct kernel_siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t, bool
 
 int force_sig_info(struct kernel_siginfo *info)
 {
-	return force_sig_info_to_task(info, current, false);
+	return force_sig_info_to_task(info, current, HANDLER_CURRENT);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1660,7 +1668,20 @@ void force_fatal_sig(int sig)
 	info.si_code = SI_KERNEL;
 	info.si_pid = 0;
 	info.si_uid = 0;
-	force_sig_info_to_task(&info, current, true);
+	force_sig_info_to_task(&info, current, HANDLER_SIG_DFL);
+}
+
+void force_exit_sig(int sig)
+{
+	struct kernel_siginfo info;
+
+	clear_siginfo(&info);
+	info.si_signo = sig;
+	info.si_errno = 0;
+	info.si_code = SI_KERNEL;
+	info.si_pid = 0;
+	info.si_uid = 0;
+	force_sig_info_to_task(&info, current, HANDLER_EXIT);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1693,7 +1714,7 @@ int force_sig_fault_to_task(int sig, int code, void __user *addr
 	info.si_flags = flags;
 	info.si_isr = isr;
 #endif
-	return force_sig_info_to_task(&info, t, false);
+	return force_sig_info_to_task(&info, t, HANDLER_CURRENT);
 }
 
 int force_sig_fault(int sig, int code, void __user *addr
@@ -1813,7 +1834,8 @@ int force_sig_seccomp(int syscall, int reason, bool force_coredump)
 	info.si_errno = reason;
 	info.si_arch = syscall_get_arch(current);
 	info.si_syscall = syscall;
-	return force_sig_info_to_task(&info, current, force_coredump);
+	return force_sig_info_to_task(&info, current,
+		force_coredump ? HANDLER_EXIT : HANDLER_CURRENT);
 }
 
 /* For the crazy architectures that include trap information in