diff --git a/arch/alpha/mm/fault.c b/arch/alpha/mm/fault.c
index 98838a0..9d0ac09 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/mm/fault.c
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/fault.c b/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
index 6f7e3a6..0f8df3b 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/fault.c
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@
 
 	if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 		goto out_of_memory;
+	else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEV)
+		goto bad_area;
 	else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 		goto do_sigbus;
 
diff --git a/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c b/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c
index 0eca933..d223a8b 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/mm/fault.c
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/cris/mm/fault.c b/arch/cris/mm/fault.c
index 1790f22..2686a7a 100644
--- a/arch/cris/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/cris/mm/fault.c
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/frv/mm/fault.c b/arch/frv/mm/fault.c
index 9a66372..ec4917d 100644
--- a/arch/frv/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/frv/mm/fault.c
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/fault.c b/arch/ia64/mm/fault.c
index 7225dad..ba5ba7a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/fault.c
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@
 		 */
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM) {
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		} else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV) {
+			goto bad_area;
 		} else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS) {
 			signal = SIGBUS;
 			goto bad_area;
diff --git a/arch/m32r/mm/fault.c b/arch/m32r/mm/fault.c
index e9c6a80..e3d4d48901 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/mm/fault.c
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/m68k/mm/fault.c b/arch/m68k/mm/fault.c
index 2bd7487..b2f04ae 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/mm/fault.c
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto map_err;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto bus_err;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/metag/mm/fault.c b/arch/metag/mm/fault.c
index 332680e..2de5dc6 100644
--- a/arch/metag/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/metag/mm/fault.c
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/mm/fault.c b/arch/microblaze/mm/fault.c
index fa4cf52..d46a5eb 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/mm/fault.c
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/fault.c b/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
index becc42b..70ab5d6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/mm/fault.c b/arch/mn10300/mm/fault.c
index 3516cbd..0c2cc5d 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/mn10300/mm/fault.c
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/nios2/mm/fault.c b/arch/nios2/mm/fault.c
index 15a0bb5..34429d5 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/nios2/mm/fault.c
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/mm/fault.c b/arch/openrisc/mm/fault.c
index 0703acf..230ac20 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/mm/fault.c
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c b/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
index 3ca9c11..e5120e6 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/mm/fault.c
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@
 		 */
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto bad_area;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/copro_fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/copro_fault.c
index 5a236f0..1b5305d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/copro_fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/copro_fault.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 		if (*flt & VM_FAULT_OOM) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out_unlock;
-		} else if (*flt & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS) {
+		} else if (*flt & (VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)) {
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index eb79907..6154b0a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@
 	 */
 	fault = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, flags);
 	if (unlikely(fault & (VM_FAULT_RETRY|VM_FAULT_ERROR))) {
+		if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		rc = mm_fault_error(regs, address, fault);
 		if (rc >= MM_FAULT_RETURN)
 			goto bail;
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
index 811937b..9065d5a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
@@ -374,6 +374,12 @@
 				do_no_context(regs);
 			else
 				pagefault_out_of_memory();
+		} else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV) {
+			/* Kernel mode? Handle exceptions or die */
+			if (!user_mode(regs))
+				do_no_context(regs);
+			else
+				do_sigsegv(regs, SEGV_MAPERR);
 		} else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS) {
 			/* Kernel mode? Handle exceptions or die */
 			if (!user_mode(regs))
diff --git a/arch/score/mm/fault.c b/arch/score/mm/fault.c
index 52238983..6860beb 100644
--- a/arch/score/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/score/mm/fault.c
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/fault.c b/arch/sh/mm/fault.c
index 541dc61..a58fec9 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/fault.c
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@
 	} else {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			do_sigbus(regs, error_code, address);
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			bad_area(regs, error_code, address);
 		else
 			BUG();
 	}
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c b/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c
index 908e8c1..70d8171 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/fault_32.c
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/fault_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/fault_64.c
index 18fcd71..4798232 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/fault_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/fault_64.c
@@ -446,6 +446,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/tile/mm/fault.c b/arch/tile/mm/fault.c
index 565e25a..0f61a73 100644
--- a/arch/tile/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/tile/mm/fault.c
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/trap.c b/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
index 5678c35..2096173 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/trap.c
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
 		if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 			if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM) {
 				goto out_of_memory;
+			} else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV) {
+				goto out;
 			} else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS) {
 				err = -EACCES;
 				goto out;
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 38dcec4..e3ff27a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -898,6 +898,8 @@
 		if (fault & (VM_FAULT_SIGBUS|VM_FAULT_HWPOISON|
 			     VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE))
 			do_sigbus(regs, error_code, address, fault);
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			bad_area_nosemaphore(regs, error_code, address);
 		else
 			BUG();
 	}
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c b/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
index b57c4f9..9e3571a 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/mm/fault.c
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@
 	if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
 		if (fault & VM_FAULT_OOM)
 			goto out_of_memory;
+		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)
+			goto bad_area;
 		else if (fault & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
 			goto do_sigbus;
 		BUG();
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c
index 930f601..65d610a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/vvp_io.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (cfio->fault.ft_flags & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS) {
+	if (cfio->fault.ft_flags & (VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV)) {
 		CDEBUG(D_PAGE, "got addr %p - SIGBUS\n", vmf->virtual_address);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 80fc92a..dd5ea30 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1070,6 +1070,7 @@
 #define VM_FAULT_WRITE	0x0008	/* Special case for get_user_pages */
 #define VM_FAULT_HWPOISON 0x0010	/* Hit poisoned small page */
 #define VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE 0x0020  /* Hit poisoned large page. Index encoded in upper bits */
+#define VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV 0x0040
 
 #define VM_FAULT_NOPAGE	0x0100	/* ->fault installed the pte, not return page */
 #define VM_FAULT_LOCKED	0x0200	/* ->fault locked the returned page */
@@ -1078,8 +1079,9 @@
 
 #define VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE_MASK 0xf000 /* encodes hpage index for large hwpoison */
 
-#define VM_FAULT_ERROR	(VM_FAULT_OOM | VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_HWPOISON | \
-			 VM_FAULT_FALLBACK | VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE)
+#define VM_FAULT_ERROR	(VM_FAULT_OOM | VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV | \
+			 VM_FAULT_HWPOISON | VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE | \
+			 VM_FAULT_FALLBACK)
 
 /* Encode hstate index for a hwpoisoned large page */
 #define VM_FAULT_SET_HINDEX(x) ((x) << 12)
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index a900759..8dd50ce 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		if (ret & (VM_FAULT_HWPOISON | VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE))
 			return *flags & FOLL_HWPOISON ? -EHWPOISON : -EFAULT;
-		if (ret & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
+		if (ret & (VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		BUG();
 	}
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		if (ret & (VM_FAULT_HWPOISON | VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE))
 			return -EHWPOISON;
-		if (ret & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
+		if (ret & (VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		BUG();
 	}
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index d247efa..15647fb 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
 		else
 			ret = VM_FAULT_WRITE;
 		put_page(page);
-	} while (!(ret & (VM_FAULT_WRITE | VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_OOM)));
+	} while (!(ret & (VM_FAULT_WRITE | VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV | VM_FAULT_OOM)));
 	/*
 	 * We must loop because handle_mm_fault() may back out if there's
 	 * any difficulty e.g. if pte accessed bit gets updated concurrently.