diff --git a/src/backend/libc/fs/syscalls.rs b/src/backend/libc/fs/syscalls.rs
index 662804bb0..a1e962174 100644
--- a/src/backend/libc/fs/syscalls.rs
+++ b/src/backend/libc/fs/syscalls.rs
@@ -1456,6 +1456,28 @@ pub(crate) fn statx(
     flags: AtFlags,
     mask: StatxFlags,
 ) -> io::Result<Statx> {
+    // If a future Linux kernel adds more fields to `struct statx` and users
+    // passing flags unknown to rustix in `StatxFlags`, we could end up
+    // writing outside of the buffer. To prevent this possibility, we mask off
+    // any flags that we don't know about.
+    //
+    // This includes `STATX__RESERVED`, which has a value that we know, but
+    // which could take on arbitrary new meaning in the future. Linux currently
+    // rejects this flag with `EINVAL`, so we do the same.
+    //
+    // This doesn't rely on `STATX_ALL` because [it's deprecated] and already
+    // doesn't represent all the known flags.
+    //
+    // [it's deprecated]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fsdevel/patch/20200505095915.11275-7-mszeredi@redhat.com/
+    #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_env = "musl")))]
+    const STATX__RESERVED: u32 = libc::STATX__RESERVED as u32;
+    #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_env = "musl"))]
+    const STATX__RESERVED: u32 = linux_raw_sys::general::STATX__RESERVED;
+    if (mask.bits() & STATX__RESERVED) == STATX__RESERVED {
+        return Err(io::Errno::INVAL);
+    }
+    let mask = mask & StatxFlags::all();
+
     let mut statx_buf = MaybeUninit::<Statx>::uninit();
     unsafe {
         ret(sys::statx(
diff --git a/src/backend/linux_raw/fs/syscalls.rs b/src/backend/linux_raw/fs/syscalls.rs
index f5b455dff..4cf0dcebb 100644
--- a/src/backend/linux_raw/fs/syscalls.rs
+++ b/src/backend/linux_raw/fs/syscalls.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ use linux_raw_sys::general::{
     __kernel_fsid_t, __kernel_timespec, open_how, statx, AT_EACCESS, AT_FDCWD, AT_REMOVEDIR,
     AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW, F_ADD_SEALS, F_DUPFD, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, F_GETFD, F_GETFL, F_GETLEASE,
     F_GETOWN, F_GETPIPE_SZ, F_GETSIG, F_GET_SEALS, F_SETFD, F_SETFL, F_SETPIPE_SZ, SEEK_CUR,
-    SEEK_END, SEEK_SET,
+    SEEK_END, SEEK_SET, STATX__RESERVED,
 };
 #[cfg(target_pointer_width = "32")]
 use {
@@ -721,6 +721,24 @@ pub(crate) fn statx(
     flags: AtFlags,
     mask: StatxFlags,
 ) -> io::Result<statx> {
+    // If a future Linux kernel adds more fields to `struct statx` and users
+    // passing flags unknown to rustix in `StatxFlags`, we could end up
+    // writing outside of the buffer. To prevent this possibility, we mask off
+    // any flags that we don't know about.
+    //
+    // This includes `STATX__RESERVED`, which has a value that we know, but
+    // which could take on arbitrary new meaning in the future. Linux currently
+    // rejects this flag with `EINVAL`, so we do the same.
+    //
+    // This doesn't rely on `STATX_ALL` because [it's deprecated] and already
+    // doesn't represent all the known flags.
+    //
+    // [it's deprecated]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fsdevel/patch/20200505095915.11275-7-mszeredi@redhat.com/
+    if (mask.bits() & STATX__RESERVED) == STATX__RESERVED {
+        return Err(io::Errno::INVAL);
+    }
+    let mask = mask & StatxFlags::all();
+
     unsafe {
         let mut statx_buf = MaybeUninit::<statx>::uninit();
         ret(syscall!(
diff --git a/tests/fs/main.rs b/tests/fs/main.rs
index 279a517e4..0ef54eb53 100644
--- a/tests/fs/main.rs
+++ b/tests/fs/main.rs
@@ -37,5 +37,7 @@ mod readdir;
 mod renameat;
 #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "illumos", target_os = "redox", target_os = "wasi")))]
 mod statfs;
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))]
+mod statx;
 mod utimensat;
 mod y2038;
diff --git a/tests/fs/statx.rs b/tests/fs/statx.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d02e9cf72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fs/statx.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#[test]
+fn test_statx_unknown_flags() {
+    use rustix::fs::{AtFlags, StatxFlags};
+
+    let f = std::fs::File::open(".").unwrap();
+
+    // It's ok (though still unwise) to construct flags values that have
+    // unknown bits. Exclude `STATX__RESERVED` here as that evokes an explicit
+    // failure; that's tested separately below.
+    let too_many_flags =
+        unsafe { StatxFlags::from_bits_unchecked(!0 & !linux_raw_sys::general::STATX__RESERVED) };
+
+    // It's also ok to pass such flags to `statx`.
+    let result = rustix::fs::statx(&f, "Cargo.toml", AtFlags::empty(), too_many_flags).unwrap();
+
+    // But, rustix should mask off bits it doesn't recognize, because these
+    // extra flags may tell future kernels to set extra fields beyond the
+    // extend of rustix's statx buffer. So make sure we didn't get extra
+    // fields.
+    assert_eq!(result.stx_mask & !StatxFlags::all().bits(), 0);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_statx_reserved() {
+    use rustix::fs::{AtFlags, StatxFlags};
+
+    let f = std::fs::File::open(".").unwrap();
+
+    // It's ok (though still unwise) to construct a `STATX__RESERVED` flag
+    // value but `statx` should reliably fail with `INVAL`.
+    let reserved =
+        unsafe { StatxFlags::from_bits_unchecked(linux_raw_sys::general::STATX__RESERVED) };
+    match rustix::fs::statx(&f, "Cargo.toml", AtFlags::empty(), reserved) {
+        Ok(_) => panic!("statx succeeded with `STATX__RESERVED`"),
+        Err(err) => assert_eq!(err, rustix::io::Errno::INVAL),
+    }
+}