@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ does not exist, the wildcard will not be added, and access will be limited to
 yet, make sure to explicitly include the wildcard:
 `/my-path/folder-do-not-exist/*`.
 
+Some `node:fs` operations act on an already-open file descriptor rather than a
+path, so they cannot be tied to a `--allow-fs-read` or `--allow-fs-write` grant.
+When the permission model is enabled these operations are disabled and throw
+`ERR_ACCESS_DENIED`, regardless of how the descriptor was obtained. This applies
+both to the top-level `node:fs` functions and to the equivalent
+`FileHandle` methods, and currently includes `fsync`/`fdatasync`,
+`fchmod`, and `fchown` (and their synchronous variants).
+
 #### Configuration file support
 
 In addition to passing permission flags on the command line, they can also be
 
@@ -1598,6 +1598,9 @@ async function rmdir(path, options) {
 }
 
 async function fdatasync(handle) {
+  if (permission.isEnabled()) {
+    throw new ERR_ACCESS_DENIED('fdatasync API is disabled when Permission Model is enabled.');
+  }
   return await PromisePrototypeThen(
     binding.fdatasync(handle.fd, kUsePromises),
     undefined,
@@ -1606,6 +1609,9 @@ async function fdatasync(handle) {
 }
 
 async function fsync(handle) {
+  if (permission.isEnabled()) {
+    throw new ERR_ACCESS_DENIED('fsync API is disabled when Permission Model is enabled.');
+  }
   return await PromisePrototypeThen(
     binding.fsync(handle.fd, kUsePromises),
     undefined,
 
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Flags: --permission --allow-fs-read=*
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const { isMainThread } = require('worker_threads');
+
+if (!isMainThread) {
+  common.skip('This test only works on a main thread');
+}
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { open } = require('fs/promises');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
+
+const regularFile = fixtures.path('permission', 'deny', 'regular-file.md');
+
+// FileHandle sync operations must be blocked when the permission model is
+// enabled, consistent with fs.fsync() / fs.fsyncSync() and fdatasync variants.
+(async () => {
+  const fh = await open(regularFile, 'r');
+  try {
+    await assert.rejects(
+      fh.sync(),
+      common.expectsError({ code: 'ERR_ACCESS_DENIED' }),
+    );
+    await assert.rejects(
+      fh.datasync(),
+      common.expectsError({ code: 'ERR_ACCESS_DENIED' }),
+    );
+  } finally {
+    await fh.close();
+  }
+})().then(common.mustCall());