diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
index d3d51d7aff2c..22ebea2e64ea 100644
--- a/include/linux/filter.h
+++ b/include/linux/filter.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ struct ctl_table_header;
 /* unused opcode to mark special call to bpf_tail_call() helper */
 #define BPF_TAIL_CALL	0xf0
 
+/* unused opcode to mark special load instruction. Same as BPF_ABS */
+#define BPF_PROBE_MEM	0x20
+
 /* unused opcode to mark call to interpreter with arguments */
 #define BPF_CALL_ARGS	0xe0
 
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
index 66088a9e9b9e..8a765bbd33f0 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
@@ -1291,6 +1291,11 @@ bool bpf_opcode_in_insntable(u8 code)
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON
+u64 __weak bpf_probe_read(void * dst, u32 size, const void * unsafe_ptr)
+{
+	memset(dst, 0, size);
+	return -EFAULT;
+}
 /**
  *	__bpf_prog_run - run eBPF program on a given context
  *	@regs: is the array of MAX_BPF_EXT_REG eBPF pseudo-registers
@@ -1310,6 +1315,10 @@ static u64 __no_fgcse ___bpf_prog_run(u64 *regs, const struct bpf_insn *insn, u6
 		/* Non-UAPI available opcodes. */
 		[BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL_ARGS] = &&JMP_CALL_ARGS,
 		[BPF_JMP | BPF_TAIL_CALL] = &&JMP_TAIL_CALL,
+		[BPF_LDX | BPF_PROBE_MEM | BPF_B] = &&LDX_PROBE_MEM_B,
+		[BPF_LDX | BPF_PROBE_MEM | BPF_H] = &&LDX_PROBE_MEM_H,
+		[BPF_LDX | BPF_PROBE_MEM | BPF_W] = &&LDX_PROBE_MEM_W,
+		[BPF_LDX | BPF_PROBE_MEM | BPF_DW] = &&LDX_PROBE_MEM_DW,
 	};
 #undef BPF_INSN_3_LBL
 #undef BPF_INSN_2_LBL
@@ -1542,6 +1551,16 @@ static u64 __no_fgcse ___bpf_prog_run(u64 *regs, const struct bpf_insn *insn, u6
 	LDST(W,  u32)
 	LDST(DW, u64)
 #undef LDST
+#define LDX_PROBE(SIZEOP, SIZE)						\
+	LDX_PROBE_MEM_##SIZEOP:						\
+		bpf_probe_read(&DST, SIZE, (const void *)(long) SRC);	\
+		CONT;
+	LDX_PROBE(B,  1)
+	LDX_PROBE(H,  2)
+	LDX_PROBE(W,  4)
+	LDX_PROBE(DW, 8)
+#undef LDX_PROBE
+
 	STX_XADD_W: /* lock xadd *(u32 *)(dst_reg + off16) += src_reg */
 		atomic_add((u32) SRC, (atomic_t *)(unsigned long)
 			   (DST + insn->off));
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 42a463e09761..c4b6a2cfcd47 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -7581,6 +7581,7 @@ static bool reg_type_mismatch_ok(enum bpf_reg_type type)
 	case PTR_TO_TCP_SOCK:
 	case PTR_TO_TCP_SOCK_OR_NULL:
 	case PTR_TO_XDP_SOCK:
+	case PTR_TO_BTF_ID:
 		return false;
 	default:
 		return true;
@@ -8722,6 +8723,13 @@ static int convert_ctx_accesses(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 		case PTR_TO_XDP_SOCK:
 			convert_ctx_access = bpf_xdp_sock_convert_ctx_access;
 			break;
+		case PTR_TO_BTF_ID:
+			if (type == BPF_WRITE) {
+				verbose(env, "Writes through BTF pointers are not allowed\n");
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+			insn->code = BPF_LDX | BPF_PROBE_MEM | BPF_SIZE((insn)->code);
+			continue;
 		default:
 			continue;
 		}