diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 5f46dd6..994ef36 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -5918,6 +5918,41 @@ static int check_reference_leak(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 	return state->acquired_refs ? -EINVAL : 0;
 }
 
+static int check_bpf_snprintf_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
+				   struct bpf_reg_state *regs)
+{
+	struct bpf_reg_state *fmt_reg = &regs[BPF_REG_3];
+	struct bpf_reg_state *data_len_reg = &regs[BPF_REG_5];
+	struct bpf_map *fmt_map = fmt_reg->map_ptr;
+	int err, fmt_map_off, num_args;
+	u64 fmt_addr;
+	char *fmt;
+
+	/* data must be an array of u64 */
+	if (data_len_reg->var_off.value % 8)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	num_args = data_len_reg->var_off.value / 8;
+
+	/* fmt being ARG_PTR_TO_CONST_STR guarantees that var_off is const
+	 * and map_direct_value_addr is set.
+	 */
+	fmt_map_off = fmt_reg->off + fmt_reg->var_off.value;
+	err = fmt_map->ops->map_direct_value_addr(fmt_map, &fmt_addr,
+						  fmt_map_off);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	fmt = (char *)(long)fmt_addr + fmt_map_off;
+
+	/* We are also guaranteed that fmt+fmt_map_off is NULL terminated, we
+	 * can focus on validating the format specifiers.
+	 */
+	err = bpf_printf_prepare(fmt, UINT_MAX, NULL, NULL, NULL, num_args);
+	if (err < 0)
+		verbose(env, "Invalid format string\n");
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int check_helper_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn,
 			     int *insn_idx_p)
 {
@@ -6032,6 +6067,12 @@ static int check_helper_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (func_id == BPF_FUNC_snprintf) {
+		err = check_bpf_snprintf_call(env, regs);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	/* reset caller saved regs */
 	for (i = 0; i < CALLER_SAVED_REGS; i++) {
 		mark_reg_not_init(env, regs, caller_saved[i]);