diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index 4cd3c9e6f50b..c88f75a68893 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ struct btf_field_list_head {
 	struct btf *btf;
 	u32 value_btf_id;
 	u32 node_offset;
+	struct btf_record *value_rec;
 };
 
 struct btf_field {
diff --git a/include/linux/btf.h b/include/linux/btf.h
index a01a8da20021..42d8f3730a8d 100644
--- a/include/linux/btf.h
+++ b/include/linux/btf.h
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ int btf_find_spin_lock(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t);
 int btf_find_timer(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t);
 struct btf_record *btf_parse_fields(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t,
 				    u32 field_mask, u32 value_size);
+int btf_check_and_fixup_fields(const struct btf *btf, struct btf_record *rec);
 struct btf_field_offs *btf_parse_field_offs(struct btf_record *rec);
 bool btf_type_is_void(const struct btf_type *t);
 s32 btf_find_by_name_kind(const struct btf *btf, const char *name, u8 kind);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index fbcb846188e2..ef8710fab997 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -3723,6 +3723,67 @@ struct btf_record *btf_parse_fields(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
+int btf_check_and_fixup_fields(const struct btf *btf, struct btf_record *rec)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	/* There are two owning types, kptr_ref and bpf_list_head. The former
+	 * only supports storing kernel types, which can never store references
+	 * to program allocated local types, atleast not yet. Hence we only need
+	 * to ensure that bpf_list_head ownership does not form cycles.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rec) || !(rec->field_mask & BPF_LIST_HEAD))
+		return 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < rec->cnt; i++) {
+		struct btf_struct_meta *meta;
+		u32 btf_id;
+
+		if (!(rec->fields[i].type & BPF_LIST_HEAD))
+			continue;
+		btf_id = rec->fields[i].list_head.value_btf_id;
+		meta = btf_find_struct_meta(btf, btf_id);
+		if (!meta)
+			return -EFAULT;
+		rec->fields[i].list_head.value_rec = meta->record;
+
+		if (!(rec->field_mask & BPF_LIST_NODE))
+			continue;
+
+		/* We need to ensure ownership acyclicity among all types. The
+		 * proper way to do it would be to topologically sort all BTF
+		 * IDs based on the ownership edges, since there can be multiple
+		 * bpf_list_head in a type. Instead, we use the following
+		 * reasoning:
+		 *
+		 * - A type can only be owned by another type in user BTF if it
+		 *   has a bpf_list_node.
+		 * - A type can only _own_ another type in user BTF if it has a
+		 *   bpf_list_head.
+		 *
+		 * We ensure that if a type has both bpf_list_head and
+		 * bpf_list_node, its element types cannot be owning types.
+		 *
+		 * To ensure acyclicity:
+		 *
+		 * When A only has bpf_list_head, ownership chain can be:
+		 *	A -> B -> C
+		 * Where:
+		 * - B has both bpf_list_head and bpf_list_node.
+		 * - C only has bpf_list_node.
+		 *
+		 * When A has both bpf_list_head and bpf_list_node, some other
+		 * type already owns it in the BTF domain, hence it can not own
+		 * another owning type through any of the bpf_list_head edges.
+		 *	A -> B
+		 * Where:
+		 * - B only has bpf_list_node.
+		 */
+		if (meta->record->field_mask & BPF_LIST_HEAD)
+			return -ELOOP;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int btf_field_offs_cmp(const void *_a, const void *_b, const void *priv)
 {
 	const u32 a = *(const u32 *)_a;
@@ -5412,6 +5473,16 @@ static struct btf *btf_parse(bpfptr_t btf_data, u32 btf_data_size,
 	}
 	btf->struct_meta_tab = struct_meta_tab;
 
+	if (struct_meta_tab) {
+		int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < struct_meta_tab->cnt; i++) {
+			err = btf_check_and_fixup_fields(btf, struct_meta_tab->types[i].record);
+			if (err < 0)
+				goto errout_meta;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (log->level && bpf_verifier_log_full(log)) {
 		err = -ENOSPC;
 		goto errout_meta;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index c96039a4e57f..4669020bb47d 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -1044,6 +1044,10 @@ static int map_check_btf(struct bpf_map *map, const struct btf *btf,
 		}
 	}
 
+	ret = btf_check_and_fixup_fields(btf, map->record);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto free_map_tab;
+
 	if (map->ops->map_check_btf) {
 		ret = map->ops->map_check_btf(map, btf, key_type, value_type);
 		if (ret < 0)
