diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index f099c5481b66..008ddb694c8a 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -4320,6 +4320,11 @@ static int check_stack_access_within_bounds(
 	err = check_stack_slot_within_bounds(min_off, state, type);
 	if (!err && max_off > 0)
 		err = -EINVAL; /* out of stack access into non-negative offsets */
+	if (!err && access_size < 0)
+		/* access_size should not be negative (or overflow an int); others checks
+		 * along the way should have prevented such an access.
+		 */
+		err = -EFAULT; /* invalid negative access size; integer overflow? */
 
 	if (err) {
 		if (tnum_is_const(reg->var_off)) {