diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 5fb69a85d967..c6eff108aa99 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -1356,6 +1356,13 @@ static bool is_ctx_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int regno)
 	return reg->type == PTR_TO_CTX;
 }
 
+static bool is_pkt_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int regno)
+{
+	const struct bpf_reg_state *reg = cur_regs(env) + regno;
+
+	return type_is_pkt_pointer(reg->type);
+}
+
 static int check_pkt_ptr_alignment(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 				   const struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
 				   int off, int size, bool strict)
@@ -1416,10 +1423,10 @@ static int check_generic_ptr_alignment(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 }
 
 static int check_ptr_alignment(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
-			       const struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
-			       int off, int size)
+			       const struct bpf_reg_state *reg, int off,
+			       int size, bool strict_alignment_once)
 {
-	bool strict = env->strict_alignment;
+	bool strict = env->strict_alignment || strict_alignment_once;
 	const char *pointer_desc = "";
 
 	switch (reg->type) {
@@ -1576,9 +1583,9 @@ static void coerce_reg_to_size(struct bpf_reg_state *reg, int size)
  * if t==write && value_regno==-1, some unknown value is stored into memory
  * if t==read && value_regno==-1, don't care what we read from memory
  */
-static int check_mem_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, u32 regno, int off,
-			    int bpf_size, enum bpf_access_type t,
-			    int value_regno)
+static int check_mem_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, u32 regno,
+			    int off, int bpf_size, enum bpf_access_type t,
+			    int value_regno, bool strict_alignment_once)
 {
 	struct bpf_reg_state *regs = cur_regs(env);
 	struct bpf_reg_state *reg = regs + regno;
@@ -1590,7 +1597,7 @@ static int check_mem_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, u32 regn
 		return size;
 
 	/* alignment checks will add in reg->off themselves */
-	err = check_ptr_alignment(env, reg, off, size);
+	err = check_ptr_alignment(env, reg, off, size, strict_alignment_once);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -1735,21 +1742,23 @@ static int check_xadd(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, struct bpf_ins
 		return -EACCES;
 	}
 
-	if (is_ctx_reg(env, insn->dst_reg)) {
-		verbose(env, "BPF_XADD stores into R%d context is not allowed\n",
-			insn->dst_reg);
+	if (is_ctx_reg(env, insn->dst_reg) ||
+	    is_pkt_reg(env, insn->dst_reg)) {
+		verbose(env, "BPF_XADD stores into R%d %s is not allowed\n",
+			insn->dst_reg, is_ctx_reg(env, insn->dst_reg) ?
+			"context" : "packet");
 		return -EACCES;
 	}
 
 	/* check whether atomic_add can read the memory */
 	err = check_mem_access(env, insn_idx, insn->dst_reg, insn->off,
-			       BPF_SIZE(insn->code), BPF_READ, -1);
+			       BPF_SIZE(insn->code), BPF_READ, -1, true);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
 	/* check whether atomic_add can write into the same memory */
 	return check_mem_access(env, insn_idx, insn->dst_reg, insn->off,
-				BPF_SIZE(insn->code), BPF_WRITE, -1);
+				BPF_SIZE(insn->code), BPF_WRITE, -1, true);
 }
 
 /* when register 'regno' is passed into function that will read 'access_size'
@@ -2388,7 +2397,8 @@ static int check_helper_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int func_id, int insn
 	 * is inferred from register state.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < meta.access_size; i++) {
-		err = check_mem_access(env, insn_idx, meta.regno, i, BPF_B, BPF_WRITE, -1);
+		err = check_mem_access(env, insn_idx, meta.regno, i, BPF_B,
+				       BPF_WRITE, -1, false);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
@@ -4632,7 +4642,7 @@ static int do_check(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 			 */
 			err = check_mem_access(env, insn_idx, insn->src_reg, insn->off,
 					       BPF_SIZE(insn->code), BPF_READ,
-					       insn->dst_reg);
+					       insn->dst_reg, false);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
 
@@ -4684,7 +4694,7 @@ static int do_check(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 			/* check that memory (dst_reg + off) is writeable */
 			err = check_mem_access(env, insn_idx, insn->dst_reg, insn->off,
 					       BPF_SIZE(insn->code), BPF_WRITE,
-					       insn->src_reg);
+					       insn->src_reg, false);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
 
@@ -4719,7 +4729,7 @@ static int do_check(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 			/* check that memory (dst_reg + off) is writeable */
 			err = check_mem_access(env, insn_idx, insn->dst_reg, insn->off,
 					       BPF_SIZE(insn->code), BPF_WRITE,
-					       -1);
+					       -1, false);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
index c73592fa3d41..437c0b1c9d21 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
@@ -11163,6 +11163,64 @@ static struct bpf_test tests[] = {
 		.result = REJECT,
 		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT,
 	},
+	{
+		"xadd/w check unaligned stack",
+		.insns = {
+			BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 1),
+			BPF_STX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_10, BPF_REG_0, -8),
+			BPF_STX_XADD(BPF_W, BPF_REG_10, BPF_REG_0, -7),
+			BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_10, -8),
+			BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+		},
+		.result = REJECT,
+		.errstr = "misaligned stack access off",
+		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS,
+	},
+	{
+		"xadd/w check unaligned map",
+		.insns = {
+			BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_10, -8, 0),
+			BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_10),
+			BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_2, -8),
+			BPF_LD_MAP_FD(BPF_REG_1, 0),
+			BPF_RAW_INSN(BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL, 0, 0, 0,
+				     BPF_FUNC_map_lookup_elem),
+			BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JNE, BPF_REG_0, 0, 1),
+			BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+			BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_1, 1),
+			BPF_STX_XADD(BPF_W, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_1, 3),
+			BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_0, 3),
+			BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+		},
+		.fixup_map1 = { 3 },
+		.result = REJECT,
+		.errstr = "misaligned value access off",
+		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS,
+	},
+	{
+		"xadd/w check unaligned pkt",
+		.insns = {
+			BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_1,
+				    offsetof(struct xdp_md, data)),
+			BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_3, BPF_REG_1,
+				    offsetof(struct xdp_md, data_end)),
+			BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_1, BPF_REG_2),
+			BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_1, 8),
+			BPF_JMP_REG(BPF_JLT, BPF_REG_1, BPF_REG_3, 2),
+			BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 99),
+			BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JA, 0, 0, 6),
+			BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 1),
+			BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_2, 0, 0),
+			BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_2, 3, 0),
+			BPF_STX_XADD(BPF_W, BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_0, 1),
+			BPF_STX_XADD(BPF_W, BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_0, 2),
+			BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_2, 1),
+			BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+		},
+		.result = REJECT,
+		.errstr = "BPF_XADD stores into R2 packet",
+		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP,
+	},
 };
 
 static int probe_filter_length(const struct bpf_insn *fp)