diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
index 445e80517cab68..96a4ed11b4bed3 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 
 /*
  * Note: do not use this directly. Instead, use __alloc_size() since it is conditionally
- * available and includes other attributes.
+ * available and includes other attributes. For GCC < 9.1, __alloc_size__ gets undefined
+ * in compiler-gcc.h, due to misbehaviors.
  *
  *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-alloc_005fsize-function-attribute
  * clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#alloc-size
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
index 4f2a819fd60a34..0717534f8364cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
@@ -271,14 +271,16 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
 
 /*
  * Any place that could be marked with the "alloc_size" attribute is also
- * a place to be marked with the "malloc" attribute. Do this as part of the
- * __alloc_size macro to avoid redundant attributes and to avoid missing a
- * __malloc marking.
+ * a place to be marked with the "malloc" attribute, except those that may
+ * be performing a _reallocation_, as that may alias the existing pointer.
+ * For these, use __realloc_size().
  */
 #ifdef __alloc_size__
 # define __alloc_size(x, ...)	__alloc_size__(x, ## __VA_ARGS__) __malloc
+# define __realloc_size(x, ...)	__alloc_size__(x, ## __VA_ARGS__)
 #else
 # define __alloc_size(x, ...)	__malloc
+# define __realloc_size(x, ...)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef asm_volatile_goto
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 6dc495f7664400..6a613e65e78d42 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -186,10 +186,25 @@ int kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *s);
 /*
  * Common kmalloc functions provided by all allocators
  */
-void * __must_check krealloc(const void *objp, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags) __alloc_size(2);
+void * __must_check krealloc(const void *objp, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags) __realloc_size(2);
 void kfree(const void *objp);
 void kfree_sensitive(const void *objp);
+size_t __ksize(const void *objp);
+
+/**
+ * ksize - Report actual allocation size of associated object
+ *
+ * @objp: Pointer returned from a prior kmalloc()-family allocation.
+ *
+ * This should not be used for writing beyond the originally requested
+ * allocation size. Either use krealloc() or round up the allocation size
+ * with kmalloc_size_roundup() prior to allocation. If this is used to
+ * access beyond the originally requested allocation size, UBSAN_BOUNDS
+ * and/or FORTIFY_SOURCE may trip, since they only know about the
+ * originally allocated size via the __alloc_size attribute.
+ */
 size_t ksize(const void *objp);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
 bool kmem_valid_obj(void *object);
 void kmem_dump_obj(void *object);
@@ -614,10 +629,10 @@ static inline __alloc_size(1, 2) void *kmalloc_array(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_
  * @new_size: new size of a single member of the array
  * @flags: the type of memory to allocate (see kmalloc)
  */
-static inline __alloc_size(2, 3) void * __must_check krealloc_array(void *p,
-								    size_t new_n,
-								    size_t new_size,
-								    gfp_t flags)
+static inline __realloc_size(2, 3) void * __must_check krealloc_array(void *p,
+								      size_t new_n,
+								      size_t new_size,
+								      gfp_t flags)
 {
 	size_t bytes;
 
@@ -732,11 +747,28 @@ static inline __alloc_size(1, 2) void *kvcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t fla
 }
 
 extern void *kvrealloc(const void *p, size_t oldsize, size_t newsize, gfp_t flags)
-		      __alloc_size(3);
+		      __realloc_size(3);
 extern void kvfree(const void *addr);
 extern void kvfree_sensitive(const void *addr, size_t len);
 
 unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *s);
+
+/**
+ * kmalloc_size_roundup - Report allocation bucket size for the given size
+ *
+ * @size: Number of bytes to round up from.
+ *
+ * This returns the number of bytes that would be available in a kmalloc()
+ * allocation of @size bytes. For example, a 126 byte request would be
+ * rounded up to the next sized kmalloc bucket, 128 bytes. (This is strictly
+ * for the general-purpose kmalloc()-based allocations, and is not for the
+ * pre-sized kmem_cache_alloc()-based allocations.)
+ *
+ * Use this to kmalloc() the full bucket size ahead of time instead of using
+ * ksize() to query the size after an allocation.
+ */
+size_t kmalloc_size_roundup(size_t size);
+
 void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_SLAB)
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 82c10b4d120365..9ad97ae73a0a36 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -734,6 +734,26 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_slab(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 	return kmalloc_caches[kmalloc_type(flags)][index];
 }
 
+size_t kmalloc_size_roundup(size_t size)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *c;
+
+	/* Short-circuit the 0 size case. */
+	if (unlikely(size == 0))
+		return 0;
+	/* Short-circuit saturated "too-large" case. */
+	if (unlikely(size == SIZE_MAX))
+		return SIZE_MAX;
+	/* Above the smaller buckets, size is a multiple of page size. */
+	if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE)
+		return PAGE_SIZE << get_order(size);
+
+	/* The flags don't matter since size_index is common to all. */
+	c = kmalloc_slab(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	return c ? c->object_size : 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_size_roundup);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
 #define KMALLOC_DMA_NAME(sz)	.name[KMALLOC_DMA] = "dma-kmalloc-" #sz,
 #else
@@ -987,7 +1007,18 @@ void kfree(const void *object)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);
 
-/* Uninstrumented ksize. Only called by KASAN. */
+/**
+ * __ksize -- Report full size of underlying allocation
+ * @objp: pointer to the object
+ *
+ * This should only be used internally to query the true size of allocations.
+ * It is not meant to be a way to discover the usable size of an allocation
+ * after the fact. Instead, use kmalloc_size_roundup(). Using memory beyond
+ * the originally requested allocation size may trigger KASAN, UBSAN_BOUNDS,
+ * and/or FORTIFY_SOURCE.
+ *
+ * Return: size of the actual memory used by @objp in bytes
+ */
 size_t __ksize(const void *object)
 {
 	struct folio *folio;
@@ -1294,8 +1325,8 @@ module_init(slab_proc_init);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SLAB || CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG */
 
-static __always_inline void *__do_krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size,
-					   gfp_t flags)
+static __always_inline __realloc_size(2) void *
+__do_krealloc(const void *p, size_t new_size, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	void *ret;
 	size_t ks;
diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
index 45a061b8ba388e..fe567fcfa3a39e 100644
--- a/mm/slob.c
+++ b/mm/slob.c
@@ -564,6 +564,20 @@ void kfree(const void *block)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);
 
+size_t kmalloc_size_roundup(size_t size)
+{
+	/* Short-circuit the 0 size case. */
+	if (unlikely(size == 0))
+		return 0;
+	/* Short-circuit saturated "too-large" case. */
+	if (unlikely(size == SIZE_MAX))
+		return SIZE_MAX;
+
+	return ALIGN(size, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_size_roundup);
+
 /* can't use ksize for kmem_cache_alloc memory, only kmalloc */
 size_t __ksize(const void *block)
 {