diff --git a/kernel/bpf/stream.c b/kernel/bpf/stream.c
index be9ce98e9469..bd1e98fde4b0 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/stream.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/stream.c
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ static struct bpf_stream_elem *bpf_stream_elem_alloc(int len)
 	size_t alloc_size;
 
 	/*
-	 * Length denotes the amount of data to be written as part of stream element,
-	 * thus includes '\0' byte. We're capped by how much bpf_bprintf_buffers can
-	 * accomodate, therefore deny allocations that won't fit into them.
+	 * Length is the payload pushed into the stream, excluding the
+	 * trailing NUL of the bprintf buffer. Reject anything that cannot
+	 * fit without copying that NUL into the stream element.
 	 */
-	if (len < 0 || len > max_len)
+	if (len < 0 || len >= max_len)
 		return NULL;
 
 	alloc_size = offsetof(struct bpf_stream_elem, str[len]);
@@ -68,10 +68,8 @@ static int bpf_stream_consume_capacity(struct bpf_stream *stream, int len)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void bpf_stream_release_capacity(struct bpf_stream *stream, struct bpf_stream_elem *elem)
+static void bpf_stream_release_capacity(struct bpf_stream *stream, int len)
 {
-	int len = elem->total_len;
-
 	atomic_sub(len, &stream->capacity);
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +77,14 @@ static int bpf_stream_push_str(struct bpf_stream *stream, const char *str, int l
 {
 	int ret = bpf_stream_consume_capacity(stream, len);
 
-	return ret ?: __bpf_stream_push_str(&stream->log, str, len);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = __bpf_stream_push_str(&stream->log, str, len);
+	if (ret)
+		bpf_stream_release_capacity(stream, len);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static struct bpf_stream *bpf_stream_get(enum bpf_stream_id stream_id, struct bpf_prog_aux *aux)
@@ -162,6 +167,7 @@ static int bpf_stream_read(struct bpf_stream *stream, void __user *buf, int len)
 
 	while (rem_len) {
 		int pos = len - rem_len;
+		int chunk, n;
 		bool cont;
 
 		node = bpf_stream_backlog_peek(stream);
@@ -175,20 +181,21 @@ static int bpf_stream_read(struct bpf_stream *stream, void __user *buf, int len)
 
 		cons_len = elem->consumed_len;
 		cont = bpf_stream_consume_elem(elem, &rem_len) == false;
-
-		ret = copy_to_user(buf + pos, elem->str + cons_len,
-				   elem->consumed_len - cons_len);
-		/* Restore in case of error. */
-		if (ret) {
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-			elem->consumed_len = cons_len;
+		chunk = elem->consumed_len - cons_len;
+
+		n = copy_to_user(buf + pos, elem->str + cons_len, chunk);
+		if (n) {
+			/* Keep any successfully copied bytes; -EFAULT only if none. */
+			elem->consumed_len -= n;
+			rem_len += n;
+			ret = (len == rem_len) ? -EFAULT : 0;
 			break;
 		}
 
 		if (cont)
 			continue;
 		bpf_stream_backlog_pop(stream);
-		bpf_stream_release_capacity(stream, elem);
+		bpf_stream_release_capacity(stream, elem->total_len);
 		bpf_stream_free_elem(elem);
 	}
 
@@ -238,6 +245,11 @@ __bpf_kfunc int bpf_stream_vprintk(int stream_id, const char *fmt__str, const vo
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = bstr_printf(data.buf, MAX_BPRINTF_BUF, fmt__str, data.bin_args);
+	/* Truncation: reject before capacity charge (not -ENOMEM). */
+	if (ret >= MAX_BPRINTF_BUF) {
+		bpf_bprintf_cleanup(&data);
+		return -E2BIG;
+	}
 	/* Exclude NULL byte during push. */
 	ret = bpf_stream_push_str(stream, data.buf, ret);
 	bpf_bprintf_cleanup(&data);
@@ -311,17 +323,19 @@ int bpf_stream_stage_printk(struct bpf_stream_stage *ss, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	struct bpf_bprintf_buffers *buf;
 	va_list args;
-	int ret;
+	int len, ret;
 
 	if (bpf_try_get_buffers(&buf))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	ret = vsnprintf(buf->buf, ARRAY_SIZE(buf->buf), fmt, args);
+	/* Cap to the written length, excluding the trailing NUL. */
+	len = vscnprintf(buf->buf, ARRAY_SIZE(buf->buf), fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
-	ss->len += ret;
 	/* Exclude NULL byte during push. */
-	ret = __bpf_stream_push_str(&ss->log, buf->buf, ret);
+	ret = __bpf_stream_push_str(&ss->log, buf->buf, len);
+	if (!ret)
+		ss->len += len;
 	bpf_put_buffers();
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/stream.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/stream.c
index e4e9374309e2..fefe6431dc7c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/stream.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/stream.c
@@ -58,6 +58,76 @@ void test_stream_syscall(void)
 	stream__destroy(skel);
 }
 
+void test_stream_oversize(void)
+{
+	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_test_run_opts, opts);
+	struct stream *skel;
+	int ret, prog_fd;
+	char buf[8] = {};
+
+	skel = stream__open_and_load();
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "stream__open_and_load"))
+		return;
+
+	prog_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.stream_oversize);
+	ret = bpf_prog_test_run_opts(prog_fd, &opts);
+	ASSERT_OK(ret, "oversize run");
+	ASSERT_EQ(opts.retval, -E2BIG, "oversize retval");
+
+	/* Oversized push must not permanently consume capacity. */
+	prog_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.stream_syscall);
+	ret = bpf_prog_test_run_opts(prog_fd, &opts);
+	ASSERT_OK(ret, "syscall run");
+	ASSERT_OK(opts.retval, "syscall retval");
+
+	ret = bpf_prog_stream_read(prog_fd, BPF_STREAM_STDOUT, buf, sizeof(buf), NULL);
+	ASSERT_EQ(ret, 3, "bytes after oversize");
+	ASSERT_OK(memcmp(buf, "foo", 3), "payload after oversize");
+
+	stream__destroy(skel);
+}
+
+void test_stream_partial_read(void)
+{
+	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_test_run_opts, opts);
+	struct stream *skel;
+	int ret, prog_fd;
+	long page_size;
+	char *page, *buf;
+	char rest[8] = {};
+
+	skel = stream__open_and_load();
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "stream__open_and_load"))
+		return;
+
+	prog_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.stream_syscall);
+	ret = bpf_prog_test_run_opts(prog_fd, &opts);
+	ASSERT_OK(ret, "ret");
+	ASSERT_OK(opts.retval, "retval");
+
+	page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+	page = mmap(NULL, page_size * 2, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+		    MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+	if (!ASSERT_NEQ(page, MAP_FAILED, "mmap")) {
+		stream__destroy(skel);
+		return;
+	}
+	/* Leave only the first page mapped so a straddling copy faults. */
+	ASSERT_OK(munmap(page + page_size, page_size), "munmap second page");
+
+	buf = page + page_size - 1;
+	ret = bpf_prog_stream_read(prog_fd, BPF_STREAM_STDOUT, buf, 3, NULL);
+	ASSERT_EQ(ret, 1, "partial bytes");
+	ASSERT_EQ(buf[0], 'f', "first byte");
+
+	ret = bpf_prog_stream_read(prog_fd, BPF_STREAM_STDOUT, rest, sizeof(rest), NULL);
+	ASSERT_EQ(ret, 2, "remaining bytes");
+	ASSERT_OK(memcmp(rest, "oo", 2), "remaining data");
+
+	munmap(page, page_size);
+	stream__destroy(skel);
+}
+
 static void test_address(struct bpf_program *prog, unsigned long *fault_addr_p)
 {
 	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_test_run_opts, opts);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stream.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stream.c
index 8e8e1339dc74..385349aa3c69 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stream.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stream.c
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ struct {
 } array SEC(".maps");
 
 #define ENOSPC 28
+#define E2BIG 7
 #define _STR "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
+#define _X64 "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
+/* 1024 bytes: truncated by bstr_printf, must return -E2BIG. */
+#define _BIG_STR (_X64 _X64 _X64 _X64 _X64 _X64 _X64 _X64 \
+		  _X64 _X64 _X64 _X64 _X64 _X64 _X64 _X64)
 
 int size;
 u64 fault_addr;
@@ -119,6 +124,13 @@ int stream_syscall(void *ctx)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+SEC("syscall")
+__success __retval(-E2BIG)
+int stream_oversize(void *ctx)
+{
+	return bpf_stream_printk(BPF_STDOUT, _BIG_STR);
+}
+
 SEC("syscall")
 __arch_x86_64
 __arch_arm64