diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 42557f251fea..f2cc0d118a0b 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TORTURE_TEST) += torture.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM) += iomem.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RSEQ) += rseq.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL_KUNIT_TEST) += sysctl-test.o
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK) += stackleak.o
 KASAN_SANITIZE_stackleak.o := n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_stackleak.o := n
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl-test.c b/kernel/sysctl-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a63241a8453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/sysctl-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,392 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * KUnit test of proc sysctl.
+ */
+
+#include <kunit/test.h>
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+
+#define KUNIT_PROC_READ 0
+#define KUNIT_PROC_WRITE 1
+
+static int i_zero;
+static int i_one_hundred = 100;
+
+/*
+ * Test that proc_dointvec will not try to use a NULL .data field even when the
+ * length is non-zero.
+ */
+static void sysctl_test_api_dointvec_null_tbl_data(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	struct ctl_table null_data_table = {
+		.procname = "foo",
+		/*
+		 * Here we are testing that proc_dointvec behaves correctly when
+		 * we give it a NULL .data field. Normally this would point to a
+		 * piece of memory where the value would be stored.
+		 */
+		.data		= NULL,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.extra1		= &i_zero,
+		.extra2         = &i_one_hundred,
+	};
+	/*
+	 * proc_dointvec expects a buffer in user space, so we allocate one. We
+	 * also need to cast it to __user so sparse doesn't get mad.
+	 */
+	void __user *buffer = (void __user *)kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(int),
+							   GFP_USER);
+	size_t len;
+	loff_t pos;
+
+	/*
+	 * We don't care what the starting length is since proc_dointvec should
+	 * not try to read because .data is NULL.
+	 */
+	len = 1234;
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, proc_dointvec(&null_data_table,
+					       KUNIT_PROC_READ, buffer, &len,
+					       &pos));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (size_t)0, len);
+
+	/*
+	 * See above.
+	 */
+	len = 1234;
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, proc_dointvec(&null_data_table,
+					       KUNIT_PROC_WRITE, buffer, &len,
+					       &pos));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (size_t)0, len);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Similar to the previous test, we create a struct ctrl_table that has a .data
+ * field that proc_dointvec cannot do anything with; however, this time it is
+ * because we tell proc_dointvec that the size is 0.
+ */
+static void sysctl_test_api_dointvec_table_maxlen_unset(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	int data = 0;
+	struct ctl_table data_maxlen_unset_table = {
+		.procname = "foo",
+		.data		= &data,
+		/*
+		 * So .data is no longer NULL, but we tell proc_dointvec its
+		 * length is 0, so it still shouldn't try to use it.
+		 */
+		.maxlen		= 0,
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.extra1		= &i_zero,
+		.extra2         = &i_one_hundred,
+	};
+	void __user *buffer = (void __user *)kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(int),
+							   GFP_USER);
+	size_t len;
+	loff_t pos;
+
+	/*
+	 * As before, we don't care what buffer length is because proc_dointvec
+	 * cannot do anything because its internal .data buffer has zero length.
+	 */
+	len = 1234;
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, proc_dointvec(&data_maxlen_unset_table,
+					       KUNIT_PROC_READ, buffer, &len,
+					       &pos));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (size_t)0, len);
+
+	/*
+	 * See previous comment.
+	 */
+	len = 1234;
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, proc_dointvec(&data_maxlen_unset_table,
+					       KUNIT_PROC_WRITE, buffer, &len,
+					       &pos));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (size_t)0, len);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Here we provide a valid struct ctl_table, but we try to read and write from
+ * it using a buffer of zero length, so it should still fail in a similar way as
+ * before.
+ */
+static void sysctl_test_api_dointvec_table_len_is_zero(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	int data = 0;
+	/* Good table. */
+	struct ctl_table table = {
+		.procname = "foo",
+		.data		= &data,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.extra1		= &i_zero,
+		.extra2         = &i_one_hundred,
+	};
+	void __user *buffer = (void __user *)kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(int),
+							   GFP_USER);
+	/*
+	 * However, now our read/write buffer has zero length.
+	 */
+	size_t len = 0;
+	loff_t pos;
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, proc_dointvec(&table, KUNIT_PROC_READ, buffer,
+					       &len, &pos));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (size_t)0, len);
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, proc_dointvec(&table, KUNIT_PROC_WRITE, buffer,
+					       &len, &pos));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (size_t)0, len);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test that proc_dointvec refuses to read when the file position is non-zero.
+ */
+static void sysctl_test_api_dointvec_table_read_but_position_set(
+		struct kunit *test)
+{
+	int data = 0;
+	/* Good table. */
+	struct ctl_table table = {
+		.procname = "foo",
+		.data		= &data,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.extra1		= &i_zero,
+		.extra2         = &i_one_hundred,
+	};
+	void __user *buffer = (void __user *)kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(int),
+							   GFP_USER);
+	/*
+	 * We don't care about our buffer length because we start off with a
+	 * non-zero file position.
+	 */
+	size_t len = 1234;
+	/*
+	 * proc_dointvec should refuse to read into the buffer since the file
+	 * pos is non-zero.
+	 */
+	loff_t pos = 1;
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, proc_dointvec(&table, KUNIT_PROC_READ, buffer,
+					       &len, &pos));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, (size_t)0, len);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test that we can read a two digit number in a sufficiently size buffer.
+ * Nothing fancy.
+ */
+static void sysctl_test_dointvec_read_happy_single_positive(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	int data = 0;
+	/* Good table. */
+	struct ctl_table table = {
+		.procname = "foo",
+		.data		= &data,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.extra1		= &i_zero,
+		.extra2         = &i_one_hundred,
+	};
+	size_t len = 4;
+	loff_t pos = 0;
+	char *buffer = kunit_kzalloc(test, len, GFP_USER);
+	char __user *user_buffer = (char __user *)buffer;
+	/* Store 13 in the data field. */
+	*((int *)table.data) = 13;
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, proc_dointvec(&table, KUNIT_PROC_READ,
+					       user_buffer, &len, &pos));
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, (size_t)3, len);
+	buffer[len] = '\0';
+	/* And we read 13 back out. */
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, "13\n", buffer);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Same as previous test, just now with negative numbers.
+ */
+static void sysctl_test_dointvec_read_happy_single_negative(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	int data = 0;
+	/* Good table. */
+	struct ctl_table table = {
+		.procname = "foo",
+		.data		= &data,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.extra1		= &i_zero,
+		.extra2         = &i_one_hundred,
+	};
+	size_t len = 5;
+	loff_t pos = 0;
+	char *buffer = kunit_kzalloc(test, len, GFP_USER);
+	char __user *user_buffer = (char __user *)buffer;
+	*((int *)table.data) = -16;
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, proc_dointvec(&table, KUNIT_PROC_READ,
+					       user_buffer, &len, &pos));
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, (size_t)4, len);
+	buffer[len] = '\0';
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, "-16\n", (char *)buffer);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test that a simple positive write works.
+ */
+static void sysctl_test_dointvec_write_happy_single_positive(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	int data = 0;
+	/* Good table. */
+	struct ctl_table table = {
+		.procname = "foo",
+		.data		= &data,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.extra1		= &i_zero,
+		.extra2         = &i_one_hundred,
+	};
+	char input[] = "9";
+	size_t len = sizeof(input) - 1;
+	loff_t pos = 0;
+	char *buffer = kunit_kzalloc(test, len, GFP_USER);
+	char __user *user_buffer = (char __user *)buffer;
+
+	memcpy(buffer, input, len);
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, proc_dointvec(&table, KUNIT_PROC_WRITE,
+					       user_buffer, &len, &pos));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, sizeof(input) - 1, len);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, sizeof(input) - 1, (size_t)pos);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 9, *((int *)table.data));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Same as previous test, but now with negative numbers.
+ */
+static void sysctl_test_dointvec_write_happy_single_negative(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	int data = 0;
+	struct ctl_table table = {
+		.procname = "foo",
+		.data		= &data,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.extra1		= &i_zero,
+		.extra2         = &i_one_hundred,
+	};
+	char input[] = "-9";
+	size_t len = sizeof(input) - 1;
+	loff_t pos = 0;
+	char *buffer = kunit_kzalloc(test, len, GFP_USER);
+	char __user *user_buffer = (char __user *)buffer;
+
+	memcpy(buffer, input, len);
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, proc_dointvec(&table, KUNIT_PROC_WRITE,
+					       user_buffer, &len, &pos));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, sizeof(input) - 1, len);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, sizeof(input) - 1, (size_t)pos);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, -9, *((int *)table.data));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test that writing a value smaller than the minimum possible value is not
+ * allowed.
+ */
+static void sysctl_test_api_dointvec_write_single_less_int_min(
+		struct kunit *test)
+{
+	int data = 0;
+	struct ctl_table table = {
+		.procname = "foo",
+		.data		= &data,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.extra1		= &i_zero,
+		.extra2         = &i_one_hundred,
+	};
+	size_t max_len = 32, len = max_len;
+	loff_t pos = 0;
+	char *buffer = kunit_kzalloc(test, max_len, GFP_USER);
+	char __user *user_buffer = (char __user *)buffer;
+	unsigned long abs_of_less_than_min = (unsigned long)INT_MAX
+					     - (INT_MAX + INT_MIN) + 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * We use this rigmarole to create a string that contains a value one
+	 * less than the minimum accepted value.
+	 */
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_LT(test,
+			(size_t)snprintf(buffer, max_len, "-%lu",
+					 abs_of_less_than_min),
+			max_len);
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, -EINVAL, proc_dointvec(&table, KUNIT_PROC_WRITE,
+						     user_buffer, &len, &pos));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, max_len, len);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, *((int *)table.data));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test that writing the maximum possible value works.
+ */
+static void sysctl_test_api_dointvec_write_single_greater_int_max(
+		struct kunit *test)
+{
+	int data = 0;
+	struct ctl_table table = {
+		.procname = "foo",
+		.data		= &data,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.extra1		= &i_zero,
+		.extra2         = &i_one_hundred,
+	};
+	size_t max_len = 32, len = max_len;
+	loff_t pos = 0;
+	char *buffer = kunit_kzalloc(test, max_len, GFP_USER);
+	char __user *user_buffer = (char __user *)buffer;
+	unsigned long greater_than_max = (unsigned long)INT_MAX + 1;
+
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_GT(test, greater_than_max, (unsigned long)INT_MAX);
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_LT(test, (size_t)snprintf(buffer, max_len, "%lu",
+					       greater_than_max),
+			max_len);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, -EINVAL, proc_dointvec(&table, KUNIT_PROC_WRITE,
+						     user_buffer, &len, &pos));
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, max_len, len);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, *((int *)table.data));
+}
+
+static struct kunit_case sysctl_test_cases[] = {
+	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_api_dointvec_null_tbl_data),
+	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_api_dointvec_table_maxlen_unset),
+	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_api_dointvec_table_len_is_zero),
+	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_api_dointvec_table_read_but_position_set),
+	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_dointvec_read_happy_single_positive),
+	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_dointvec_read_happy_single_negative),
+	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_dointvec_write_happy_single_positive),
+	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_dointvec_write_happy_single_negative),
+	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_api_dointvec_write_single_less_int_min),
+	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_api_dointvec_write_single_greater_int_max),
+	{}
+};
+
+static struct kunit_suite sysctl_test_suite = {
+	.name = "sysctl_test",
+	.test_cases = sysctl_test_cases,
+};
+
+kunit_test_suite(sysctl_test_suite);
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 6118d99117da..ee00c6c8a373 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1939,6 +1939,17 @@ config TEST_SYSCTL
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config SYSCTL_KUNIT_TEST
+	bool "KUnit test for sysctl"
+	depends on KUNIT
+	help
+	  This builds the proc sysctl unit test, which runs on boot.
+	  Tests the API contract and implementation correctness of sysctl.
+	  For more information on KUnit and unit tests in general please refer
+	  to the KUnit documentation in Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config TEST_UDELAY
 	tristate "udelay test driver"
 	help