diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index 8f80dd3ed5ed..d45cda3ab441 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -753,6 +753,8 @@ struct bpf_prog_aux {
 	struct mutex dst_mutex; /* protects dst_* pointers below, *after* prog becomes visible */
 	struct bpf_prog *dst_prog;
 	struct bpf_trampoline *dst_trampoline;
+	enum bpf_prog_type saved_dst_prog_type;
+	enum bpf_attach_type saved_dst_attach_type;
 	bool verifier_zext; /* Zero extensions has been inserted by verifier. */
 	bool offload_requested;
 	bool attach_btf_trace; /* true if attaching to BTF-enabled raw tp */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index a22812561064..feff1ed49f86 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -632,8 +632,13 @@ union bpf_attr {
 		};
 		__u32		attach_type;	/* attach type */
 		__u32		flags;		/* extra flags */
-		__aligned_u64	iter_info;	/* extra bpf_iter_link_info */
-		__u32		iter_info_len;	/* iter_info length */
+		union {
+			__u32		target_btf_id;	/* btf_id of target to attach to */
+			struct {
+				__aligned_u64	iter_info;	/* extra bpf_iter_link_info */
+				__u32		iter_info_len;	/* iter_info length */
+			};
+		};
 	} link_create;
 
 	struct { /* struct used by BPF_LINK_UPDATE command */
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 099a651efe8b..743953f6bf21 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <linux/bpf_trace.h>
 #include <linux/bpf_lirc.h>
+#include <linux/bpf_verifier.h>
 #include <linux/btf.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -2554,12 +2555,15 @@ static const struct bpf_link_ops bpf_tracing_link_lops = {
 	.fill_link_info = bpf_tracing_link_fill_link_info,
 };
 
-static int bpf_tracing_prog_attach(struct bpf_prog *prog)
+static int bpf_tracing_prog_attach(struct bpf_prog *prog,
+				   int tgt_prog_fd,
+				   u32 btf_id)
 {
 	struct bpf_link_primer link_primer;
 	struct bpf_prog *tgt_prog = NULL;
+	struct bpf_trampoline *tr = NULL;
 	struct bpf_tracing_link *link;
-	struct bpf_trampoline *tr;
+	u64 key = 0;
 	int err;
 
 	switch (prog->type) {
@@ -2588,6 +2592,28 @@ static int bpf_tracing_prog_attach(struct bpf_prog *prog)
 		goto out_put_prog;
 	}
 
+	if (!!tgt_prog_fd != !!btf_id) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_put_prog;
+	}
+
+	if (tgt_prog_fd) {
+		/* For now we only allow new targets for BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT */
+		if (prog->type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out_put_prog;
+		}
+
+		tgt_prog = bpf_prog_get(tgt_prog_fd);
+		if (IS_ERR(tgt_prog)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(tgt_prog);
+			tgt_prog = NULL;
+			goto out_put_prog;
+		}
+
+		key = bpf_trampoline_compute_key(tgt_prog, btf_id);
+	}
+
 	link = kzalloc(sizeof(*link), GFP_USER);
 	if (!link) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -2599,12 +2625,58 @@ static int bpf_tracing_prog_attach(struct bpf_prog *prog)
 
 	mutex_lock(&prog->aux->dst_mutex);
 
-	if (!prog->aux->dst_trampoline) {
+	/* There are a few possible cases here:
+	 *
+	 * - if prog->aux->dst_trampoline is set, the program was just loaded
+	 *   and not yet attached to anything, so we can use the values stored
+	 *   in prog->aux
+	 *
+	 * - if prog->aux->dst_trampoline is NULL, the program has already been
+         *   attached to a target and its initial target was cleared (below)
+	 *
+	 * - if tgt_prog != NULL, the caller specified tgt_prog_fd +
+	 *   target_btf_id using the link_create API.
+	 *
+	 * - if tgt_prog == NULL when this function was called using the old
+         *   raw_tracepoint_open API, and we need a target from prog->aux
+         *
+         * The combination of no saved target in prog->aux, and no target
+         * specified on load is illegal, and we reject that here.
+	 */
+	if (!prog->aux->dst_trampoline && !tgt_prog) {
 		err = -ENOENT;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
-	tr = prog->aux->dst_trampoline;
-	tgt_prog = prog->aux->dst_prog;
+
+	if (!prog->aux->dst_trampoline ||
+	    (key && key != prog->aux->dst_trampoline->key)) {
+		/* If there is no saved target, or the specified target is
+		 * different from the destination specified at load time, we
+		 * need a new trampoline and a check for compatibility
+		 */
+		struct bpf_attach_target_info tgt_info = {};
+
+		err = bpf_check_attach_target(NULL, prog, tgt_prog, btf_id,
+					      &tgt_info);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_unlock;
+
+		tr = bpf_trampoline_get(key, &tgt_info);
+		if (!tr) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/* The caller didn't specify a target, or the target was the
+		 * same as the destination supplied during program load. This
+		 * means we can reuse the trampoline and reference from program
+		 * load time, and there is no need to allocate a new one. This
+		 * can only happen once for any program, as the saved values in
+		 * prog->aux are cleared below.
+		 */
+		tr = prog->aux->dst_trampoline;
+		tgt_prog = prog->aux->dst_prog;
+	}
 
 	err = bpf_link_prime(&link->link, &link_primer);
 	if (err)
@@ -2620,15 +2692,31 @@ static int bpf_tracing_prog_attach(struct bpf_prog *prog)
 	link->tgt_prog = tgt_prog;
 	link->trampoline = tr;
 
+	/* Always clear the trampoline and target prog from prog->aux to make
+	 * sure the original attach destination is not kept alive after a
+	 * program is (re-)attached to another target.
+	 */
+	if (prog->aux->dst_prog &&
+	    (tgt_prog_fd || tr != prog->aux->dst_trampoline))
+		/* got extra prog ref from syscall, or attaching to different prog */
+		bpf_prog_put(prog->aux->dst_prog);
+	if (prog->aux->dst_trampoline && tr != prog->aux->dst_trampoline)
+		/* we allocated a new trampoline, so free the old one */
+		bpf_trampoline_put(prog->aux->dst_trampoline);
+
 	prog->aux->dst_prog = NULL;
 	prog->aux->dst_trampoline = NULL;
 	mutex_unlock(&prog->aux->dst_mutex);
 
 	return bpf_link_settle(&link_primer);
 out_unlock:
+	if (tr && tr != prog->aux->dst_trampoline)
+		bpf_trampoline_put(tr);
 	mutex_unlock(&prog->aux->dst_mutex);
 	kfree(link);
 out_put_prog:
+	if (tgt_prog_fd && tgt_prog)
+		bpf_prog_put(tgt_prog);
 	bpf_prog_put(prog);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -2742,7 +2830,7 @@ static int bpf_raw_tracepoint_open(const union bpf_attr *attr)
 			tp_name = prog->aux->attach_func_name;
 			break;
 		}
-		return bpf_tracing_prog_attach(prog);
+		return bpf_tracing_prog_attach(prog, 0, 0);
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_RAW_TRACEPOINT:
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_RAW_TRACEPOINT_WRITABLE:
 		if (strncpy_from_user(buf,
@@ -3926,10 +4014,15 @@ static int bpf_map_do_batch(const union bpf_attr *attr,
 
 static int tracing_bpf_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog)
 {
-	if (attr->link_create.attach_type == BPF_TRACE_ITER &&
-	    prog->expected_attach_type == BPF_TRACE_ITER)
-		return bpf_iter_link_attach(attr, prog);
+	if (attr->link_create.attach_type != prog->expected_attach_type)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (prog->expected_attach_type == BPF_TRACE_ITER)
+		return bpf_iter_link_attach(attr, prog);
+	else if (prog->type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT)
+		return bpf_tracing_prog_attach(prog,
+					       attr->link_create.target_fd,
+					       attr->link_create.target_btf_id);
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
@@ -3943,18 +4036,25 @@ static int link_create(union bpf_attr *attr)
 	if (CHECK_ATTR(BPF_LINK_CREATE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ptype = attach_type_to_prog_type(attr->link_create.attach_type);
-	if (ptype == BPF_PROG_TYPE_UNSPEC)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	prog = bpf_prog_get_type(attr->link_create.prog_fd, ptype);
+	prog = bpf_prog_get(attr->link_create.prog_fd);
 	if (IS_ERR(prog))
 		return PTR_ERR(prog);
 
 	ret = bpf_prog_attach_check_attach_type(prog,
 						attr->link_create.attach_type);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_out;
+		goto out;
+
+	if (prog->type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT) {
+		ret = tracing_bpf_link_attach(attr, prog);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ptype = attach_type_to_prog_type(attr->link_create.attach_type);
+	if (ptype == BPF_PROG_TYPE_UNSPEC || ptype != prog->type) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	switch (ptype) {
 	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB:
@@ -3982,7 +4082,7 @@ static int link_create(union bpf_attr *attr)
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-err_out:
+out:
 	if (ret < 0)
 		bpf_prog_put(prog);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 8fe93c84df90..aa1b725706da 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -11374,6 +11374,12 @@ int bpf_check_attach_target(struct bpf_verifier_log *log,
 		if (!btf_type_is_func_proto(t))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
+		if ((prog->aux->saved_dst_prog_type &&
+		     prog->aux->saved_dst_prog_type != dst_prog->type) ||
+		    (prog->aux->saved_dst_attach_type &&
+		     prog->aux->saved_dst_attach_type != dst_prog->expected_attach_type))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		if (dst_prog && conservative)
 			t = NULL;
 
@@ -11482,6 +11488,11 @@ static int check_attach_btf_id(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 	prog->aux->attach_func_proto = tgt_info.tgt_type;
 	prog->aux->attach_func_name = tgt_info.tgt_name;
 
+	if (dst_prog) {
+		prog->aux->saved_dst_prog_type = dst_prog->type;
+		prog->aux->saved_dst_attach_type = dst_prog->expected_attach_type;
+	}
+
 	if (prog->expected_attach_type == BPF_TRACE_RAW_TP) {
 		prog->aux->attach_btf_trace = true;
 		return 0;
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index a22812561064..feff1ed49f86 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -632,8 +632,13 @@ union bpf_attr {
 		};
 		__u32		attach_type;	/* attach type */
 		__u32		flags;		/* extra flags */
-		__aligned_u64	iter_info;	/* extra bpf_iter_link_info */
-		__u32		iter_info_len;	/* iter_info length */
+		union {
+			__u32		target_btf_id;	/* btf_id of target to attach to */
+			struct {
+				__aligned_u64	iter_info;	/* extra bpf_iter_link_info */
+				__u32		iter_info_len;	/* iter_info length */
+			};
+		};
 	} link_create;
 
 	struct { /* struct used by BPF_LINK_UPDATE command */
