diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/selftests/st_asan_buddy.bpf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/selftests/st_asan_buddy.bpf.c
index 9dd2980b5d6c..97acd50ffa5c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/selftests/st_asan_buddy.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/selftests/st_asan_buddy.bpf.c
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 #include <libarena/asan.h>
 #include <libarena/buddy.h>
 
+/* Required for parsing the ASAN call stacks. */
+#include "test_progs_compat.h"
+
 extern buddy_t buddy;
 
 #ifdef BPF_ARENA_ASAN
@@ -141,6 +144,11 @@ static __always_inline int asan_test_buddy_blob_single(void)
 }
 
 SEC("syscall")
+__stderr("Memory violation for address {{.*}} for write of size 1")
+__stderr("CPU: {{[0-9]+}} UID: 0 PID: {{[0-9]+}} Comm: {{.*}}")
+__stderr("Call trace:\n"
+"{{([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\\+0x[0-9a-fA-F]+/0x[0-9a-fA-F]+\n"
+"|[ \t]+[^\n]+\n)*}}")
 __weak int asan_test_buddy_oob(void)
 {
 	size_t sizes[] = {
@@ -174,6 +182,11 @@ __weak int asan_test_buddy_oob(void)
 }
 
 SEC("syscall")
+__stderr("Memory violation for address {{.*}} for write of size 1")
+__stderr("CPU: {{[0-9]+}} UID: 0 PID: {{[0-9]+}} Comm: {{.*}}")
+__stderr("Call trace:\n"
+"{{([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\\+0x[0-9a-fA-F]+/0x[0-9a-fA-F]+\n"
+"|[ \t]+[^\n]+\n)*}}")
 __weak int asan_test_buddy_uaf(void)
 {
 	size_t sizes[] = { 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 16384 };
@@ -205,6 +218,11 @@ __weak int asan_test_buddy_uaf(void)
 }
 
 SEC("syscall")
+__stderr("Memory violation for address {{.*}} for write of size 1")
+__stderr("CPU: {{[0-9]+}} UID: 0 PID: {{[0-9]+}} Comm: {{.*}}")
+__stderr("Call trace:\n"
+"{{([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\\+0x[0-9a-fA-F]+/0x[0-9a-fA-F]+\n"
+"|[ \t]+[^\n]+\n)*}}")
 __weak int asan_test_buddy_blob(void)
 {
 	const int iters = 10;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/selftests/test_progs_compat.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/selftests/test_progs_compat.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d431376c42f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/selftests/test_progs_compat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause
+/* Copyright (c) 2026 Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. */
+#pragma once
+
+#ifdef __BPF__
+
+/* Selftests use these tags for compatibility with test_progs. */
+#define __test_tag(tag)		__attribute__((btf_decl_tag("comment:" XSTR(__COUNTER__) ":" tag)))
+#define __stderr(msg)		__test_tag("test_expect_stderr=" msg)
+#define __stderr_unpriv(msg)	__test_tag("test_expect_stderr_unpriv=" msg)
+
+#define XSTR(s) STR(s)
+#define STR(s) #s
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/libarena_asan.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/libarena_asan.c
index b4fba10cdfbf..d59d9dd12ef2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/libarena_asan.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/libarena_asan.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ static void run_libarena_asan_test(struct libarena_asan *skel,
 
 	ret = libarena_run_prog(bpf_program__fd(prog));
 	ASSERT_OK(ret, name);
+
+	verify_test_stderr(skel->obj, prog);
 }
 
 static void run_test(void)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c
index c4c34cae6102..ee637809a1d4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ void test_loader_fini(struct test_loader *tester)
 	free(tester->log_buf);
 }
 
-static void free_msgs(struct expected_msgs *msgs)
+void free_msgs(struct expected_msgs *msgs)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -789,6 +789,43 @@ static void emit_stderr(const char *stderr, bool force)
 	fprintf(stdout, "STDERR:\n=============\n%s=============\n", stderr);
 }
 
+static void verify_stderr(int prog_fd, struct expected_msgs *msgs)
+{
+	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_prog_stream_read_opts, ropts);
+	char *buf;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!msgs->cnt)
+		return;
+
+	buf = malloc(TEST_LOADER_LOG_BUF_SZ);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(buf, "malloc"))
+		return;
+
+	ret = bpf_prog_stream_read(prog_fd, 2, buf, TEST_LOADER_LOG_BUF_SZ - 1,
+				    &ropts);
+	if (ret > 0) {
+		buf[ret] = '\0';
+		emit_stderr(buf, false);
+		validate_msgs(buf, msgs, emit_stderr);
+	} else {
+		ASSERT_GT(ret, 0, "stderr stream read");
+	}
+
+	free(buf);
+}
+
+void verify_test_stderr(struct bpf_object *obj, struct bpf_program *prog)
+{
+	struct test_spec spec = {};
+
+	if (parse_test_spec(NULL, obj, prog, &spec))
+		return;
+
+	verify_stderr(bpf_program__fd(prog), &spec.priv.stderr);
+	free_test_spec(&spec);
+}
+
 static void emit_stdout(const char *bpf_stdout, bool force)
 {
 	if (!force && env.verbosity == VERBOSE_NONE)
@@ -1314,17 +1351,7 @@ void run_subtest(struct test_loader *tester,
 			goto tobj_cleanup;
 		}
 
-		if (subspec->stderr.cnt) {
-			err = get_stream(2, bpf_program__fd(tprog),
-					 tester->log_buf, tester->log_buf_sz);
-			if (err <= 0) {
-				PRINT_FAIL("Unexpected retval from get_stream(): %d, errno = %d\n",
-					   err, errno);
-				goto tobj_cleanup;
-			}
-			emit_stderr(tester->log_buf, false /*force*/);
-			validate_msgs(tester->log_buf, &subspec->stderr, emit_stderr);
-		}
+		verify_stderr(bpf_program__fd(tprog), &subspec->stderr);
 
 		if (subspec->stdout.cnt) {
 			err = get_stream(1, bpf_program__fd(tprog),
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h
index 1a44467f4310..37955a8ad385 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h
@@ -563,5 +563,7 @@ struct expected_msgs {
 
 void validate_msgs(const char *log_buf, struct expected_msgs *msgs,
 		   void (*emit_fn)(const char *buf, bool force));
+void free_msgs(struct expected_msgs *msgs);
+void verify_test_stderr(struct bpf_object *obj, struct bpf_program *prog);
 
 #endif /* __TEST_PROGS_H */