diff --git a/bpf/process/types/basic.h b/bpf/process/types/basic.h
index 6fc5b8a569e..6a622975080 100644
--- a/bpf/process/types/basic.h
+++ b/bpf/process/types/basic.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ enum {
 	fd_ty = 17,
 
 	/* const_buf_type is a type for buffers with static size that is passed
-	 * in the meta argument
+	 * in the meta argument's upper 16 bits
 	 */
 	const_buf_type = 18,
 	bpf_attr_type = 19,
@@ -631,9 +631,10 @@ copy_kernel_module(char *args, unsigned long arg)
 	return sizeof(struct tg_kernel_module);
 }
 
-#define ARGM_INDEX_MASK	 0xf
-#define ARGM_RETURN_COPY BIT(4)
-#define ARGM_MAX_DATA	 BIT(5)
+#define ARGM_INDEX_MASK     0xf
+#define ARGM_RETURN_COPY    BIT(4)
+#define ARGM_MAX_DATA       BIT(5)
+#define ARGM_USERSPACE_DATA BIT(6)
 
 static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) bool
 hasReturnCopy(unsigned long argm)
@@ -647,6 +648,12 @@ has_max_data(unsigned long argm)
 	return (argm & ARGM_MAX_DATA) != 0;
 }
 
+static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) bool
+is_userspace_data(unsigned long argm)
+{
+	return (argm & ARGM_USERSPACE_DATA) != 0;
+}
+
 static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) unsigned long
 get_arg_meta(int meta, struct msg_generic_kprobe *e)
 {
@@ -1609,7 +1616,8 @@ static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) size_t type_to_min_size(int type,
 	case char_iovec:
 		return 4;
 	case const_buf_type:
-		return argm;
+		// For const_buf_type, the size is in the upper 16 bits of the meta argument.
+		return argm >> 16;
 	case bpf_attr_type:
 		return sizeof(struct bpf_info_type);
 	case perf_event_type:
@@ -2651,8 +2659,9 @@ read_call_arg(void *ctx, struct msg_generic_kprobe *e, int index, int type,
 		size = copy_char_iovec(ctx, orig_off, arg, argm, e);
 		break;
 	case const_buf_type: {
+		// for const_buf_type the size is in the upper 16 bits of the meta argument
 		// bound size to 1023 to help the verifier out
-		size = argm & 0x03ff;
+		size = (argm >> 16) & 0x03ff;
 		probe_read(args, size, (char *)arg);
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/sensors/tracing/args.go b/pkg/sensors/tracing/args.go
index 58444113b18..430a5a04a61 100644
--- a/pkg/sensors/tracing/args.go
+++ b/pkg/sensors/tracing/args.go
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ type argPrinter struct {
 }
 
 const (
-	argReturnCopyBit = 1 << 4
-	argMaxDataBit    = 1 << 5
+	argSizeArgIndexMask = int(0xf)
+	argReturnCopyBit    = 1 << 4
+	argMaxDataBit       = 1 << 5
+	argUserspaceDataBit = 1 << 6
 )
 
 func argReturnCopy(meta int) bool {
@@ -41,17 +43,20 @@ func argReturnCopy(meta int) bool {
 // meta value format:
 // bits
 //
-//	0-3 : SizeArgIndex
-//	  4 : ReturnCopy
-//	  5 : MaxData
-func getMetaValue(arg *v1alpha1.KProbeArg) (int, error) {
-	var meta int
+//	  0-3 : SizeArgIndex
+//	    4 : ReturnCopy
+//	    5 : MaxData
+//	    6 : UserspaceData
+//	 7-15 : reserved
+//	16-31 : size for const_buf
+func getMetaValue(arg *v1alpha1.KProbeArg, userspaceDataDefault bool) (int, error) {
+	meta := 0
 
 	if arg.SizeArgIndex > 0 {
 		if arg.SizeArgIndex > 15 {
 			return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid SizeArgIndex value (>15): %v", arg.SizeArgIndex)
 		}
-		meta = int(arg.SizeArgIndex)
+		meta = meta | int(arg.SizeArgIndex)
 	}
 	if arg.ReturnCopy {
 		meta = meta | argReturnCopyBit
@@ -59,19 +64,18 @@ func getMetaValue(arg *v1alpha1.KProbeArg) (int, error) {
 	if arg.MaxData {
 		meta = meta | argMaxDataBit
 	}
-	return meta, nil
-}
-
-// getTracepointMetaArg is a temporary helper to find meta values while tracepoint
-// converts into new CRD and config formats.
-func getTracepointMetaValue(arg *v1alpha1.KProbeArg) int {
-	if arg.SizeArgIndex > 0 {
-		return int(arg.SizeArgIndex)
-	}
-	if arg.ReturnCopy {
-		return -1
+	if arg.IsUserspaceData == nil {
+		// If not set in policy, use the default.
+		if userspaceDataDefault {
+			meta = meta | argUserspaceDataBit
+		}
+	} else {
+		// Otherwise, use the provided value.
+		if *arg.IsUserspaceData {
+			meta = meta | argUserspaceDataBit
+		}
 	}
-	return 0
+	return meta, nil
 }
 
 func getArg(r *bytes.Reader, a argPrinter) tracingapi.MsgGenericKprobeArg {
diff --git a/pkg/sensors/tracing/generickprobe.go b/pkg/sensors/tracing/generickprobe.go
index a4c30a51960..f154423fead 100644
--- a/pkg/sensors/tracing/generickprobe.go
+++ b/pkg/sensors/tracing/generickprobe.go
@@ -662,7 +662,8 @@ func addKprobe(funcName string, f *v1alpha1.KProbeSpec, in *addKprobeIn) (id idt
 				logger.GetLogger().Warnf("maxData flag is ignored (supported from large programs)")
 			}
 		}
-		argMValue, err := getMetaValue(&a)
+		// For kprobes, args default to userspace memory for syscalls, and kernel memory otherwise.
+		argMValue, err := getMetaValue(&a, f.Syscall)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errFn(err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/sensors/tracing/generictracepoint.go b/pkg/sensors/tracing/generictracepoint.go
index 2e8274195c4..ca129dc57db 100644
--- a/pkg/sensors/tracing/generictracepoint.go
+++ b/pkg/sensors/tracing/generictracepoint.go
@@ -219,10 +219,10 @@ func (out *genericTracepointArg) getGenericTypeId() (int, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return gt.GenericInvalidType, fmt.Errorf("failed to get size of array type %w", err)
 		}
-		if out.MetaArg == 0 {
-			// set MetaArg equal to the number of bytes we need to copy
-			out.MetaArg = nbytes
-		}
+		// set MetaArg's upper half-word equal to the number of bytes we need to copy
+		out.MetaArg = out.MetaArg & 0xffff
+		out.MetaArg = out.MetaArg | (nbytes << 16)
+
 		return gt.GenericConstBuffer, nil
 
 	case tracepoint.SizeTy:
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ func (out *genericTracepointArg) getGenericTypeId() (int, error) {
 func buildGenericTracepointArgs(info *tracepoint.Tracepoint, specArgs []v1alpha1.KProbeArg) ([]genericTracepointArg, error) {
 	ret := make([]genericTracepointArg, 0, len(specArgs))
 	nfields := uint32(len(info.Format.Fields))
+	syscall := info.Subsys == "syscalls" || info.Subsys == "raw_syscalls"
 
 	for argIdx := range specArgs {
 		specArg := &specArgs[argIdx]
@@ -242,11 +243,16 @@ func buildGenericTracepointArgs(info *tracepoint.Tracepoint, specArgs []v1alpha1
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("tracepoint %s/%s has %d fields but field %d was requested", info.Subsys, info.Event, nfields, specArg.Index)
 		}
 		field := info.Format.Fields[specArg.Index]
+		// Syscall tracepoint arguments are in userspace memory.
+		metaTp, err := getMetaValue(specArg, syscall)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("tracepoint %s/%s getMetaValue error: %w", info.Subsys, info.Event, err)
+		}
 		ret = append(ret, genericTracepointArg{
 			CtxOffset:     int(field.Offset),
 			ArgIdx:        uint32(argIdx),
 			TpIdx:         int(specArg.Index),
-			MetaTp:        getTracepointMetaValue(specArg),
+			MetaTp:        metaTp,
 			nopTy:         false,
 			format:        &field,
 			genericTypeId: gt.GenericInvalidType,
@@ -272,12 +278,16 @@ func buildGenericTracepointArgs(info *tracepoint.Tracepoint, specArgs []v1alpha1
 		}
 		field := info.Format.Fields[tpIdx]
 		argIdx := uint32(len(ret))
+		metaArg := 0
+		if syscall {
+			metaArg = argUserspaceDataBit
+		}
 		ret = append(ret, genericTracepointArg{
 			CtxOffset:     int(field.Offset),
 			ArgIdx:        argIdx,
 			TpIdx:         tpIdx,
 			MetaTp:        0,
-			MetaArg:       0,
+			MetaArg:       metaArg,
 			nopTy:         true,
 			format:        &field,
 			genericTypeId: gt.GenericInvalidType,
@@ -287,15 +297,18 @@ func buildGenericTracepointArgs(info *tracepoint.Tracepoint, specArgs []v1alpha1
 
 	for idx := 0; idx < len(ret); idx++ {
 		meta := ret[idx].MetaTp
-		if meta == 0 || meta == -1 {
+		metaArgIndex := meta & argSizeArgIndexMask
+
+		if metaArgIndex == 0 || (meta&argReturnCopyBit != 0) {
 			ret[idx].MetaArg = meta
 			continue
 		}
-		a, err := getOrAppendMeta(meta)
+		a, err := getOrAppendMeta(metaArgIndex)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		ret[idx].MetaArg = int(a.ArgIdx) + 1
+		meta = meta & ^argSizeArgIndexMask
+		ret[idx].MetaArg = meta | (int(a.ArgIdx) + 1)
 	}
 	return ret, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sensors/tracing/genericuprobe.go b/pkg/sensors/tracing/genericuprobe.go
index e5969a8b311..23941a26237 100644
--- a/pkg/sensors/tracing/genericuprobe.go
+++ b/pkg/sensors/tracing/genericuprobe.go
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ func addUprobe(spec *v1alpha1.UProbeSpec, ids []idtable.EntryID, in *addUprobeIn
 		if argType == gt.GenericInvalidType {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Arg(%d) type '%s' unsupported", i, a.Type)
 		}
-		argMValue, err := getMetaValue(&a)
+		// For uprobes, args default to userspace memory.
+		argMValue, err := getMetaValue(&a, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/sensors/tracing/kprobe_test.go b/pkg/sensors/tracing/kprobe_test.go
index 15456cffd2e..ad91d7fb009 100644
--- a/pkg/sensors/tracing/kprobe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sensors/tracing/kprobe_test.go
@@ -4390,7 +4390,7 @@ func testMaxData(t *testing.T, data []byte, checker *ec.UnorderedEventChecker, c
 
 func TestKprobeWriteMaxDataTrunc(t *testing.T) {
 	if !kernels.MinKernelVersion("5.3.0") {
-		t.Skip("TestCopyFd requires at least 5.3.0 version")
+		t.Skip("TestKprobeWriteMaxDataTrunc requires at least 5.3.0 version")
 	}
 	_, fd2, fdString := createTestFile(t)
 	myPid := observertesthelper.GetMyPid()
@@ -4453,7 +4453,7 @@ spec:
 
 func TestKprobeWriteMaxData(t *testing.T) {
 	if !kernels.MinKernelVersion("5.3.0") {
-		t.Skip("TestCopyFd requires at least 5.3.0 version")
+		t.Skip("TestKprobeWriteMaxData requires at least 5.3.0 version")
 	}
 	_, fd2, fdString := createTestFile(t)
 	myPid := observertesthelper.GetMyPid()
@@ -4512,7 +4512,7 @@ spec:
 
 func TestKprobeWriteMaxDataFull(t *testing.T) {
 	if !kernels.MinKernelVersion("5.3.0") {
-		t.Skip("TestCopyFd requires at least 5.3.0 version")
+		t.Skip("TestKprobeWriteMaxDataFull requires at least 5.3.0 version")
 	}
 	_, fd2, fdString := createTestFile(t)
 	myPid := observertesthelper.GetMyPid()
@@ -5783,7 +5783,7 @@ spec:
 
 func TestKprobeListSyscallDupsRange(t *testing.T) {
 	if !kernels.MinKernelVersion("5.3.0") {
-		t.Skip("TestCopyFd requires at least 5.3.0 version")
+		t.Skip("TestKprobeListSyscallDupsRange requires at least 5.3.0 version")
 	}
 	myPid := observertesthelper.GetMyPid()
 	pidStr := strconv.Itoa(int(myPid))