diff --git a/include/zephyr/sys/util.h b/include/zephyr/sys/util.h
index f352e7b7a80..208d71e4776 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/sys/util.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/sys/util.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <zephyr/types.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 
 /** @brief Number of bits that make up a type */
 #define NUM_BITS(t) (sizeof(t) * 8)
@@ -588,6 +589,22 @@ char *utf8_lcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t n);
  */
 #define NHPOT(x) ((x) < 1 ? 1 : ((x) > (1ULL<<63) ? 0 : 1ULL << LOG2CEIL(x)))
 
+/**
+ * @brief Determine if a buffer exceeds highest address
+ *
+ * This macro determines if a buffer identified by a starting address @a addr
+ * and length @a buflen spans a region of memory that goes beond the highest
+ * possible address (thereby resulting in a pointer overflow).
+ *
+ * @param addr Buffer starting address
+ * @param buflen Length of the buffer
+ *
+ * @return true if pointer overflow detected, false otherwise
+ */
+#define Z_DETECT_POINTER_OVERFLOW(addr, buflen)  \
+	(((buflen) != 0) &&                        \
+	((UINTPTR_MAX - (uintptr_t)(addr)) <= ((uintptr_t)((buflen) - 1))))
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif