diff --git a/validators/cgroup_validator_linux.go b/validators/cgroup_validator_linux.go
index 23f49b3..8337b75 100644
--- a/validators/cgroup_validator_linux.go
+++ b/validators/cgroup_validator_linux.go
@@ -45,27 +45,72 @@ func (c *CgroupsValidator) Name() string {
 
 const (
 	cgroupsConfigPrefix = "CGROUPS_"
-	unifiedMountpoint   = "/sys/fs/cgroup"
+	mountsFilePath      = "/proc/mounts"
 )
 
+// getUnifiedMountpoint checks if the default mount point is available.
+// If not, it parses the mounts file to find a valid cgroup mount point.
+func getUnifiedMountpoint(path string) (string, error) {
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	var cgroupV1MountPoint string
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		if !strings.Contains(line, "cgroup") {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Example fields: `cgroup2 /sys/fs/cgroup cgroup2 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0`.
+		fields := strings.Fields(line)
+		if len(fields) >= 3 {
+			switch fields[2] {
+			case "cgroup2":
+				// Return the first cgroups v2 mount point directly.
+				return fields[1], nil
+			case "cgroup":
+				// Set the first cgroups v1 mount point only,
+				// and continue the loop to find if there is a cgroups v2 mount point.
+				if len(cgroupV1MountPoint) == 0 {
+					cgroupV1MountPoint = fields[1]
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// Return cgroups v1 mount point if no cgroups v2 mount point is found.
+	if len(cgroupV1MountPoint) != 0 {
+		return cgroupV1MountPoint, nil
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot get a cgroupfs mount point from %q", path)
+}
+
 // Validate is part of the system.Validator interface.
 func (c *CgroupsValidator) Validate(spec SysSpec) (warns, errs []error) {
-	// Get the subsystems from /sys/fs/cgroup/cgroup.controllers when cgroup v2 is used.
+	// Get the subsystems from /sys/fs/cgroup/cgroup.controllers when cgroups v2 is used.
 	// /proc/cgroups is meaningless for v2
 	// https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v5.3/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst#deprecated-v1-core-features
 	var st unix.Statfs_t
-	var err error
+	unifiedMountpoint, err := getUnifiedMountpoint(mountsFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf("cannot get a cgroup mount point: %w", err)}
+	}
 	if err := unix.Statfs(unifiedMountpoint, &st); err != nil {
 		return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf("cannot statfs the cgroupv2 root: %w", err)}
 	}
 	var requiredCgroupSpec []string
 	var optionalCgroupSpec []string
 	var subsystems []string
+	var warn error
 	if st.Type == unix.CGROUP2_SUPER_MAGIC {
-		subsystems, err = c.getCgroupV2Subsystems()
+		subsystems, err, warn = c.getCgroupV2Subsystems(unifiedMountpoint)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf("failed to get cgroups v2 subsystems: %w", err)}
 		}
+		if warn != nil {
+			warns = append(warns, warn)
+		}
 		requiredCgroupSpec = spec.CgroupsV2
 		optionalCgroupSpec = spec.CgroupsV2Optional
 	} else {
@@ -110,11 +155,10 @@ func (c *CgroupsValidator) validateCgroupSubsystems(cgroups, subsystems []string
 		missing = append(missing, cgroup)
 	}
 	return missing
-
 }
 
 func (c *CgroupsValidator) getCgroupV1Subsystems() ([]string, error) {
-	// Get the subsystems from /proc/cgroups when cgroup v1 is used.
+	// Get the subsystems from /proc/cgroups when cgroups v1 is used.
 	f, err := os.Open("/proc/cgroups")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -138,19 +182,50 @@ func (c *CgroupsValidator) getCgroupV1Subsystems() ([]string, error) {
 	return subsystems, nil
 }
 
-func (c *CgroupsValidator) getCgroupV2Subsystems() ([]string, error) {
+func (c *CgroupsValidator) getCgroupV2Subsystems(unifiedMountpoint string) ([]string, error, error) {
 	// Some controllers are implicitly enabled by the kernel.
 	// Those controllers do not appear in /sys/fs/cgroup/cgroup.controllers.
 	// https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v5.3/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c#L433-L434
-	// We assume these are always available, as it is hard to detect availability.
-	// So, we hardcode the following as "pseudo" controllers.
-	// - devices: implemented in kernel 4.15
-	// - freezer: implemented in kernel 5.2
-	pseudo := []string{"devices", "freezer"}
+	// For freezer, we use checkCgroupV2Freeze() to check.
+	// For others, we assume these are always available, as it is hard to detect availability.
+	// We hardcode the following as initial controllers.
+	// - devices: implemented in kernel 4.15.
+	subsystems := []string{"devices"}
+	freezeSupported, warn := checkCgroupV2Freeze(unifiedMountpoint)
+	if freezeSupported {
+		subsystems = append(subsystems, "freezer")
+	}
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(unifiedMountpoint, "cgroup.controllers"))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, err, warn
 	}
-	subsystems := append(pseudo, strings.Fields(string(data))...)
-	return subsystems, nil
+	subsystems = append(subsystems, strings.Fields(string(data))...)
+	return subsystems, err, warn
+}
+
+// checkCgroupV2Freeze checks if the freezer controller is enabled in Linux kernels 5.2.
+// It determines that by creating a cgroup.freeze file under the unified mountpoint location.
+func checkCgroupV2Freeze(unifiedMountpoint string) (isCgroupfs bool, warn error) {
+	const freezeFile = "cgroup.freeze"
+	tmpDir, warn := os.MkdirTemp(unifiedMountpoint, "freezer-test")
+	if warn != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		err := os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+		if err != nil {
+			warn = fmt.Errorf("error removing directory %q: %v", tmpDir, err)
+		}
+	}()
+	_, warn = os.Stat(filepath.Join(tmpDir, freezeFile))
+	if os.IsNotExist(warn) {
+		return
+	} else if warn != nil {
+		// If the err is not NotExist error, it means that `cgroup.freeze` exists.
+		isCgroupfs = true
+		warn = fmt.Errorf("could not stat %q file in %q: %v", freezeFile, tmpDir, warn)
+		return
+	}
+	isCgroupfs = true
+	return
 }
diff --git a/validators/cgroup_validator_test.go b/validators/cgroup_validator_test.go
index dda6b22..bfc7733 100644
--- a/validators/cgroup_validator_test.go
+++ b/validators/cgroup_validator_test.go
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ limitations under the License.
 package system
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestValidateCgroupSubsystem(t *testing.T) {
-	// hardcoded cgroup v2 subsystems
+	// hardcoded cgroups v2 subsystems
 	pseudoSubsystems := []string{"devices", "freezer"}
 
 	v := &CgroupsValidator{
@@ -93,3 +94,73 @@ func TestValidateCgroupSubsystem(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetUnifiedMountpoint(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		mountsFileContent string
+		expectedErr       bool
+		expectedPath      string
+	}{
+		"cgroups v2": {
+			mountsFileContent: "cgroup2 /sys/fs/cgroup cgroup2 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0",
+			expectedErr:       false,
+			expectedPath:      "/sys/fs/cgroup",
+		},
+		"cgroups v1": {
+			mountsFileContent: "cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup cgroup rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0",
+			expectedErr:       false,
+			expectedPath:      "/sys/fs/cgroup",
+		},
+		"empty file": {
+			mountsFileContent: "",
+			expectedErr:       true,
+			expectedPath:      "",
+		},
+		"no cgroup mounts": {
+			mountsFileContent: `proc /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
+sysfs /sys sysfs rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0`,
+			expectedErr:  true,
+			expectedPath: "",
+		},
+		"multiple cgroups v1 and v2": {
+			mountsFileContent: `cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset
+cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/memory cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory
+cgroup2 /sys/fs/cgroup/unified cgroup2 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime`,
+			expectedErr:  false,
+			expectedPath: "/sys/fs/cgroup/unified",
+		},
+		"cgroups v1 only with multiple subsystems": {
+			mountsFileContent: `cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset
+cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/memory cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory`,
+			expectedErr:  false,
+			expectedPath: "/sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset", // First valid cgroups v1 path
+		},
+		"no valid cgroup": {
+			mountsFileContent: "proc /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0\nsysfs /sys sysfs rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0",
+			expectedErr:       true,
+			expectedPath:      "",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for desc, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "mounts")
+			assert.NoError(t, err, "Unexpected error creating temp file")
+			defer os.Remove(tmpFile.Name())
+
+			_, err = tmpFile.Write([]byte(test.mountsFileContent))
+			assert.NoError(t, err, "Unexpected error writing to temp file")
+			tmpFile.Close()
+
+			path, err := getUnifiedMountpoint(tmpFile.Name())
+
+			if test.expectedErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err, "Expected error but got none")
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err, "Did not expect error but got one: %s", err)
+			}
+
+			assert.Equal(t, test.expectedPath, path, "Expected cgroup path mismatch")
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/validators/types_unix.go b/validators/types_unix.go
index dcd9d4d..802c122 100644
--- a/validators/types_unix.go
+++ b/validators/types_unix.go
@@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ var DefaultSysSpec = SysSpec{
 			{Name: "IPC_NS"},
 			{Name: "UTS_NS"},
 			{Name: "CGROUPS"},
-			{Name: "CGROUP_CPUACCT"},
+			{Name: "CGROUP_BPF"},     // cgroups v2
+			{Name: "CGROUP_CPUACCT"}, // cgroups v1 cpuacct
 			{Name: "CGROUP_DEVICE"},
-			{Name: "CGROUP_FREEZER"},
+			{Name: "CGROUP_FREEZER"}, // cgroups v1 freezer
 			{Name: "CGROUP_PIDS"},
-			{Name: "CGROUP_SCHED"},
+			{Name: "CGROUP_SCHED"}, // cgroups v1 & v2 cpu
 			{Name: "CPUSETS"},
 			{Name: "MEMCG"},
 			{Name: "INET"},
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ var DefaultSysSpec = SysSpec{
 		// and therefore lacks corresponding hugetlb cgroup
 		"hugetlb",
 		// The blkio cgroup is optional since some kernels are compiled without support for block I/O throttling.
-		// Containerd and cri-o will use blkio to track disk I/O and throttling in both cgroup v1 and v2.
+		// Containerd and cri-o will use blkio to track disk I/O and throttling in both cgroups v1 and v2.
 		"blkio",
 	},
 	CgroupsV2: []string{"cpu", "cpuset", "devices", "freezer", "memory", "pids"},