diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index f197f59f6d99b..f7c5f114d883e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ drm_atomic_state_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 	if (!state->planes)
 		goto fail;
 
+	/*
+	 * Because drm_atomic_state can be committed asynchronously we need our
+	 * own reference and cannot rely on the on implied by drm_file in the
+	 * ioctl call.
+	 */
+	drm_dev_get(dev);
 	state->dev = dev;
 
 	drm_dbg_atomic(dev, "Allocated atomic state %p\n", state);
@@ -299,7 +305,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_state_clear);
 void __drm_atomic_state_free(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct drm_atomic_state *state = container_of(ref, typeof(*state), ref);
-	struct drm_mode_config *config = &state->dev->mode_config;
+	struct drm_device *dev = state->dev;
+	struct drm_mode_config *config = &dev->mode_config;
 
 	drm_atomic_state_clear(state);
 
@@ -311,6 +318,8 @@ void __drm_atomic_state_free(struct kref *ref)
 		drm_atomic_state_default_release(state);
 		kfree(state);
 	}
+
+	drm_dev_put(dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_atomic_state_free);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 34bf1a9daae5c..3d9dacfd7bdbc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -659,7 +659,6 @@ static void bnxt_tx_int(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_napi *bnapi, int nr_pkts)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_pkts; i++) {
 		struct bnxt_sw_tx_bd *tx_buf;
-		bool compl_deferred = false;
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
 		int j, last;
 
@@ -668,6 +667,8 @@ static void bnxt_tx_int(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_napi *bnapi, int nr_pkts)
 		skb = tx_buf->skb;
 		tx_buf->skb = NULL;
 
+		tx_bytes += skb->len;
+
 		if (tx_buf->is_push) {
 			tx_buf->is_push = 0;
 			goto next_tx_int;
@@ -688,8 +689,9 @@ static void bnxt_tx_int(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_napi *bnapi, int nr_pkts)
 		}
 		if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS)) {
 			if (bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_CHIP_P5) {
+				/* PTP worker takes ownership of the skb */
 				if (!bnxt_get_tx_ts_p5(bp, skb))
-					compl_deferred = true;
+					skb = NULL;
 				else
 					atomic_inc(&bp->ptp_cfg->tx_avail);
 			}
@@ -698,9 +700,7 @@ static void bnxt_tx_int(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_napi *bnapi, int nr_pkts)
 next_tx_int:
 		cons = NEXT_TX(cons);
 
-		tx_bytes += skb->len;
-		if (!compl_deferred)
-			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 	}
 
 	netdev_tx_completed_queue(txq, nr_pkts, tx_bytes);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c
index 34c0d2ddf9ef6..a8286d0032d1e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c
@@ -874,7 +874,6 @@ area_cache_get(struct nfp_cpp *cpp, u32 id,
 	}
 
 	/* Adjust the start address to be cache size aligned */
-	cache->id = id;
 	cache->addr = addr & ~(u64)(cache->size - 1);
 
 	/* Re-init to the new ID and address */
@@ -894,6 +893,8 @@ area_cache_get(struct nfp_cpp *cpp, u32 id,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	cache->id = id;
+
 exit:
 	/* Adjust offset */
 	*offset = addr - cache->addr;
diff --git a/drivers/net/slip/slip.c b/drivers/net/slip/slip.c
index 88396ff99f03f..6865d32270e5d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/slip/slip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/slip/slip.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static void sl_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int txqueue)
 	spin_lock(&sl->lock);
 
 	if (netif_queue_stopped(dev)) {
-		if (!netif_running(dev))
+		if (!netif_running(dev) || !sl->tty)
 			goto out;
 
 		/* May be we must check transmitter timeout here ?
diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c
index ea96e319c8a0e..e9b739def70e3 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c
@@ -464,13 +464,13 @@ static int uio_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
 
 	mutex_lock(&minor_lock);
 	idev = idr_find(&uio_idr, iminor(inode));
-	mutex_unlock(&minor_lock);
 	if (!idev) {
 		ret = -ENODEV;
+		mutex_unlock(&minor_lock);
 		goto out;
 	}
-
 	get_device(&idev->dev);
+	mutex_unlock(&minor_lock);
 
 	if (!try_module_get(idev->owner)) {
 		ret = -ENODEV;
@@ -1062,9 +1062,8 @@ void uio_unregister_device(struct uio_info *info)
 	wake_up_interruptible(&idev->wait);
 	kill_fasync(&idev->async_queue, SIGIO, POLL_HUP);
 
-	device_unregister(&idev->dev);
-
 	uio_free_minor(minor);
+	device_unregister(&idev->dev);
 
 	return;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 0a97193984dbf..7f58fddeeaae8 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -1379,6 +1379,15 @@ void run_posix_cpu_timers(void)
 
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
 
+	/*
+	 * Ensure that release_task(tsk) can't happen while
+	 * handle_posix_cpu_timers() is running. Otherwise, a concurrent
+	 * posix_cpu_timer_del() may fail to lock_task_sighand(tsk) and
+	 * miss timer->it.cpu.firing != 0.
+	 */
+	if (tsk->exit_state)
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * If the actual expiry is deferred to task work context and the
 	 * work is already scheduled there is no point to do anything here.
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 7300743f2b799..8df057c4f418e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -3000,6 +3000,16 @@ int ftrace_startup(struct ftrace_ops *ops, int command)
 
 	ftrace_startup_enable(command);
 
+	/*
+	 * If ftrace is in an undefined state, we just remove ops from list
+	 * to prevent the NULL pointer, instead of totally rolling it back and
+	 * free trampoline, because those actions could cause further damage.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(ftrace_disabled)) {
+		__unregister_ftrace_function(ops);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	ops->flags &= ~FTRACE_OPS_FL_ADDING;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
index dafb06f10813f..84dba1a3ef3b8 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ int bt_sock_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags, &err);
 	if (!skb) {
 		if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)
-			return 0;
+			err = 0;
 
 		return err;
 	}
@@ -516,10 +516,11 @@ int bt_sock_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		if (sk->sk_state == BT_LISTEN)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		lock_sock(sk);
+		spin_lock(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);
 		skb = skb_peek(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
 		amount = skb ? skb->len : 0;
-		release_sock(sk);
+		spin_unlock(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);
+
 		err = put_user(amount, (int __user *)arg);
 		break;