diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c
index 8f2de1893245a..8f970fe9bb6e4 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c
@@ -854,6 +854,7 @@ static int qp_notify_peer_local(bool attach, struct vmci_handle handle)
 	u32 context_id = vmci_get_context_id();
 	struct vmci_event_qp ev;
 
+	memset(&ev, 0, sizeof(ev));
 	ev.msg.hdr.dst = vmci_make_handle(context_id, VMCI_EVENT_HANDLER);
 	ev.msg.hdr.src = vmci_make_handle(VMCI_HYPERVISOR_CONTEXT_ID,
 					  VMCI_CONTEXT_RESOURCE_ID);
@@ -1467,6 +1468,7 @@ static int qp_notify_peer(bool attach,
 	 * kernel.
 	 */
 
+	memset(&ev, 0, sizeof(ev));
 	ev.msg.hdr.dst = vmci_make_handle(peer_id, VMCI_EVENT_HANDLER);
 	ev.msg.hdr.src = vmci_make_handle(VMCI_HYPERVISOR_CONTEXT_ID,
 					  VMCI_CONTEXT_RESOURCE_ID);
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/hisilicon/hns3/hns3vf/hclgevf_mbx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3vf/hclgevf_mbx.c
index b339b9bc0625a..180f06cd21ea5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3vf/hclgevf_mbx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3vf/hclgevf_mbx.c
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ int hclgevf_send_mbx_msg(struct hclgevf_dev *hdev,
 
 	memcpy(&req->msg, send_msg, sizeof(struct hclge_vf_to_pf_msg));
 
-	trace_hclge_vf_mbx_send(hdev, req);
+	if (test_bit(HCLGEVF_STATE_NIC_REGISTERED, &hdev->state))
+		trace_hclge_vf_mbx_send(hdev, req);
 
 	/* synchronous send */
 	if (need_resp) {
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/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
index 9e927ab4df151..3609680831a14 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ static unsigned int optlen(const u8 *opt, unsigned int offset)
 		return opt[offset + 1];
 }
 
+static int nft_skb_copy_to_reg(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, u32 *dest, unsigned int len)
+{
+	if (len % NFT_REG32_SIZE)
+		dest[len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
+
+	return skb_copy_bits(skb, offset, dest, len);
+}
+
 static void nft_exthdr_ipv6_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 				 struct nft_regs *regs,
 				 const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
@@ -56,8 +64,7 @@ static void nft_exthdr_ipv6_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	}
 	offset += priv->offset;
 
-	dest[priv->len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
-	if (skb_copy_bits(pkt->skb, offset, dest, priv->len) < 0)
+	if (nft_skb_copy_to_reg(pkt->skb, offset, dest, priv->len) < 0)
 		goto err;
 	return;
 err:
@@ -153,8 +160,7 @@ static void nft_exthdr_ipv4_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	}
 	offset += priv->offset;
 
-	dest[priv->len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
-	if (skb_copy_bits(pkt->skb, offset, dest, priv->len) < 0)
+	if (nft_skb_copy_to_reg(pkt->skb, offset, dest, priv->len) < 0)
 		goto err;
 	return;
 err:
@@ -210,7 +216,8 @@ static void nft_exthdr_tcp_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 		if (priv->flags & NFT_EXTHDR_F_PRESENT) {
 			*dest = 1;
 		} else {
-			dest[priv->len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
+			if (priv->len % NFT_REG32_SIZE)
+				dest[priv->len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
 			memcpy(dest, opt + offset, priv->len);
 		}
 
@@ -335,9 +342,8 @@ static void nft_exthdr_sctp_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 			    offset + ntohs(sch->length) > pkt->skb->len)
 				break;
 
-			dest[priv->len / NFT_REG32_SIZE] = 0;
-			if (skb_copy_bits(pkt->skb, offset + priv->offset,
-					  dest, priv->len) < 0)
+			if (nft_skb_copy_to_reg(pkt->skb, offset + priv->offset,
+						dest, priv->len) < 0)
 				break;
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
index c24d4e1063ea0..ffc4e7bad2054 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ static inline int put_entry(const void *buf, size_t bytes, int num, struct polic
 {
 	size_t len = bytes * num;
 
+	if (len > fp->len)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	memcpy(fp->data, buf, len);
 	fp->data += len;
 	fp->len -= len;