diff --git a/sycl/source/backend.cpp b/sycl/source/backend.cpp
index 5f7ac8af1e1fb..304d5c8cce436 100644
--- a/sycl/source/backend.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/backend.cpp
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ make_kernel_bundle(ur_native_handle_t NativeHandle,
       sizeof(ur_device_handle_t) * NumDevices, ProgramDevices.data(), nullptr);
 
   for (auto &Dev : ProgramDevices) {
-    ur_program_binary_type_t BinaryType;
+    ur_program_binary_type_t BinaryType = UR_PROGRAM_BINARY_TYPE_NONE;
     Adapter.call<UrApiKind::urProgramGetBuildInfo>(
         UrProgram, Dev, UR_PROGRAM_BUILD_INFO_BINARY_TYPE,
         sizeof(ur_program_binary_type_t), &BinaryType, nullptr);
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/adapter_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/adapter_impl.hpp
index 383f095312117..67619dbea1558 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/adapter_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/adapter_impl.hpp
@@ -296,7 +296,11 @@ template <typename URResource> class Managed {
     if (!R)
       return;
 
-    Adapter->call<Release>(R);
+    try {
+      Adapter->call<Release>(R);
+    } catch (std::exception &e) {
+      __SYCL_REPORT_EXCEPTION_TO_STREAM("exception in ~Managed", e);
+    }
   }
 
   Managed retain() {
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.cpp
index 6fb2dd375fe37..1e45e0882a63e 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.cpp
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ std::vector<ur_event_handle_t> context_impl::initializeDeviceGlobals(
       }
       // Write the pointer to the device global and store the event in the
       // initialize events list.
-      ur_event_handle_t InitEvent;
+      ur_event_handle_t InitEvent = nullptr;
       void *const &USMPtr = DeviceGlobalUSM.getPtr();
       Adapter.call<UrApiKind::urEnqueueDeviceGlobalVariableWrite>(
           QueueImpl.getHandleRef(), NativePrg,
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/device_binary_image.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/device_binary_image.cpp
index c8ff57631bb60..0b73dd3628784 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/device_binary_image.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/device_binary_image.cpp
@@ -452,6 +452,10 @@ mergeDeviceRequirements(const std::vector<const RTDeviceBinaryImage *> &Imgs) {
         size_t Pos = 0;
         do {
           const size_t NextPos = Contents.find(';', Pos);
+          if (NextPos == std::string::npos) {
+            Set.emplace(Contents.substr(Pos));
+            break;
+          }
           if (NextPos != Pos)
             Set.emplace(Contents.substr(Pos, NextPos - Pos));
           Pos = NextPos + 1;
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/device_global_map_entry.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/device_global_map_entry.cpp
index 25704caaee6de..d710ed999296a 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/device_global_map_entry.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/device_global_map_entry.cpp
@@ -18,23 +18,28 @@ inline namespace _V1 {
 namespace detail {
 
 DeviceGlobalUSMMem::~DeviceGlobalUSMMem() {
-  // removeAssociatedResources is expected to have cleaned up both the pointer
-  // and the event. When asserts are enabled the values are set, so we check
-  // these here.
-  auto ContextImplPtr = MAllocatingContext.lock();
-  if (ContextImplPtr) {
-    if (MPtr != nullptr) {
-      detail::usm::freeInternal(MPtr, ContextImplPtr.get());
-      MPtr = nullptr;
+  try {
+    // removeAssociatedResources is expected to have cleaned up both the pointer
+    // and the event. When asserts are enabled the values are set, so we check
+    // these here.
+    auto ContextImplPtr = MAllocatingContext.lock();
+    if (ContextImplPtr) {
+      if (MPtr != nullptr) {
+        detail::usm::freeInternal(MPtr, ContextImplPtr.get());
+        MPtr = nullptr;
+      }
+      if (MInitEvent != nullptr) {
+        ContextImplPtr->getAdapter().call<UrApiKind::urEventRelease>(
+            MInitEvent);
+        MInitEvent = nullptr;
+      }
     }
-    if (MInitEvent != nullptr) {
-      ContextImplPtr->getAdapter().call<UrApiKind::urEventRelease>(MInitEvent);
-      MInitEvent = nullptr;
-    }
-  }
 
-  assert(MPtr == nullptr && "MPtr has not been cleaned up.");
-  assert(MInitEvent == nullptr && "MInitEvent has not been cleaned up.");
+    assert(MPtr == nullptr && "MPtr has not been cleaned up.");
+    assert(MInitEvent == nullptr && "MInitEvent has not been cleaned up.");
+  } catch (std::exception &e) {
+    __SYCL_REPORT_EXCEPTION_TO_STREAM("exception in ~DeviceGlobalUSMMem", e);
+  }
 }
 
 OwnedUrEvent DeviceGlobalUSMMem::getInitEvent(adapter_impl &Adapter) {
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ DeviceGlobalMapEntry::getOrAllocateDeviceGlobalUSM(queue_impl &QueueImpl) {
   // Initialize here and save the event.
   {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> Lock(NewAlloc.MInitEventMutex);
-    ur_event_handle_t InitEvent;
+    ur_event_handle_t InitEvent = nullptr;
     if (MDeviceGlobalPtr) {
       // C++ guarantees members appear in memory in the order they are declared,
       // so since the member variable that contains the initial contents of the
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/device_image_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/device_image_impl.hpp
index e688af8f3190c..a716da4514d19 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/device_image_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/device_image_impl.hpp
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class device_image_impl
     updateSpecConstSymMap();
   }
 
-  device_image_impl(const std::string &Src, context Context,
+  device_image_impl(const std::string &Src, const context &Context,
                     devices_range Devices, syclex::source_language Lang,
                     include_pairs_t &&IncludePairsVec, private_tag)
       : MBinImage(Src), MContext(Context),
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/device_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/device_impl.hpp
index fa63f69dc5968..ae0303e0a3ead 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/device_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/device_impl.hpp
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class device_impl : public std::enable_shared_from_this<device_impl> {
         return {Error};
       return {Result};
     } else {
-      ur_ret_t Result;
+      ur_ret_t Result{};
       ur_result_t Error = getAdapter().call_nocheck<UrApiKind::urDeviceGetInfo>(
           getHandleRef(), Desc, sizeof(Result), &Result, nullptr);
       if (Error == UR_RESULT_SUCCESS)
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class device_impl : public std::enable_shared_from_this<device_impl> {
             getHandleRef(), Desc, ResultSize, Result.data(), nullptr);
         return Result;
       } else {
-        ur_ret_t Result;
+        ur_ret_t Result{};
         getAdapter().call<UrApiKind::urDeviceGetInfo>(
             getHandleRef(), Desc, sizeof(Result), &Result, nullptr);
         return Result;
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.hpp
index 53727aa0505ba..0f98ac3958aa0 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.hpp
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ class event_impl {
   ur_exp_command_buffer_sync_point_t getSyncPoint() const { return MSyncPoint; }
 
   void setCommandGraph(
-      std::shared_ptr<ext::oneapi::experimental::detail::graph_impl> Graph) {
+      const std::shared_ptr<ext::oneapi::experimental::detail::graph_impl>
+          &Graph) {
     MGraph = Graph;
   }
 
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/memory_manager.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/memory_manager.cpp
index f3bab09e2ca33..2501730dfccaa 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/memory_manager.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/memory_manager.cpp
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ void *MemoryManager::allocateMemSubBuffer(context_impl *TargetContext,
   ur_result_t Error = UR_RESULT_SUCCESS;
   ur_buffer_region_t Region = {UR_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_REGION, nullptr, Offset,
                                SizeInBytes};
-  ur_mem_handle_t NewMem;
+  ur_mem_handle_t NewMem = nullptr;
   adapter_impl &Adapter = TargetContext->getAdapter();
   Error = Adapter.call_nocheck<UrApiKind::urMemBufferPartition>(
       ur::cast<ur_mem_handle_t>(ParentMemObj), UR_MEM_FLAG_READ_WRITE,
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/program_manager/program_manager.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/program_manager/program_manager.cpp
index 1d39a89a4dd45..0ceed42a73d17 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/program_manager/program_manager.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/program_manager/program_manager.cpp
@@ -693,6 +693,10 @@ ProgramManager::collectDeviceImageDepsForImportedSymbols(
     throw exception(make_error_code(errc::feature_not_supported),
                     "Cannot resolve external symbols, linking is unsupported "
                     "for the backend");
+
+  // Access to m_ExportedSymbolImages must be guarded by m_KernelIDsMutex.
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> KernelIDsGuard(m_KernelIDsMutex);
+
   while (!WorkList.empty()) {
     std::string Symbol = WorkList.front();
     WorkList.pop();
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.cpp
index 5b7bfb5e90fae..424abbe38664d 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.cpp
@@ -500,7 +500,6 @@ EventImplPtr queue_impl::submit_kernel_scheduler_bypass(
     ResultEvent->setEnqueued();
     // connect returned event with dependent events
     if (!isInOrder()) {
-      // DepEvents is not used anymore, so can move.
       ResultEvent->getPreparedDepsEvents() = std::move(DepEvents);
       // ResultEvent is local for current thread, no need to lock.
       ResultEvent->cleanDepEventsThroughOneLevelUnlocked();
@@ -581,7 +580,7 @@ EventImplPtr queue_impl::submit_kernel_direct_impl(
   KData.validateAndSetKernelLaunchProperties(Props, hasCommandGraph(),
                                              getDeviceImpl());
 
-  auto SubmitKernelFunc = [&](detail::CG::StorageInitHelper &CGData,
+  auto SubmitKernelFunc = [&](detail::CG::StorageInitHelper &&CGData,
                               bool SchedulerBypass) -> EventImplPtr {
     if (SchedulerBypass) {
       // No need to copy/move the kernel function, so we set
@@ -693,7 +692,8 @@ queue_impl::submit_direct(bool CallerNeedsEvent,
   MNoLastEventMode.store(isInOrder() && SchedulerBypass,
                          std::memory_order_relaxed);
 
-  EventImplPtr EventImpl = SubmitCommandFunc(CGData, SchedulerBypass);
+  EventImplPtr EventImpl =
+      SubmitCommandFunc(std::move(CGData), SchedulerBypass);
 
   // Sync with the last event for in order queue. For scheduler-bypass flow,
   // the ordering is done at the layers below the SYCL runtime,
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ queue_impl::submit_direct(bool CallerNeedsEvent,
     Deps.UnenqueuedCmdEvents.push_back(EventImpl);
   }
 
-  return CallerNeedsEvent ? EventImpl : nullptr;
+  return CallerNeedsEvent ? std::move(EventImpl) : nullptr;
 }
 
 template <typename HandlerFuncT>
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.hpp
index 7c793b619ecab..b7c74e07c2681 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.hpp
@@ -602,7 +602,8 @@ class queue_impl : public std::enable_shared_from_this<queue_impl> {
                                bool CallerNeedsEvent);
 
   void setCommandGraphUnlocked(
-      std::shared_ptr<ext::oneapi::experimental::detail::graph_impl> Graph) {
+      const std::shared_ptr<ext::oneapi::experimental::detail::graph_impl>
+          &Graph) {
     MGraph = Graph;
     MExtGraphDeps.reset();
 
@@ -614,7 +615,8 @@ class queue_impl : public std::enable_shared_from_this<queue_impl> {
   }
 
   void setCommandGraph(
-      std::shared_ptr<ext::oneapi::experimental::detail::graph_impl> Graph) {
+      const std::shared_ptr<ext::oneapi::experimental::detail::graph_impl>
+          &Graph) {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> Lock(MMutex);
     setCommandGraphUnlocked(Graph);
   }