diff --git a/block/blk-stat.c b/block/blk-stat.c
index ae3dd1fb8e61d7b88c581d22dc6682bdb0ca994f..6e602f9b966e42f460f3877e281d04d499823f90 100644
--- a/block/blk-stat.c
+++ b/block/blk-stat.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ void blk_rq_stat_init(struct blk_rq_stat *stat)
 /* src is a per-cpu stat, mean isn't initialized */
 void blk_rq_stat_sum(struct blk_rq_stat *dst, struct blk_rq_stat *src)
 {
-	if (!src->nr_samples)
+	if (dst->nr_samples + src->nr_samples <= dst->nr_samples)
 		return;
 
 	dst->min = min(dst->min, src->min);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c
index 7d0e7b031e447f24a83e9197d92879754eab4169..fa5e77ee3af86609c93b7c11c37c7b155c4af594 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ static void malidp_mw_connector_reset(struct drm_connector *connector)
 		__drm_atomic_helper_connector_destroy_state(connector->state);
 
 	kfree(connector->state);
-	__drm_atomic_helper_connector_reset(connector, &mw_state->base);
+	connector->state = NULL;
+
+	if (mw_state)
+		__drm_atomic_helper_connector_reset(connector, &mw_state->base);
 }
 
 static enum drm_connector_status
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client_modeset.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client_modeset.c
index d5fd4182362462a0e653f0f493eb3ab62180c60e..7872a04e9a721032d5f3dc5499975f365b71c251 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client_modeset.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client_modeset.c
@@ -774,6 +774,7 @@ int drm_client_modeset_probe(struct drm_client_dev *client, unsigned int width,
 	unsigned int total_modes_count = 0;
 	struct drm_client_offset *offsets;
 	unsigned int connector_count = 0;
+	/* points to modes protected by mode_config.mutex */
 	struct drm_display_mode **modes;
 	struct drm_crtc **crtcs;
 	int i, ret = 0;
@@ -842,7 +843,6 @@ int drm_client_modeset_probe(struct drm_client_dev *client, unsigned int width,
 		drm_client_pick_crtcs(client, connectors, connector_count,
 				      crtcs, modes, 0, width, height);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
 
 	drm_client_modeset_release(client);
 
@@ -872,6 +872,7 @@ int drm_client_modeset_probe(struct drm_client_dev *client, unsigned int width,
 			modeset->y = offset->y;
 		}
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&client->modeset_mutex);
 out:
diff --git a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
index 14811d42a5a918bfdd2ba09c7dedaaf50317917a..4f8e8f392daba4add58ef4ccda9539b95c0652fc 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 /* flags */
 #define I2C_HID_STARTED		0
 #define I2C_HID_RESET_PENDING	1
-#define I2C_HID_READ_PENDING	2
 
 #define I2C_HID_PWR_ON		0x00
 #define I2C_HID_PWR_SLEEP	0x01
@@ -256,7 +255,6 @@ static int __i2c_hid_command(struct i2c_client *client,
 		msg[1].len = data_len;
 		msg[1].buf = buf_recv;
 		msg_num = 2;
-		set_bit(I2C_HID_READ_PENDING, &ihid->flags);
 	}
 
 	if (wait)
@@ -264,9 +262,6 @@ static int __i2c_hid_command(struct i2c_client *client,
 
 	ret = i2c_transfer(client->adapter, msg, msg_num);
 
-	if (data_len > 0)
-		clear_bit(I2C_HID_READ_PENDING, &ihid->flags);
-
 	if (ret != msg_num)
 		return ret < 0 ? ret : -EIO;
 
@@ -538,9 +533,6 @@ static irqreturn_t i2c_hid_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	struct i2c_hid *ihid = dev_id;
 
-	if (test_bit(I2C_HID_READ_PENDING, &ihid->flags))
-		return IRQ_HANDLED;
-
 	i2c_hid_get_input(ihid);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
diff --git a/drivers/media/tuners/xc4000.c b/drivers/media/tuners/xc4000.c
index ef9af052007cbc3ebf9a744974082ccd757124e0..849df4d1c573cebe7639726e9d35e0e43136e2bf 100644
--- a/drivers/media/tuners/xc4000.c
+++ b/drivers/media/tuners/xc4000.c
@@ -1517,10 +1517,10 @@ static int xc4000_get_frequency(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u32 *freq)
 {
 	struct xc4000_priv *priv = fe->tuner_priv;
 
+	mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
 	*freq = priv->freq_hz + priv->freq_offset;
 
 	if (debug) {
-		mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
 		if ((priv->cur_fw.type
 		     & (BASE | FM | DTV6 | DTV7 | DTV78 | DTV8)) == BASE) {
 			u16	snr = 0;
@@ -1531,8 +1531,8 @@ static int xc4000_get_frequency(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u32 *freq)
 				return 0;
 			}
 		}
-		mutex_unlock(&priv->lock);
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&priv->lock);
 
 	dprintk(1, "%s()\n", __func__);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 83e9a4d019c16a97dc7b98435eabcfecc447af81..05de2b50a7976b9cc42944ff813d759f1f3ce11e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -3014,6 +3014,8 @@ static int stmmac_release(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	u32 chan;
 
+	netif_tx_disable(dev);
+
 	if (device_may_wakeup(priv->device))
 		phylink_speed_down(priv->phylink, false);
 	/* Stop and disconnect the PHY */
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index dd449945e1e5e2f265b0819cbe8ca856f5b6717e..1cf49912dc96ca146d9cd4a5618f59576a9c26a1 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -879,7 +879,8 @@ int thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 	if (result)
 		goto release_ida;
 
-	sprintf(dev->attr_name, "cdev%d_trip_point", dev->id);
+	snprintf(dev->attr_name, sizeof(dev->attr_name), "cdev%d_trip_point",
+		 dev->id);
 	sysfs_attr_init(&dev->attr.attr);
 	dev->attr.attr.name = dev->attr_name;
 	dev->attr.attr.mode = 0444;
@@ -888,7 +889,8 @@ int thermal_zone_bind_cooling_device(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 	if (result)
 		goto remove_symbol_link;
 
-	sprintf(dev->weight_attr_name, "cdev%d_weight", dev->id);
+	snprintf(dev->weight_attr_name, sizeof(dev->weight_attr_name),
+		 "cdev%d_weight", dev->id);
 	sysfs_attr_init(&dev->weight_attr.attr);
 	dev->weight_attr.attr.name = dev->weight_attr_name;
 	dev->weight_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
index 7499954c9aa769dd4e5e9da59ba00587b8d2c61e..8b49ac4856d2cdf7b7a50b0b7b314e8a0434e0f0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
@@ -1914,7 +1914,10 @@ int serial8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int iir)
 		skip_rx = true;
 
 	if (status & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI) && !skip_rx) {
-		if (irqd_is_wakeup_set(irq_get_irq_data(port->irq)))
+		struct irq_data *d;
+
+		d = irq_get_irq_data(port->irq);
+		if (d && irqd_is_wakeup_set(d))
 			pm_wakeup_event(tport->tty->dev, 0);
 		if (!up->dma || handle_rx_dma(up, iir))
 			status = serial8250_rx_chars(up, status);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 0252c0562dbc8e465647d20de3de71b54997e383..33fb7b6555f4dceb45404f82cae136d96f9bf03f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static void vc_uniscr_delete(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int nr)
 		char32_t *ln = uniscr->lines[vc->state.y];
 		unsigned int x = vc->state.x, cols = vc->vc_cols;
 
-		memcpy(&ln[x], &ln[x + nr], (cols - x - nr) * sizeof(*ln));
+		memmove(&ln[x], &ln[x + nr], (cols - x - nr) * sizeof(*ln));
 		memset32(&ln[cols - nr], ' ', nr);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc2/hcd.c b/drivers/usb/dwc2/hcd.c
index 9279d3d3698c2c7a3320008a4de137aca2cb2994..14925fedb01aa26b74c34b675b39042c8367da49 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc2/hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc2/hcd.c
@@ -4684,8 +4684,8 @@ static int _dwc2_hcd_urb_enqueue(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct urb *urb,
 	if (qh_allocated && qh->channel && qh->channel->qh == qh)
 		qh->channel->qh = NULL;
 fail2:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hsotg->lock, flags);
 	urb->hcpriv = NULL;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hsotg->lock, flags);
 	kfree(qtd);
 fail1:
 	if (qh_allocated) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 9eef187ede1e363c651754014b1dfe5e344752d1..6081025a75356f1c5fbe9f50ea7c7560944dcdd8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -1559,7 +1559,10 @@ static int ext4_flex_group_add(struct super_block *sb,
 		int gdb_num = group / EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb);
 		int gdb_num_end = ((group + flex_gd->count - 1) /
 				   EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb));
-		int meta_bg = ext4_has_feature_meta_bg(sb);
+		int meta_bg = ext4_has_feature_meta_bg(sb) &&
+			      gdb_num >= le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_meta_bg);
+		sector_t padding_blocks = meta_bg ? 0 : sbi->s_sbh->b_blocknr -
+					 ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, 0);
 		sector_t old_gdb = 0;
 
 		update_backups(sb, ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, 0),
@@ -1571,8 +1574,8 @@ static int ext4_flex_group_add(struct super_block *sb,
 						     gdb_num);
 			if (old_gdb == gdb_bh->b_blocknr)
 				continue;
-			update_backups(sb, gdb_bh->b_blocknr, gdb_bh->b_data,
-				       gdb_bh->b_size, meta_bg);
+			update_backups(sb, gdb_bh->b_blocknr - padding_blocks,
+				       gdb_bh->b_data, gdb_bh->b_size, meta_bg);
 			old_gdb = gdb_bh->b_blocknr;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index 2f89f6e765aa4d777df6ea033d665d9a192ac7d9..41aa5e7ee8d219b1581bdde45088b4edb69ee809 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -671,6 +671,8 @@ static int pstore_write_user_compat(struct pstore_record *record,
  */
 int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
+	char *new_backend;
+
 	if (backend && strcmp(backend, psi->name)) {
 		pr_warn("ignoring unexpected backend '%s'\n", psi->name);
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -690,11 +692,16 @@ int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	new_backend = kstrdup(psi->name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new_backend)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	mutex_lock(&psinfo_lock);
 	if (psinfo) {
 		pr_warn("backend '%s' already loaded: ignoring '%s'\n",
 			psinfo->name, psi->name);
 		mutex_unlock(&psinfo_lock);
+		kfree(new_backend);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
@@ -727,7 +734,7 @@ int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
 	 * Update the module parameter backend, so it is visible
 	 * through /sys/module/pstore/parameters/backend
 	 */
-	backend = kstrdup(psi->name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	backend = new_backend;
 
 	pr_info("Registered %s as persistent store backend\n", psi->name);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/trace_events.h b/include/linux/trace_events.h
index 6fb20722f49b76c7d0d915976aca5a84fe63d787..f7ed0471d5a8528292cedf8ade2e2d2f07f06da4 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_events.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_events.h
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ enum {
 	EVENT_FILE_FL_TRIGGER_COND_BIT,
 	EVENT_FILE_FL_PID_FILTER_BIT,
 	EVENT_FILE_FL_WAS_ENABLED_BIT,
+	EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED_BIT,
 };
 
 extern struct trace_event_file *trace_get_event_file(const char *instance,
@@ -507,6 +508,7 @@ extern int __kprobe_event_add_fields(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd, ...);
  *  TRIGGER_COND  - When set, one or more triggers has an associated filter
  *  PID_FILTER    - When set, the event is filtered based on pid
  *  WAS_ENABLED   - Set when enabled to know to clear trace on module removal
+ *  FREED         - File descriptor is freed, all fields should be considered invalid
  */
 enum {
 	EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED		= (1 << EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED_BIT),
@@ -520,6 +522,7 @@ enum {
 	EVENT_FILE_FL_TRIGGER_COND	= (1 << EVENT_FILE_FL_TRIGGER_COND_BIT),
 	EVENT_FILE_FL_PID_FILTER	= (1 << EVENT_FILE_FL_PID_FILTER_BIT),
 	EVENT_FILE_FL_WAS_ENABLED	= (1 << EVENT_FILE_FL_WAS_ENABLED_BIT),
+	EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED		= (1 << EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED_BIT),
 };
 
 struct trace_event_file {
@@ -548,6 +551,7 @@ struct trace_event_file {
 	 * caching and such. Which is mostly OK ;-)
 	 */
 	unsigned long		flags;
+	atomic_t		ref;	/* ref count for opened files */
 	atomic_t		sm_ref;	/* soft-mode reference counter */
 	atomic_t		tm_ref;	/* trigger-mode reference counter */
 };
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 196eec0423ff2e1d31c6bdd4ab5ecf919469f273..89a8bb8e24df2e845b8401141fcf7989c7f9ec8b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4572,6 +4572,20 @@ int tracing_open_file_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+
+	/* Fail if the file is marked for removal */
+	if (file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED) {
+		trace_array_put(file->tr);
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+	} else {
+		event_file_get(file);
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	filp->private_data = inode->i_private;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -4582,6 +4596,7 @@ int tracing_release_file_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	struct trace_event_file *file = inode->i_private;
 
 	trace_array_put(file->tr);
+	event_file_put(file);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 7fa00b83dfa4b9195c26f65bcaf1db51caf00f5d..7c90872f2435d15ec9a375268b50649c806bc97e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1784,6 +1784,9 @@ extern int register_event_command(struct event_command *cmd);
 extern int unregister_event_command(struct event_command *cmd);
 extern int register_trigger_hist_enable_disable_cmds(void);
 
+extern void event_file_get(struct trace_event_file *file);
+extern void event_file_put(struct trace_event_file *file);
+
 /**
  * struct event_trigger_ops - callbacks for trace event triggers
  *
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 321cfda1b333889f383daa7b512387cf26c85152..970d25fe9db5a7ae7b40b3728763ed6694807734 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -746,26 +746,38 @@ static void remove_subsystem(struct trace_subsystem_dir *dir)
 	}
 }
 
-static void remove_event_file_dir(struct trace_event_file *file)
+void event_file_get(struct trace_event_file *file)
 {
-	struct dentry *dir = file->dir;
-	struct dentry *child;
+	atomic_inc(&file->ref);
+}
 
-	if (dir) {
-		spin_lock(&dir->d_lock);	/* probably unneeded */
-		list_for_each_entry(child, &dir->d_subdirs, d_child) {
-			if (d_really_is_positive(child))	/* probably unneeded */
-				d_inode(child)->i_private = NULL;
-		}
-		spin_unlock(&dir->d_lock);
+void event_file_put(struct trace_event_file *file)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!atomic_read(&file->ref))) {
+		if (file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED)
+			kmem_cache_free(file_cachep, file);
+		return;
+	}
 
-		tracefs_remove(dir);
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&file->ref)) {
+		/* Count should only go to zero when it is freed */
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED)))
+			return;
+		kmem_cache_free(file_cachep, file);
 	}
+}
+
+static void remove_event_file_dir(struct trace_event_file *file)
+{
+	struct dentry *dir = file->dir;
+
+	tracefs_remove(dir);
 
 	list_del(&file->list);
 	remove_subsystem(file->system);
 	free_event_filter(file->filter);
-	kmem_cache_free(file_cachep, file);
+	file->flags |= EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED;
+	event_file_put(file);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1138,7 +1150,7 @@ event_enable_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 		flags = file->flags;
 	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 
-	if (!file)
+	if (!file || flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED &&
@@ -1176,7 +1188,7 @@ event_enable_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 		ret = -ENODEV;
 		mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
 		file = event_file_data(filp);
-		if (likely(file))
+		if (likely(file && !(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED)))
 			ret = ftrace_event_enable_disable(file, val);
 		mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 		break;
@@ -1445,7 +1457,7 @@ event_filter_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 
 	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
 	file = event_file_data(filp);
-	if (file)
+	if (file && !(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED))
 		print_event_filter(file, s);
 	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 
@@ -2481,6 +2493,7 @@ trace_create_new_event(struct trace_event_call *call,
 	atomic_set(&file->tm_ref, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->triggers);
 	list_add(&file->list, &tr->events);
+	event_file_get(file);
 
 	return file;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index a255ffbe342f3a519a75fcbd1ffe69503db10767..c1db5b62d8114d91085716ef2e9893396f8e2fed 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -1893,6 +1893,9 @@ int apply_event_filter(struct trace_event_file *file, char *filter_string)
 	struct event_filter *filter = NULL;
 	int err;
 
+	if (file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	if (!strcmp(strstrip(filter_string), "0")) {
 		filter_disable(file);
 		filter = event_filter(file);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 445b1a2966d7902ca94cdc5cafe4b9e3142cb05c..bfb70a7a96964013fb286c5edde55818fac01f2d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -2090,6 +2090,9 @@ int ip_route_use_hint(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 daddr, __be32 saddr,
 	int err = -EINVAL;
 	u32 tag = 0;
 
+	if (!in_dev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (ipv4_is_multicast(saddr) || ipv4_is_lbcast(saddr))
 		goto martian_source;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 3a6754699ad046f9e2dfb3baa31bec95dc508b09..cac2de1d1d5c99abde94f9ae8c4bfabc5c06ca8b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -644,19 +644,19 @@ static int inet6_dump_fib(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	if (!w) {
 		/* New dump:
 		 *
-		 * 1. hook callback destructor.
-		 */
-		cb->args[3] = (long)cb->done;
-		cb->done = fib6_dump_done;
-
-		/*
-		 * 2. allocate and initialize walker.
+		 * 1. allocate and initialize walker.
 		 */
 		w = kzalloc(sizeof(*w), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!w)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		w->func = fib6_dump_node;
 		cb->args[2] = (long)w;
+
+		/* 2. hook callback destructor.
+		 */
+		cb->args[3] = (long)cb->done;
+		cb->done = fib6_dump_done;
+
 	}
 
 	arg.skb = skb;
diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink.c b/net/tipc/netlink.c
index c447cb5f879e70bbce4feca8822292f2600e648b..f10ed873858f8ab94ef948117f9ba3e7cb349e9e 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ const struct nla_policy tipc_nl_net_policy[TIPC_NLA_NET_MAX + 1] = {
 
 const struct nla_policy tipc_nl_link_policy[TIPC_NLA_LINK_MAX + 1] = {
 	[TIPC_NLA_LINK_UNSPEC]		= { .type = NLA_UNSPEC },
-	[TIPC_NLA_LINK_NAME]		= { .type = NLA_STRING,
+	[TIPC_NLA_LINK_NAME]		= { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING,
 					    .len = TIPC_MAX_LINK_NAME },
 	[TIPC_NLA_LINK_MTU]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[TIPC_NLA_LINK_BROADCAST]	= { .type = NLA_FLAG },
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ const struct nla_policy tipc_nl_prop_policy[TIPC_NLA_PROP_MAX + 1] = {
 
 const struct nla_policy tipc_nl_bearer_policy[TIPC_NLA_BEARER_MAX + 1]	= {
 	[TIPC_NLA_BEARER_UNSPEC]	= { .type = NLA_UNSPEC },
-	[TIPC_NLA_BEARER_NAME]		= { .type = NLA_STRING,
+	[TIPC_NLA_BEARER_NAME]		= { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING,
 					    .len = TIPC_MAX_BEARER_NAME },
 	[TIPC_NLA_BEARER_PROP]		= { .type = NLA_NESTED },
 	[TIPC_NLA_BEARER_DOMAIN]	= { .type = NLA_U32 }
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index ea36d8c47b31a623f0fb04e81c4779d2a29a0dd0..b247ac9db9f10fb8a479eb182f5a3a9add30b61b 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -3771,6 +3771,8 @@ static int nl80211_set_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 		if (ntype != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
 			return -EINVAL;
+		if (otype != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
+			return -EINVAL;
 		if (netif_running(dev))
 			return -EBUSY;