diff --git a/net/dccp/dccp.h b/net/dccp/dccp.h
index e33a9edb40363ef7c964de7de3eb55c0c81d7846..a0e7cd183a5d3e648d40bf81b6a3d6420c9931bd 100644
--- a/net/dccp/dccp.h
+++ b/net/dccp/dccp.h
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ extern void dccp_send_sync(struct sock *sk, const u64 seq,
 			   const enum dccp_pkt_type pkt_type);
 
 extern void dccp_write_xmit(struct sock *sk, int block);
+extern void dccp_write_xmit_timer(unsigned long data);
 extern void dccp_write_space(struct sock *sk);
 
 extern void dccp_init_xmit_timers(struct sock *sk);
diff --git a/net/dccp/output.c b/net/dccp/output.c
index 3282f2f2291b3bcb313e0feaeaa91dea5824622e..aa21cc4de37f7b77c84cd38d6d901a1027810471 100644
--- a/net/dccp/output.c
+++ b/net/dccp/output.c
@@ -213,19 +213,6 @@ static int dccp_wait_for_ccid(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	goto out;
 }
 
-static void dccp_write_xmit_timer(unsigned long data) {
-	struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)data;
-	struct dccp_sock *dp = dccp_sk(sk);
-
-	bh_lock_sock(sk);
-	if (sock_owned_by_user(sk))
-		sk_reset_timer(sk, &dp->dccps_xmit_timer, jiffies+1);
-	else
-		dccp_write_xmit(sk, 0);
-	bh_unlock_sock(sk);
-	sock_put(sk);
-}
-
 void dccp_write_xmit(struct sock *sk, int block)
 {
 	struct dccp_sock *dp = dccp_sk(sk);
@@ -434,9 +421,6 @@ static inline void dccp_connect_init(struct sock *sk)
 	dp->dccps_gar = dp->dccps_iss;
 
 	icsk->icsk_retransmits = 0;
-	init_timer(&dp->dccps_xmit_timer);
-	dp->dccps_xmit_timer.data = (unsigned long)sk;
-	dp->dccps_xmit_timer.function = dccp_write_xmit_timer;
 }
 
 int dccp_connect(struct sock *sk)
diff --git a/net/dccp/timer.c b/net/dccp/timer.c
index 41ea0f6594c4a5b26e82247cddc3539f90f06001..b038a0a3ad40a1fcbc182c6f66e37a2171120144 100644
--- a/net/dccp/timer.c
+++ b/net/dccp/timer.c
@@ -261,8 +261,33 @@ static void dccp_delack_timer(unsigned long data)
 	sock_put(sk);
 }
 
+/* Transmit-delay timer: used by the CCIDs to delay actual send time */
+void dccp_write_xmit_timer(unsigned long data)
+{
+	struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)data;
+	struct dccp_sock *dp = dccp_sk(sk);
+
+	bh_lock_sock(sk);
+	if (sock_owned_by_user(sk))
+		sk_reset_timer(sk, &dp->dccps_xmit_timer, jiffies+1);
+	else
+		dccp_write_xmit(sk, 0);
+	bh_unlock_sock(sk);
+	sock_put(sk);
+}
+
+static void dccp_init_write_xmit_timer(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct dccp_sock *dp = dccp_sk(sk);
+
+	init_timer(&dp->dccps_xmit_timer);
+	dp->dccps_xmit_timer.data = (unsigned long)sk;
+	dp->dccps_xmit_timer.function = dccp_write_xmit_timer;
+}
+
 void dccp_init_xmit_timers(struct sock *sk)
 {
+	dccp_init_write_xmit_timer(sk);
 	inet_csk_init_xmit_timers(sk, &dccp_write_timer, &dccp_delack_timer,
 				  &dccp_keepalive_timer);
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index e10794dc5f649e73660441d14bc52b2f4401f5c4..98a00d0edc760c658d23675eec194e8cefc79ae0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -502,8 +502,10 @@ static struct in_ifaddr *rtm_to_ifaddr(struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 		goto errout;
 
 	ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
-	if (ifm->ifa_prefixlen > 32 || tb[IFA_LOCAL] == NULL)
+	if (ifm->ifa_prefixlen > 32 || tb[IFA_LOCAL] == NULL) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto errout;
+	}
 
 	dev = __dev_get_by_index(ifm->ifa_index);
 	if (dev == NULL) {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
index 4e0561a082d0c0cda04faf7532f1eb9bbde76914..f5f9582a8d39554c120ed147ddc9f71105d6a889 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static int do_ipv6_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		}
 
 		/* routing header option needs extra check */
-		if (optname == IPV6_RTHDR && opt->srcrt) {
+		if (optname == IPV6_RTHDR && opt && opt->srcrt) {
 			struct ipv6_rt_hdr *rthdr = opt->srcrt;
 			switch (rthdr->type) {
 			case IPV6_SRCRT_TYPE_0:
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ static int ipv6_getsockopt_sticky(struct sock *sk, struct ipv6_txoptions *opt,
 		return 0;
 	hdr = opt->hopopt;
 
-	len = min_t(int, len, ipv6_optlen(hdr));
+	len = min_t(unsigned int, len, ipv6_optlen(hdr));
 	if (copy_to_user(optval, hdr, ipv6_optlen(hdr)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	return len;