diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.h
index 96ba5f7dcab60ad26618fa028e5968ecb83310e8..349cefedc9f3c869627211b95bbc57e5ecfde341 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.h
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ nf_conntrack_event_cache(enum ip_conntrack_events event, struct nf_conn *ct)
 	if (e == NULL)
 		return;
 
-	if (!(e->ctmask & (1 << event)))
-		return;
-
 	set_bit(event, &e->cache);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arpt_mangle.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arpt_mangle.c
index b8ddcc480ed97157fbda78f741d9091b4e854006..a5e52a9f0a124e3dd84c164cb5159f120b33071c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arpt_mangle.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arpt_mangle.c
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ static int checkentry(const struct xt_tgchk_param *par)
 
 	if (mangle->flags & ~ARPT_MANGLE_MASK ||
 	    !(mangle->flags & ARPT_MANGLE_MASK))
-		return false;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (mangle->target != NF_DROP && mangle->target != NF_ACCEPT &&
 	   mangle->target != XT_CONTINUE)
-		return false;
-	return true;
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct xt_target arpt_mangle_reg __read_mostly = {
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.c
index 5702de35e2bb327ea0e9bd346f57bf8ebf36c951..63a1b915a7e40e4871f14dad9170b542aaf9a75a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ecache.c
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ void nf_ct_deliver_cached_events(struct nf_conn *ct)
 		 * this does not harm and it happens very rarely. */
 		unsigned long missed = e->missed;
 
+		if (!((events | missed) & e->ctmask))
+			goto out_unlock;
+
 		ret = notify->fcn(events | missed, &item);
 		if (unlikely(ret < 0 || missed)) {
 			spin_lock_bh(&ct->lock);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 93297aaceb2b3d48e307bfb74549661bfaeda27f..eead9db6f899ad71869013dec0b3e2de480361a1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ ctnetlink_dump_table(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 			if (ctnetlink_fill_info(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).pid,
 						cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
 						IPCTNL_MSG_CT_NEW, ct) < 0) {
+				nf_conntrack_get(&ct->ct_general);
 				cb->args[1] = (unsigned long)ct;
 				goto out;
 			}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_iprange.c b/net/netfilter/xt_iprange.c
index 88f7c3511c72c2554de292e97c844cc934367c9e..73c33a42f87f8fddbe901b7403a9041182842f54 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_iprange.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_iprange.c
@@ -53,15 +53,13 @@ iprange_mt4(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
 }
 
 static inline int
-iprange_ipv6_sub(const struct in6_addr *a, const struct in6_addr *b)
+iprange_ipv6_lt(const struct in6_addr *a, const struct in6_addr *b)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
-	int r;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
-		r = ntohl(a->s6_addr32[i]) - ntohl(b->s6_addr32[i]);
-		if (r != 0)
-			return r;
+		if (a->s6_addr32[i] != b->s6_addr32[i])
+			return ntohl(a->s6_addr32[i]) < ntohl(b->s6_addr32[i]);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -75,15 +73,15 @@ iprange_mt6(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
 	bool m;
 
 	if (info->flags & IPRANGE_SRC) {
-		m  = iprange_ipv6_sub(&iph->saddr, &info->src_min.in6) < 0;
-		m |= iprange_ipv6_sub(&iph->saddr, &info->src_max.in6) > 0;
+		m  = iprange_ipv6_lt(&iph->saddr, &info->src_min.in6);
+		m |= iprange_ipv6_lt(&info->src_max.in6, &iph->saddr);
 		m ^= !!(info->flags & IPRANGE_SRC_INV);
 		if (m)
 			return false;
 	}
 	if (info->flags & IPRANGE_DST) {
-		m  = iprange_ipv6_sub(&iph->daddr, &info->dst_min.in6) < 0;
-		m |= iprange_ipv6_sub(&iph->daddr, &info->dst_max.in6) > 0;
+		m  = iprange_ipv6_lt(&iph->daddr, &info->dst_min.in6);
+		m |= iprange_ipv6_lt(&info->dst_max.in6, &iph->daddr);
 		m ^= !!(info->flags & IPRANGE_DST_INV);
 		if (m)
 			return false;