diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scpi.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scpi.c
index ddf0b9ff9e15c..435d0e2658a42 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scpi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scpi.c
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ static int scpi_init_versions(struct scpi_drvinfo *info)
 		info->firmware_version = le32_to_cpu(caps.platform_version);
 	}
 	/* Ignore error if not implemented */
-	if (scpi_info->is_legacy && ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+	if (info->is_legacy && ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		return 0;
 
 	return ret;
@@ -913,13 +913,14 @@ static int scpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource res;
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
+	struct scpi_drvinfo *scpi_drvinfo;
 
-	scpi_info = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*scpi_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!scpi_info)
+	scpi_drvinfo = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*scpi_drvinfo), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!scpi_drvinfo)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (of_match_device(legacy_scpi_of_match, &pdev->dev))
-		scpi_info->is_legacy = true;
+		scpi_drvinfo->is_legacy = true;
 
 	count = of_count_phandle_with_args(np, "mboxes", "#mbox-cells");
 	if (count < 0) {
@@ -927,19 +928,19 @@ static int scpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	scpi_info->channels = devm_kcalloc(dev, count, sizeof(struct scpi_chan),
-					   GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!scpi_info->channels)
+	scpi_drvinfo->channels =
+		devm_kcalloc(dev, count, sizeof(struct scpi_chan), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!scpi_drvinfo->channels)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = devm_add_action(dev, scpi_free_channels, scpi_info);
+	ret = devm_add_action(dev, scpi_free_channels, scpi_drvinfo);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	for (; scpi_info->num_chans < count; scpi_info->num_chans++) {
+	for (; scpi_drvinfo->num_chans < count; scpi_drvinfo->num_chans++) {
 		resource_size_t size;
-		int idx = scpi_info->num_chans;
-		struct scpi_chan *pchan = scpi_info->channels + idx;
+		int idx = scpi_drvinfo->num_chans;
+		struct scpi_chan *pchan = scpi_drvinfo->channels + idx;
 		struct mbox_client *cl = &pchan->cl;
 		struct device_node *shmem = of_parse_phandle(np, "shmem", idx);
 
@@ -986,45 +987,53 @@ static int scpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	scpi_info->commands = scpi_std_commands;
+	scpi_drvinfo->commands = scpi_std_commands;
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, scpi_info);
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, scpi_drvinfo);
 
-	if (scpi_info->is_legacy) {
+	if (scpi_drvinfo->is_legacy) {
 		/* Replace with legacy variants */
 		scpi_ops.clk_set_val = legacy_scpi_clk_set_val;
-		scpi_info->commands = scpi_legacy_commands;
+		scpi_drvinfo->commands = scpi_legacy_commands;
 
 		/* Fill priority bitmap */
 		for (idx = 0; idx < ARRAY_SIZE(legacy_hpriority_cmds); idx++)
 			set_bit(legacy_hpriority_cmds[idx],
-				scpi_info->cmd_priority);
+				scpi_drvinfo->cmd_priority);
 	}
 
-	ret = scpi_init_versions(scpi_info);
+	scpi_info = scpi_drvinfo;
+
+	ret = scpi_init_versions(scpi_drvinfo);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "incorrect or no SCP firmware found\n");
+		scpi_info = NULL;
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (scpi_info->is_legacy && !scpi_info->protocol_version &&
-	    !scpi_info->firmware_version)
+	if (scpi_drvinfo->is_legacy && !scpi_drvinfo->protocol_version &&
+	    !scpi_drvinfo->firmware_version)
 		dev_info(dev, "SCP Protocol legacy pre-1.0 firmware\n");
 	else
 		dev_info(dev, "SCP Protocol %lu.%lu Firmware %lu.%lu.%lu version\n",
 			 FIELD_GET(PROTO_REV_MAJOR_MASK,
-				   scpi_info->protocol_version),
+				   scpi_drvinfo->protocol_version),
 			 FIELD_GET(PROTO_REV_MINOR_MASK,
-				   scpi_info->protocol_version),
+				   scpi_drvinfo->protocol_version),
 			 FIELD_GET(FW_REV_MAJOR_MASK,
-				   scpi_info->firmware_version),
+				   scpi_drvinfo->firmware_version),
 			 FIELD_GET(FW_REV_MINOR_MASK,
-				   scpi_info->firmware_version),
+				   scpi_drvinfo->firmware_version),
 			 FIELD_GET(FW_REV_PATCH_MASK,
-				   scpi_info->firmware_version));
-	scpi_info->scpi_ops = &scpi_ops;
+				   scpi_drvinfo->firmware_version));
+
+	scpi_drvinfo->scpi_ops = &scpi_ops;
 
-	return devm_of_platform_populate(dev);
+	ret = devm_of_platform_populate(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		scpi_info = NULL;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id scpi_of_match[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
index de6ca62957427..f1045ec5b9af1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
@@ -1070,10 +1070,11 @@ int i40e_pf_reset(struct i40e_hw *hw)
 void i40e_clear_hw(struct i40e_hw *hw)
 {
 	u32 num_queues, base_queue;
-	u32 num_pf_int;
-	u32 num_vf_int;
+	s32 num_pf_int;
+	s32 num_vf_int;
 	u32 num_vfs;
-	u32 i, j;
+	s32 i;
+	u32 j;
 	u32 val;
 	u32 eol = 0x7ff;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq.c
index c7f43d2fcd136..1595b6b332fe9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static void idpf_ctlq_init_rxq_bufs(struct idpf_ctlq_info *cq)
  */
 static void idpf_ctlq_shutdown(struct idpf_hw *hw, struct idpf_ctlq_info *cq)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&cq->cq_lock);
+	spin_lock(&cq->cq_lock);
 
 	/* free ring buffers and the ring itself */
 	idpf_ctlq_dealloc_ring_res(hw, cq);
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ static void idpf_ctlq_shutdown(struct idpf_hw *hw, struct idpf_ctlq_info *cq)
 	/* Set ring_size to 0 to indicate uninitialized queue */
 	cq->ring_size = 0;
 
-	mutex_unlock(&cq->cq_lock);
-	mutex_destroy(&cq->cq_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&cq->cq_lock);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ int idpf_ctlq_add(struct idpf_hw *hw,
 
 	idpf_ctlq_init_regs(hw, cq, is_rxq);
 
-	mutex_init(&cq->cq_lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&cq->cq_lock);
 
 	list_add(&cq->cq_list, &hw->cq_list_head);
 
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@ int idpf_ctlq_send(struct idpf_hw *hw, struct idpf_ctlq_info *cq,
 	int err = 0;
 	int i;
 
-	mutex_lock(&cq->cq_lock);
+	spin_lock(&cq->cq_lock);
 
 	/* Ensure there are enough descriptors to send all messages */
 	num_desc_avail = IDPF_CTLQ_DESC_UNUSED(cq);
@@ -332,7 +331,7 @@ int idpf_ctlq_send(struct idpf_hw *hw, struct idpf_ctlq_info *cq,
 	wr32(hw, cq->reg.tail, cq->next_to_use);
 
 err_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&cq->cq_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&cq->cq_lock);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -364,7 +363,7 @@ int idpf_ctlq_clean_sq(struct idpf_ctlq_info *cq, u16 *clean_count,
 	if (*clean_count > cq->ring_size)
 		return -EBADR;
 
-	mutex_lock(&cq->cq_lock);
+	spin_lock(&cq->cq_lock);
 
 	ntc = cq->next_to_clean;
 
@@ -394,7 +393,7 @@ int idpf_ctlq_clean_sq(struct idpf_ctlq_info *cq, u16 *clean_count,
 
 	cq->next_to_clean = ntc;
 
-	mutex_unlock(&cq->cq_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&cq->cq_lock);
 
 	/* Return number of descriptors actually cleaned */
 	*clean_count = i;
@@ -432,7 +431,7 @@ int idpf_ctlq_post_rx_buffs(struct idpf_hw *hw, struct idpf_ctlq_info *cq,
 	if (*buff_count > 0)
 		buffs_avail = true;
 
-	mutex_lock(&cq->cq_lock);
+	spin_lock(&cq->cq_lock);
 
 	if (tbp >= cq->ring_size)
 		tbp = 0;
@@ -519,7 +518,7 @@ int idpf_ctlq_post_rx_buffs(struct idpf_hw *hw, struct idpf_ctlq_info *cq,
 		wr32(hw, cq->reg.tail, cq->next_to_post);
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&cq->cq_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&cq->cq_lock);
 
 	/* return the number of buffers that were not posted */
 	*buff_count = *buff_count - i;
@@ -552,7 +551,7 @@ int idpf_ctlq_recv(struct idpf_ctlq_info *cq, u16 *num_q_msg,
 		return -EBADR;
 
 	/* take the lock before we start messing with the ring */
-	mutex_lock(&cq->cq_lock);
+	spin_lock(&cq->cq_lock);
 
 	ntc = cq->next_to_clean;
 
@@ -611,7 +610,7 @@ int idpf_ctlq_recv(struct idpf_ctlq_info *cq, u16 *num_q_msg,
 
 	cq->next_to_clean = ntc;
 
-	mutex_unlock(&cq->cq_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&cq->cq_lock);
 
 	*num_q_msg = i;
 	if (*num_q_msg == 0)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq_api.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq_api.h
index 8dee098bbfb0c..385e21ebbb2d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq_api.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_controlq_api.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct idpf_ctlq_info {
 
 	enum idpf_ctlq_type cq_type;
 	int q_id;
-	struct mutex cq_lock;		/* control queue lock */
+	spinlock_t cq_lock;		/* control queue lock */
 	/* used for interrupt processing */
 	u16 next_to_use;
 	u16 next_to_clean;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
index 0241e498cc20f..999ff7c4a54b9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
@@ -2329,8 +2329,12 @@ void *idpf_alloc_dma_mem(struct idpf_hw *hw, struct idpf_dma_mem *mem, u64 size)
 	struct idpf_adapter *adapter = hw->back;
 	size_t sz = ALIGN(size, 4096);
 
-	mem->va = dma_alloc_coherent(&adapter->pdev->dev, sz,
-				     &mem->pa, GFP_KERNEL);
+	/* The control queue resources are freed under a spinlock, contiguous
+	 * pages will avoid IOMMU remapping and the use vmap (and vunmap in
+	 * dma_free_*() path.
+	 */
+	mem->va = dma_alloc_attrs(&adapter->pdev->dev, sz, &mem->pa,
+				  GFP_KERNEL, DMA_ATTR_FORCE_CONTIGUOUS);
 	mem->size = sz;
 
 	return mem->va;
@@ -2345,8 +2349,8 @@ void idpf_free_dma_mem(struct idpf_hw *hw, struct idpf_dma_mem *mem)
 {
 	struct idpf_adapter *adapter = hw->back;
 
-	dma_free_coherent(&adapter->pdev->dev, mem->size,
-			  mem->va, mem->pa);
+	dma_free_attrs(&adapter->pdev->dev, mem->size,
+		       mem->va, mem->pa, DMA_ATTR_FORCE_CONTIGUOUS);
 	mem->size = 0;
 	mem->va = NULL;
 	mem->pa = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
index 76f7af1613139..7c3e866514199 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c
@@ -2199,6 +2199,13 @@ static int smsc75xx_rx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		size = (rx_cmd_a & RX_CMD_A_LEN) - RXW_PADDING;
 		align_count = (4 - ((size + RXW_PADDING) % 4)) % 4;
 
+		if (unlikely(size > skb->len)) {
+			netif_dbg(dev, rx_err, dev->net,
+				  "size err rx_cmd_a=0x%08x\n",
+				  rx_cmd_a);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
 		if (unlikely(rx_cmd_a & RX_CMD_A_RED)) {
 			netif_dbg(dev, rx_err, dev->net,
 				  "Error rx_cmd_a=0x%08x\n", rx_cmd_a);
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
index 702f15b1ebe43..75dd8d92f3d73 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
@@ -300,8 +300,19 @@ static inline bool nf_ct_is_expired(const struct nf_conn *ct)
 /* use after obtaining a reference count */
 static inline bool nf_ct_should_gc(const struct nf_conn *ct)
 {
-	return nf_ct_is_expired(ct) && nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) &&
-	       !nf_ct_is_dying(ct);
+	if (!nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct))
+		return false;
+
+	/* load ct->timeout after is_confirmed() test.
+	 * Pairs with __nf_conntrack_confirm() which:
+	 * 1. Increases ct->timeout value
+	 * 2. Inserts ct into rcu hlist
+	 * 3. Sets the confirmed bit
+	 * 4. Unlocks the hlist lock
+	 */
+	smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
+
+	return nf_ct_is_expired(ct) && !nf_ct_is_dying(ct);
 }
 
 #define	NF_CT_DAY	(86400 * HZ)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 75de47106342a..bcb283728ad8d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -1087,6 +1087,12 @@ static int nf_ct_resolve_clash_harder(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 repl_idx)
 
 	hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&loser_ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_REPLY].hnnode,
 				 &nf_conntrack_hash[repl_idx]);
+	/* confirmed bit must be set after hlist add, not before:
+	 * loser_ct can still be visible to other cpu due to
+	 * SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU.
+	 */
+	smp_mb__before_atomic();
+	set_bit(IPS_CONFIRMED_BIT, &loser_ct->status);
 
 	NF_CT_STAT_INC(net, clash_resolve);
 	return NF_ACCEPT;
@@ -1224,8 +1230,6 @@ __nf_conntrack_confirm(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 * user context, else we insert an already 'dead' hash, blocking
 	 * further use of that particular connection -JM.
 	 */
-	ct->status |= IPS_CONFIRMED;
-
 	if (unlikely(nf_ct_is_dying(ct))) {
 		NF_CT_STAT_INC(net, insert_failed);
 		goto dying;
@@ -1257,7 +1261,7 @@ __nf_conntrack_confirm(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Timer relative to confirmation time, not original
+	/* Timeout is relative to confirmation time, not original
 	   setting time, otherwise we'd get timer wrap in
 	   weird delay cases. */
 	ct->timeout += nfct_time_stamp;
@@ -1265,11 +1269,21 @@ __nf_conntrack_confirm(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	__nf_conntrack_insert_prepare(ct);
 
 	/* Since the lookup is lockless, hash insertion must be done after
-	 * starting the timer and setting the CONFIRMED bit. The RCU barriers
-	 * guarantee that no other CPU can find the conntrack before the above
-	 * stores are visible.
+	 * setting ct->timeout. The RCU barriers guarantee that no other CPU
+	 * can find the conntrack before the above stores are visible.
 	 */
 	__nf_conntrack_hash_insert(ct, hash, reply_hash);
+
+	/* IPS_CONFIRMED unset means 'ct not (yet) in hash', conntrack lookups
+	 * skip entries that lack this bit.  This happens when a CPU is looking
+	 * at a stale entry that is being recycled due to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU
+	 * or when another CPU encounters this entry right after the insertion
+	 * but before the set-confirm-bit below.  This bit must not be set until
+	 * after __nf_conntrack_hash_insert().
+	 */
+	smp_mb__before_atomic();
+	set_bit(IPS_CONFIRMED_BIT, &ct->status);
+
 	nf_conntrack_double_unlock(hash, reply_hash);
 	local_bh_enable();
 
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c b/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c
index 84baf86e4a04c..71ca8e0fd6fab 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_hfsc.c
@@ -1649,10 +1649,16 @@ hfsc_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
 		if (cl->qdisc->q.qlen != 0) {
 			/* update ed */
 			next_len = qdisc_peek_len(cl->qdisc);
-			if (realtime)
-				update_ed(cl, next_len);
-			else
-				update_d(cl, next_len);
+			/* Check queue length again since some qdisc implementations
+			 * (e.g., netem/codel) might empty the queue during the peek
+			 * operation.
+			 */
+			if (cl->qdisc->q.qlen != 0) {
+				if (realtime)
+					update_ed(cl, next_len);
+				else
+					update_d(cl, next_len);
+			}
 		} else {
 			/* the class becomes passive */
 			eltree_remove(cl);