diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index b9dc7aa..fa5b95b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ static size_t account(struct entropy_store *r, size_t nbytes, int min,
 
 static void extract_buf(struct entropy_store *r, __u8 *out)
 {
-	int i, x;
+	int i;
 	__u32 data[16], buf[5 + SHA_WORKSPACE_WORDS];
 
 	sha_init(buf);
@@ -772,9 +772,11 @@ static void extract_buf(struct entropy_store *r, __u8 *out)
 	 * attempts to find previous ouputs), unless the hash
 	 * function can be inverted.
 	 */
-	for (i = 0, x = 0; i < r->poolinfo->poolwords; i += 16, x+=2) {
-		sha_transform(buf, (__u8 *)r->pool+i, buf + 5);
-		add_entropy_words(r, &buf[x % 5], 1);
+	for (i = 0; i < r->poolinfo->poolwords; i += 16) {
+		/* hash blocks of 16 words = 512 bits */
+		sha_transform(buf, (__u8 *)(r->pool + i), buf + 5);
+		/* feed back portion of the resulting hash */
+		add_entropy_words(r, &buf[i % 5], 1);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -782,7 +784,7 @@ static void extract_buf(struct entropy_store *r, __u8 *out)
 	 * portion of the pool while mixing, and hash one
 	 * final time.
 	 */
-	__add_entropy_words(r, &buf[x % 5], 1, data);
+	__add_entropy_words(r, &buf[i % 5], 1, data);
 	sha_transform(buf, (__u8 *)data, buf + 5);
 
 	/*
@@ -1022,37 +1024,44 @@ random_poll(struct file *file, poll_table * wait)
 	return mask;
 }
 
-static ssize_t
-random_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buffer,
-	     size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+static int
+write_pool(struct entropy_store *r, const char __user *buffer, size_t count)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
 	size_t bytes;
 	__u32 buf[16];
 	const char __user *p = buffer;
-	size_t c = count;
 
-	while (c > 0) {
-		bytes = min(c, sizeof(buf));
+	while (count > 0) {
+		bytes = min(count, sizeof(buf));
+		if (copy_from_user(&buf, p, bytes))
+			return -EFAULT;
 
-		bytes -= copy_from_user(&buf, p, bytes);
-		if (!bytes) {
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-			break;
-		}
-		c -= bytes;
+		count -= bytes;
 		p += bytes;
 
-		add_entropy_words(&input_pool, buf, (bytes + 3) / 4);
-	}
-	if (p == buffer) {
-		return (ssize_t)ret;
-	} else {
-		struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	        inode->i_mtime = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
-		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-		return (ssize_t)(p - buffer);
+		add_entropy_words(r, buf, (bytes + 3) / 4);
 	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+random_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buffer,
+	     size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	size_t ret;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+
+	ret = write_pool(&blocking_pool, buffer, count);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	ret = write_pool(&nonblocking_pool, buffer, count);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	inode->i_mtime = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	return (ssize_t)count;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1091,8 +1100,8 @@ random_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * file,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		if (get_user(size, p++))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		retval = random_write(file, (const char __user *) p,
-				      size, &file->f_pos);
+		retval = write_pool(&input_pool, (const char __user *)p,
+				    size);
 		if (retval < 0)
 			return retval;
 		credit_entropy_store(&input_pool, ent_count);
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index f382b0f..9e45dd1 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -1751,12 +1751,7 @@ static ssize_t cpuset_tasks_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 {
 	struct ctr_struct *ctr = file->private_data;
 
-	if (*ppos + nbytes > ctr->bufsz)
-		nbytes = ctr->bufsz - *ppos;
-	if (copy_to_user(buf, ctr->buf + *ppos, nbytes))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	*ppos += nbytes;
-	return nbytes;
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, nbytes, ppos, ctr->buf, ctr->bufsz);
 }
 
 static int cpuset_tasks_release(struct inode *unused_inode, struct file *file)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_sctp.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
index e694299..b86479a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
@@ -460,7 +460,8 @@ static int sctp_new(struct ip_conntrack *conntrack,
 						SCTP_CONNTRACK_NONE, sch->type);
 
 		/* Invalid: delete conntrack */
-		if (newconntrack == SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX) {
+		if (newconntrack == SCTP_CONNTRACK_NONE ||
+		    newconntrack == SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX) {
 			DEBUGP("ip_conntrack_sctp: invalid new deleting.\n");
 			return 0;
 		}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
index 3c80558..b53bc64 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
@@ -469,7 +469,8 @@ static int sctp_new(struct nf_conn *conntrack, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 					 SCTP_CONNTRACK_NONE, sch->type);
 
 		/* Invalid: delete conntrack */
-		if (newconntrack == SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX) {
+		if (newconntrack == SCTP_CONNTRACK_NONE ||
+		    newconntrack == SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX) {
 			DEBUGP("nf_conntrack_sctp: invalid new deleting.\n");
 			return 0;
 		}