diff --git a/src/flash/flash.c b/src/flash/flash.c
index 3478b6a28d3e9b1ebd534d2001f5aba2888f6a26..3b2abe2304cf31f4f45273d34484f7da137fa89b 100644
--- a/src/flash/flash.c
+++ b/src/flash/flash.c
@@ -829,12 +829,15 @@ int handle_flash_write_bank_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd
 	buffer = malloc(fileio.size);
 	if (fileio_read(&fileio, fileio.size, buffer, &buf_cnt) != ERROR_OK)
 	{
+		free(buffer);
+		fileio_close(&fileio);
 		return ERROR_OK;
 	}
 
 	retval = flash_driver_write(p, buffer, offset, buf_cnt);
 
 	free(buffer);
+	buffer = NULL;
 
 	duration_stop_measure(&duration, &duration_text);
 	if (retval!=ERROR_OK)
diff --git a/src/flash/nand.c b/src/flash/nand.c
index 4d355cf18b55365923bd52b2d67526f0eccbacae..5cfc27662699ebbfe7d1228c1b9f1e022f889dc4 100644
--- a/src/flash/nand.c
+++ b/src/flash/nand.c
@@ -1292,6 +1292,9 @@ int handle_nand_write_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char
 		if (offset % p->page_size)
 		{
 			command_print(cmd_ctx, "only page size aligned offsets and sizes are supported");
+			fileio_close(&fileio);
+			free(oob);
+			free(page);
 			return ERROR_OK;
 		}
 		
@@ -1299,7 +1302,7 @@ int handle_nand_write_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char
 		{
 			u32 size_read;
 			
-			if (page)
+			if (NULL != page)
 			{
 				fileio_read(&fileio, page_size, page, &size_read);
 				buf_cnt -= size_read;
@@ -1309,7 +1312,7 @@ int handle_nand_write_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char
 				}
 			}
 				
-			if (oob)
+			if (NULL != oob)
 			{
 				fileio_read(&fileio, oob_size, oob, &size_read);
 				buf_cnt -= size_read;
@@ -1323,17 +1326,26 @@ int handle_nand_write_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char
 			{
 				command_print(cmd_ctx, "failed writing file %s to NAND flash %s at offset 0x%8.8x",
 					args[1], args[0], offset);
+
+				fileio_close(&fileio);
+				free(oob);
+				free(page);
+
 				return ERROR_OK;
 			}
 			offset += page_size;
 		}
 
 		fileio_close(&fileio);
-		
+		free(oob);
+		free(page);
+		oob = NULL;
+		page = NULL;
 		duration_stop_measure(&duration, &duration_text);
 		command_print(cmd_ctx, "wrote file %s to NAND flash %s at offset 0x%8.8x in %s",
 			args[1], args[0], offset, duration_text);
 		free(duration_text);
+		duration_text = NULL;
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -1419,16 +1431,19 @@ int handle_nand_dump_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char
 				if ((retval = nand_read_page(p, address / p->page_size, page, page_size, oob, oob_size)) != ERROR_OK)
 				{
 					command_print(cmd_ctx, "reading NAND flash page failed");
+					free(page);
+					free(oob);								
+					fileio_close(&fileio);
 					return ERROR_OK;
 				}
 				
-				if (page)
+				if (NULL != page)
 				{
 					fileio_write(&fileio, page_size, page, &size_written);
 					bytes_done += page_size;
 				}
 					
-				if (oob)
+				if (NULL != oob)
 				{
 					fileio_write(&fileio, oob_size, oob, &size_written);
 					bytes_done += oob_size;
@@ -1438,17 +1453,16 @@ int handle_nand_dump_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char
 				address += p->page_size;
 			}
 			
-			if (page)
-				free(page);
-				
-			if (oob)
-				free(oob);
-			
+			free(page);
+			page = NULL;
+			free(oob);
+			oob = NULL;
 			fileio_close(&fileio);
 
 			duration_stop_measure(&duration, &duration_text);
 			command_print(cmd_ctx, "dumped %"PRIi64" byte in %s", fileio.size, duration_text);
 			free(duration_text);
+			duration_text = NULL;
 		}
 		else
 		{
diff --git a/src/target/arm7_9_common.c b/src/target/arm7_9_common.c
index 740cf9239b510443b5516238a0e5e30737651f5c..249d8d4c1cd160d41ec939742d95b8e314a31055 100644
--- a/src/target/arm7_9_common.c
+++ b/src/target/arm7_9_common.c
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ int arm7_9_debug_entry(target_t *target)
 		return ERROR_FAIL;
 
 	/* exceptions other than USR & SYS have a saved program status register */
-	if ((armv4_5_mode_to_number(armv4_5->core_mode) != ARMV4_5_MODE_USR) && (armv4_5_mode_to_number(armv4_5->core_mode) != ARMV4_5_MODE_SYS))
+	if ((armv4_5->core_mode != ARMV4_5_MODE_USR) && (armv4_5->core_mode != ARMV4_5_MODE_SYS))
 	{
 		u32 spsr;
 		arm7_9->read_xpsr(target, &spsr, 1);
diff --git a/src/target/etm.c b/src/target/etm.c
index 8e39a4f634d6af8eb05785973375756ca68c1c99..afea12b3b8c898ced9e577eb456b8100b85b8708 100644
--- a/src/target/etm.c
+++ b/src/target/etm.c
@@ -1645,12 +1645,14 @@ int handle_etm_load_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char *
 	if (file.size % 4)
 	{
 		command_print(cmd_ctx, "size isn't a multiple of 4, no valid trace data");
+		fileio_close(&file);
 		return ERROR_OK;
 	}
 	
 	if (etm_ctx->trace_depth > 0)
 	{
 		free(etm_ctx->trace_data);
+		etm_ctx->trace_data = NULL;
 	}
 	
 	fileio_read_u32(&file, &etm_ctx->capture_status);
@@ -1659,6 +1661,12 @@ int handle_etm_load_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char *
 	fileio_read_u32(&file, &etm_ctx->trace_depth);
 	
 	etm_ctx->trace_data = malloc(sizeof(etmv1_trace_data_t) * etm_ctx->trace_depth);
+	if(etm_ctx->trace_data == NULL)
+	{
+		command_print(cmd_ctx, "not enough memory to perform operation");
+		fileio_close(&file);
+		return ERROR_OK;
+	}
 	
 	for (i = 0; i < etm_ctx->trace_depth; i++)
 	{
diff --git a/src/target/image.c b/src/target/image.c
index 72a3828c36f0cbadef4b75b75d9f373f5962d93a..16f328671e8697293d77f1efa80f3e28b15781d6 100644
--- a/src/target/image.c
+++ b/src/target/image.c
@@ -347,6 +347,12 @@ int image_elf_read_headers(image_t *image)
 
 	elf->header = malloc(sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr));
 
+	if(elf->header == NULL)
+	{
+		LOG_ERROR("insufficient memory to perform operation ");
+		return ERROR_FILEIO_OPERATION_FAILED;
+	}
+
 	if ((retval = fileio_read(&elf->fileio, sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr), (u8*)elf->header, &read_bytes)) != ERROR_OK)
 	{
 		LOG_ERROR("cannot read ELF file header, read failed");
@@ -392,6 +398,11 @@ int image_elf_read_headers(image_t *image)
 	}
 
 	elf->segments = malloc(elf->segment_count*sizeof(Elf32_Phdr));
+	if(elf->segments == NULL)
+	{
+		LOG_ERROR("insufficient memory to perform operation ");
+		return ERROR_FILEIO_OPERATION_FAILED;
+	}
 
 	if ((retval = fileio_read(&elf->fileio, elf->segment_count*sizeof(Elf32_Phdr), (u8*)elf->segments, &read_bytes)) != ERROR_OK)
 	{