diff --git a/kernel/seccomp.c b/kernel/seccomp.c
index d7f538847b84..e815781ed751 100644
--- a/kernel/seccomp.c
+++ b/kernel/seccomp.c
@@ -976,6 +976,9 @@ static int seccomp_notify_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct seccomp_filter *filter = file->private_data;
 	struct seccomp_knotif *knotif;
 
+	if (!filter)
+		return 0;
+
 	mutex_lock(&filter->notify_lock);
 
 	/*
@@ -1300,6 +1303,7 @@ static long seccomp_set_mode_filter(unsigned int flags,
 out_put_fd:
 	if (flags & SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_NEW_LISTENER) {
 		if (ret < 0) {
+			listener_f->private_data = NULL;
 			fput(listener_f);
 			put_unused_fd(listener);
 		} else {
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index f1b8d2587639..55bc49027ba9 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -1027,6 +1027,13 @@ int security_cred_alloc_blank(struct cred *cred, gfp_t gfp)
 
 void security_cred_free(struct cred *cred)
 {
+	/*
+	 * There is a failure case in prepare_creds() that
+	 * may result in a call here with ->security being NULL.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cred->security == NULL))
+		return;
+
 	call_void_hook(cred_free, cred);
 }
 
diff --git a/security/yama/yama_lsm.c b/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
index ffda91a4a1aa..02514fe558b4 100644
--- a/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
+++ b/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
@@ -368,7 +368,9 @@ static int yama_ptrace_access_check(struct task_struct *child,
 			break;
 		case YAMA_SCOPE_RELATIONAL:
 			rcu_read_lock();
-			if (!task_is_descendant(current, child) &&
+			if (!pid_alive(child))
+				rc = -EPERM;
+			if (!rc && !task_is_descendant(current, child) &&
 			    !ptracer_exception_found(current, child) &&
 			    !ns_capable(__task_cred(child)->user_ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
 				rc = -EPERM;