diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.h
index 285eb3e..3736f6d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt.h
@@ -529,14 +529,14 @@
 int rdtgroup_schemata_show(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 			   struct seq_file *s, void *v);
 bool rdtgroup_cbm_overlaps(struct rdt_resource *r, struct rdt_domain *d,
-			   u32 _cbm, int closid, bool exclusive);
+			   unsigned long cbm, int closid, bool exclusive);
 unsigned int rdtgroup_cbm_to_size(struct rdt_resource *r, struct rdt_domain *d,
-				  u32 cbm);
+				  unsigned long cbm);
 enum rdtgrp_mode rdtgroup_mode_by_closid(int closid);
 int rdtgroup_tasks_assigned(struct rdtgroup *r);
 int rdtgroup_locksetup_enter(struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp);
 int rdtgroup_locksetup_exit(struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp);
-bool rdtgroup_cbm_overlaps_pseudo_locked(struct rdt_domain *d, u32 _cbm);
+bool rdtgroup_cbm_overlaps_pseudo_locked(struct rdt_domain *d, unsigned long cbm);
 bool rdtgroup_pseudo_locked_in_hierarchy(struct rdt_domain *d);
 int rdt_pseudo_lock_init(void);
 void rdt_pseudo_lock_release(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_pseudo_lock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_pseudo_lock.c
index 40f3903..f8c260d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_pseudo_lock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_pseudo_lock.c
@@ -797,25 +797,27 @@
 /**
  * rdtgroup_cbm_overlaps_pseudo_locked - Test if CBM or portion is pseudo-locked
  * @d: RDT domain
- * @_cbm: CBM to test
+ * @cbm: CBM to test
  *
- * @d represents a cache instance and @_cbm a capacity bitmask that is
- * considered for it. Determine if @_cbm overlaps with any existing
+ * @d represents a cache instance and @cbm a capacity bitmask that is
+ * considered for it. Determine if @cbm overlaps with any existing
  * pseudo-locked region on @d.
  *
- * Return: true if @_cbm overlaps with pseudo-locked region on @d, false
+ * @cbm is unsigned long, even if only 32 bits are used, to make the
+ * bitmap functions work correctly.
+ *
+ * Return: true if @cbm overlaps with pseudo-locked region on @d, false
  * otherwise.
  */
-bool rdtgroup_cbm_overlaps_pseudo_locked(struct rdt_domain *d, u32 _cbm)
+bool rdtgroup_cbm_overlaps_pseudo_locked(struct rdt_domain *d, unsigned long cbm)
 {
-	unsigned long *cbm = (unsigned long *)&_cbm;
-	unsigned long *cbm_b;
 	unsigned int cbm_len;
+	unsigned long cbm_b;
 
 	if (d->plr) {
 		cbm_len = d->plr->r->cache.cbm_len;
-		cbm_b = (unsigned long *)&d->plr->cbm;
-		if (bitmap_intersects(cbm, cbm_b, cbm_len))
+		cbm_b = d->plr->cbm;
+		if (bitmap_intersects(&cbm, &cbm_b, cbm_len))
 			return true;
 	}
 	return false;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
index 1b8e86a..b140c68 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
@@ -975,33 +975,34 @@
  * is false then overlaps with any resource group or hardware entities
  * will be considered.
  *
+ * @cbm is unsigned long, even if only 32 bits are used, to make the
+ * bitmap functions work correctly.
+ *
  * Return: false if CBM does not overlap, true if it does.
  */
 bool rdtgroup_cbm_overlaps(struct rdt_resource *r, struct rdt_domain *d,
-			   u32 _cbm, int closid, bool exclusive)
+			   unsigned long cbm, int closid, bool exclusive)
 {
-	unsigned long *cbm = (unsigned long *)&_cbm;
-	unsigned long *ctrl_b;
 	enum rdtgrp_mode mode;
+	unsigned long ctrl_b;
 	u32 *ctrl;
 	int i;
 
 	/* Check for any overlap with regions used by hardware directly */
 	if (!exclusive) {
-		if (bitmap_intersects(cbm,
-				      (unsigned long *)&r->cache.shareable_bits,
-				      r->cache.cbm_len))
+		ctrl_b = r->cache.shareable_bits;
+		if (bitmap_intersects(&cbm, &ctrl_b, r->cache.cbm_len))
 			return true;
 	}
 
 	/* Check for overlap with other resource groups */
 	ctrl = d->ctrl_val;
 	for (i = 0; i < closids_supported(); i++, ctrl++) {
-		ctrl_b = (unsigned long *)ctrl;
+		ctrl_b = *ctrl;
 		mode = rdtgroup_mode_by_closid(i);
 		if (closid_allocated(i) && i != closid &&
 		    mode != RDT_MODE_PSEUDO_LOCKSETUP) {
-			if (bitmap_intersects(cbm, ctrl_b, r->cache.cbm_len)) {
+			if (bitmap_intersects(&cbm, &ctrl_b, r->cache.cbm_len)) {
 				if (exclusive) {
 					if (mode == RDT_MODE_EXCLUSIVE)
 						return true;
@@ -1138,15 +1139,18 @@
  * computed by first dividing the total cache size by the CBM length to
  * determine how many bytes each bit in the bitmask represents. The result
  * is multiplied with the number of bits set in the bitmask.
+ *
+ * @cbm is unsigned long, even if only 32 bits are used to make the
+ * bitmap functions work correctly.
  */
 unsigned int rdtgroup_cbm_to_size(struct rdt_resource *r,
-				  struct rdt_domain *d, u32 cbm)
+				  struct rdt_domain *d, unsigned long cbm)
 {
 	struct cpu_cacheinfo *ci;
 	unsigned int size = 0;
 	int num_b, i;
 
-	num_b = bitmap_weight((unsigned long *)&cbm, r->cache.cbm_len);
+	num_b = bitmap_weight(&cbm, r->cache.cbm_len);
 	ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpumask_any(&d->cpu_mask));
 	for (i = 0; i < ci->num_leaves; i++) {
 		if (ci->info_list[i].level == r->cache_level) {
@@ -2353,6 +2357,7 @@
 	u32 used_b = 0, unused_b = 0;
 	u32 closid = rdtgrp->closid;
 	struct rdt_resource *r;
+	unsigned long tmp_cbm;
 	enum rdtgrp_mode mode;
 	struct rdt_domain *d;
 	int i, ret;
@@ -2390,9 +2395,14 @@
 			 * modify the CBM based on system availability.
 			 */
 			cbm_ensure_valid(&d->new_ctrl, r);
-			if (bitmap_weight((unsigned long *) &d->new_ctrl,
-					  r->cache.cbm_len) <
-					r->cache.min_cbm_bits) {
+			/*
+			 * Assign the u32 CBM to an unsigned long to ensure
+			 * that bitmap_weight() does not access out-of-bound
+			 * memory.
+			 */
+			tmp_cbm = d->new_ctrl;
+			if (bitmap_weight(&tmp_cbm, r->cache.cbm_len) <
+			    r->cache.min_cbm_bits) {
 				rdt_last_cmd_printf("no space on %s:%d\n",
 						    r->name, d->id);
 				return -ENOSPC;
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
index 089e78c..59274e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@
 
 #define UNSHARED_PTRS_PER_PGD				\
 	(SHARED_KERNEL_PMD ? KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY : PTRS_PER_PGD)
+#define MAX_UNSHARED_PTRS_PER_PGD			\
+	max_t(size_t, KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY, PTRS_PER_PGD)
 
 
 static void pgd_set_mm(pgd_t *pgd, struct mm_struct *mm)
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@
  * and initialize the kernel pmds here.
  */
 #define PREALLOCATED_PMDS	UNSHARED_PTRS_PER_PGD
+#define MAX_PREALLOCATED_PMDS	MAX_UNSHARED_PTRS_PER_PGD
 
 /*
  * We allocate separate PMDs for the kernel part of the user page-table
@@ -189,6 +192,7 @@
  */
 #define PREALLOCATED_USER_PMDS	 (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PTI) ? \
 					KERNEL_PGD_PTRS : 0)
+#define MAX_PREALLOCATED_USER_PMDS KERNEL_PGD_PTRS
 
 void pud_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pudp, pmd_t *pmd)
 {
@@ -210,7 +214,9 @@
 
 /* No need to prepopulate any pagetable entries in non-PAE modes. */
 #define PREALLOCATED_PMDS	0
+#define MAX_PREALLOCATED_PMDS	0
 #define PREALLOCATED_USER_PMDS	 0
+#define MAX_PREALLOCATED_USER_PMDS 0
 #endif	/* CONFIG_X86_PAE */
 
 static void free_pmds(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmds[], int count)
@@ -428,8 +434,8 @@
 pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	pgd_t *pgd;
-	pmd_t *u_pmds[PREALLOCATED_USER_PMDS];
-	pmd_t *pmds[PREALLOCATED_PMDS];
+	pmd_t *u_pmds[MAX_PREALLOCATED_USER_PMDS];
+	pmd_t *pmds[MAX_PREALLOCATED_PMDS];
 
 	pgd = _pgd_alloc();