diff --git a/d3xp/Game_local.cpp b/d3xp/Game_local.cpp
index e23eb57..efd8191 100644
--- a/d3xp/Game_local.cpp
+++ b/d3xp/Game_local.cpp
@@ -1707,7 +1707,7 @@ bool idGameLocal::InitFromSaveGame( const char *mapName, idRenderWorld *renderWo
 		if ( !InhibitEntitySpawn( mapEnt->epairs ) ) {
 			CacheDictionaryMedia( &mapEnt->epairs );
 			const char *classname = mapEnt->epairs.GetString( "classname" );
-			if ( classname != '\0' ) {
+			if ( *classname != '\0' ) {
 				FindEntityDef( classname, false );
 			}
 		}
@@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@ void idGameLocal::GetShakeSounds( const idDict *dict ) {
 	idStr soundName;
 
 	soundShaderName = dict->GetString( "s_shader" );
-	if ( soundShaderName != '\0' && dict->GetFloat( "s_shakes" ) != 0.0f ) {
+	if ( *soundShaderName != '\0' && dict->GetFloat( "s_shakes" ) != 0.0f ) {
 		soundShader = declManager->FindSound( soundShaderName );
 
 		for ( int i = 0; i < soundShader->GetNumSounds(); i++ ) {
diff --git a/d3xp/Pvs.cpp b/d3xp/Pvs.cpp
index 3f97fb1..c815df3 100644
--- a/d3xp/Pvs.cpp
+++ b/d3xp/Pvs.cpp
@@ -875,20 +875,20 @@ idPVS::Shutdown
 */
 void idPVS::Shutdown( void ) {
 	if ( connectedAreas ) {
-		delete connectedAreas;
+		delete[] connectedAreas;
 		connectedAreas = NULL;
 	}
 	if ( areaQueue ) {
-		delete areaQueue;
+		delete[] areaQueue;
 		areaQueue = NULL;
 	}
 	if ( areaPVS ) {
-		delete areaPVS;
+		delete[] areaPVS;
 		areaPVS = NULL;
 	}
 	if ( currentPVS ) {
 		for ( int i = 0; i < MAX_CURRENT_PVS; i++ ) {
-			delete currentPVS[i].pvs;
+			delete[] currentPVS[i].pvs;
 			currentPVS[i].pvs = NULL;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/renderer/Image_files.cpp b/renderer/Image_files.cpp
index 32cfd6d..54556a3 100644
--- a/renderer/Image_files.cpp
+++ b/renderer/Image_files.cpp
@@ -583,19 +583,20 @@ static void LoadTGA( const char *name, byte **pic, int *width, int *height, ID_T
 	targa_header.colormap_type = *buf_p++;
 	targa_header.image_type = *buf_p++;
 	
-	targa_header.colormap_index = LittleShort ( *(short *)buf_p );
-	buf_p += 2;
-	targa_header.colormap_length = LittleShort ( *(short *)buf_p );
-	buf_p += 2;
+	auto const get_little_short = [&buf_p]() {
+		short tmp;
+		memcpy( &tmp, buf_p, sizeof( short ) );
+		short little_short = LittleShort ( tmp );
+		buf_p += 2;
+		return little_short;
+	};
+	targa_header.colormap_index = get_little_short();
+	targa_header.colormap_length = get_little_short();
 	targa_header.colormap_size = *buf_p++;
-	targa_header.x_origin = LittleShort ( *(short *)buf_p );
-	buf_p += 2;
-	targa_header.y_origin = LittleShort ( *(short *)buf_p );
-	buf_p += 2;
-	targa_header.width = LittleShort ( *(short *)buf_p );
-	buf_p += 2;
-	targa_header.height = LittleShort ( *(short *)buf_p );
-	buf_p += 2;
+	targa_header.x_origin = get_little_short();
+	targa_header.y_origin = get_little_short();
+	targa_header.width = get_little_short();
+	targa_header.height = get_little_short();
 	targa_header.pixel_size = *buf_p++;
 	targa_header.attributes = *buf_p++;
 
diff --git a/sys/linux/main.cpp b/sys/linux/main.cpp
index ad07157..02cae4e 100644
--- a/sys/linux/main.cpp
+++ b/sys/linux/main.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ const char *Sys_EXEPath( void ) {
 	len = readlink( linkpath.c_str(), buf, sizeof( buf ) );
 	if ( len == -1 ) {
 		Sys_Printf("couldn't stat exe path link %s\n", linkpath.c_str());
-		buf[ len ] = '\0';
+		buf[ 0 ] = '\0';
 	}
 	return buf;
 }
diff --git a/sys/linux/sound_oal.cpp b/sys/linux/sound_oal.cpp
index d45a648..0bc4aca 100644
--- a/sys/linux/sound_oal.cpp
+++ b/sys/linux/sound_oal.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public:
 	int		GetMixBufferSize( void )  { return 0; }
 	
 	int		GetNumberOfSpeakers( void ) {
-		idSoundSystemLocal::s_numberOfSpeakers.GetInteger();
+		return idSoundSystemLocal::s_numberOfSpeakers.GetInteger();
 	}
 
 	// doesn't support write API
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ idAudioHardwareLinux::Initialize
 */
 bool idAudioHardwareLinux::Initialize( ) {
 	return false;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/sys/posix/posix_net.cpp b/sys/posix/posix_net.cpp
index 20a2245..59ba07b 100644
--- a/sys/posix/posix_net.cpp
+++ b/sys/posix/posix_net.cpp
@@ -348,7 +348,9 @@ void Sys_InitNetworking(void)
 			if ( ifr->ifr_addr.sa_family != AF_INET ) {
 				common->Printf( "not AF_INET\n" );
 			} else {
-				ip = ntohl( *( unsigned long *)&ifr->ifr_addr.sa_data[2] );
+				unsigned long raw_ip;
+				memcpy( &raw_ip, &ifr->ifr_addr.sa_data[2], sizeof(unsigned long) );
+				ip = ntohl( raw_ip );
 				if ( ip == INADDR_LOOPBACK ) {
 					common->Printf( "loopback\n" );
 				} else {
@@ -361,7 +363,9 @@ void Sys_InitNetworking(void)
 				if ( ioctl( s, SIOCGIFNETMASK, ifr ) < 0 ) {
 					common->Printf( " SIOCGIFNETMASK failed: %s\n", strerror( errno ) );
 				} else {
-					mask = ntohl( *( unsigned long *)&ifr->ifr_addr.sa_data[2] );
+					unsigned long raw_mask;
+					memcpy( &raw_mask, &ifr->ifr_addr.sa_data[2], sizeof(unsigned long) );
+					mask = ntohl( raw_mask );
 					if ( ip != INADDR_LOOPBACK ) {
 						common->Printf( "/%d.%d.%d.%d\n",
 										(unsigned char)ifr->ifr_addr.sa_data[2],