diff --git a/utils/imalib.c b/utils/imalib.c
index 1910dcc..8d40fd2 100644
--- a/utils/imalib.c
+++ b/utils/imalib.c
@@ -2164,7 +2164,7 @@ static uint32_t IMA_ParseXATTRNAMES(ImaTemplateData	*imaTemplateData,
 	    imaTemplateData->imaTemplateXattrs.xattrNamesCount++;
 
 	    for (i = 1 ;
-		 i < sizeof(((ImaTemplateData *)NULL)->imaTemplateXattrs.xattrNamesPtr) ; i++) {
+		 i < (sizeof(((ImaTemplateData *)NULL)->imaTemplateXattrs.xattrNamesPtr)) / sizeof(char *) ; i++) {
 		/* the | is a separator character */
 		imaTemplateData->imaTemplateXattrs.xattrNamesPtr[i] =
 		    strchr(imaTemplateData->imaTemplateXattrs.xattrNamesPtr[i-1], '|');
diff --git a/utils/policymaker.c b/utils/policymaker.c
index 7290ed7..f9c7212 100644
--- a/utils/policymaker.c
+++ b/utils/policymaker.c
@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
     if (rc == 0) {
 	sizeInBytes = TSS_GetDigestSize(digest.hashAlg);
+	memset((uint8_t *)&digest.digest, 0, sizeInBytes);
 	/* startauthsession sets session digest to zero */
 	if (!nz) {
 	    startSizeInBytes = sizeInBytes;
-	    memset((uint8_t *)&digest.digest, 0, sizeInBytes);
 	}
 	else {	/* nz TRUE, start with empty buffer */
 	    startSizeInBytes = 0;
diff --git a/utils/tpmproxy.c b/utils/tpmproxy.c
index 1948121..15f980a 100644
--- a/utils/tpmproxy.c
+++ b/utils/tpmproxy.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ TPM_RC socketWrite(SOCKET_FD accept_fd,	/* read/write file descriptor */
 	}
     }
     while ((rc == 0) && (buffer_length > 0)) {
-	nwritten = send(accept_fd, buffer, (int)buffer_length, 0);
+	nwritten = send(accept_fd, buffer, buffer_length, 0);
 	if ((nwritten == SOCKET_ERROR) ||
 	    (nwritten < 0)) {
 	    printf("socketWrite: Error, send()\n");
diff --git a/utils/tsssocket.c b/utils/tsssocket.c
index 24cc5fd..992f8c2 100644
--- a/utils/tsssocket.c
+++ b/utils/tsssocket.c
@@ -594,15 +594,15 @@ static uint32_t TSS_Socket_ReceiveBytes(TSS_SOCKET_FD sock_fd,
 					uint8_t *buffer,  
 					uint32_t nbytes)
 {
-    int nread = 0;
-    int nleft = 0;
+    ssize_t nread = 0;
+    size_t nleft = 0;
 
     nleft = nbytes;
     while (nleft > 0) {
 #ifdef TPM_POSIX
 	nread = read(sock_fd, buffer, nleft);
 	if (nread < 0) {       /* error */
-	    if (tssVerbose)  printf("TSS_Socket_ReceiveBytes: read error %d\n", nread);
+	    if (tssVerbose)  printf("TSS_Socket_ReceiveBytes: read error %d\n", errno);
 	    return TSS_RC_BAD_CONNECTION;
 	}
 #endif