diff --git a/scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders.c b/scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders.c
index f355b3e0e968..15520806889e 100644
--- a/scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders.c
+++ b/scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders.c
@@ -59,35 +59,27 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(2);
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; secclass_map[i].name; i++) {
-		struct security_class_mapping *map = &secclass_map[i];
-		map->name = stoupperx(map->name);
-		for (j = 0; map->perms[j]; j++)
-			map->perms[j] = stoupperx(map->perms[j]);
-	}
-
-	isids_len = sizeof(initial_sid_to_string) / sizeof (char *);
-	for (i = 1; i < isids_len; i++) {
-		const char *s = initial_sid_to_string[i];
-
-		if (s)
-			initial_sid_to_string[i] = stoupperx(s);
-	}
-
 	fprintf(fout, "/* This file is automatically generated.  Do not edit. */\n");
 	fprintf(fout, "#ifndef _SELINUX_FLASK_H_\n#define _SELINUX_FLASK_H_\n\n");
 
 	for (i = 0; secclass_map[i].name; i++) {
-		struct security_class_mapping *map = &secclass_map[i];
-		fprintf(fout, "#define SECCLASS_%-39s %2d\n", map->name, i+1);
+		char *name = stoupperx(secclass_map[i].name);
+
+		fprintf(fout, "#define SECCLASS_%-39s %2d\n", name, i+1);
+		free(name);
 	}
 
 	fprintf(fout, "\n");
 
+	isids_len = sizeof(initial_sid_to_string) / sizeof(char *);
 	for (i = 1; i < isids_len; i++) {
 		const char *s = initial_sid_to_string[i];
-		if (s)
-			fprintf(fout, "#define SECINITSID_%-39s %2d\n", s, i);
+		if (s) {
+			char *sidname = stoupperx(s);
+
+			fprintf(fout, "#define SECINITSID_%-39s %2d\n", sidname, i);
+			free(sidname);
+		}
 	}
 	fprintf(fout, "\n#define SECINITSID_NUM %d\n", i-1);
 	fprintf(fout, "\nstatic inline bool security_is_socket_class(u16 kern_tclass)\n");
@@ -96,10 +88,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	fprintf(fout, "\tswitch (kern_tclass) {\n");
 	for (i = 0; secclass_map[i].name; i++) {
 		static char s[] = "SOCKET";
-		struct security_class_mapping *map = &secclass_map[i];
-		int len = strlen(map->name), l = sizeof(s) - 1;
-		if (len >= l && memcmp(map->name + len - l, s, l) == 0)
-			fprintf(fout, "\tcase SECCLASS_%s:\n", map->name);
+		int len, l;
+		char *name = stoupperx(secclass_map[i].name);
+
+		len = strlen(name);
+		l = sizeof(s) - 1;
+		if (len >= l && memcmp(name + len - l, s, l) == 0)
+			fprintf(fout, "\tcase SECCLASS_%s:\n", name);
+		free(name);
 	}
 	fprintf(fout, "\t\tsock = true;\n");
 	fprintf(fout, "\t\tbreak;\n");
@@ -110,33 +106,52 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	fprintf(fout, "}\n");
 
 	fprintf(fout, "\n#endif\n");
-	fclose(fout);
+
+	if (fclose(fout) != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Could not successfully close %s:  %s\n",
+			argv[1], strerror(errno));
+		exit(4);
+	}
 
 	fout = fopen(argv[2], "w");
 	if (!fout) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Could not open %s for writing:  %s\n",
 			argv[2], strerror(errno));
-		exit(4);
+		exit(5);
 	}
 
 	fprintf(fout, "/* This file is automatically generated.  Do not edit. */\n");
 	fprintf(fout, "#ifndef _SELINUX_AV_PERMISSIONS_H_\n#define _SELINUX_AV_PERMISSIONS_H_\n\n");
 
 	for (i = 0; secclass_map[i].name; i++) {
-		struct security_class_mapping *map = &secclass_map[i];
-		int len = strlen(map->name);
+		const struct security_class_mapping *map = &secclass_map[i];
+		int len;
+		char *name = stoupperx(map->name);
+
+		len = strlen(name);
 		for (j = 0; map->perms[j]; j++) {
+			char *permname;
+
 			if (j >= 32) {
 				fprintf(stderr, "Too many permissions to fit into an access vector at (%s, %s).\n",
 					map->name, map->perms[j]);
 				exit(5);
 			}
-			fprintf(fout, "#define %s__%-*s 0x%08xU\n", map->name,
-				39-len, map->perms[j], 1U<<j);
+			permname = stoupperx(map->perms[j]);
+			fprintf(fout, "#define %s__%-*s 0x%08xU\n", name,
+				39-len, permname, 1U<<j);
+			free(permname);
 		}
+		free(name);
 	}
 
 	fprintf(fout, "\n#endif\n");
-	fclose(fout);
+
+	if (fclose(fout) != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Could not successfully close %s:  %s\n",
+			argv[2], strerror(errno));
+		exit(6);
+	}
+
 	exit(0);
 }
diff --git a/scripts/selinux/mdp/mdp.c b/scripts/selinux/mdp/mdp.c
index 105c1c31a316..1415604c3d24 100644
--- a/scripts/selinux/mdp/mdp.c
+++ b/scripts/selinux/mdp/mdp.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	/* print out the class permissions */
 	for (i = 0; secclass_map[i].name; i++) {
-		struct security_class_mapping *map = &secclass_map[i];
+		const struct security_class_mapping *map = &secclass_map[i];
 		fprintf(fout, "class %s\n", map->name);
 		fprintf(fout, "{\n");
 		for (j = 0; map->perms[j]; j++)
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #define SYSTEMLOW "s0"
 #define SYSTEMHIGH "s1:c0.c1"
 		for (i = 0; secclass_map[i].name; i++) {
-			struct security_class_mapping *map = &secclass_map[i];
+			const struct security_class_mapping *map = &secclass_map[i];
 
 			fprintf(fout, "mlsconstrain %s {\n", map->name);
 			for (j = 0; map->perms[j]; j++)
diff --git a/security/selinux/avc.c b/security/selinux/avc.c
index 874c1c6fe10b..9a43af0ebd7d 100644
--- a/security/selinux/avc.c
+++ b/security/selinux/avc.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ static void avc_audit_pre_callback(struct audit_buffer *ab, void *a)
 	struct common_audit_data *ad = a;
 	struct selinux_audit_data *sad = ad->selinux_audit_data;
 	u32 av = sad->audited;
-	const char **perms;
+	const char *const *perms;
 	int i, perm;
 
 	audit_log_format(ab, "avc:  %s ", sad->denied ? "denied" : "granted");
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/avc_ss.h b/security/selinux/include/avc_ss.h
index 88c384c5c09e..b38974e22d81 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/avc_ss.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/avc_ss.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct security_class_mapping {
 	const char *perms[sizeof(u32) * 8 + 1];
 };
 
-extern struct security_class_mapping secclass_map[];
+extern const struct security_class_mapping secclass_map[];
 
 #endif /* _SELINUX_AVC_SS_H_ */
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/classmap.h b/security/selinux/include/classmap.h
index 35aac62a662e..ff757ae5f253 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/classmap.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/classmap.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
  * Note: The name for any socket class should be suffixed by "socket",
  *	 and doesn't contain more than one substr of "socket".
  */
-struct security_class_mapping secclass_map[] = {
+const struct security_class_mapping secclass_map[] = {
 	{ "security",
 	  { "compute_av", "compute_create", "compute_member",
 	    "check_context", "load_policy", "compute_relabel",
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/initial_sid_to_string.h b/security/selinux/include/initial_sid_to_string.h
index 5d332aeb8b6c..7942bd5db78c 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/initial_sid_to_string.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/initial_sid_to_string.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-static const char *initial_sid_to_string[] =
-{
+
+static const char *const initial_sid_to_string[] = {
 	NULL,
 	"kernel",
 	"security",
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/policycap.h b/security/selinux/include/policycap.h
index 2680aa21205c..f35d3458e71d 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/policycap.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/policycap.h
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ enum {
 };
 #define POLICYDB_CAP_MAX (__POLICYDB_CAP_MAX - 1)
 
-extern const char *selinux_policycap_names[__POLICYDB_CAP_MAX];
+extern const char *const selinux_policycap_names[__POLICYDB_CAP_MAX];
 
 #endif /* _SELINUX_POLICYCAP_H_ */
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/policycap_names.h b/security/selinux/include/policycap_names.h
index 100da7d043db..2a87fc3702b8 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/policycap_names.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/policycap_names.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "policycap.h"
 
 /* Policy capability names */
-const char *selinux_policycap_names[__POLICYDB_CAP_MAX] = {
+const char *const selinux_policycap_names[__POLICYDB_CAP_MAX] = {
 	"network_peer_controls",
 	"open_perms",
 	"extended_socket_class",
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/avtab.c b/security/selinux/ss/avtab.c
index cfdae20792e1..88eef0128773 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/avtab.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/avtab.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ void avtab_hash_eval(struct avtab *h, char *tag)
 	       chain2_len_sum);
 }
 
-static uint16_t spec_order[] = {
+static const uint16_t spec_order[] = {
 	AVTAB_ALLOWED,
 	AVTAB_AUDITDENY,
 	AVTAB_AUDITALLOW,
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
index d036e1238e77..db795ca433a7 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct policydb_compat_info {
 };
 
 /* These need to be updated if SYM_NUM or OCON_NUM changes */
-static struct policydb_compat_info policydb_compat[] = {
+static const struct policydb_compat_info policydb_compat[] = {
 	{
 		.version	= POLICYDB_VERSION_BASE,
 		.sym_num	= SYM_NUM - 3,
@@ -159,18 +159,16 @@ static struct policydb_compat_info policydb_compat[] = {
 	},
 };
 
-static struct policydb_compat_info *policydb_lookup_compat(int version)
+static const struct policydb_compat_info *policydb_lookup_compat(int version)
 {
 	int i;
-	struct policydb_compat_info *info = NULL;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(policydb_compat); i++) {
-		if (policydb_compat[i].version == version) {
-			info = &policydb_compat[i];
-			break;
-		}
+		if (policydb_compat[i].version == version)
+			return &policydb_compat[i];
 	}
-	return info;
+
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -314,8 +312,7 @@ static int cat_destroy(void *key, void *datum, void *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int (*destroy_f[SYM_NUM]) (void *key, void *datum, void *datap) =
-{
+static int (*const destroy_f[SYM_NUM]) (void *key, void *datum, void *datap) = {
 	common_destroy,
 	cls_destroy,
 	role_destroy,
@@ -670,8 +667,7 @@ static int cat_index(void *key, void *datum, void *datap)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int (*index_f[SYM_NUM]) (void *key, void *datum, void *datap) =
-{
+static int (*const index_f[SYM_NUM]) (void *key, void *datum, void *datap) = {
 	common_index,
 	class_index,
 	role_index,
@@ -1639,8 +1635,7 @@ static int cat_read(struct policydb *p, struct symtab *s, void *fp)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static int (*read_f[SYM_NUM]) (struct policydb *p, struct symtab *s, void *fp) =
-{
+static int (*const read_f[SYM_NUM]) (struct policydb *p, struct symtab *s, void *fp) = {
 	common_read,
 	class_read,
 	role_read,
@@ -2211,7 +2206,7 @@ static int genfs_read(struct policydb *p, void *fp)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static int ocontext_read(struct policydb *p, struct policydb_compat_info *info,
+static int ocontext_read(struct policydb *p, const struct policydb_compat_info *info,
 			 void *fp)
 {
 	int i, j, rc;
@@ -2407,7 +2402,7 @@ int policydb_read(struct policydb *p, void *fp)
 	u32 len, nprim, nel, perm;
 
 	char *policydb_str;
-	struct policydb_compat_info *info;
+	const struct policydb_compat_info *info;
 
 	policydb_init(p);
 
@@ -3241,9 +3236,8 @@ static int user_write(void *vkey, void *datum, void *ptr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int (*write_f[SYM_NUM]) (void *key, void *datum,
-				void *datap) =
-{
+static int (*const write_f[SYM_NUM]) (void *key, void *datum,
+				void *datap) = {
 	common_write,
 	class_write,
 	role_write,
@@ -3254,7 +3248,7 @@ static int (*write_f[SYM_NUM]) (void *key, void *datum,
 	cat_write,
 };
 
-static int ocontext_write(struct policydb *p, struct policydb_compat_info *info,
+static int ocontext_write(struct policydb *p, const struct policydb_compat_info *info,
 			  void *fp)
 {
 	unsigned int i, j, rc;
@@ -3611,7 +3605,7 @@ int policydb_write(struct policydb *p, void *fp)
 	__le32 buf[4];
 	u32 config;
 	size_t len;
-	struct policydb_compat_info *info;
+	const struct policydb_compat_info *info;
 
 	/*
 	 * refuse to write policy older than compressed avtab
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index 802a80648c6c..d59230258f6f 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static void context_struct_compute_av(struct policydb *policydb,
 				      struct extended_perms *xperms);
 
 static int selinux_set_mapping(struct policydb *pol,
-			       struct security_class_mapping *map,
+			       const struct security_class_mapping *map,
 			       struct selinux_map *out_map)
 {
 	u16 i, j;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static int selinux_set_mapping(struct policydb *pol,
 	/* Store the raw class and permission values */
 	j = 0;
 	while (map[j].name) {
-		struct security_class_mapping *p_in = map + (j++);
+		const struct security_class_mapping *p_in = map + (j++);
 		struct selinux_mapping *p_out = out_map->mapping + j;
 
 		/* An empty class string skips ahead */
