diff --git a/code/nel/src/3d/skeleton_model.cpp b/code/nel/src/3d/skeleton_model.cpp
index f21a67b42..527a6c815 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/3d/skeleton_model.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/3d/skeleton_model.cpp
@@ -1384,6 +1384,7 @@ void			CSkeletonModel::renderCLod()
 		CRGBA	plDiffuse;
 		// get the diffuse of the pointLight, attenuated from distance and importance.
 		plDiffuse.modulateFromuiRGBOnly(mainPL->getDiffuse(), lightContrib->AttFactor[0]);
+		plDiffuse.A = 255;
 		// compare the 2 diffuse
 		uint	d0= mainDiffuse.R + mainDiffuse.G + mainDiffuse.B;
 		uint	d1= plDiffuse.R + plDiffuse.G + plDiffuse.B;
diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/async_file_manager.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/async_file_manager.cpp
index e7b2bd072..878ddfd60 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/async_file_manager.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/async_file_manager.cpp
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ void CAsyncFileManager::CFileLoad::run (void)
 		//nlSleep(5);
 		//fseek (f, 0, SEEK_SET);
 		ptr = new uint8[filesize];
-		fread (ptr, filesize, 1, f);
+		if (fread (ptr, filesize, 1, f) != 1)
+			nlwarning("AFM: Couldn't read '%s'", _FileName.c_str());
 		fclose (f);
 
 		*_ppFile = ptr;
@@ -258,7 +259,8 @@ void CAsyncFileManager::CMultipleFileLoad::run (void)
 			//nlSleep(5);
 			//fseek (f, 0, SEEK_SET);
 			ptr = new uint8[filesize];
-			fread (ptr, filesize, 1, f);
+			if (fread (ptr, filesize, 1, f) != 1)
+				nlwarning("AFM: Couldn't read '%s'", _FileName[i].c_str());
 			fclose (f);
 
 			*_Ptrs[i] = ptr;
diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/common.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/common.cpp
index 59ac2dad2..643b30599 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/common.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/common.cpp
@@ -875,8 +875,15 @@ NLMISC_CATEGORISED_COMMAND(nel, system, "Execute the command line using system()
 
 	string cmd = args[0];
 	log.displayNL ("Executing '%s'", cmd.c_str());
-	system(cmd.c_str());
-	log.displayNL ("End of Execution of '%s'", cmd.c_str());
+	sint error = system(cmd.c_str());
+	if (error)
+	{
+		log.displayNL ("Execution of '%s' failed with error code %d", cmd.c_str(), error);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		log.displayNL ("End of Execution of '%s'", cmd.c_str());
+	}
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/cpu_time_stat.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/cpu_time_stat.cpp
index dc99a64cf..b067803d7 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/cpu_time_stat.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/cpu_time_stat.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ bool	CCPUTimeStat::getCPUTicks(uint64& user, uint64& nice, uint64& system, uint6
 
 	// /proc/stat
 			// cpu  [user]     [nice]    [system]    [idle]     [iowait]   [irq] [softirq]
-	fscanf(f, "cpu  %"NL_I64"u %"NL_I64"u %"NL_I64"u %"NL_I64"u %"NL_I64"u", &user, &nice, &system, &idle, &iowait);
+	if (fscanf(f, "cpu  %"NL_I64"u %"NL_I64"u %"NL_I64"u %"NL_I64"u %"NL_I64"u", &user, &nice, &system, &idle, &iowait) != 5)
+		nlwarning("Failed to parse /proc/stat");
 
 	fclose(f);
 
@@ -54,8 +55,6 @@ bool	CCPUTimeStat::getCPUTicks(uint64& user, uint64& nice, uint64& system, uint6
 #endif
 }
 
-
-
 // Get absolute ticks values for a specified pid
 bool	CCPUTimeStat::getPIDTicks(uint64& utime, uint64& stime, uint64& cutime, uint64& cstime, uint pid)
 {
@@ -69,7 +68,8 @@ bool	CCPUTimeStat::getPIDTicks(uint64& utime, uint64& stime, uint64& cutime, uin
 
 	// /proc/<pid>/stat
 			// pid com sta ppi pgi ses tty tpg fla mif maf cmi cma [utime]    [stime]    [cutime]   [cstime] ...
-	fscanf(f, "%*d %*s %*c %*d %*d %*d %*d %*d %*u %*u %*u %*u %*u %"NL_I64"u %"NL_I64"u %"NL_I64"u %"NL_I64"u", &utime, &stime, &cutime, &cstime);
+	if (fscanf(f, "%*d %*s %*c %*d %*d %*d %*d %*d %*u %*u %*u %*u %*u %"NL_I64"u %"NL_I64"u %"NL_I64"u %"NL_I64"u", &utime, &stime, &cutime, &cstime) != 4)
+		nlwarning("Failed to parse /proc/<pid>/stat");
 
 	fclose(f);
 
diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/eid_translator.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/eid_translator.cpp
index a8914456e..c5b1bcff8 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/eid_translator.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/eid_translator.cpp
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ void cbInvalidEntityNamesFilename(const std::string &invalidEntityNamesFilename)
 	for(;;)
 	{
 		char str[512];
-		fgets(str, 511, fp);
+		if (fgets(str, 511, fp) == NULL)
+			break;
 		if(feof(fp))
 			break;
 		if (strlen(str) > 0)
diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/path.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/path.cpp
index 5f445f23d..01e0404d0 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/path.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/path.cpp
@@ -1217,10 +1217,18 @@ void CFileContainer::addSearchBigFile (const string &sBigFilename, bool recurse,
 		//uint32 nFileSize = ftell (Handle);
 		nlfseek64 (Handle, nFileSize-4, SEEK_SET);
 		uint32 nOffsetFromBegining;
-		fread (&nOffsetFromBegining, sizeof(uint32), 1, Handle);
+		if (fread (&nOffsetFromBegining, sizeof(uint32), 1, Handle) != 1)
+		{
+			fclose(Handle);
+			return;
+		}
 		nlfseek64 (Handle, nOffsetFromBegining, SEEK_SET);
 		uint32 nNbFile;
-		fread (&nNbFile, sizeof(uint32), 1, Handle);
+		if (fread (&nNbFile, sizeof(uint32), 1, Handle) != 1)
+		{
+			fclose(Handle);
+			return;
+		}
 		for (uint32 i = 0; i < nNbFile; ++i)
 		{
 			// Progress bar
@@ -1232,13 +1240,29 @@ void CFileContainer::addSearchBigFile (const string &sBigFilename, bool recurse,
 
 			char FileName[256];
 			uint8 nStringSize;
-			fread (&nStringSize, 1, 1, Handle);
-			fread (FileName, 1, nStringSize, Handle);
+			if (fread (&nStringSize, 1, 1, Handle) != 1)
+			{
+				fclose(Handle);
+				return;
+			}
+			if (fread (FileName, 1, nStringSize, Handle) != nStringSize)
+			{
+				fclose(Handle);
+				return;
+			}
 			FileName[nStringSize] = 0;
 			uint32 nFileSize2;
-			fread (&nFileSize2, sizeof(uint32), 1, Handle);
+			if (fread (&nFileSize2, sizeof(uint32), 1, Handle) != 1)
+			{
+				fclose(Handle);
+				return;
+			}
 			uint32 nFilePos;
-			fread (&nFilePos, sizeof(uint32), 1, Handle);
+			if (fread (&nFilePos, sizeof(uint32), 1, Handle) != 1)
+			{
+				fclose(Handle);
+				return;
+			}
 			string sTmp = toLower(string(FileName));
 			if (sTmp.empty())
 			{
diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/system_info.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/system_info.cpp
index 446b39320..97397f001 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/system_info.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/system_info.cpp
@@ -1085,7 +1085,9 @@ string CSystemInfo::availableHDSpace (const string &filename)
 	else
 		cmd += filename;
 	cmd += " >/tmp/nelhdfs";
-	(void) system (cmd.c_str());
+	sint error = system (cmd.c_str());
+	if (error)
+		nlwarning("'%s' failed with error code %d", cmd.c_str(), error);
 
 	int fd = open("/tmp/nelhdfs", O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd == -1)