diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 0b3fc2f3afe7..ab5742ab4362 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ int cap_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry)
  * the vfsmount must be passed through @idmap. This function will then
  * take care to map the inode according to @idmap before checking
  * permissions. On non-idmapped mounts or if permission checking is to be
- * performed on the raw inode simply passs @nop_mnt_idmap.
+ * performed on the raw inode simply pass @nop_mnt_idmap.
  *
  * Return: 0 if successful, -ve on error.
  */
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static bool validheader(size_t size, const struct vfs_cap_data *cap)
  * the vfsmount must be passed through @idmap. This function will then
  * take care to map the inode according to @idmap before checking
  * permissions. On non-idmapped mounts or if permission checking is to be
- * performed on the raw inode simply passs @nop_mnt_idmap.
+ * performed on the raw inode simply pass @nop_mnt_idmap.
  *
  * Return: On success, return the new size; on error, return < 0.
  */
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ static inline int bprm_caps_from_vfs_caps(struct cpu_vfs_cap_data *caps,
  * the vfsmount must be passed through @idmap. This function will then
  * take care to map the inode according to @idmap before checking
  * permissions. On non-idmapped mounts or if permission checking is to be
- * performed on the raw inode simply passs @nop_mnt_idmap.
+ * performed on the raw inode simply pass @nop_mnt_idmap.
  */
 int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			   const struct dentry *dentry,
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ int cap_task_fix_setuid(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old, int flags)
 		break;
 
 	case LSM_SETID_FS:
-		/* juggle the capabilties to follow FSUID changes, unless
+		/* juggle the capabilities to follow FSUID changes, unless
 		 * otherwise suppressed
 		 *
 		 * FIXME - is fsuser used for all CAP_FS_MASK capabilities?
@@ -1184,10 +1184,10 @@ static int cap_safe_nice(struct task_struct *p)
 }
 
 /**
- * cap_task_setscheduler - Detemine if scheduler policy change is permitted
+ * cap_task_setscheduler - Determine if scheduler policy change is permitted
  * @p: The task to affect
  *
- * Detemine if the requested scheduler policy change is permitted for the
+ * Determine if the requested scheduler policy change is permitted for the
  * specified task.
  *
  * Return: 0 if permission is granted, -ve if denied.
@@ -1198,11 +1198,11 @@ int cap_task_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p)
 }
 
 /**
- * cap_task_setioprio - Detemine if I/O priority change is permitted
+ * cap_task_setioprio - Determine if I/O priority change is permitted
  * @p: The task to affect
  * @ioprio: The I/O priority to set
  *
- * Detemine if the requested I/O priority change is permitted for the specified
+ * Determine if the requested I/O priority change is permitted for the specified
  * task.
  *
  * Return: 0 if permission is granted, -ve if denied.
@@ -1213,11 +1213,11 @@ int cap_task_setioprio(struct task_struct *p, int ioprio)
 }
 
 /**
- * cap_task_setnice - Detemine if task priority change is permitted
+ * cap_task_setnice - Determine if task priority change is permitted
  * @p: The task to affect
  * @nice: The nice value to set
  *
- * Detemine if the requested task priority change is permitted for the
+ * Determine if the requested task priority change is permitted for the
  * specified task.
  *
  * Return: 0 if permission is granted, -ve if denied.
diff --git a/security/device_cgroup.c b/security/device_cgroup.c
index 7507d14eacc7..41fca6487ca3 100644
--- a/security/device_cgroup.c
+++ b/security/device_cgroup.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static bool verify_new_ex(struct dev_cgroup *dev_cgroup,
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * new exception in the child will add more devices
-			 * that can be acessed, so it can't match any of
+			 * that can be accessed, so it can't match any of
 			 * parent's exceptions, even slightly
 			 */ 
 			match = match_exception_partial(&dev_cgroup->exceptions,
diff --git a/security/lsm_audit.c b/security/lsm_audit.c
index 368e77ca43c4..849e832719e2 100644
--- a/security/lsm_audit.c
+++ b/security/lsm_audit.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static void dump_common_audit_data(struct audit_buffer *ab,
 	char comm[sizeof(current->comm)];
 
 	/*
-	 * To keep stack sizes in check force programers to notice if they
+	 * To keep stack sizes in check force programmers to notice if they
 	 * start making this union too large!  See struct lsm_network_audit
 	 * as an example of how to deal with large data.
 	 */
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index d5ff7ff45b77..ee4f1cc4902e 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -2491,7 +2491,7 @@ int security_inode_copy_up_xattr(const char *name)
 	/*
 	 * The implementation can return 0 (accept the xattr), 1 (discard the
 	 * xattr), -EOPNOTSUPP if it does not know anything about the xattr or
-	 * any other error code incase of an error.
+	 * any other error code in case of an error.
 	 */
 	hlist_for_each_entry(hp,
 			     &security_hook_heads.inode_copy_up_xattr, list) {
@@ -4676,7 +4676,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_sctp_assoc_established);
  * @subnet_prefix: subnet prefix of the port
  * @pkey: IB pkey
  *
- * Check permission to access a pkey when modifing a QP.
+ * Check permission to access a pkey when modifying a QP.
  *
  * Return: Returns 0 if permission is granted.
  */