diff --git a/logging.c b/logging.c
index f1e372958..49269ec3c 100644
--- a/logging.c
+++ b/logging.c
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ static void logwrite(struct LogContext *ctx, void *data, int len)
 	bufchain_add(&ctx->queue, data, len);
     } else if (ctx->state == L_OPEN) {
 	assert(ctx->lgfp);
-	fwrite(data, 1, len, ctx->lgfp);
+	if (fwrite(data, 1, len, ctx->lgfp) < len) {
+	    logfclose(ctx);
+	    ctx->state = L_ERROR;
+	}
     }				       /* else L_ERROR, so ignore the write */
 }
 
diff --git a/pscp.c b/pscp.c
index ab3077bd8..451bdb03f 100644
--- a/pscp.c
+++ b/pscp.c
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ int from_backend(void *frontend, int is_stderr, const char *data, int datalen)
      */
     if (is_stderr) {
 	if (len > 0)
-	    fwrite(data, 1, len, stderr);
+	    if (fwrite(data, 1, len, stderr) < len)
+		/* oh well */;
 	return 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/psftp.c b/psftp.c
index e0fbee8d8..65d52c3bd 100644
--- a/psftp.c
+++ b/psftp.c
@@ -2518,7 +2518,8 @@ int from_backend(void *frontend, int is_stderr, const char *data, int datalen)
      */
     if (is_stderr) {
 	if (len > 0)
-	    fwrite(data, 1, len, stderr);
+	    if (fwrite(data, 1, len, stderr) < len)
+		/* oh well */;
 	return 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/unix/uxcons.c b/unix/uxcons.c
index 2021f40eb..11c59a8a8 100644
--- a/unix/uxcons.c
+++ b/unix/uxcons.c
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ int verify_ssh_host_key(void *frontend, char *host, int port, char *keytype,
 	newmode.c_lflag |= ECHO | ISIG | ICANON;
 	tcsetattr(0, TCSANOW, &newmode);
 	line[0] = '\0';
-	read(0, line, sizeof(line) - 1);
+	if (read(0, line, sizeof(line) - 1) <= 0)
+	    /* handled below */;
 	tcsetattr(0, TCSANOW, &oldmode);
     }
 
@@ -213,7 +214,8 @@ int askalg(void *frontend, const char *algtype, const char *algname,
 	newmode.c_lflag |= ECHO | ISIG | ICANON;
 	tcsetattr(0, TCSANOW, &newmode);
 	line[0] = '\0';
-	read(0, line, sizeof(line) - 1);
+	if (read(0, line, sizeof(line) - 1) <= 0)
+	    /* handled below */;
 	tcsetattr(0, TCSANOW, &oldmode);
     }
 
@@ -266,7 +268,8 @@ int askappend(void *frontend, Filename filename,
 	newmode.c_lflag |= ECHO | ISIG | ICANON;
 	tcsetattr(0, TCSANOW, &newmode);
 	line[0] = '\0';
-	read(0, line, sizeof(line) - 1);
+	if (read(0, line, sizeof(line) - 1) <= 0)
+	    /* handled below */;
 	tcsetattr(0, TCSANOW, &oldmode);
     }
 
diff --git a/unix/uxplink.c b/unix/uxplink.c
index 6d9a9b75a..cbfcc7133 100644
--- a/unix/uxplink.c
+++ b/unix/uxplink.c
@@ -513,7 +513,8 @@ int signalpipe[2];
 
 void sigwinch(int signum)
 {
-    write(signalpipe[1], "x", 1);
+    if (write(signalpipe[1], "x", 1) <= 0)
+	/* not much we can do about it */;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1030,7 +1031,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (FD_ISSET(signalpipe[0], &rset)) {
 	    char c[1];
 	    struct winsize size;
-	    read(signalpipe[0], c, 1); /* ignore its value; it'll be `x' */
+	    if (read(signalpipe[0], c, 1) <= 0)
+		/* ignore error */;
+	    /* ignore its value; it'll be `x' */
 	    if (ioctl(0, TIOCGWINSZ, (void *)&size) >= 0)
 		back->size(backhandle, size.ws_col, size.ws_row);
 	}
diff --git a/unix/uxpty.c b/unix/uxpty.c
index ca7e98adf..5de43a3a5 100644
--- a/unix/uxpty.c
+++ b/unix/uxpty.c
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ static void cleanup_utmp(void)
 
 static void sigchld_handler(int signum)
 {
-    write(pty_signal_pipe[1], "x", 1);
+    if (write(pty_signal_pipe[1], "x", 1) <= 0)
+	/* not much we can do about it */;
 }
 
 #ifndef OMIT_UTMP
@@ -633,7 +634,9 @@ int pty_select_result(int fd, int event)
 	int status;
 	char c[1];
 
-	read(pty_signal_pipe[0], c, 1); /* ignore its value; it'll be `x' */
+	if (read(pty_signal_pipe[0], c, 1) <= 0)
+	    /* ignore error */;
+	/* ignore its value; it'll be `x' */
 
 	do {
 	    pid = waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG);