diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 558733d810..5982d70c97 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
   ([#1804](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1804))
 - Added `line_discipline` field to `Termios` on Linux, Android and Haiku
   ([#1805](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1805))
+- Expose the memfd module on FreeBSD (memfd was added in FreeBSD 13)
+  ([#1808](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1808))
 - Added `domainname` field of `UtsName` on Android and Linux
   ([#1817](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1817))
-
+  
 ### Changed
 
 - The MSRV is now 1.56.1
@@ -22,6 +24,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 - Fix microsecond calculation for `TimeSpec`.
   ([#1801](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1801))
+- Fix `User::from_name` and `Group::from_name` panicking
+  when given a name containing a nul.
+  ([#1815](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1815))
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/fcntl.rs b/src/fcntl.rs
index 160b022d77..650828345b 100644
--- a/src/fcntl.rs
+++ b/src/fcntl.rs
@@ -809,9 +809,7 @@ pub fn fspacectl_all(fd: RawFd, offset: libc::off_t, len: libc::off_t)
                 0,                      // No flags are currently supported
                 &mut rqsr
         )};
-        if let Err(e) = Errno::result(res) {
-            return Err(e);
-        }
+        Errno::result(res)?;
     }
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/sys/memfd.rs b/src/sys/memfd.rs
index 642676b431..9f08dbb2bf 100644
--- a/src/sys/memfd.rs
+++ b/src/sys/memfd.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 //! Interfaces for managing memory-backed files.
 
 use std::os::unix::io::RawFd;
+use cfg_if::cfg_if;
+
 use crate::Result;
 use crate::errno::Errno;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
@@ -40,7 +42,22 @@ libc_bitflags!(
 /// [`memfd_create(2)`]: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/memfd_create.2.html
 pub fn memfd_create(name: &CStr, flags: MemFdCreateFlag) -> Result<RawFd> {
     let res = unsafe {
-        libc::syscall(libc::SYS_memfd_create, name.as_ptr(), flags.bits())
+        cfg_if! {
+            if #[cfg(all(
+                // Android does not have a memfd_create symbol
+                not(target_os = "android"),
+                any(
+                    target_os = "freebsd",
+                    // If the OS is Linux, gnu and musl expose a memfd_create symbol but not uclibc
+                    target_env = "gnu",
+                    target_env = "musl",
+                )))]
+            {
+                libc::memfd_create(name.as_ptr(), flags.bits())
+            } else {
+                libc::syscall(libc::SYS_memfd_create, name.as_ptr(), flags.bits())
+            }
+        }
     };
 
     Errno::result(res).map(|r| r as RawFd)
diff --git a/src/sys/mod.rs b/src/sys/mod.rs
index 979d623b89..2065059de8 100644
--- a/src/sys/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sys/mod.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ feature! {
 #[macro_use]
 pub mod ioctl;
 
-#[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))]
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "freebsd", target_os = "linux"))]
 feature! {
     #![feature = "fs"]
     pub mod memfd;
diff --git a/src/sys/socket/mod.rs b/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
index ecbf30ad44..6677420551 100644
--- a/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ pub fn sendmsg<S>(fd: RawFd, iov: &[IoSlice<'_>], cmsgs: &[ControlMessage],
     // because subsequent code will not clear the padding bytes.
     let mut cmsg_buffer = vec![0u8; capacity];
 
-    let mhdr = pack_mhdr_to_send(&mut cmsg_buffer[..], &iov, &cmsgs, addr);
+    let mhdr = pack_mhdr_to_send(&mut cmsg_buffer[..], iov, cmsgs, addr);
 
     let ret = unsafe { libc::sendmsg(fd, &mhdr, flags.bits()) };
 
diff --git a/src/sys/socket/sockopt.rs b/src/sys/socket/sockopt.rs
index 1cbb223ece..b3828b316f 100644
--- a/src/sys/socket/sockopt.rs
+++ b/src/sys/socket/sockopt.rs
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ struct SetBool {
 
 impl<'a> Set<'a, bool> for SetBool {
     fn new(val: &'a bool) -> SetBool {
-        SetBool { val: if *val { 1 } else { 0 } }
+        SetBool { val: i32::from(*val) }
     }
 
     fn ffi_ptr(&self) -> *const c_void {
diff --git a/src/unistd.rs b/src/unistd.rs
index 02fe4ff68e..63795cac22 100644
--- a/src/unistd.rs
+++ b/src/unistd.rs
@@ -3143,7 +3143,10 @@ impl User {
     /// assert_eq!(res.name, "root");
     /// ```
     pub fn from_name(name: &str) -> Result<Option<Self>> {
-        let name = CString::new(name).unwrap();
+        let name = match CString::new(name) {
+            Ok(c_str) => c_str,
+            Err(_nul_error) => return Ok(None),
+        };
         User::from_anything(|pwd, cbuf, cap, res| {
             unsafe { libc::getpwnam_r(name.as_ptr(), pwd, cbuf, cap, res) }
         })
@@ -3268,7 +3271,10 @@ impl Group {
     /// assert!(res.name == "root");
     /// ```
     pub fn from_name(name: &str) -> Result<Option<Self>> {
-        let name = CString::new(name).unwrap();
+        let name = match CString::new(name) {
+            Ok(c_str) => c_str,
+            Err(_nul_error) => return Ok(None),
+        };
         Group::from_anything(|grp, cbuf, cap, res| {
             unsafe { libc::getgrnam_r(name.as_ptr(), grp, cbuf, cap, res) }
         })
diff --git a/test/test_fcntl.rs b/test/test_fcntl.rs
index f4adee21fc..bc65b2601a 100644
--- a/test/test_fcntl.rs
+++ b/test/test_fcntl.rs
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ fn test_readlink() {
     let src = tempdir.path().join("a");
     let dst = tempdir.path().join("b");
     println!("a: {:?}, b: {:?}", &src, &dst);
-    fs::symlink(&src.as_path(), &dst.as_path()).unwrap();
+    fs::symlink(src.as_path(), dst.as_path()).unwrap();
     let dirfd = open(tempdir.path(), OFlag::empty(), Mode::empty()).unwrap();
     let expected_dir = src.to_str().unwrap();