diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 79b4890e9936..c49ce2044a17 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 /*
- * NOTE: the caller is resposible for freeing the memory even if on error.
+ * NOTE: the caller is responsible for freeing the memory even if on error.
  */
 static int selinux_add_opt(int token, const char *s, void **mnt_opts)
 {
diff --git a/security/selinux/ima.c b/security/selinux/ima.c
index 7daf59667f59..aa34da9b0aeb 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ima.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ima.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Author: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian (nramas@linux.microsoft.com)
  *
- * Measure critical data structures maintainted by SELinux
+ * Measure critical data structures maintained by SELinux
  * using IMA subsystem.
  */
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/audit.h b/security/selinux/include/audit.h
index 406bceb90c6c..d5495134a5b9 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/audit.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/audit.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void selinux_audit_rule_free(void *rule);
  *	selinux_audit_rule_match - determine if a context ID matches a rule.
  *	@sid: the context ID to check
  *	@field: the field this rule refers to
- *	@op: the operater the rule uses
+ *	@op: the operator the rule uses
  *	@rule: pointer to the audit rule to check against
  *
  *	Returns 1 if the context id matches the rule, 0 if it does not, and
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/ima.h b/security/selinux/include/ima.h
index 05e04172c86d..93c05e97eb7f 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/ima.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/ima.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Author: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian (nramas@linux.microsoft.com)
  *
- * Measure critical data structures maintainted by SELinux
+ * Measure critical data structures maintained by SELinux
  * using IMA subsystem.
  */
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index 69a583b91fc5..7cc7e2f0272b 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_create(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
 		 * either whitespace or multibyte characters, they shall be
 		 * encoded based on the percentage-encoding rule.
 		 * If not encoded, the sscanf logic picks up only left-half
-		 * of the supplied name; splitted by a whitespace unexpectedly.
+		 * of the supplied name; split by a whitespace unexpectedly.
 		 */
 		char   *r, *w;
 		int     c1, c2;
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.c b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
index f14d1ffe54c5..9571a447e427 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/services.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static void type_attribute_bounds_av(struct policydb *policydb,
 
 /*
  * flag which drivers have permissions
- * only looking for ioctl based extended permssions
+ * only looking for ioctl based extended permissions
  */
 void services_compute_xperms_drivers(
 		struct extended_perms *xperms,