diff --git a/scripts/dtc/checks.c b/scripts/dtc/checks.c
index 781ba1129a8e..9f31d2607182 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/checks.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/checks.c
@@ -1382,10 +1382,10 @@ struct provider {
 };
 
 static void check_property_phandle_args(struct check *c,
-					  struct dt_info *dti,
-				          struct node *node,
-				          struct property *prop,
-				          const struct provider *provider)
+					struct dt_info *dti,
+					struct node *node,
+					struct property *prop,
+					const struct provider *provider)
 {
 	struct node *root = dti->dt;
 	unsigned int cell, cellsize = 0;
@@ -1401,6 +1401,7 @@ static void check_property_phandle_args(struct check *c,
 		struct node *provider_node;
 		struct property *cellprop;
 		cell_t phandle;
+		unsigned int expected;
 
 		phandle = propval_cell_n(prop, cell);
 		/*
@@ -1450,10 +1451,12 @@ static void check_property_phandle_args(struct check *c,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (prop->val.len < ((cell + cellsize + 1) * sizeof(cell_t))) {
+		expected = (cell + cellsize + 1) * sizeof(cell_t);
+		if ((expected <= cell) || prop->val.len < expected) {
 			FAIL_PROP(c, dti, node, prop,
-				  "property size (%d) too small for cell size %d",
+				  "property size (%d) too small for cell size %u",
 				  prop->val.len, cellsize);
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l b/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l
index 5568b4ae84cf..de60a70b6bdb 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l
+++ b/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static void PRINTF(1, 2) lexical_error(const char *fmt, ...);
 			return DT_LABEL_REF;
 		}
 
-<*>"&{/"{PATHCHAR}*\}	{	/* new-style path reference */
+<*>"&{"{PATHCHAR}*\}	{	/* new-style path reference */
 			yytext[yyleng-1] = '\0';
 			DPRINT("Ref: %s\n", yytext+2);
 			yylval.labelref = xstrdup(yytext+2);
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/dtc-parser.y b/scripts/dtc/dtc-parser.y
index a0316a3cc309..46457d4bc0aa 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/dtc-parser.y
+++ b/scripts/dtc/dtc-parser.y
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ extern void yyerror(char const *s);
 
 extern struct dt_info *parser_output;
 extern bool treesource_error;
+
+static bool is_ref_relative(const char *ref)
+{
+	return ref[0] != '/' && strchr(&ref[1], '/');
+}
+
 %}
 
 %union {
@@ -169,6 +175,8 @@ devicetree:
 			 */
 			if (!($<flags>-1 & DTSF_PLUGIN))
 				ERROR(&@2, "Label or path %s not found", $1);
+			else if (is_ref_relative($1))
+				ERROR(&@2, "Label-relative reference %s not supported in plugin", $1);
 			$$ = add_orphan_node(
 					name_node(build_node(NULL, NULL, NULL),
 						  ""),
@@ -178,6 +186,9 @@ devicetree:
 		{
 			struct node *target = get_node_by_ref($1, $3);
 
+			if (($<flags>-1 & DTSF_PLUGIN) && is_ref_relative($3))
+				ERROR(&@2, "Label-relative reference %s not supported in plugin", $3);
+
 			if (target) {
 				add_label(&target->labels, $2);
 				merge_nodes(target, $4);
@@ -193,6 +204,8 @@ devicetree:
 			 * so $-1 is what we want (plugindecl)
 			 */
 			if ($<flags>-1 & DTSF_PLUGIN) {
+				if (is_ref_relative($2))
+					ERROR(&@2, "Label-relative reference %s not supported in plugin", $2);
 				add_orphan_node($1, $3, $2);
 			} else {
 				struct node *target = get_node_by_ref($1, $2);
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt.c
index 9fe7cf4b747d..20c6415b9ced 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt.c
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ int fdt_check_header(const void *fdt)
 	}
 	hdrsize = fdt_header_size(fdt);
 	if (!can_assume(VALID_DTB)) {
-
 		if ((fdt_totalsize(fdt) < hdrsize)
 		    || (fdt_totalsize(fdt) > INT_MAX))
 			return -FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED;
@@ -115,9 +114,7 @@ int fdt_check_header(const void *fdt)
 		if (!check_off_(hdrsize, fdt_totalsize(fdt),
 				fdt_off_mem_rsvmap(fdt)))
 			return -FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED;
-	}
 
-	if (!can_assume(VALID_DTB)) {
 		/* Bounds check structure block */
 		if (!can_assume(LATEST) && fdt_version(fdt) < 17) {
 			if (!check_off_(hdrsize, fdt_totalsize(fdt),
@@ -165,7 +162,7 @@ const void *fdt_offset_ptr(const void *fdt, int offset, unsigned int len)
 uint32_t fdt_next_tag(const void *fdt, int startoffset, int *nextoffset)
 {
 	const fdt32_t *tagp, *lenp;
-	uint32_t tag;
+	uint32_t tag, len, sum;
 	int offset = startoffset;
 	const char *p;
 
@@ -191,12 +188,19 @@ uint32_t fdt_next_tag(const void *fdt, int startoffset, int *nextoffset)
 		lenp = fdt_offset_ptr(fdt, offset, sizeof(*lenp));
 		if (!can_assume(VALID_DTB) && !lenp)
 			return FDT_END; /* premature end */
+
+		len = fdt32_to_cpu(*lenp);
+		sum = len + offset;
+		if (!can_assume(VALID_DTB) &&
+		    (INT_MAX <= sum || sum < (uint32_t) offset))
+			return FDT_END; /* premature end */
+
 		/* skip-name offset, length and value */
-		offset += sizeof(struct fdt_property) - FDT_TAGSIZE
-			+ fdt32_to_cpu(*lenp);
+		offset += sizeof(struct fdt_property) - FDT_TAGSIZE + len;
+
 		if (!can_assume(LATEST) &&
-		    fdt_version(fdt) < 0x10 && fdt32_to_cpu(*lenp) >= 8 &&
-		    ((offset - fdt32_to_cpu(*lenp)) % 8) != 0)
+		    fdt_version(fdt) < 0x10 && len >= 8 &&
+		    ((offset - len) % 8) != 0)
 			offset += 4;
 		break;
 
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt.h b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt.h
index 0c91aa7f67b5..f2e68807f277 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt.h
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt.h
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ struct fdt_reserve_entry {
 
 struct fdt_node_header {
 	fdt32_t tag;
-	char name[];
+	char name[0];
 };
 
 struct fdt_property {
 	fdt32_t tag;
 	fdt32_t len;
 	fdt32_t nameoff;
-	char data[];
+	char data[0];
 };
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY */
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_addresses.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_addresses.c
index 9a82cd0ba2f9..c40ba094f1f8 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_addresses.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_addresses.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int fdt_appendprop_addrrange(void *fdt, int parent, int nodeoffset,
 	/* check validity of address */
 	prop = data;
 	if (addr_cells == 1) {
-		if ((addr > UINT32_MAX) || ((UINT32_MAX + 1 - addr) < size))
+		if ((addr > UINT32_MAX) || (((uint64_t) UINT32_MAX + 1 - addr) < size))
 			return -FDT_ERR_BADVALUE;
 
 		fdt32_st(prop, (uint32_t)addr);
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c
index d217e79b6722..5c0c3981b89d 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c
@@ -40,37 +40,22 @@ static uint32_t overlay_get_target_phandle(const void *fdto, int fragment)
 	return fdt32_to_cpu(*val);
 }
 
-/**
- * overlay_get_target - retrieves the offset of a fragment's target
- * @fdt: Base device tree blob
- * @fdto: Device tree overlay blob
- * @fragment: node offset of the fragment in the overlay
- * @pathp: pointer which receives the path of the target (or NULL)
- *
- * overlay_get_target() retrieves the target offset in the base
- * device tree of a fragment, no matter how the actual targeting is
- * done (through a phandle or a path)
- *
- * returns:
- *      the targeted node offset in the base device tree
- *      Negative error code on error
- */
-static int overlay_get_target(const void *fdt, const void *fdto,
-			      int fragment, char const **pathp)
+int fdt_overlay_target_offset(const void *fdt, const void *fdto,
+			      int fragment_offset, char const **pathp)
 {
 	uint32_t phandle;
 	const char *path = NULL;
 	int path_len = 0, ret;
 
 	/* Try first to do a phandle based lookup */
-	phandle = overlay_get_target_phandle(fdto, fragment);
+	phandle = overlay_get_target_phandle(fdto, fragment_offset);
 	if (phandle == (uint32_t)-1)
 		return -FDT_ERR_BADPHANDLE;
 
 	/* no phandle, try path */
 	if (!phandle) {
 		/* And then a path based lookup */
-		path = fdt_getprop(fdto, fragment, "target-path", &path_len);
+		path = fdt_getprop(fdto, fragment_offset, "target-path", &path_len);
 		if (path)
 			ret = fdt_path_offset(fdt, path);
 		else
@@ -636,7 +621,7 @@ static int overlay_merge(void *fdt, void *fdto)
 		if (overlay < 0)
 			return overlay;
 
-		target = overlay_get_target(fdt, fdto, fragment, NULL);
+		target = fdt_overlay_target_offset(fdt, fdto, fragment, NULL);
 		if (target < 0)
 			return target;
 
@@ -779,7 +764,7 @@ static int overlay_symbol_update(void *fdt, void *fdto)
 			return -FDT_ERR_BADOVERLAY;
 
 		/* get the target of the fragment */
-		ret = overlay_get_target(fdt, fdto, fragment, &target_path);
+		ret = fdt_overlay_target_offset(fdt, fdto, fragment, &target_path);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 		target = ret;
@@ -801,7 +786,7 @@ static int overlay_symbol_update(void *fdt, void *fdto)
 
 		if (!target_path) {
 			/* again in case setprop_placeholder changed it */
-			ret = overlay_get_target(fdt, fdto, fragment, &target_path);
+			ret = fdt_overlay_target_offset(fdt, fdto, fragment, &target_path);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
 			target = ret;
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_ro.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
index 17584da25760..9f6c551a22c2 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_ro.c
@@ -481,12 +481,12 @@ const void *fdt_getprop_by_offset(const void *fdt, int offset,
 		if (!can_assume(VALID_INPUT)) {
 			name = fdt_get_string(fdt, fdt32_ld_(&prop->nameoff),
 					      &namelen);
+			*namep = name;
 			if (!name) {
 				if (lenp)
 					*lenp = namelen;
 				return NULL;
 			}
-			*namep = name;
 		} else {
 			*namep = fdt_string(fdt, fdt32_ld_(&prop->nameoff));
 		}
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h
index ce31e844856a..77ccff19911e 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h
@@ -660,6 +660,13 @@ int fdt_next_property_offset(const void *fdt, int offset);
 const struct fdt_property *fdt_get_property_by_offset(const void *fdt,
 						      int offset,
 						      int *lenp);
+static inline struct fdt_property *fdt_get_property_by_offset_w(void *fdt,
+								int offset,
+								int *lenp)
+{
+	return (struct fdt_property *)(uintptr_t)
+		fdt_get_property_by_offset(fdt, offset, lenp);
+}
 
 /**
  * fdt_get_property_namelen - find a property based on substring
@@ -2116,6 +2123,24 @@ int fdt_del_node(void *fdt, int nodeoffset);
  */
 int fdt_overlay_apply(void *fdt, void *fdto);
 
+/**
+ * fdt_overlay_target_offset - retrieves the offset of a fragment's target
+ * @fdt: Base device tree blob
+ * @fdto: Device tree overlay blob
+ * @fragment_offset: node offset of the fragment in the overlay
+ * @pathp: pointer which receives the path of the target (or NULL)
+ *
+ * fdt_overlay_target_offset() retrieves the target offset in the base
+ * device tree of a fragment, no matter how the actual targeting is
+ * done (through a phandle or a path)
+ *
+ * returns:
+ *      the targeted node offset in the base device tree
+ *      Negative error code on error
+ */
+int fdt_overlay_target_offset(const void *fdt, const void *fdto,
+			      int fragment_offset, char const **pathp);
+
 /**********************************************************************/
 /* Debugging / informational functions                                */
 /**********************************************************************/
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/livetree.c b/scripts/dtc/livetree.c
index cc612370ec61..f46a098d5ada 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/livetree.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/livetree.c
@@ -581,12 +581,39 @@ struct node *get_node_by_phandle(struct node *tree, cell_t phandle)
 
 struct node *get_node_by_ref(struct node *tree, const char *ref)
 {
+	struct node *target = tree;
+	const char *label = NULL, *path = NULL;
+
 	if (streq(ref, "/"))
 		return tree;
-	else if (ref[0] == '/')
-		return get_node_by_path(tree, ref);
+
+	if (ref[0] == '/')
+		path = ref;
 	else
-		return get_node_by_label(tree, ref);
+		label = ref;
+
+	if (label) {
+		const char *slash = strchr(label, '/');
+		char *buf = NULL;
+
+		if (slash) {
+			buf = xstrndup(label, slash - label);
+			label = buf;
+			path = slash + 1;
+		}
+
+		target = get_node_by_label(tree, label);
+
+		free(buf);
+
+		if (!target)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (path)
+		target = get_node_by_path(target, path);
+
+	return target;
 }
 
 cell_t get_node_phandle(struct node *root, struct node *node)
@@ -892,6 +919,12 @@ static void add_fixup_entry(struct dt_info *dti, struct node *fn,
 	/* m->ref can only be a REF_PHANDLE, but check anyway */
 	assert(m->type == REF_PHANDLE);
 
+	/* The format only permits fixups for references to label, not
+	 * references to path */
+	if (strchr(m->ref, '/'))
+		die("Can't generate fixup for reference to path &{%s}\n",
+		    m->ref);
+
 	/* there shouldn't be any ':' in the arguments */
 	if (strchr(node->fullpath, ':') || strchr(prop->name, ':'))
 		die("arguments should not contain ':'\n");
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/util.c b/scripts/dtc/util.c
index 40274fb79236..507f0120cd13 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/util.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/util.c
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ char *xstrdup(const char *s)
 	return d;
 }
 
+char *xstrndup(const char *s, size_t n)
+{
+	size_t len = strnlen(s, n) + 1;
+	char *d = xmalloc(len);
+
+	memcpy(d, s, len - 1);
+	d[len - 1] = '\0';
+
+	return d;
+}
+
 int xavsprintf_append(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
 	int n, size = 0;	/* start with 128 bytes */
@@ -353,11 +364,11 @@ int utilfdt_decode_type(const char *fmt, int *type, int *size)
 	}
 
 	/* we should now have a type */
-	if ((*fmt == '\0') || !strchr("iuxs", *fmt))
+	if ((*fmt == '\0') || !strchr("iuxsr", *fmt))
 		return -1;
 
 	/* convert qualifier (bhL) to byte size */
-	if (*fmt != 's')
+	if (*fmt != 's' && *fmt != 'r')
 		*size = qualifier == 'b' ? 1 :
 				qualifier == 'h' ? 2 :
 				qualifier == 'l' ? 4 : -1;
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/util.h b/scripts/dtc/util.h
index c45b2c295aa5..9d38edee9736 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/util.h
+++ b/scripts/dtc/util.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static inline void *xrealloc(void *p, size_t len)
 }
 
 extern char *xstrdup(const char *s);
+extern char *xstrndup(const char *s, size_t len);
 
 extern int PRINTF(2, 3) xasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...);
 extern int PRINTF(2, 3) xasprintf_append(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...);
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ int utilfdt_write_err(const char *filename, const void *blob);
  *		i	signed integer
  *		u	unsigned integer
  *		x	hex
+ *		r	raw
  *
  * TODO: Implement ll modifier (8 bytes)
  * TODO: Implement o type (octal)
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ int utilfdt_decode_type(const char *fmt, int *type, int *size);
  */
 
 #define USAGE_TYPE_MSG \
-	"<type>\ts=string, i=int, u=unsigned, x=hex\n" \
+	"<type>\ts=string, i=int, u=unsigned, x=hex, r=raw\n" \
 	"\tOptional modifier prefix:\n" \
 	"\t\thh or b=byte, h=2 byte, l=4 byte (default)";
 
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/version_gen.h b/scripts/dtc/version_gen.h
index 785cc4c57326..0f303087b043 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/version_gen.h
+++ b/scripts/dtc/version_gen.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define DTC_VERSION "DTC 1.6.1-g0a3a9d34"
+#define DTC_VERSION "DTC 1.6.1-g55778a03"