diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/acpi/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/acpi/default.nix
index d694a9e5ed2..2a774949530 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/acpi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/acpi/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "acpi-${version}";
-  version = "1.6";
+  version = "1.7";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/acpiclient/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0cawznhkzb51yxa599d1xkw05nklmjrrmd79vmjkkzf4002d4qgd";
+    sha256 = "01ahldvf0gc29dmbd5zi4rrnrw2i1ajnf30sx2vyaski3jv099fp";
   };
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/acpid/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/acpid/default.nix
index 7f3440d8f59..c1f92476b87 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/acpid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/acpid/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "acpid-2.0.17";
+  name = "acpid-2.0.20";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://tedfelix.com/linux/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0gksl6z3sb6yyk7bdmldxsrncvprd3rny0i8ggl4m95nvv3x5drn";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/acpid2/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0l7pzjcpf1935bn44kzgc16h00clbx73cjm2dlyhzvvb5ksvl7ka";
   };
 
   preBuild = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
index a24e0fd2307..fd1e83100ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
@@ -37,16 +37,13 @@ let
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "busybox-1.20.2";
+  name = "busybox-1.21.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://busybox.net/downloads/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "10k8kgrprll9hxfm9gc3jl7kkq79g6l2pygn5snqwqg5v80zy4zb";
+    sha256 = "00qk938q90jv14mxmadm8pgs3jymkknc6xicw4512mn85s8y0nyd";
   };
 
-  # Remove this patch after the next busybox update.
-  patches = [ ./include-missing-sys-resource-header.patch ];
-
   configurePhase = ''
     make defconfig
     ${configParser}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cifs-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cifs-utils/default.nix
index 0f8801ef58e..bef8de495ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cifs-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cifs-utils/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "cifs-utils-5.6";
+  name = "cifs-utils-6.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/linux-cifs/cifs-utils/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0f619nw1163bcmfc83mmqj31qdkl68wfm81vynx3d8q0m0k1ll7i";
+    sha256 = "0cydya7l7xwxk2j1g1659kbvb4jzql11ivb6cldwwfg19qvnwrrl";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./find-systemd-ask-password-via-path.patch ];
-
   makeFlags = "root_sbindir=$(out)/sbin";
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cifs-utils/find-systemd-ask-password-via-path.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cifs-utils/find-systemd-ask-password-via-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 428cb75edad..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cifs-utils/find-systemd-ask-password-via-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff -ubr cifs-utils-5.9-orig/mount.cifs.c cifs-utils-5.9/mount.cifs.c
---- cifs-utils-5.9-orig/mount.cifs.c	2013-03-05 10:53:19.375464790 +0100
-+++ cifs-utils-5.9/mount.cifs.c	2013-03-05 11:41:40.704946110 +0100
-@@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@
- }
- 
- /*
-- * If systemd is running and /bin/systemd-ask-password --
-+ * If systemd is running and systemd-ask-password --
-  * is available, then use that else fallback on getpass(..)
-  *
-  * Returns: @input or NULL on error
-@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@
- 		FILE *ask_pass_fp = NULL;
- 
- 		cmd = ret = NULL;
--		if (asprintf(&cmd, "/bin/systemd-ask-password \"%s\"", prompt) >= 0) {
-+		if (asprintf(&cmd, "/run/current-system/sw/bin/systemd-ask-password \"%s\"", prompt) >= 0) {
- 			ask_pass_fp = popen (cmd, "re");
- 			free (cmd);
- 		}
-Only in cifs-utils-5.9/: mount.cifs.c.orig
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/consoletools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/consoletools/default.nix
index 537cc386402..f8be37edfe2 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/consoletools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/consoletools/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, SDL }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, SDL }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "linuxconsoletools-${version}";
-  version = "1.4.3";
+  version = "1.4.6";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "git://linuxconsole.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/linuxconsole/linuxconsole";
-    rev = "dac2cae0e5795ddc27b76a92767dd9e07a10621e";
-    sha256 = "350b008e614923dbd548fcaaf2842b39433acdcf595e2ce8aaf1599f076d331d";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/linuxconsole/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0035yhjbjdis5wqmbdz67xq61065x7vrx5mb7kb1rhrx3ag43wcf";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ SDL ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpufrequtils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpufrequtils/default.nix
index 85907ff0212..e9fe9901115 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpufrequtils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpufrequtils/default.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "cpufrequtils-008";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://ftp.be.debian.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/cpufreq/cpufrequtils-008.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "52d3e09e47ffef634833f7fab168eccf";
+    url = "http://ftp.be.debian.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/cpufreq/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "127i38d4w1hv2dzdy756gmbhq25q3k34nqb2s0xlhsfhhdqs0lq0";
   };
 
   patchPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptodev/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptodev/default.nix
index e80256f7299..7a818530ca2 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptodev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptodev/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, kernelDev, onlyHeaders ? false }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "cryptodev-linux-1.5";
+  pname = "cryptodev-linux-1.6";
   name = "${pname}-${kernelDev.version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.gna.org/cryptodev-linux/${pname}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "13hybl5p0ck0vgi2gxmiwa2810gcfk78kdy17ai8nczj8il15mn0";
+    sha256 = "0bryzdb4xz3fp2q00a0mlqkj629md825lnlh4gjwmy51irf45wbm";
   };
 
   buildPhase = if !onlyHeaders then ''
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/default.nix
index 0eb4be30284..93f62ab7e0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptsetup/default.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 assert enablePython -> python != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "cryptsetup-1.5.1";
+  name = "cryptsetup-1.6.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://cryptsetup.googlecode.com/files/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0dib3nw6ifd7d7hr9k4iyaha3hz0pkzairqa38l3fndkr9w3zlhn";
+    sha256 = "16hh7v8bsqy0i1wlaj03kwqjv3liffkvg06lk75lng9hk00kywhm";
   };
 
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-cryptsetup-reencrypt" ]
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmidecode/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmidecode/default.nix
index e6b5035bd8e..40564f9f95a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmidecode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmidecode/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "dmidecode-2.11";
+  name = "dmidecode-2.12";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/dmidecode/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0l9v8985piykc98hmbg1cq5r4xwvp0jjl4li3avr3ddkg4s699bd";
+    sha256 = "122hgaw8mpqdfra159lfl6pyk3837giqx6vq42j64fjnbl2z6gwi";
   };
 
   makeFlags = "prefix=$(out)";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/drbd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/drbd/default.nix
index 7129b685eb9..068e49d0190 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/drbd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/drbd/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 assert stdenv.isLinux;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "drbd-8.4.0";
+  name = "drbd-8.4.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://oss.linbit.com/drbd/8.4/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "096njwxjpwvnl259gxq6cr6n0r6ba0h5aryvgk05hqi95jx927vg";
+    sha256 = "0hm1cnd7vsccyc22sg85f9aj48nijl2f1kgbvl5crv414ihv5giq";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./pass-force.patch ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iptables/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iptables/default.nix
index 78d8ee52fb1..0e022e0c4a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iptables/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iptables/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,17 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "iptables-1.4.16.2";
+  name = "iptables-1.4.21";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    md5 = "57220bb26866a713073e5614f88071fc";
+    sha256 = "1q6kg7sf0pgpq0qhab6sywl23cngxxfzc9zdzscsba8x09l4q02j";
   };
 
-  # Install header files required by miniupnpd.
-  postInstall =
-    ''
-      cp include/iptables.h $out/include
-      cp include/libiptc/libiptc.h include/libiptc/ipt_kernel_headers.h $out/include/libiptc
-      mkdir $out/include/iptables
-      cp include/iptables/internal.h $out/include/iptables
-      mkdir $out/include/net
-      cp -prd include/net/netfilter $out/include/net/netfilter
-      mkdir $out/include/linux
-    '';
+  configureFlags = ''
+    --enable-devel
+    --enable-shared
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "A program to configure the Linux IP packet filtering ruleset";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iw/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iw/default.nix
index ac8d4824c62..2609e1880b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/iw/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, libnl, pkgconfig}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "iw-3.10";
+  name = "iw-3.11";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/iw/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1sagsrl2s0d3ar3q2yc5qxk2d47zgn551akwcs9f4a5prw9f4vj5";
+    sha256 = "1zrh0pjcy0kg6n8wlr34cg3bmi3nj28rhqn5pad23a1170r2f0z9";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ libnl pkgconfig ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/default.nix
index 53127e4458c..bd748dadf61 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, udev, utillinux, coreutils }:
 
 let
-  v = "2.02.100";
+  v = "2.02.104";
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/lvm2/releases/LVM2.${v}.tgz";
-    md5 = "9629cf5728544d7e637cafde1f73d777";
+    sha256 = "1xa7hvp8bsx96nncgksxrqxaqcgipfmmpr8aysayb8aisyjvas0d";
   };
 
   configureFlags =
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/default.nix
index 1653c018ce1..48e1c178490 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, groff }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "mdadm-3.1.2";
+  name = "mdadm-3.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0s2d2a01j8cizxqvbgd0sn5bpa1j46q8976078b3jq1q7i1ir0zz";
+    sha256 = "0igdqflihiq1dp5qlypzw0xfl44f4n3bckl7r2x2wfgkplcfa1ww";
   };
 
-  # Enable incremental activation of swraid arrays from udev.
-  patches = [ ./udev.patch ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ groff ];
 
   preConfigure = "sed -e 's@/lib/udev@\${out}/lib/udev@' -e 's@ -Werror @ @' -i Makefile";
@@ -19,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # /dev/.mdadm/map as a fallback).
   preBuild =
     ''
-      makeFlagsArray=(INSTALL=install BINDIR=$out/sbin MANDIR=$out/share/man VAR_RUN=/var/run/mdadm ALT_RUN=/dev/.mdadm)
+      makeFlagsArray=(INSTALL=install BINDIR=$out/sbin MANDIR=$out/share/man RUN_DIR=/dev/.mdadm)
       if [[ -n "$crossConfig" ]]; then
         makeFlagsArray+=(CROSS_COMPILE=$crossConfig-)
       fi
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/udev.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/udev.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5eb35f0c584..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mdadm/udev.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-diff --exclude '*~' -rc mdadm-3.1.2-orig/udev-md-raid.rules mdadm-3.1.2/udev-md-raid.rules
-*** mdadm-3.1.2-orig/udev-md-raid.rules	2010-02-22 21:14:58.000000000 +0100
---- mdadm-3.1.2/udev-md-raid.rules	2010-05-16 20:45:22.000000000 +0200
-***************
-*** 5,11 ****
-  ACTION=="change", GOTO="md_no_incr"
-  
-  # import data from a raid member and activate it
-! #ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="linux_raid_member", IMPORT{program}="/sbin/mdadm --examine --export $tempnode", RUN+="/sbin/mdadm --incremental $env{DEVNAME}"
-  # import data from a raid set
-  LABEL="md_no_incr"
-  KERNEL!="md*", GOTO="md_end"
---- 5,11 ----
-  ACTION=="change", GOTO="md_no_incr"
-  
-  # import data from a raid member and activate it
-! ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="linux_raid_member", IMPORT{program}="/sbin/mdadm --examine --export $tempnode", RUN+="/sbin/mdadm --incremental $env{DEVNAME}"
-  # import data from a raid set
-  LABEL="md_no_incr"
-  KERNEL!="md*", GOTO="md_end"
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
index d42424e6fc8..3f676d37dd8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, ncurses ? null, perl ? null, pam }:
-
+let
+  ver = "2.24";
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "util-linux-2.22.2";
+  name = "util-linux-${ver}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.22/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0vf3ifb45gr4cd27pmmxk8y5b3r0920mv16fv0vfwz5705xa2qvl";
+    url = "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v${ver}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1nfnymj03rdcxjb677a9qq1zirppr8csh32cb85qm23x5xndi6v3";
   };
 
   crossAttrs = {