diff --git a/networking/ifplugd.c b/networking/ifplugd.c
index 58f56dbf1..8dd0a5bd8 100644
--- a/networking/ifplugd.c
+++ b/networking/ifplugd.c
@@ -131,18 +131,21 @@ static int network_ioctl(int request, void* data, const char *errmsg)
 
 static smallint detect_link_mii(void)
 {
-	struct ifreq ifreq;
-	struct mii_ioctl_data *mii = (void *)&ifreq.ifr_data;
+	/* char buffer instead of bona-fide struct avoids aliasing warning */
+	char buf[sizeof(struct ifreq)];
+	struct ifreq *const ifreq = (void *)buf;
 
-	set_ifreq_to_ifname(&ifreq);
+	struct mii_ioctl_data *mii = (void *)&ifreq->ifr_data;
 
-	if (network_ioctl(SIOCGMIIPHY, &ifreq, "SIOCGMIIPHY") < 0) {
+	set_ifreq_to_ifname(ifreq);
+
+	if (network_ioctl(SIOCGMIIPHY, ifreq, "SIOCGMIIPHY") < 0) {
 		return IFSTATUS_ERR;
 	}
 
 	mii->reg_num = 1;
 
-	if (network_ioctl(SIOCGMIIREG, &ifreq, "SIOCGMIIREG") < 0) {
+	if (network_ioctl(SIOCGMIIREG, ifreq, "SIOCGMIIREG") < 0) {
 		return IFSTATUS_ERR;
 	}
 
@@ -151,18 +154,21 @@ static smallint detect_link_mii(void)
 
 static smallint detect_link_priv(void)
 {
-	struct ifreq ifreq;
-	struct mii_ioctl_data *mii = (void *)&ifreq.ifr_data;
+	/* char buffer instead of bona-fide struct avoids aliasing warning */
+	char buf[sizeof(struct ifreq)];
+	struct ifreq *const ifreq = (void *)buf;
 
-	set_ifreq_to_ifname(&ifreq);
+	struct mii_ioctl_data *mii = (void *)&ifreq->ifr_data;
 
-	if (network_ioctl(SIOCDEVPRIVATE, &ifreq, "SIOCDEVPRIVATE") < 0) {
+	set_ifreq_to_ifname(ifreq);
+
+	if (network_ioctl(SIOCDEVPRIVATE, ifreq, "SIOCDEVPRIVATE") < 0) {
 		return IFSTATUS_ERR;
 	}
 
 	mii->reg_num = 1;
 
-	if (network_ioctl(SIOCDEVPRIVATE+1, &ifreq, "SIOCDEVPRIVATE+1") < 0) {
+	if (network_ioctl(SIOCDEVPRIVATE+1, ifreq, "SIOCDEVPRIVATE+1") < 0) {
 		return IFSTATUS_ERR;
 	}
 
diff --git a/networking/route.c b/networking/route.c
index 98567aaee..b7d08dd63 100644
--- a/networking/route.c
+++ b/networking/route.c
@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ static int kw_lookup(const char *kwtbl, char ***pargs)
 
 static NOINLINE void INET_setroute(int action, char **args)
 {
-	struct rtentry rt;
+	/* char buffer instead of bona-fide struct avoids aliasing warning */
+	char rt_buf[sizeof(struct rtentry)];
+	struct rtentry *const rt = (void *)rt_buf;
+
 	const char *netmask = NULL;
 	int skfd, isnet, xflag;
 
@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ static NOINLINE void INET_setroute(int action, char **args)
 	}
 
 	/* Clean out the RTREQ structure. */
-	memset(&rt, 0, sizeof(rt));
+	memset(rt, 0, sizeof(*rt));
 
 	{
 		const char *target = *args++;
@@ -178,17 +181,17 @@ static NOINLINE void INET_setroute(int action, char **args)
 			int prefix_len;
 
 			prefix_len = xatoul_range(prefix+1, 0, 32);
-			mask_in_addr(rt) = htonl( ~(0xffffffffUL >> prefix_len));
+			mask_in_addr(*rt) = htonl( ~(0xffffffffUL >> prefix_len));
 			*prefix = '\0';
 #if HAVE_NEW_ADDRT
-			rt.rt_genmask.sa_family = AF_INET;
+			rt->rt_genmask.sa_family = AF_INET;
 #endif
 		} else {
 			/* Default netmask. */
 			netmask = "default";
 		}
 		/* Prefer hostname lookup is -host flag (xflag==1) was given. */
-		isnet = INET_resolve(target, (struct sockaddr_in *) &rt.rt_dst,
+		isnet = INET_resolve(target, (struct sockaddr_in *) &rt->rt_dst,
 							 (xflag & HOST_FLAG));
 		if (isnet < 0) {
 			bb_error_msg_and_die("resolving %s", target);
@@ -204,20 +207,20 @@ static NOINLINE void INET_setroute(int action, char **args)
 	}
 
 	/* Fill in the other fields. */
-	rt.rt_flags = ((isnet) ? RTF_UP : (RTF_UP | RTF_HOST));
+	rt->rt_flags = ((isnet) ? RTF_UP : (RTF_UP | RTF_HOST));
 
 	while (*args) {
 		int k = kw_lookup(tbl_ipvx, &args);
 		const char *args_m1 = args[-1];
 
 		if (k & KW_IPVx_FLAG_ONLY) {
-			rt.rt_flags |= flags_ipvx[k & 3];
+			rt->rt_flags |= flags_ipvx[k & 3];
 			continue;
 		}
 
 #if HAVE_NEW_ADDRT
 		if (k == KW_IPVx_METRIC) {
-			rt.rt_metric = xatoul(args_m1) + 1;
+			rt->rt_metric = xatoul(args_m1) + 1;
 			continue;
 		}
 #endif
@@ -225,7 +228,7 @@ static NOINLINE void INET_setroute(int action, char **args)
 		if (k == KW_IPVx_NETMASK) {
 			struct sockaddr mask;
 
-			if (mask_in_addr(rt)) {
+			if (mask_in_addr(*rt)) {
 				bb_show_usage();
 			}
 
@@ -234,18 +237,18 @@ static NOINLINE void INET_setroute(int action, char **args)
 			if (isnet < 0) {
 				bb_error_msg_and_die("resolving %s", netmask);
 			}
-			rt.rt_genmask = full_mask(mask);
+			rt->rt_genmask = full_mask(mask);
 			continue;
 		}
 
 		if (k == KW_IPVx_GATEWAY) {
-			if (rt.rt_flags & RTF_GATEWAY) {
+			if (rt->rt_flags & RTF_GATEWAY) {
 				bb_show_usage();
 			}
 
 			isnet = INET_resolve(args_m1,
-								 (struct sockaddr_in *) &rt.rt_gateway, 1);
-			rt.rt_flags |= RTF_GATEWAY;
+						(struct sockaddr_in *) &rt->rt_gateway, 1);
+			rt->rt_flags |= RTF_GATEWAY;
 
 			if (isnet) {
 				if (isnet < 0) {
@@ -257,24 +260,24 @@ static NOINLINE void INET_setroute(int action, char **args)
 		}
 
 		if (k == KW_IPVx_MSS) {	/* Check valid MSS bounds. */
-			rt.rt_flags |= RTF_MSS;
-			rt.rt_mss = xatoul_range(args_m1, 64, 32768);
+			rt->rt_flags |= RTF_MSS;
+			rt->rt_mss = xatoul_range(args_m1, 64, 32768);
 			continue;
 		}
 
 		if (k == KW_IPVx_WINDOW) {	/* Check valid window bounds. */
-			rt.rt_flags |= RTF_WINDOW;
-			rt.rt_window = xatoul_range(args_m1, 128, INT_MAX);
+			rt->rt_flags |= RTF_WINDOW;
+			rt->rt_window = xatoul_range(args_m1, 128, INT_MAX);
 			continue;
 		}
 
 #ifdef RTF_IRTT
 		if (k == KW_IPVx_IRTT) {
-			rt.rt_flags |= RTF_IRTT;
-			rt.rt_irtt = xatoul(args_m1);
-			rt.rt_irtt *= (sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK) / 100);	/* FIXME */
+			rt->rt_flags |= RTF_IRTT;
+			rt->rt_irtt = xatoul(args_m1);
+			rt->rt_irtt *= (sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK) / 100);	/* FIXME */
 #if 0					/* FIXME: do we need to check anything of this? */
-			if (rt.rt_irtt < 1 || rt.rt_irtt > (120 * HZ)) {
+			if (rt->rt_irtt < 1 || rt->rt_irtt > (120 * HZ)) {
 				bb_error_msg_and_die("bad irtt");
 			}
 #endif
@@ -284,9 +287,9 @@ static NOINLINE void INET_setroute(int action, char **args)
 
 		/* Device is special in that it can be the last arg specified
 		 * and doesn't requre the dev/device keyword in that case. */
-		if (!rt.rt_dev && ((k == KW_IPVx_DEVICE) || (!k && !*++args))) {
+		if (!rt->rt_dev && ((k == KW_IPVx_DEVICE) || (!k && !*++args))) {
 			/* Don't use args_m1 here since args may have changed! */
-			rt.rt_dev = args[-1];
+			rt->rt_dev = args[-1];
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -295,41 +298,41 @@ static NOINLINE void INET_setroute(int action, char **args)
 	}
 
 #ifdef RTF_REJECT
-	if ((rt.rt_flags & RTF_REJECT) && !rt.rt_dev) {
-		rt.rt_dev = (char*)"lo";
+	if ((rt->rt_flags & RTF_REJECT) && !rt->rt_dev) {
+		rt->rt_dev = (char*)"lo";
 	}
 #endif
 
 	/* sanity checks.. */
-	if (mask_in_addr(rt)) {
-		uint32_t mask = mask_in_addr(rt);
+	if (mask_in_addr(*rt)) {
+		uint32_t mask = mask_in_addr(*rt);
 
 		mask = ~ntohl(mask);
-		if ((rt.rt_flags & RTF_HOST) && mask != 0xffffffff) {
+		if ((rt->rt_flags & RTF_HOST) && mask != 0xffffffff) {
 			bb_error_msg_and_die("netmask %.8x and host route conflict",
 								 (unsigned int) mask);
 		}
 		if (mask & (mask + 1)) {
 			bb_error_msg_and_die("bogus netmask %s", netmask);
 		}
-		mask = ((struct sockaddr_in *) &rt.rt_dst)->sin_addr.s_addr;
-		if (mask & ~(uint32_t)mask_in_addr(rt)) {
+		mask = ((struct sockaddr_in *) &rt->rt_dst)->sin_addr.s_addr;
+		if (mask & ~(uint32_t)mask_in_addr(*rt)) {
 			bb_error_msg_and_die("netmask and route address conflict");
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* Fill out netmask if still unset */
-	if ((action == RTACTION_ADD) && (rt.rt_flags & RTF_HOST)) {
-		mask_in_addr(rt) = 0xffffffff;
+	if ((action == RTACTION_ADD) && (rt->rt_flags & RTF_HOST)) {
+		mask_in_addr(*rt) = 0xffffffff;
 	}
 
 	/* Create a socket to the INET kernel. */
 	skfd = xsocket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
 
 	if (action == RTACTION_ADD)
-		xioctl(skfd, SIOCADDRT, &rt);
+		xioctl(skfd, SIOCADDRT, rt);
 	else
-		xioctl(skfd, SIOCDELRT, &rt);
+		xioctl(skfd, SIOCDELRT, rt);
 
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP) close(skfd);
 }
diff --git a/networking/traceroute.c b/networking/traceroute.c
index c18fba8d0..82bb0118c 100644
--- a/networking/traceroute.c
+++ b/networking/traceroute.c
@@ -751,7 +751,8 @@ print(int read_len, const struct sockaddr *from, const struct sockaddr *to)
 		} else
 #endif
 		{
-			read_len -= ((struct ip*)recv_pkt)->ip_hl << 2;
+			struct ip *ip4packet = (struct ip*)recv_pkt;
+			read_len -= ip4packet->ip_hl << 2;
 		}
 		printf(" %d bytes to %s", read_len, ina);
 		free(ina);
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/socket.c b/networking/udhcp/socket.c
index 0ed7ad1c6..39f1cec54 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/socket.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/socket.c
@@ -36,42 +36,45 @@
 
 int FAST_FUNC udhcp_read_interface(const char *interface, int *ifindex, uint32_t *nip, uint8_t *mac)
 {
+	/* char buffer instead of bona-fide struct avoids aliasing warning */
+	char ifr_buf[sizeof(struct ifreq)];
+	struct ifreq *const ifr = (void *)ifr_buf;
+
 	int fd;
-	struct ifreq ifr;
 	struct sockaddr_in *our_ip;
 
-	memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
+	memset(ifr, 0, sizeof(*ifr));
 	fd = xsocket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW);
 
-	ifr.ifr_addr.sa_family = AF_INET;
-	strncpy_IFNAMSIZ(ifr.ifr_name, interface);
+	ifr->ifr_addr.sa_family = AF_INET;
+	strncpy_IFNAMSIZ(ifr->ifr_name, interface);
 	if (nip) {
-		if (ioctl_or_perror(fd, SIOCGIFADDR, &ifr,
+		if (ioctl_or_perror(fd, SIOCGIFADDR, ifr,
 			"is interface %s up and configured?", interface)
 		) {
 			close(fd);
 			return -1;
 		}
-		our_ip = (struct sockaddr_in *) &ifr.ifr_addr;
+		our_ip = (struct sockaddr_in *) &ifr->ifr_addr;
 		*nip = our_ip->sin_addr.s_addr;
 		log1("IP %s", inet_ntoa(our_ip->sin_addr));
 	}
 
 	if (ifindex) {
-		if (ioctl_or_warn(fd, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr) != 0) {
+		if (ioctl_or_warn(fd, SIOCGIFINDEX, ifr) != 0) {
 			close(fd);
 			return -1;
 		}
-		log1("Adapter index %d", ifr.ifr_ifindex);
-		*ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
+		log1("Adapter index %d", ifr->ifr_ifindex);
+		*ifindex = ifr->ifr_ifindex;
 	}
 
 	if (mac) {
-		if (ioctl_or_warn(fd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) != 0) {
+		if (ioctl_or_warn(fd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, ifr) != 0) {
 			close(fd);
 			return -1;
 		}
-		memcpy(mac, ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, 6);
+		memcpy(mac, ifr->ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, 6);
 		log1("MAC %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
 			mac[0], mac[1], mac[2], mac[3], mac[4], mac[5]);
 	}