diff --git a/include/uv-private/ngx-queue.h b/include/uv-private/ngx-queue.h
index 4bd66fc1..3c3ed1b0 100644
--- a/include/uv-private/ngx-queue.h
+++ b/include/uv-private/ngx-queue.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ struct ngx_queue_s {
 
 #define ngx_queue_foreach(q, h)                                               \
     for ((q) = ngx_queue_head(h);                                             \
-         (q) != ngx_queue_sentinel(h);                                        \
+         (q) != ngx_queue_sentinel(h) && !ngx_queue_empty(h);                 \
          (q) = ngx_queue_next(q))
 
 
diff --git a/src/unix/linux/linux-core.c b/src/unix/linux/linux-core.c
index 5b3b1164..e92869e3 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux/linux-core.c
+++ b/src/unix/linux/linux-core.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include <net/if.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
 #include <sys/sysinfo.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -186,6 +187,10 @@ uv_err_t uv_set_process_title(const char* title) {
   if (process_title.len)
     strncpy(process_title.str, title, process_title.len - 1);
 
+#if defined(PR_SET_NAME)
+  prctl(PR_SET_NAME, title);
+#endif
+
   return uv_ok_;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/unix/process.c b/src/unix/process.c
index 7c552a73..25b4d5d8 100644
--- a/src/unix/process.c
+++ b/src/unix/process.c
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ static void uv__process_child_init(uv_process_options_t options,
       dup2(use_fd, i);
       close(use_fd);
     }
+
+    if (fd <= 2)
+      uv__nonblock(fd, 0);
   }
 
   if (options.cwd && chdir(options.cwd)) {
diff --git a/src/win/core.c b/src/win/core.c
index dde1348a..509ea563 100644
--- a/src/win/core.c
+++ b/src/win/core.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "uv.h"
@@ -40,10 +41,23 @@ static uv_once_t uv_init_guard_ = UV_ONCE_INIT;
 static uv_once_t uv_default_loop_init_guard_ = UV_ONCE_INIT;
 
 
+static void uv__crt_invalid_parameter_handler(const wchar_t* expression,
+    const wchar_t* function, const wchar_t * file, unsigned int line,
+    uintptr_t reserved) {
+  /* No-op. */
+}
+
+
 static void uv_init(void) {
   /* Tell Windows that we will handle critical errors. */
   SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS | SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX |
-    SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX);
+               SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX);
+
+  /* Tell the CRT to not exit the application when an invalid parameter is */
+  /* passed. The main issue is that invalid FDs will trigger this behavior. */
+#ifdef _WRITE_ABORT_MSG
+  _set_invalid_parameter_handler(uv__crt_invalid_parameter_handler);
+#endif
 
   /* Fetch winapi function pointers. This must be done first because other */
   /* intialization code might need these function pointers to be loaded. */
diff --git a/src/win/fs.c b/src/win/fs.c
index 4a2d9362..9b920c81 100644
--- a/src/win/fs.c
+++ b/src/win/fs.c
@@ -1137,9 +1137,12 @@ static void fs__utime(uv_fs_t* req) {
 
   if (fs__utime_handle(handle, req->atime, req->mtime) != 0) {
     SET_REQ_WIN32_ERROR(req, GetLastError());
+    CloseHandle(handle);
     return;
   }
 
+  CloseHandle(handle);
+
   req->result = 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/win/tty.c b/src/win/tty.c
index c0676751..adb66a62 100644
--- a/src/win/tty.c
+++ b/src/win/tty.c
@@ -1186,6 +1186,7 @@ static int uv_tty_set_style(uv_tty_t* handle, DWORD* error) {
     } else if (arg ==  49) {
       /* Default background color */
       bg_color = 0;
+      bg_bright = 0;
 
     } else if (arg >= 90 && arg <= 97) {
       /* Set bold foreground color */