diff --git a/common/.gitlab-ci.yml b/common/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 59fc15271..5bcab0e10 100644
--- a/common/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/common/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ test:cppcheck:
                --quiet
                --inline-suppr
                --enable=warning,performance,portability,information,missingInclude
+               --suppress=noValidConfiguration
                --std=c++11
                -I include
                lib/
diff --git a/common/include/villas/buffer.hpp b/common/include/villas/buffer.hpp
index 0fc4fa5f1..98d24f579 100644
--- a/common/include/villas/buffer.hpp
+++ b/common/include/villas/buffer.hpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <cstdlib>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include <jansson.h>
 
@@ -34,14 +35,10 @@ namespace villas {
 class Buffer {
 
 public:
-	char *buf;
-	size_t len;
-	size_t size;
+	std::vector<char> buf;
 
 	Buffer(size_t size);
 
-	~Buffer();
-
 	void clear();
 
 	int append(const char *data, size_t len);
diff --git a/common/include/villas/dsp/pid.hpp b/common/include/villas/dsp/pid.hpp
index 4c0cf8c07..539e184b0 100644
--- a/common/include/villas/dsp/pid.hpp
+++ b/common/include/villas/dsp/pid.hpp
@@ -30,27 +30,27 @@ class PID {
 
 protected:
 	double dt;
-        double max;
-        double min;
-        double Kp;
-        double Kd;
-        double Ki;
-        double pre_error;
-        double integral;
+	double max;
+	double min;
+	double Kp;
+	double Kd;
+	double Ki;
+	double pre_error;
+	double integral;
 
 public:
-        /**
+	/**
 	 *  Kp -  proportional gain
-         * Ki -  Integral gain
-         * Kd -  derivative gain
-         * dt -  loop interval time
-         * max - maximum value of manipulated variable
-         * min - minimum value of manipulated variable
+	 * Ki -  Integral gain
+	 * Kd -  derivative gain
+	 * dt -  loop interval time
+	 * max - maximum value of manipulated variable
+	 * min - minimum value of manipulated variable
 	 */
-        PID(double _dt, double _max, double _min, double _Kp, double _Kd, double _Ki);
+	PID(double _dt, double _max, double _min, double _Kp, double _Kd, double _Ki);
 
-        /** Returns the manipulated variable given a setpoint and current process value */
-        double calculate(double setpoint, double pv);
+	/** Returns the manipulated variable given a setpoint and current process value */
+	double calculate(double setpoint, double pv);
 };
 
 } /* namespace dsp */
diff --git a/common/include/villas/kernel/pci.hpp b/common/include/villas/kernel/pci.hpp
index 3cea72473..91ce842c8 100644
--- a/common/include/villas/kernel/pci.hpp
+++ b/common/include/villas/kernel/pci.hpp
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ public:
 	bool
 	operator==(const Id &i);
 
-	int vendor;
-	int device;
-	int class_code;
+	unsigned int vendor;
+	unsigned int device;
+	unsigned int class_code;
 };
 
 class Slot {
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ public:
 	bool
 	operator==(const Slot &s);
 
-	int domain;
-	int bus;
-	int device;
-	int function;
+	unsigned int domain;
+	unsigned int bus;
+	unsigned int device;
+	unsigned int function;
 };
 
 struct Region {
diff --git a/common/include/villas/kernel/vfio.hpp b/common/include/villas/kernel/vfio.hpp
index f73c9136b..8589c692f 100644
--- a/common/include/villas/kernel/vfio.hpp
+++ b/common/include/villas/kernel/vfio.hpp
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ class Device {
 	friend class Container;
 public:
 	Device(const std::string &name, Group &group) :
-	    name(name), group(group) {}
+		name(name),
+		fd(-1),
+		pci_device(nullptr),
+		group(group)
+	{ }
 
 	~Device();
 
@@ -97,7 +101,11 @@ class Group {
 	friend class Container;
 	friend Device;
 private:
-	Group(int index) : fd(-1), index(index) {}
+	Group(int index) :
+		fd(-1),
+		index(index),
+		container(nullptr)
+	{ }
 public:
 	~Group();
 
diff --git a/common/include/villas/memory.hpp b/common/include/villas/memory.hpp
index 389c43483..fc44fc801 100644
--- a/common/include/villas/memory.hpp
+++ b/common/include/villas/memory.hpp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class BaseAllocator {
 public:
 	/// memoryAddrSpaceId: memory that is managed by this allocator
 	BaseAllocator(MemoryManager::AddressSpaceId memoryAddrSpaceId) :
-	    memoryAddrSpaceId(memoryAddrSpaceId)
+		memoryAddrSpaceId(memoryAddrSpaceId)
 	{
 		// CRTP
 		derivedAlloc = static_cast<DerivedAllocator*>(this);
@@ -150,9 +150,11 @@ public:
 	}
 
 	BaseAllocator(std::unique_ptr<MemoryBlock, MemoryBlock::deallocator_fn> mem) :
-	    BaseAllocator(mem->getAddrSpaceId())
+		BaseAllocator(mem->getAddrSpaceId())
 	{
+		// cppcheck-suppress useInitializationList
 		memoryBlock = std::move(mem);
+		derivedAlloc = nullptr;
 	}
 
 	virtual std::unique_ptr<MemoryBlock, MemoryBlock::deallocator_fn>
diff --git a/common/include/villas/memory_manager.hpp b/common/include/villas/memory_manager.hpp
index 32578c4b1..e9a365b53 100644
--- a/common/include/villas/memory_manager.hpp
+++ b/common/include/villas/memory_manager.hpp
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ public:
 	 * @param size	Size of "memory window"
 	 */
 	MemoryTranslation(uintptr_t src, uintptr_t dst, size_t size) :
-	    src(src), dst(dst), size(size) {}
+		src(src),
+		dst(dst),
+		size(size)
+	{ }
 
 	uintptr_t
 	getLocalAddr(uintptr_t addrInForeignAddrSpace) const;
@@ -96,10 +99,9 @@ class MemoryManager {
 private:
 	// This is a singleton, so private constructor ...
 	MemoryManager() :
-	    memoryGraph("memory:graph")
+		memoryGraph("memory:graph"),
+		logger(logging.get("memory:manager"))
 	{
-		logger = logging.get("memory:manager");
-
 		pathCheckFunc = [&](const MemoryGraph::Path &path) {
 			return this->pathCheck(path);
 		};
diff --git a/common/lib/advio.cpp b/common/lib/advio.cpp
index d3be3bb5c..5c757dce6 100644
--- a/common/lib/advio.cpp
+++ b/common/lib/advio.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static char * advio_human_time(double t, char *buf, size_t len)
 	const char *units[] = { "secs", "mins", "hrs", "days", "weeks", "months", "years" };
 	int divs[]          = {     60,     60,    24,      7,       4,       12 };
 
-	while (t > divs[i] && i < ARRAY_LEN(divs)) {
+	while (i < ARRAY_LEN(divs) && t > divs[i]) {
 		t /= divs[i];
 		i++;
 	}
diff --git a/common/lib/buffer.cpp b/common/lib/buffer.cpp
index 8fbd39622..318021bf8 100644
--- a/common/lib/buffer.cpp
+++ b/common/lib/buffer.cpp
@@ -30,45 +30,24 @@
 using namespace villas;
 
 Buffer::Buffer(size_t sz) :
-	len(0),
-	size(sz)
-{
-	buf = new char[size];
-	if (!buf)
-		throw MemoryAllocationError();
-
-	memset(buf, 0, size);
-}
-
-Buffer::~Buffer()
-{
-	delete[] buf;
-}
+	buf(sz, 0)
+{ }
 
 void Buffer::clear()
 {
-	len = 0;
+	buf.clear();
 }
 
 int Buffer::append(const char *data, size_t l)
 {
-	if (len + l > size) {
-		size = len + l;
-		buf = (char *) realloc(buf, size);
-		if (!buf)
-			return -1;
-	}
-
-	memcpy(buf + len, data, l);
-
-	len += l;
+	buf.insert(buf.end(), data, data+l);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int Buffer::parseJson(json_t **j)
 {
-	*j = json_loadb(buf, len, 0, nullptr);
+	*j = json_loadb(buf.data(), buf.size(), 0, nullptr);
 	if (!*j)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -79,17 +58,11 @@ int Buffer::appendJson(json_t *j, int flags)
 {
 	size_t l;
 
-retry:	l = json_dumpb(j, buf + len, size - len, flags);
-	if (size < len + l) {
-		buf = (char *) realloc(buf, len + l);
-		if (!buf)
-			return -1;
-
-		size = len + l;
+retry:	l = json_dumpb(j, buf.data() + buf.size(), buf.capacity() - buf.size(), flags);
+	if (buf.capacity() < buf.size() + l) {
+		buf.reserve(buf.size() + l);
 		goto retry;
 	}
 
-	len += l;
-
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/common/lib/dsp/pid.cpp b/common/lib/dsp/pid.cpp
index 40a7f2110..d992829bf 100644
--- a/common/lib/dsp/pid.cpp
+++ b/common/lib/dsp/pid.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ PID::PID(double _dt, double _max, double _min, double _Kp, double _Kd, double _K
 	min(_min),
 	Kp(_Kp),
 	Kd(_Kd),
-	Ki(_Ki)
+	Ki(_Ki),
+	pre_error(0),
+	integral(0)
 { }
 
 double PID::calculate(double setpoint, double pv)
diff --git a/common/lib/hist.cpp b/common/lib/hist.cpp
index 8d7b1be2e..df4f47a0e 100644
--- a/common/lib/hist.cpp
+++ b/common/lib/hist.cpp
@@ -35,17 +35,20 @@ using namespace villas::utils;
 namespace villas {
 
 Hist::Hist(int buckets, Hist::cnt_t wu) :
-	warmup(wu)
-{
-    for ( int i = 0; i<buckets; i++){
-        data.push_back(0);
-    }
-    total=0;
-    highest=0;
-    lowest=DBL_MAX;
-    higher=0;
-    lower=0;
-}
+	resolution(0),
+	high(),
+	low(),
+	highest(std::numeric_limits<double>::min()),
+	lowest(std::numeric_limits<double>::max()),
+	last(),
+	total(0),
+	warmup(wu),
+	higher(0),
+	lower(0),
+	data(buckets, 0),
+	_m{0, 0},
+	_s{0, 0}
+{ }
 
 void Hist::put(double value)
 {
@@ -66,10 +69,10 @@ void Hist::put(double value)
 			high = getMean() + 3 * getStddev();
 			resolution = (high - low) / data.size();
 		}
-		else if (data.size() && (total == warmup) && (warmup == 0)){
-            // there is no warmup phase
-            // TODO resolution = ?
-        }
+		else if (data.size() && (total == warmup) && (warmup == 0)) {
+			// there is no warmup phase
+			// TODO resolution = ?
+		}
 		else {
 			idx_t idx = std::round((value - low) / resolution);
 
@@ -99,7 +102,6 @@ void Hist::put(double value)
 		_m[1] = _m[0];
 		_s[1] = _s[0];
 	}
-
 }
 
 void Hist::reset()
diff --git a/common/lib/kernel/kernel.cpp b/common/lib/kernel/kernel.cpp
index 26a71aaa5..306acb709 100644
--- a/common/lib/kernel/kernel.cpp
+++ b/common/lib/kernel/kernel.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int villas::kernel::module_set_param(const char *module, const char *param, cons
 	snprintf(fn, sizeof(fn), "%s/module/%s/parameters/%s", SYSFS_PATH, module, param);
 	f = fopen(fn, "w");
 	if (!f)
-		serror("Failed set parameter %s for kernel module %s to %s", module, param, value);
+		throw RuntimeError("Failed set parameter {} for kernel module {} to {}", module, param, value);
 
 	debug(LOG_KERNEL | 5, "Set parameter %s of kernel module %s to %s", module, param, value);
 	fprintf(f, "%s", value);
diff --git a/common/lib/kernel/pci.cpp b/common/lib/kernel/pci.cpp
index 091b787d6..482d49380 100644
--- a/common/lib/kernel/pci.cpp
+++ b/common/lib/kernel/pci.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ DeviceList::DeviceList()
 		Id id;
 		Slot slot;
 
-		struct { const char *s; int *p; } map[] = {
+		struct { const char *s; unsigned int *p; } map[] = {
 			{ "vendor", &id.vendor },
 			{ "device", &id.device }
 		};
diff --git a/common/lib/kernel/vfio.cpp b/common/lib/kernel/vfio.cpp
index c29373c4a..c677f4eb1 100644
--- a/common/lib/kernel/vfio.cpp
+++ b/common/lib/kernel/vfio.cpp
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ Device::pciMsiFind(int nos[])
 		} while ((col = strtok(nullptr, " ")));
 
 
-		ret = sscanf(last, "vfio-msi[%u](%12[0-9:])", &idx, name);
+		ret = sscanf(last, "vfio-msi[%d](%12[0-9:])", &idx, name);
 		if (ret == 2) {
 			if (strstr(this->name.c_str(), name) == this->name.c_str())
 				nos[idx] = irq;
diff --git a/common/tests/unit/advio.cpp b/common/tests/unit/advio.cpp
index a97e282a4..032a5f7a0 100644
--- a/common/tests/unit/advio.cpp
+++ b/common/tests/unit/advio.cpp
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ Test(advio, append)
 	char c;
 	fseek(af->file, 0, SEEK_SET);
 	if (af->file) {
-	    while ((c = getc(af->file)) != EOF)
-	        putchar(c);
+		while ((c = getc(af->file)) != EOF)
+			putchar(c);
 	}
 
 	len = afwrite(append1, 1, 64, af);
diff --git a/common/tests/unit/tsc.cpp b/common/tests/unit/tsc.cpp
index 5fa47f7fd..c73e7392d 100644
--- a/common/tests/unit/tsc.cpp
+++ b/common/tests/unit/tsc.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #define CNT (1 << 18)
 
-// cppcheck-suppress unknownMacro
 TestSuite(tsc, .description = "Timestamp counters");
 
 Test(tsc, increasing)