diff --git a/neuralnetworks/1.0/utils/src/Conversions.cpp b/neuralnetworks/1.0/utils/src/Conversions.cpp
index 34862c0..7a099cf 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/1.0/utils/src/Conversions.cpp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/1.0/utils/src/Conversions.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 }
 
 GeneralResult<SharedMemory> unvalidatedConvert(const hidl_memory& memory) {
-    return createSharedMemoryFromHidlMemory(memory);
+    return hal::utils::createSharedMemoryFromHidlMemory(memory);
 }
 
 GeneralResult<Model> unvalidatedConvert(const hal::V1_0::Model& model) {
@@ -347,9 +347,7 @@
 }
 
 nn::GeneralResult<hidl_memory> unvalidatedConvert(const nn::SharedMemory& memory) {
-    CHECK(memory != nullptr);
-    return hidl_memory(memory->name, NN_TRY(hal::utils::hidlHandleFromSharedHandle(memory->handle)),
-                       memory->size);
+    return hal::utils::createHidlMemoryFromSharedMemory(memory);
 }
 
 nn::GeneralResult<Model> unvalidatedConvert(const nn::Model& model) {
diff --git a/neuralnetworks/1.2/utils/src/Conversions.cpp b/neuralnetworks/1.2/utils/src/Conversions.cpp
index 5055650..7ae483e 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/1.2/utils/src/Conversions.cpp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/1.2/utils/src/Conversions.cpp
@@ -304,7 +304,11 @@
 }
 
 GeneralResult<SharedHandle> unvalidatedConvert(const hidl_handle& hidlHandle) {
-    return hal::utils::sharedHandleFromNativeHandle(hidlHandle.getNativeHandle());
+    if (hidlHandle.getNativeHandle() == nullptr) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    auto handle = NN_TRY(hal::utils::sharedHandleFromNativeHandle(hidlHandle.getNativeHandle()));
+    return std::make_shared<const Handle>(std::move(handle));
 }
 
 GeneralResult<DeviceType> convert(const hal::V1_2::DeviceType& deviceType) {
@@ -588,7 +592,10 @@
 }
 
 nn::GeneralResult<hidl_handle> unvalidatedConvert(const nn::SharedHandle& handle) {
-    return hal::utils::hidlHandleFromSharedHandle(handle);
+    if (handle == nullptr) {
+        return {};
+    }
+    return hal::utils::hidlHandleFromSharedHandle(*handle);
 }
 
 nn::GeneralResult<DeviceType> convert(const nn::DeviceType& deviceType) {
diff --git a/neuralnetworks/1.3/utils/src/Conversions.cpp b/neuralnetworks/1.3/utils/src/Conversions.cpp
index d96588e..6e74a62 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/1.3/utils/src/Conversions.cpp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/1.3/utils/src/Conversions.cpp
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
     using Discriminator = hal::V1_3::Request::MemoryPool::hidl_discriminator;
     switch (memoryPool.getDiscriminator()) {
         case Discriminator::hidlMemory:
-            return createSharedMemoryFromHidlMemory(memoryPool.hidlMemory());
+            return hal::utils::createSharedMemoryFromHidlMemory(memoryPool.hidlMemory());
         case Discriminator::token:
             return static_cast<Request::MemoryDomainToken>(memoryPool.token());
     }
diff --git a/neuralnetworks/aidl/utils/Android.bp b/neuralnetworks/aidl/utils/Android.bp
index 56017da..147d401 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/aidl/utils/Android.bp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/aidl/utils/Android.bp
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@
     local_include_dirs: ["include/nnapi/hal/aidl/"],
     export_include_dirs: ["include"],
     static_libs: [
+        "libarect",
         "neuralnetworks_types",
         "neuralnetworks_utils_hal_common",
     ],
     shared_libs: [
-        "libhidlbase",
         "android.hardware.neuralnetworks-V1-ndk_platform",
         "libbinder_ndk",
+        "libhidlbase",
+        "libnativewindow",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/neuralnetworks/aidl/utils/src/Conversions.cpp b/neuralnetworks/aidl/utils/src/Conversions.cpp
index 486d01b..db3504b 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/aidl/utils/src/Conversions.cpp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/aidl/utils/src/Conversions.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 #include <aidl/android/hardware/common/NativeHandle.h>
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <android/hardware_buffer.h>
+#include <cutils/native_handle.h>
 #include <nnapi/OperandTypes.h>
 #include <nnapi/OperationTypes.h>
 #include <nnapi/Result.h>
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <nnapi/Validation.h>
 #include <nnapi/hal/CommonUtils.h>
 #include <nnapi/hal/HandleError.h>
+#include <vndk/hardware_buffer.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <chrono>
@@ -127,6 +130,61 @@
     return canonical;
 }
 
+GeneralResult<Handle> unvalidatedConvertHelper(const NativeHandle& aidlNativeHandle) {
+    std::vector<base::unique_fd> fds;
+    fds.reserve(aidlNativeHandle.fds.size());
+    for (const auto& fd : aidlNativeHandle.fds) {
+        const int dupFd = dup(fd.get());
+        if (dupFd == -1) {
+            // TODO(b/120417090): is ANEURALNETWORKS_UNEXPECTED_NULL the correct error to return
+            // here?
+            return NN_ERROR() << "Failed to dup the fd";
+        }
+        fds.emplace_back(dupFd);
+    }
+
+    return Handle{.fds = std::move(fds), .ints = aidlNativeHandle.ints};
+}
+
+struct NativeHandleDeleter {
+    void operator()(native_handle_t* handle) const {
+        if (handle) {
+            native_handle_close(handle);
+            native_handle_delete(handle);
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+using UniqueNativeHandle = std::unique_ptr<native_handle_t, NativeHandleDeleter>;
+
+static nn::GeneralResult<UniqueNativeHandle> nativeHandleFromAidlHandle(
+        const NativeHandle& handle) {
+    std::vector<base::unique_fd> fds;
+    fds.reserve(handle.fds.size());
+    for (const auto& fd : handle.fds) {
+        const int dupFd = dup(fd.get());
+        if (dupFd == -1) {
+            return NN_ERROR() << "Failed to dup the fd";
+        }
+        fds.emplace_back(dupFd);
+    }
+
+    constexpr size_t kIntMax = std::numeric_limits<int>::max();
+    CHECK_LE(handle.fds.size(), kIntMax);
+    CHECK_LE(handle.ints.size(), kIntMax);
+    native_handle_t* nativeHandle = native_handle_create(static_cast<int>(handle.fds.size()),
+                                                         static_cast<int>(handle.ints.size()));
+    if (nativeHandle == nullptr) {
+        return NN_ERROR() << "Failed to create native_handle";
+    }
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < fds.size(); ++i) {
+        nativeHandle->data[i] = fds[i].release();
+    }
+    std::copy(handle.ints.begin(), handle.ints.end(), &nativeHandle->data[nativeHandle->numFds]);
+
+    return UniqueNativeHandle(nativeHandle);
+}
+
 }  // anonymous namespace
 
 GeneralResult<OperandType> unvalidatedConvert(const aidl_hal::OperandType& operandType) {
@@ -318,10 +376,64 @@
     return measureTiming ? MeasureTiming::YES : MeasureTiming::NO;
 }
 
+static uint32_t roundUpToMultiple(uint32_t value, uint32_t multiple) {
+    return (value + multiple - 1) / multiple * multiple;
+}
+
 GeneralResult<SharedMemory> unvalidatedConvert(const aidl_hal::Memory& memory) {
     VERIFY_NON_NEGATIVE(memory.size) << "Memory size must not be negative";
+    if (memory.size > std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()) {
+        return NN_ERROR() << "Memory: size must be <= std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max()";
+    }
+
+    if (memory.name != "hardware_buffer_blob") {
+        return std::make_shared<const Memory>(Memory{
+                .handle = NN_TRY(unvalidatedConvertHelper(memory.handle)),
+                .size = static_cast<uint32_t>(memory.size),
+                .name = memory.name,
+        });
+    }
+
+    const auto size = static_cast<uint32_t>(memory.size);
+    const auto format = AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_BLOB;
+    const auto usage = AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_CPU_READ_OFTEN | AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_CPU_WRITE_OFTEN;
+    const uint32_t width = size;
+    const uint32_t height = 1;  // height is always 1 for BLOB mode AHardwareBuffer.
+    const uint32_t layers = 1;  // layers is always 1 for BLOB mode AHardwareBuffer.
+
+    const UniqueNativeHandle handle = NN_TRY(nativeHandleFromAidlHandle(memory.handle));
+    const native_handle_t* nativeHandle = handle.get();
+
+    // AHardwareBuffer_createFromHandle() might fail because an allocator
+    // expects a specific stride value. In that case, we try to guess it by
+    // aligning the width to small powers of 2.
+    // TODO(b/174120849): Avoid stride assumptions.
+    AHardwareBuffer* hardwareBuffer = nullptr;
+    status_t status = UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+    for (uint32_t alignment : {1, 4, 32, 64, 128, 2, 8, 16}) {
+        const uint32_t stride = roundUpToMultiple(width, alignment);
+        AHardwareBuffer_Desc desc{
+                .width = width,
+                .height = height,
+                .layers = layers,
+                .format = format,
+                .usage = usage,
+                .stride = stride,
+        };
+        status = AHardwareBuffer_createFromHandle(&desc, nativeHandle,
+                                                  AHARDWAREBUFFER_CREATE_FROM_HANDLE_METHOD_CLONE,
+                                                  &hardwareBuffer);
+        if (status == NO_ERROR) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    if (status != NO_ERROR) {
+        return NN_ERROR(ErrorStatus::GENERAL_FAILURE)
+               << "Can't create AHardwareBuffer from handle. Error: " << status;
+    }
+
     return std::make_shared<const Memory>(Memory{
-            .handle = NN_TRY(unvalidatedConvert(memory.handle)),
+            .handle = HardwareBufferHandle(hardwareBuffer, /*takeOwnership=*/true),
             .size = static_cast<uint32_t>(memory.size),
             .name = memory.name,
     });
@@ -400,22 +512,7 @@
 }
 
 GeneralResult<SharedHandle> unvalidatedConvert(const NativeHandle& aidlNativeHandle) {
-    std::vector<base::unique_fd> fds;
-    fds.reserve(aidlNativeHandle.fds.size());
-    for (const auto& fd : aidlNativeHandle.fds) {
-        int dupFd = dup(fd.get());
-        if (dupFd == -1) {
-            // TODO(b/120417090): is ANEURALNETWORKS_UNEXPECTED_NULL the correct error to return
-            // here?
-            return NN_ERROR() << "Failed to dup the fd";
-        }
-        fds.emplace_back(dupFd);
-    }
-
-    return std::make_shared<const Handle>(Handle{
-            .fds = std::move(fds),
-            .ints = aidlNativeHandle.ints,
-    });
+    return std::make_shared<const Handle>(NN_TRY(unvalidatedConvertHelper(aidlNativeHandle)));
 }
 
 GeneralResult<ExecutionPreference> convert(
@@ -508,13 +605,11 @@
     return halObject;
 }
 
-}  // namespace
-
-nn::GeneralResult<common::NativeHandle> unvalidatedConvert(const nn::SharedHandle& sharedHandle) {
+nn::GeneralResult<common::NativeHandle> unvalidatedConvert(const nn::Handle& handle) {
     common::NativeHandle aidlNativeHandle;
-    aidlNativeHandle.fds.reserve(sharedHandle->fds.size());
-    for (const auto& fd : sharedHandle->fds) {
-        int dupFd = dup(fd.get());
+    aidlNativeHandle.fds.reserve(handle.fds.size());
+    for (const auto& fd : handle.fds) {
+        const int dupFd = dup(fd.get());
         if (dupFd == -1) {
             // TODO(b/120417090): is ANEURALNETWORKS_UNEXPECTED_NULL the correct error to return
             // here?
@@ -522,17 +617,69 @@
         }
         aidlNativeHandle.fds.emplace_back(dupFd);
     }
-    aidlNativeHandle.ints = sharedHandle->ints;
+    aidlNativeHandle.ints = handle.ints;
     return aidlNativeHandle;
 }
 
+static nn::GeneralResult<common::NativeHandle> aidlHandleFromNativeHandle(
+        const native_handle_t& handle) {
+    common::NativeHandle aidlNativeHandle;
+
+    aidlNativeHandle.fds.reserve(handle.numFds);
+    for (int i = 0; i < handle.numFds; ++i) {
+        const int dupFd = dup(handle.data[i]);
+        if (dupFd == -1) {
+            return NN_ERROR(nn::ErrorStatus::GENERAL_FAILURE) << "Failed to dup the fd";
+        }
+        aidlNativeHandle.fds.emplace_back(dupFd);
+    }
+
+    aidlNativeHandle.ints = std::vector<int>(&handle.data[handle.numFds],
+                                             &handle.data[handle.numFds + handle.numInts]);
+
+    return aidlNativeHandle;
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+nn::GeneralResult<common::NativeHandle> unvalidatedConvert(const nn::SharedHandle& sharedHandle) {
+    CHECK(sharedHandle != nullptr);
+    return unvalidatedConvert(*sharedHandle);
+}
+
 nn::GeneralResult<Memory> unvalidatedConvert(const nn::SharedMemory& memory) {
     CHECK(memory != nullptr);
     if (memory->size > std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max()) {
         return NN_ERROR() << "Memory size doesn't fit into int64_t.";
     }
+    if (const auto* handle = std::get_if<nn::Handle>(&memory->handle)) {
+        return Memory{
+                .handle = NN_TRY(unvalidatedConvert(*handle)),
+                .size = static_cast<int64_t>(memory->size),
+                .name = memory->name,
+        };
+    }
+
+    const auto* ahwb = std::get<nn::HardwareBufferHandle>(memory->handle).get();
+    AHardwareBuffer_Desc bufferDesc;
+    AHardwareBuffer_describe(ahwb, &bufferDesc);
+
+    if (bufferDesc.format == AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_BLOB) {
+        CHECK_EQ(memory->size, bufferDesc.width);
+        CHECK_EQ(memory->name, "hardware_buffer_blob");
+    } else {
+        CHECK_EQ(memory->size, 0u);
+        CHECK_EQ(memory->name, "hardware_buffer");
+    }
+
+    const native_handle_t* nativeHandle = AHardwareBuffer_getNativeHandle(ahwb);
+    if (nativeHandle == nullptr) {
+        return NN_ERROR() << "unvalidatedConvert failed because AHardwareBuffer_getNativeHandle "
+                             "returned nullptr";
+    }
+
     return Memory{
-            .handle = NN_TRY(unvalidatedConvert(memory->handle)),
+            .handle = NN_TRY(aidlHandleFromNativeHandle(*nativeHandle)),
             .size = static_cast<int64_t>(memory->size),
             .name = memory->name,
     };
diff --git a/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/Utils.cpp b/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/Utils.cpp
index 14a496a..3c7f5f7 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/Utils.cpp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/aidl/vts/functional/Utils.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@
     ASSERT_EQ(AHardwareBuffer_allocate(&desc, &mAhwb), 0);
     ASSERT_NE(mAhwb, nullptr);
 
-    const auto sharedMemory = nn::createSharedMemoryFromAHWB(*mAhwb).value();
+    const auto sharedMemory =
+            nn::createSharedMemoryFromAHWB(mAhwb, /*takeOwnership=*/false).value();
     mMapping = nn::map(sharedMemory).value();
     mPtr = static_cast<uint8_t*>(std::get<void*>(mMapping.pointer));
     CHECK_NE(mPtr, nullptr);
diff --git a/neuralnetworks/utils/common/Android.bp b/neuralnetworks/utils/common/Android.bp
index 6c491ae..50295f1 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/utils/common/Android.bp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/utils/common/Android.bp
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@
     export_include_dirs: ["include"],
     cflags: ["-Wthread-safety"],
     static_libs: [
+        "libarect",
         "neuralnetworks_types",
     ],
     shared_libs: [
         "libhidlbase",
+        "libnativewindow",
     ],
 }
 
diff --git a/neuralnetworks/utils/common/include/nnapi/hal/CommonUtils.h b/neuralnetworks/utils/common/include/nnapi/hal/CommonUtils.h
index b13785d..547f203 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/utils/common/include/nnapi/hal/CommonUtils.h
+++ b/neuralnetworks/utils/common/include/nnapi/hal/CommonUtils.h
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@
 std::vector<uint32_t> countNumberOfConsumers(size_t numberOfOperands,
                                              const std::vector<nn::Operation>& operations);
 
+nn::GeneralResult<hidl_memory> createHidlMemoryFromSharedMemory(const nn::SharedMemory& memory);
 nn::GeneralResult<nn::SharedMemory> createSharedMemoryFromHidlMemory(const hidl_memory& memory);
 
-nn::GeneralResult<hidl_handle> hidlHandleFromSharedHandle(const nn::SharedHandle& handle);
-nn::GeneralResult<nn::SharedHandle> sharedHandleFromNativeHandle(const native_handle_t* handle);
+nn::GeneralResult<hidl_handle> hidlHandleFromSharedHandle(const nn::Handle& handle);
+nn::GeneralResult<nn::Handle> sharedHandleFromNativeHandle(const native_handle_t* handle);
+
 nn::GeneralResult<hidl_vec<hidl_handle>> convertSyncFences(
         const std::vector<nn::SyncFence>& fences);
 
diff --git a/neuralnetworks/utils/common/src/CommonUtils.cpp b/neuralnetworks/utils/common/src/CommonUtils.cpp
index 9021563..7a5035f 100644
--- a/neuralnetworks/utils/common/src/CommonUtils.cpp
+++ b/neuralnetworks/utils/common/src/CommonUtils.cpp
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@
 
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
+#include <android/hardware_buffer.h>
+#include <hidl/HidlSupport.h>
 #include <nnapi/Result.h>
 #include <nnapi/SharedMemory.h>
 #include <nnapi/TypeUtils.h>
 #include <nnapi/Types.h>
 #include <nnapi/Validation.h>
+#include <vndk/hardware_buffer.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <any>
@@ -248,44 +251,128 @@
     return nn::countNumberOfConsumers(numberOfOperands, operations);
 }
 
-nn::GeneralResult<hidl_handle> hidlHandleFromSharedHandle(const nn::SharedHandle& handle) {
-    if (handle == nullptr) {
-        return {};
+nn::GeneralResult<hidl_memory> createHidlMemoryFromSharedMemory(const nn::SharedMemory& memory) {
+    if (memory == nullptr) {
+        return NN_ERROR() << "Memory must be non-empty";
+    }
+    if (const auto* handle = std::get_if<nn::Handle>(&memory->handle)) {
+        return hidl_memory(memory->name, NN_TRY(hidlHandleFromSharedHandle(*handle)), memory->size);
     }
 
+    const auto* ahwb = std::get<nn::HardwareBufferHandle>(memory->handle).get();
+    AHardwareBuffer_Desc bufferDesc;
+    AHardwareBuffer_describe(ahwb, &bufferDesc);
+
+    if (bufferDesc.format == AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_BLOB) {
+        CHECK_EQ(memory->size, bufferDesc.width);
+        CHECK_EQ(memory->name, "hardware_buffer_blob");
+    } else {
+        CHECK_EQ(memory->size, 0u);
+        CHECK_EQ(memory->name, "hardware_buffer");
+    }
+
+    const native_handle_t* nativeHandle = AHardwareBuffer_getNativeHandle(ahwb);
+    const hidl_handle hidlHandle(nativeHandle);
+    hidl_handle handle(hidlHandle);
+
+    return hidl_memory(memory->name, std::move(handle), memory->size);
+}
+
+static uint32_t roundUpToMultiple(uint32_t value, uint32_t multiple) {
+    return (value + multiple - 1) / multiple * multiple;
+}
+
+nn::GeneralResult<nn::SharedMemory> createSharedMemoryFromHidlMemory(const hidl_memory& memory) {
+    CHECK_LE(memory.size(), std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max());
+
+    if (memory.name() != "hardware_buffer_blob") {
+        return std::make_shared<const nn::Memory>(nn::Memory{
+                .handle = NN_TRY(sharedHandleFromNativeHandle(memory.handle())),
+                .size = static_cast<uint32_t>(memory.size()),
+                .name = memory.name(),
+        });
+    }
+
+    const auto size = memory.size();
+    const auto format = AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_BLOB;
+    const auto usage = AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_CPU_READ_OFTEN | AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_CPU_WRITE_OFTEN;
+    const uint32_t width = size;
+    const uint32_t height = 1;  // height is always 1 for BLOB mode AHardwareBuffer.
+    const uint32_t layers = 1;  // layers is always 1 for BLOB mode AHardwareBuffer.
+
+    // AHardwareBuffer_createFromHandle() might fail because an allocator
+    // expects a specific stride value. In that case, we try to guess it by
+    // aligning the width to small powers of 2.
+    // TODO(b/174120849): Avoid stride assumptions.
+    AHardwareBuffer* hardwareBuffer = nullptr;
+    status_t status = UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+    for (uint32_t alignment : {1, 4, 32, 64, 128, 2, 8, 16}) {
+        const uint32_t stride = roundUpToMultiple(width, alignment);
+        AHardwareBuffer_Desc desc{
+                .width = width,
+                .height = height,
+                .layers = layers,
+                .format = format,
+                .usage = usage,
+                .stride = stride,
+        };
+        status = AHardwareBuffer_createFromHandle(&desc, memory.handle(),
+                                                  AHARDWAREBUFFER_CREATE_FROM_HANDLE_METHOD_CLONE,
+                                                  &hardwareBuffer);
+        if (status == NO_ERROR) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    if (status != NO_ERROR) {
+        return NN_ERROR(nn::ErrorStatus::GENERAL_FAILURE)
+               << "Can't create AHardwareBuffer from handle. Error: " << status;
+    }
+
+    return std::make_shared<const nn::Memory>(nn::Memory{
+            .handle = nn::HardwareBufferHandle(hardwareBuffer, /*takeOwnership=*/true),
+            .size = static_cast<uint32_t>(memory.size()),
+            .name = memory.name(),
+    });
+}
+
+nn::GeneralResult<hidl_handle> hidlHandleFromSharedHandle(const nn::Handle& handle) {
     std::vector<base::unique_fd> fds;
-    fds.reserve(handle->fds.size());
-    for (const auto& fd : handle->fds) {
-        int dupFd = dup(fd);
+    fds.reserve(handle.fds.size());
+    for (const auto& fd : handle.fds) {
+        const int dupFd = dup(fd);
         if (dupFd == -1) {
             return NN_ERROR(nn::ErrorStatus::GENERAL_FAILURE) << "Failed to dup the fd";
         }
         fds.emplace_back(dupFd);
     }
 
-    native_handle_t* nativeHandle = native_handle_create(handle->fds.size(), handle->ints.size());
+    constexpr size_t kIntMax = std::numeric_limits<int>::max();
+    CHECK_LE(handle.fds.size(), kIntMax);
+    CHECK_LE(handle.ints.size(), kIntMax);
+    native_handle_t* nativeHandle = native_handle_create(static_cast<int>(handle.fds.size()),
+                                                         static_cast<int>(handle.ints.size()));
     if (nativeHandle == nullptr) {
         return NN_ERROR(nn::ErrorStatus::GENERAL_FAILURE) << "Failed to create native_handle";
     }
     for (size_t i = 0; i < fds.size(); ++i) {
         nativeHandle->data[i] = fds[i].release();
     }
-    std::copy(handle->ints.begin(), handle->ints.end(), &nativeHandle->data[nativeHandle->numFds]);
+    std::copy(handle.ints.begin(), handle.ints.end(), &nativeHandle->data[nativeHandle->numFds]);
 
     hidl_handle hidlHandle;
     hidlHandle.setTo(nativeHandle, /*shouldOwn=*/true);
     return hidlHandle;
 }
 
-nn::GeneralResult<nn::SharedHandle> sharedHandleFromNativeHandle(const native_handle_t* handle) {
+nn::GeneralResult<nn::Handle> sharedHandleFromNativeHandle(const native_handle_t* handle) {
     if (handle == nullptr) {
-        return nullptr;
+        return NN_ERROR() << "sharedHandleFromNativeHandle failed because handle is nullptr";
     }
 
     std::vector<base::unique_fd> fds;
     fds.reserve(handle->numFds);
     for (int i = 0; i < handle->numFds; ++i) {
-        int dupFd = dup(handle->data[i]);
+        const int dupFd = dup(handle->data[i]);
         if (dupFd == -1) {
             return NN_ERROR(nn::ErrorStatus::GENERAL_FAILURE) << "Failed to dup the fd";
         }
@@ -295,18 +382,18 @@
     std::vector<int> ints(&handle->data[handle->numFds],
                           &handle->data[handle->numFds + handle->numInts]);
 
-    return std::make_shared<const nn::Handle>(nn::Handle{
-            .fds = std::move(fds),
-            .ints = std::move(ints),
-    });
+    return nn::Handle{.fds = std::move(fds), .ints = std::move(ints)};
 }
 
 nn::GeneralResult<hidl_vec<hidl_handle>> convertSyncFences(
         const std::vector<nn::SyncFence>& syncFences) {
     hidl_vec<hidl_handle> handles(syncFences.size());
     for (size_t i = 0; i < syncFences.size(); ++i) {
-        handles[i] =
-                NN_TRY(hal::utils::hidlHandleFromSharedHandle(syncFences[i].getSharedHandle()));
+        const auto& handle = syncFences[i].getSharedHandle();
+        if (handle == nullptr) {
+            return NN_ERROR() << "convertSyncFences failed because sync fence is empty";
+        }
+        handles[i] = NN_TRY(hidlHandleFromSharedHandle(*handle));
     }
     return handles;
 }