diff --git a/adb/adb.cpp b/adb/adb.cpp
index 20d0db5..9b48702 100644
--- a/adb/adb.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb.cpp
@@ -264,15 +264,6 @@
     send_packet(cp, t);
 }
 
-// qual_overwrite is used to overwrite a qualifier string.  dst is a
-// pointer to a char pointer.  It is assumed that if *dst is non-NULL, it
-// was malloc'ed and needs to freed.  *dst will be set to a dup of src.
-// TODO: switch to std::string for these atransport fields instead.
-static void qual_overwrite(char** dst, const std::string& src) {
-    free(*dst);
-    *dst = strdup(src.c_str());
-}
-
 void parse_banner(const std::string& banner, atransport* t) {
     D("parse_banner: %s", banner.c_str());
 
@@ -296,11 +287,11 @@
             const std::string& key = key_value[0];
             const std::string& value = key_value[1];
             if (key == "ro.product.name") {
-                qual_overwrite(&t->product, value);
+                t->product = value;
             } else if (key == "ro.product.model") {
-                qual_overwrite(&t->model, value);
+                t->model = value;
             } else if (key == "ro.product.device") {
-                qual_overwrite(&t->device, value);
+                t->device = value;
             } else if (key == "features") {
                 t->SetFeatures(value);
             }
@@ -424,8 +415,8 @@
                     /* Other READY messages must use the same local-id */
                     s->ready(s);
                 } else {
-                    D("Invalid A_OKAY(%d,%d), expected A_OKAY(%d,%d) on transport %s",
-                      p->msg.arg0, p->msg.arg1, s->peer->id, p->msg.arg1, t->serial);
+                    D("Invalid A_OKAY(%d,%d), expected A_OKAY(%d,%d) on transport %s", p->msg.arg0,
+                      p->msg.arg1, s->peer->id, p->msg.arg1, t->serial.c_str());
                 }
             } else {
                 // When receiving A_OKAY from device for A_OPEN request, the host server may
@@ -451,8 +442,8 @@
                  * socket has a peer on the same transport.
                  */
                 if (p->msg.arg0 == 0 && s->peer && s->peer->transport != t) {
-                    D("Invalid A_CLSE(0, %u) from transport %s, expected transport %s",
-                      p->msg.arg1, t->serial, s->peer->transport->serial);
+                    D("Invalid A_CLSE(0, %u) from transport %s, expected transport %s", p->msg.arg1,
+                      t->serial.c_str(), s->peer->transport->serial.c_str());
                 } else {
                     s->close(s);
                 }
@@ -1171,7 +1162,7 @@
         std::string error;
         atransport* t = acquire_one_transport(type, serial, transport_id, nullptr, &error);
         if (t) {
-            return SendOkay(reply_fd, t->serial ? t->serial : "unknown");
+            return SendOkay(reply_fd, !t->serial.empty() ? t->serial : "unknown");
         } else {
             return SendFail(reply_fd, error);
         }
@@ -1180,7 +1171,7 @@
         std::string error;
         atransport* t = acquire_one_transport(type, serial, transport_id, nullptr, &error);
         if (t) {
-            return SendOkay(reply_fd, t->devpath ? t->devpath : "unknown");
+            return SendOkay(reply_fd, !t->devpath.empty() ? t->devpath : "unknown");
         } else {
             return SendFail(reply_fd, error);
         }
diff --git a/adb/adb_listeners.cpp b/adb/adb_listeners.cpp
index ea5a44e..f4a92e3 100644
--- a/adb/adb_listeners.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb_listeners.cpp
@@ -136,9 +136,10 @@
         }
         //  <device-serial> " " <local-name> " " <remote-name> "\n"
         // Entries from "adb reverse" have no serial.
-        android::base::StringAppendF(&result, "%s %s %s\n",
-                                     l->transport->serial ? l->transport->serial : "(reverse)",
-                                     l->local_name.c_str(), l->connect_to.c_str());
+        android::base::StringAppendF(
+                &result, "%s %s %s\n",
+                !l->transport->serial.empty() ? l->transport->serial.c_str() : "(reverse)",
+                l->local_name.c_str(), l->connect_to.c_str());
     }
     return result;
 }
diff --git a/adb/client/commandline.cpp b/adb/client/commandline.cpp
index 80d0dd3..7791895 100644
--- a/adb/client/commandline.cpp
+++ b/adb/client/commandline.cpp
@@ -362,9 +362,8 @@
 }
 
 static void copy_to_file(int inFd, int outFd) {
-    const size_t BUFSIZE = 32 * 1024;
-    char* buf = (char*) malloc(BUFSIZE);
-    if (buf == nullptr) fatal("couldn't allocate buffer for copy_to_file");
+    constexpr size_t BUFSIZE = 32 * 1024;
+    std::vector<char> buf(BUFSIZE);
     int len;
     long total = 0;
     int old_stdin_mode = -1;
@@ -376,9 +375,9 @@
 
     while (true) {
         if (inFd == STDIN_FILENO) {
-            len = unix_read(inFd, buf, BUFSIZE);
+            len = unix_read(inFd, buf.data(), BUFSIZE);
         } else {
-            len = adb_read(inFd, buf, BUFSIZE);
+            len = adb_read(inFd, buf.data(), BUFSIZE);
         }
         if (len == 0) {
             D("copy_to_file() : read 0 bytes; exiting");
@@ -389,10 +388,10 @@
             break;
         }
         if (outFd == STDOUT_FILENO) {
-            fwrite(buf, 1, len, stdout);
+            fwrite(buf.data(), 1, len, stdout);
             fflush(stdout);
         } else {
-            adb_write(outFd, buf, len);
+            adb_write(outFd, buf.data(), len);
         }
         total += len;
     }
@@ -400,7 +399,6 @@
     stdinout_raw_epilogue(inFd, outFd, old_stdin_mode, old_stdout_mode);
 
     D("copy_to_file() finished after %lu bytes", total);
-    free(buf);
 }
 
 static void send_window_size_change(int fd, std::unique_ptr<ShellProtocol>& shell) {
@@ -1142,24 +1140,22 @@
 static void write_zeros(int bytes, int fd) {
     int old_stdin_mode = -1;
     int old_stdout_mode = -1;
-    char* buf = (char*) calloc(1, bytes);
-    if (buf == nullptr) fatal("couldn't allocate buffer for write_zeros");
+    std::vector<char> buf(bytes);
 
     D("write_zeros(%d) -> %d", bytes, fd);
 
     stdinout_raw_prologue(-1, fd, old_stdin_mode, old_stdout_mode);
 
     if (fd == STDOUT_FILENO) {
-        fwrite(buf, 1, bytes, stdout);
+        fwrite(buf.data(), 1, bytes, stdout);
         fflush(stdout);
     } else {
-        adb_write(fd, buf, bytes);
+        adb_write(fd, buf.data(), bytes);
     }
 
     stdinout_raw_prologue(-1, fd, old_stdin_mode, old_stdout_mode);
 
     D("write_zeros() finished");
-    free(buf);
 }
 
 static int backup(int argc, const char** argv) {
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps/memory.h b/adb/sysdeps/memory.h
index 0e4c509..4108aff 100644
--- a/adb/sysdeps/memory.h
+++ b/adb/sysdeps/memory.h
@@ -23,6 +23,23 @@
 // We don't have C++14 on Windows yet.
 // Reimplement std::make_unique ourselves until we do.
 
+namespace internal {
+
+template <typename T>
+struct array_known_bounds;
+
+template <typename T>
+struct array_known_bounds<T[]> {
+    constexpr static bool value = false;
+};
+
+template <typename T, size_t N>
+struct array_known_bounds<T[N]> {
+    constexpr static bool value = true;
+};
+
+}  // namespace internal
+
 namespace std {
 
 template <typename T, typename... Args>
@@ -31,6 +48,18 @@
     return std::unique_ptr<T>(new T(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+typename std::enable_if<std::is_array<T>::value && !internal::array_known_bounds<T>::value,
+                        std::unique_ptr<T>>::type
+make_unique(std::size_t size) {
+    return std::unique_ptr<T>(new typename std::remove_extent<T>::type[size]());
+}
+
+template <typename T, typename... Args>
+typename std::enable_if<std::is_array<T>::value && internal::array_known_bounds<T>::value,
+                        std::unique_ptr<T>>::type
+make_unique(Args&&... args) = delete;
+
 }  // namespace std
 
 #endif
diff --git a/adb/transport.cpp b/adb/transport.cpp
index f2c40d2..638940c 100644
--- a/adb/transport.cpp
+++ b/adb/transport.cpp
@@ -173,18 +173,18 @@
             attempt = reconnect_queue_.front();
             reconnect_queue_.pop();
             if (attempt.transport->kicked()) {
-                D("transport %s was kicked. giving up on it.", attempt.transport->serial);
+                D("transport %s was kicked. giving up on it.", attempt.transport->serial.c_str());
                 remove_transport(attempt.transport);
                 continue;
             }
         }
-        D("attempting to reconnect %s", attempt.transport->serial);
+        D("attempting to reconnect %s", attempt.transport->serial.c_str());
 
         if (!attempt.transport->Reconnect()) {
-            D("attempting to reconnect %s failed.", attempt.transport->serial);
+            D("attempting to reconnect %s failed.", attempt.transport->serial.c_str());
             if (attempt.attempts_left == 0) {
                 D("transport %s exceeded the number of retry attempts. giving up on it.",
-                  attempt.transport->serial);
+                  attempt.transport->serial.c_str());
                 remove_transport(attempt.transport);
                 continue;
             }
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
             continue;
         }
 
-        D("reconnection to %s succeeded.", attempt.transport->serial);
+        D("reconnection to %s succeeded.", attempt.transport->serial.c_str());
         register_transport(attempt.transport);
     }
 }
@@ -402,14 +402,14 @@
         p->msg.data_check = calculate_apacket_checksum(p);
     }
 
-    VLOG(TRANSPORT) << dump_packet(t->serial, "to remote", p);
+    VLOG(TRANSPORT) << dump_packet(t->serial.c_str(), "to remote", p);
 
     if (t == nullptr) {
         fatal("Transport is null");
     }
 
     if (t->Write(p) != 0) {
-        D("%s: failed to enqueue packet, closing transport", t->serial);
+        D("%s: failed to enqueue packet, closing transport", t->serial.c_str());
         t->Kick();
     }
 }
@@ -619,19 +619,13 @@
     t = m.transport;
 
     if (m.action == 0) {
-        D("transport: %s deleting", t->serial);
+        D("transport: %s deleting", t->serial.c_str());
 
         {
             std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(transport_lock);
             transport_list.remove(t);
         }
 
-        if (t->product) free(t->product);
-        if (t->serial) free(t->serial);
-        if (t->model) free(t->model);
-        if (t->device) free(t->device);
-        if (t->devpath) free(t->devpath);
-
         delete t;
 
         update_transports();
@@ -646,11 +640,11 @@
         t->connection()->SetTransportName(t->serial_name());
         t->connection()->SetReadCallback([t](Connection*, std::unique_ptr<apacket> p) {
             if (!check_header(p.get(), t)) {
-                D("%s: remote read: bad header", t->serial);
+                D("%s: remote read: bad header", t->serial.c_str());
                 return false;
             }
 
-            VLOG(TRANSPORT) << dump_packet(t->serial, "from remote", p.get());
+            VLOG(TRANSPORT) << dump_packet(t->serial.c_str(), "from remote", p.get());
             apacket* packet = p.release();
 
             // TODO: Does this need to run on the main thread?
@@ -658,7 +652,7 @@
             return true;
         });
         t->connection()->SetErrorCallback([t](Connection*, const std::string& error) {
-            D("%s: connection terminated: %s", t->serial, error.c_str());
+            D("%s: connection terminated: %s", t->serial.c_str(), error.c_str());
             fdevent_run_on_main_thread([t]() {
                 handle_offline(t);
                 transport_unref(t);
@@ -717,7 +711,7 @@
     tmsg m;
     m.transport = transport;
     m.action = 1;
-    D("transport: %s registered", transport->serial);
+    D("transport: %s registered", transport->serial.c_str());
     if (transport_write_action(transport_registration_send, &m)) {
         fatal_errno("cannot write transport registration socket\n");
     }
@@ -727,7 +721,7 @@
     tmsg m;
     m.transport = transport;
     m.action = 0;
-    D("transport: %s removed", transport->serial);
+    D("transport: %s removed", transport->serial.c_str());
     if (transport_write_action(transport_registration_send, &m)) {
         fatal_errno("cannot write transport registration socket\n");
     }
@@ -743,38 +737,38 @@
     if (t->ref_count == 0) {
         t->connection()->Stop();
         if (t->IsTcpDevice() && !t->kicked()) {
-            D("transport: %s unref (attempting reconnection) %d", t->serial, t->kicked());
+            D("transport: %s unref (attempting reconnection) %d", t->serial.c_str(), t->kicked());
             reconnect_handler.TrackTransport(t);
         } else {
-            D("transport: %s unref (kicking and closing)", t->serial);
+            D("transport: %s unref (kicking and closing)", t->serial.c_str());
             remove_transport(t);
         }
     } else {
-        D("transport: %s unref (count=%zu)", t->serial, t->ref_count);
+        D("transport: %s unref (count=%zu)", t->serial.c_str(), t->ref_count);
     }
 }
 
-static int qual_match(const char* to_test, const char* prefix, const char* qual,
+static int qual_match(const std::string& to_test, const char* prefix, const std::string& qual,
                       bool sanitize_qual) {
-    if (!to_test || !*to_test) /* Return true if both the qual and to_test are null strings. */
-        return !qual || !*qual;
+    if (to_test.empty()) /* Return true if both the qual and to_test are empty strings. */
+        return qual.empty();
 
-    if (!qual) return 0;
+    if (qual.empty()) return 0;
 
+    const char* ptr = to_test.c_str();
     if (prefix) {
         while (*prefix) {
-            if (*prefix++ != *to_test++) return 0;
+            if (*prefix++ != *ptr++) return 0;
         }
     }
 
-    while (*qual) {
-        char ch = *qual++;
+    for (char ch : qual) {
         if (sanitize_qual && !isalnum(ch)) ch = '_';
-        if (ch != *to_test++) return 0;
+        if (ch != *ptr++) return 0;
     }
 
-    /* Everything matched so far.  Return true if *to_test is a NUL. */
-    return !*to_test;
+    /* Everything matched so far.  Return true if *ptr is a NUL. */
+    return !*ptr;
 }
 
 atransport* acquire_one_transport(TransportType type, const char* serial, TransportId transport_id,
@@ -921,7 +915,7 @@
 
 void atransport::Kick() {
     if (!kicked_.exchange(true)) {
-        D("kicking transport %p %s", this, this->serial);
+        D("kicking transport %p %s", this, this->serial.c_str());
         this->connection()->Stop();
     }
 }
@@ -1040,7 +1034,7 @@
 }
 
 bool atransport::MatchesTarget(const std::string& target) const {
-    if (serial) {
+    if (!serial.empty()) {
         if (target == serial) {
             return true;
         } else if (type == kTransportLocal) {
@@ -1069,10 +1063,9 @@
         }
     }
 
-    return (devpath && target == devpath) ||
-           qual_match(target.c_str(), "product:", product, false) ||
-           qual_match(target.c_str(), "model:", model, true) ||
-           qual_match(target.c_str(), "device:", device, false);
+    return (target == devpath) || qual_match(target, "product:", product, false) ||
+           qual_match(target, "model:", model, true) ||
+           qual_match(target, "device:", device, false);
 }
 
 void atransport::SetConnectionEstablished(bool success) {
@@ -1093,9 +1086,9 @@
     return str;
 }
 
-static void append_transport_info(std::string* result, const char* key, const char* value,
+static void append_transport_info(std::string* result, const char* key, const std::string& value,
                                   bool alphanumeric) {
-    if (value == nullptr || *value == '\0') {
+    if (value.empty()) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -1105,8 +1098,8 @@
 }
 
 static void append_transport(const atransport* t, std::string* result, bool long_listing) {
-    const char* serial = t->serial;
-    if (!serial || !serial[0]) {
+    std::string serial = t->serial;
+    if (serial.empty()) {
         serial = "(no serial number)";
     }
 
@@ -1115,7 +1108,8 @@
         *result += '\t';
         *result += t->connection_state_name();
     } else {
-        android::base::StringAppendF(result, "%-22s %s", serial, t->connection_state_name().c_str());
+        android::base::StringAppendF(result, "%-22s %s", serial.c_str(),
+                                     t->connection_state_name().c_str());
 
         append_transport_info(result, "", t->devpath, false);
         append_transport_info(result, "product:", t->product, false);
@@ -1138,7 +1132,7 @@
         if (x->type != y->type) {
             return x->type < y->type;
         }
-        return strcmp(x->serial, y->serial) < 0;
+        return x->serial < y->serial;
     });
 
     std::string result;
@@ -1181,7 +1175,7 @@
 
     std::unique_lock<std::recursive_mutex> lock(transport_lock);
     for (const auto& transport : pending_list) {
-        if (transport->serial && strcmp(serial, transport->serial) == 0) {
+        if (strcmp(serial, transport->serial.c_str()) == 0) {
             VLOG(TRANSPORT) << "socket transport " << transport->serial
                             << " is already in pending_list and fails to register";
             delete t;
@@ -1190,7 +1184,7 @@
     }
 
     for (const auto& transport : transport_list) {
-        if (transport->serial && strcmp(serial, transport->serial) == 0) {
+        if (strcmp(serial, transport->serial.c_str()) == 0) {
             VLOG(TRANSPORT) << "socket transport " << transport->serial
                             << " is already in transport_list and fails to register";
             delete t;
@@ -1199,7 +1193,7 @@
     }
 
     pending_list.push_front(t);
-    t->serial = strdup(serial);
+    t->serial = serial;
 
     lock.unlock();
 
@@ -1220,7 +1214,7 @@
 
     std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(transport_lock);
     for (auto& t : transport_list) {
-        if (t->serial && strcmp(serial, t->serial) == 0) {
+        if (strcmp(serial, t->serial.c_str()) == 0) {
             result = t;
             break;
         }
@@ -1251,11 +1245,11 @@
     D("transport: %p init'ing for usb_handle %p (sn='%s')", t, usb, serial ? serial : "");
     init_usb_transport(t, usb);
     if (serial) {
-        t->serial = strdup(serial);
+        t->serial = serial;
     }
 
     if (devpath) {
-        t->devpath = strdup(devpath);
+        t->devpath = devpath;
     }
 
     {
diff --git a/adb/transport.h b/adb/transport.h
index cb20615..e9c9d37 100644
--- a/adb/transport.h
+++ b/adb/transport.h
@@ -238,11 +238,11 @@
     TransportType type = kTransportAny;
 
     // Used to identify transports for clients.
-    char* serial = nullptr;
-    char* product = nullptr;
-    char* model = nullptr;
-    char* device = nullptr;
-    char* devpath = nullptr;
+    std::string serial;
+    std::string product;
+    std::string model;
+    std::string device;
+    std::string devpath;
 
     bool IsTcpDevice() const { return type == kTransportLocal; }
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
     char token[TOKEN_SIZE] = {};
     size_t failed_auth_attempts = 0;
 
-    std::string serial_name() const { return serial ? serial : "<unknown>"; }
+    std::string serial_name() const { return !serial.empty() ? serial : "<unknown>"; }
     std::string connection_state_name() const;
 
     void update_version(int version, size_t payload);
diff --git a/adb/transport_test.cpp b/adb/transport_test.cpp
index d987d4f..8c628d8 100644
--- a/adb/transport_test.cpp
+++ b/adb/transport_test.cpp
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@
     ASSERT_EQ(0U, t.features().size());
     ASSERT_EQ(kCsHost, t.GetConnectionState());
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(nullptr, t.product);
-    ASSERT_EQ(nullptr, t.model);
-    ASSERT_EQ(nullptr, t.device);
+    ASSERT_EQ(std::string(), t.product);
+    ASSERT_EQ(std::string(), t.model);
+    ASSERT_EQ(std::string(), t.device);
 }
 
 TEST(transport, parse_banner_product_features) {
diff --git a/adb/types.h b/adb/types.h
index c6b3f07..a3e5d48 100644
--- a/adb/types.h
+++ b/adb/types.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <deque>
+#include <memory>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
 
     template <typename Iterator>
     Block(Iterator begin, Iterator end) : Block(end - begin) {
-        std::copy(begin, end, data_);
+        std::copy(begin, end, data_.get());
     }
 
     Block(const Block& copy) = delete;
@@ -73,11 +74,11 @@
     void assign(InputIt begin, InputIt end) {
         clear();
         allocate(end - begin);
-        std::copy(begin, end, data_);
+        std::copy(begin, end, data_.get());
     }
 
     void clear() {
-        free(data_);
+        data_.reset();
         capacity_ = 0;
         size_ = 0;
     }
@@ -86,11 +87,11 @@
     size_t size() const { return size_; }
     bool empty() const { return size() == 0; }
 
-    char* data() { return data_; }
-    const char* data() const { return data_; }
+    char* data() { return data_.get(); }
+    const char* data() const { return data_.get(); }
 
-    char* begin() { return data_; }
-    const char* begin() const { return data_; }
+    char* begin() { return data_.get(); }
+    const char* begin() const { return data_.get(); }
 
     char* end() { return data() + size_; }
     const char* end() const { return data() + size_; }
@@ -108,13 +109,13 @@
         CHECK_EQ(0ULL, capacity_);
         CHECK_EQ(0ULL, size_);
         if (size != 0) {
-            data_ = static_cast<char*>(malloc(size));
+            data_ = std::make_unique<char[]>(size);
             capacity_ = size;
             size_ = size;
         }
     }
 
-    char* data_ = nullptr;
+    std::unique_ptr<char[]> data_;
     size_t capacity_ = 0;
     size_t size_ = 0;
 };