diff --git a/libcontainer/init_linux.go b/libcontainer/init_linux.go
index 935b7356c..e6e1fd6b5 100644
--- a/libcontainer/init_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/init_linux.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"unsafe"
 
@@ -377,7 +378,7 @@ func setupUser(config *initConfig) error {
 	if allowSupGroups {
 		suppGroups := append(execUser.Sgids, addGroups...)
 		if err := unix.Setgroups(suppGroups); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return &os.SyscallError{Syscall: "setgroups", Err: err}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -403,7 +404,7 @@ func setupUser(config *initConfig) error {
 func fixStdioPermissions(config *initConfig, u *user.ExecUser) error {
 	var null unix.Stat_t
 	if err := unix.Stat("/dev/null", &null); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return &os.PathError{Op: "stat", Path: "/dev/null", Err: err}
 	}
 	for _, fd := range []uintptr{
 		os.Stdin.Fd(),
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@ func fixStdioPermissions(config *initConfig, u *user.ExecUser) error {
 	} {
 		var s unix.Stat_t
 		if err := unix.Fstat(int(fd), &s); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return &os.PathError{Op: "fstat", Path: "fd " + strconv.Itoa(int(fd)), Err: err}
 		}
 
 		// Skip chown of /dev/null if it was used as one of the STDIO fds.
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ func fixStdioPermissions(config *initConfig, u *user.ExecUser) error {
 			if err == unix.EINVAL || err == unix.EPERM {
 				continue
 			}
-			return err
+			return &os.PathError{Op: "fchown", Path: "fd " + strconv.Itoa(int(fd)), Err: err}
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ func isWaitable(pid int) (bool, error) {
 	si := &siginfo{}
 	_, _, e := unix.Syscall6(unix.SYS_WAITID, _P_PID, uintptr(pid), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(si)), unix.WEXITED|unix.WNOWAIT|unix.WNOHANG, 0, 0)
 	if e != 0 {
-		return false, os.NewSyscallError("waitid", e)
+		return false, &os.SyscallError{Syscall: "waitid", Err: e}
 	}
 
 	return si.si_pid != 0, nil
diff --git a/libcontainer/process_linux.go b/libcontainer/process_linux.go
index ed361028a..3913e3855 100644
--- a/libcontainer/process_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/process_linux.go
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ func (p *Process) InitializeIO(rootuid, rootgid int) (i *IO, err error) {
 	// change ownership of the pipes in case we are in a user namespace
 	for _, fd := range fds {
 		if err := unix.Fchown(int(fd), rootuid, rootgid); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, &os.PathError{Op: "fchown", Path: "fd " + strconv.Itoa(int(fd)), Err: err}
 		}
 	}
 	return i, nil
diff --git a/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go b/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
index 9578e4428..63322d01d 100644
--- a/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ func reOpenDevNull() error {
 	}
 	for fd := 0; fd < 3; fd++ {
 		if err := unix.Fstat(fd, &stat); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return &os.PathError{Op: "fstat", Path: "fd " + strconv.Itoa(fd), Err: err}
 		}
 		if stat.Rdev == devNullStat.Rdev {
 			// Close and re-open the fd.
@@ -709,9 +709,9 @@ func createDeviceNode(rootfs string, node *devices.Device, bind bool) error {
 		return bindMountDeviceNode(rootfs, dest, node)
 	}
 	if err := mknodDevice(dest, node); err != nil {
-		if os.IsExist(err) {
+		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
 			return nil
-		} else if os.IsPermission(err) {
+		} else if errors.Is(err, os.ErrPermission) {
 			return bindMountDeviceNode(rootfs, dest, node)
 		}
 		return err
@@ -736,9 +736,9 @@ func mknodDevice(dest string, node *devices.Device) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := unix.Mknod(dest, uint32(fileMode), int(dev)); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return &os.PathError{Op: "mknod", Path: dest, Err: err}
 	}
-	return unix.Chown(dest, int(node.Uid), int(node.Gid))
+	return os.Chown(dest, int(node.Uid), int(node.Gid))
 }
 
 // Get the parent mount point of directory passed in as argument. Also return