diff --git a/src/platforms/hosted/bmp_libusb.c b/src/platforms/hosted/bmp_libusb.c
index c0d060cbb13..60b4274f68d 100644
--- a/src/platforms/hosted/bmp_libusb.c
+++ b/src/platforms/hosted/bmp_libusb.c
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ void stlinkv2_read_serial(libusb_device_descriptor_s *device_descriptor, libusb_
 }
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wcast-qual"
 static probe_info_s *process_ftdi_probe(void)
 {
 	DWORD ftdi_dev_count = 0;
@@ -285,7 +287,7 @@ static probe_info_s *process_ftdi_probe(void)
 
 				if (probe_skip) { // Clean up any previous serial number to skip
 					use_serial = true;
-					free((void *)probe_skip);
+					free((char*)probe_skip);
 					probe_skip = NULL;
 				}
 
@@ -322,11 +324,14 @@ static probe_info_s *process_ftdi_probe(void)
 			free(product);
 		}
 	}
-	if (probe_skip)
-		free((void *)probe_skip);
+	if (probe_skip) {
+		free((char*)probe_skip);
+		probe_skip = NULL;
+	}
 	free(dev_info);
 	return probe_list;
 }
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 #endif
 
 void orbtrace_read_version(libusb_device *device, libusb_device_handle *handle, char *version, size_t buffer_size)
diff --git a/src/platforms/hosted/windows/ftdi.c b/src/platforms/hosted/windows/ftdi.c
index 5254c3411df..60e5bae892a 100644
--- a/src/platforms/hosted/windows/ftdi.c
+++ b/src/platforms/hosted/windows/ftdi.c
@@ -149,11 +149,22 @@ int ftdi_read_data(struct ftdi_context *ftdi, unsigned char *buf, const int size
 
 int ftdi_write_data(struct ftdi_context *ftdi, const unsigned char *buf, int size)
 {
-	(void)ftdi;
-	DWORD bytes_written;
-	if (FT_Write(ftdi_handle, (unsigned char *)buf, size, &bytes_written) != FT_OK)
-		return 0;
-	return bytes_written;
+    (void)ftdi;
+    DWORD bytes_written;
+
+    unsigned char *temp_buf = (unsigned char *)malloc(size);
+    if (temp_buf == NULL) {
+        return 0; 
+    }
+    memcpy(temp_buf, buf, size);
+
+    if (FT_Write(ftdi_handle, temp_buf, size, &bytes_written) != FT_OK) {
+        free(temp_buf); 
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    free(temp_buf);
+    return bytes_written;
 }
 
 int ftdi_write_data_set_chunksize(struct ftdi_context *ftdi, unsigned int chunksize)