diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/host_test/nvs_host_test/main/test_fixtures.hpp b/components/nvs_flash/host_test/nvs_host_test/main/test_fixtures.hpp
index f98e136743..63b131b5f0 100644
--- a/components/nvs_flash/host_test/nvs_host_test/main/test_fixtures.hpp
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/host_test/nvs_host_test/main/test_fixtures.hpp
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ public:
         esp_partition.size = sector_size * SPI_FLASH_SEC_SIZE;
         esp_partition.erase_size = ESP_PARTITION_EMULATED_SECTOR_SIZE;
         strncpy(esp_partition.label, partition_name, PART_NAME_MAX_SIZE);
-        p_part = new nvs::NVSPartition(&esp_partition);
+        p_part = new (std::nothrow) nvs::NVSPartition(&esp_partition);
+        CHECK(p_part != nullptr);
     }
 
     ~PartitionEmulationFixture()
diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_api.cpp b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_api.cpp
index 6d7f546050..8d8d0b013d 100644
--- a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_api.cpp
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_api.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "esp_partition.h"
 #include <functional>
 #include "nvs_handle_simple.hpp"
+#include "nvs_memory_management.hpp"
 #include "esp_err.h"
 #include <esp_rom_crc.h>
 #include "nvs_internal.h"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 #include "esp_log.h"
 static const char* TAG = "nvs";
 
-class NVSHandleEntry : public intrusive_list_node<NVSHandleEntry> {
+class NVSHandleEntry : public intrusive_list_node<NVSHandleEntry>, public ExceptionlessAllocatable {
 public:
     NVSHandleEntry(nvs::NVSHandleSimple *handle, const char* part_name)
         : nvs_handle(handle),
diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_handle_simple.hpp b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_handle_simple.hpp
index 0a20aa4e8f..ff0e93a3d6 100644
--- a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_handle_simple.hpp
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_handle_simple.hpp
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
-// Copyright 2015-2016 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
 #ifndef NVS_HANDLE_SIMPLE_HPP_
 #define NVS_HANDLE_SIMPLE_HPP_
 
@@ -18,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "nvs_storage.hpp"
 #include "nvs_platform.hpp"
 
+#include "nvs_memory_management.hpp"
 #include "nvs_handle.hpp"
 
 namespace nvs {
@@ -30,7 +23,9 @@ namespace nvs {
  *
  * For more details about the general member functions, see nvs_handle.hpp.
  */
-class NVSHandleSimple : public intrusive_list_node<NVSHandleSimple>, public NVSHandle {
+class NVSHandleSimple : public intrusive_list_node<NVSHandleSimple>,
+        public NVSHandle,
+        public ExceptionlessAllocatable {
     friend class NVSPartitionManager;
 public:
     NVSHandleSimple(bool readOnly, uint8_t nsIndex, Storage *StoragePtr) :
diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_item_hash_list.hpp b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_item_hash_list.hpp
index e724c4f02f..ead5eeb10f 100644
--- a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_item_hash_list.hpp
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_item_hash_list.hpp
@@ -1,22 +1,15 @@
-// Copyright 2015-2016 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
 
 #ifndef nvs_item_hash_list_h
 #define nvs_item_hash_list_h
 
 #include "nvs.h"
 #include "nvs_types.hpp"
+#include "nvs_memory_management.hpp"
 #include "intrusive_list.h"
 
 namespace nvs
@@ -54,7 +47,7 @@ protected:
         uint32_t mHash  : 24;
     };
 
-    struct HashListBlock : public intrusive_list_node<HashList::HashListBlock> {
+    struct HashListBlock : public intrusive_list_node<HashList::HashListBlock>, public ExceptionlessAllocatable {
         HashListBlock();
 
         static const size_t BYTE_SIZE = 128;
diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_memory_management.hpp b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_memory_management.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..933f08256e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_memory_management.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+#pragma once
+
+/**
+ * @brief Type that is only usable with new (std::nothrow) to avoid exceptions.
+ *
+ * This struct shall be inherited by all types in NVS that may be allocated dynamically (with new).
+ *
+ * NVS allocates memory at runtime. Because we use C++, we need to avoid the global ``operator new`` from libstdc++,
+ * since it throws exceptions and we compile NVS with ``-fno-exceptions``. We also need to avoid the global
+ * non-throwing version of that operator from libstdc++, since it is merely a wrapper around the original operator
+ * catching all exceptions.
+ *
+ * This struct removes the normal operator new from this and all types inheriting from it. It furthermore provides
+ * a custom version of operator new (..., const std::nothrow_t&) noexcept that will not use C++ exceptions.
+ *
+ * E.g., if you have a type MyType inheriting from ExceptionlessAllocatable, you want to use it as follows:
+ * @code{c++}
+ * MyType : public ExceptionlessAllocatable {
+ *     ExceptionlessAllocatable();
+ *     ExceptionlessAllocatable(int param);
+ * };
+ * // ...
+ * MyType *m0 = new (std::nothrow) MyType;
+ * MyType *m1 = new (std::nothrow) MyType(47);
+ * // ...
+ * delete m1;
+ * delete m0;
+ * @endcode
+ */
+struct ExceptionlessAllocatable {
+    /**
+     * Disallow use of the default new operator, all of NVS is currently tailored to not throw exceptions
+     */
+    static void *operator new( std::size_t ) = delete;
+
+    /**
+     * Simple implementation with malloc(). No exceptions are thrown if the allocation fails.
+     * To use this operator, your type must inherit from this class and then allocate with:
+     * @code{c}
+     * new (std::nothrow) <YourType>;                           // default constructor
+     * new (std::nothrow) <YourType>(<constructor parameters>); // non-default constructor
+     * @endcode
+     */
+    void *operator new (size_t size, const std::nothrow_t&) noexcept {
+        return std::malloc(size);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Use \c delete as normal. This operator will be called automatically instead of the global one from libstdc++.
+     */
+    void operator delete (void *obj) noexcept {
+        free(obj);
+    }
+};
diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_page.hpp b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_page.hpp
index 1eed884d03..71888a263f 100644
--- a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_page.hpp
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_page.hpp
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@
 #include "compressed_enum_table.hpp"
 #include "intrusive_list.h"
 #include "nvs_item_hash_list.hpp"
+#include "nvs_memory_management.hpp"
 #include "partition.hpp"
 
 namespace nvs
 {
 
 
-class Page : public intrusive_list_node<Page>
+class Page : public intrusive_list_node<Page>, public ExceptionlessAllocatable
 {
 public:
     static const uint32_t PSB_INIT = 0x1;
diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_partition.hpp b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_partition.hpp
index 2af3e238e3..8ed544a6b1 100644
--- a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_partition.hpp
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_partition.hpp
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
-// Copyright 2019 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
 
 #ifndef ESP_PARTITION_HPP_
 #define ESP_PARTITION_HPP_
@@ -18,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "esp_partition.h"
 #include "intrusive_list.h"
 #include "partition.hpp"
+#include "nvs_memory_management.hpp"
 
 #define ESP_ENCRYPT_BLOCK_SIZE 16
 
@@ -31,7 +24,7 @@ namespace nvs {
  * It is implemented as an intrusive_list_node to easily store instances of it. NVSStorage and NVSPage take pointer
  * references of this class to abstract their partition operations.
  */
-class NVSPartition : public Partition, public intrusive_list_node<NVSPartition> {
+class NVSPartition : public Partition, public intrusive_list_node<NVSPartition>, public ExceptionlessAllocatable {
 public:
     /**
      * Copy partition_name to mPartitionName and initialize mESPPartition.
diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_partition_manager.hpp b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_partition_manager.hpp
index 885787de4c..ebed1214e3 100644
--- a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_partition_manager.hpp
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_partition_manager.hpp
@@ -1,27 +1,20 @@
-// Copyright 2015-2016 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
 #ifndef NVS_PARTITION_MANAGER_HPP_
 #define NVS_PARTITION_MANAGER_HPP_
 
 #include "nvs_handle_simple.hpp"
 #include "nvs_storage.hpp"
 #include "nvs_partition.hpp"
+#include "nvs_memory_management.hpp"
 #include "nvs_flash.h"
 
 namespace nvs {
 
-class NVSPartitionManager {
+class NVSPartitionManager : public ExceptionlessAllocatable {
 public:
     virtual ~NVSPartitionManager() { }
 
diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_storage.hpp b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_storage.hpp
index fd6eb1cc9f..c2df7dc470 100644
--- a/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_storage.hpp
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_storage.hpp
@@ -1,25 +1,19 @@
-// Copyright 2015-2016 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
 #ifndef nvs_storage_hpp
 #define nvs_storage_hpp
 
 #include <memory>
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include "nvs.hpp"
 #include "nvs_types.hpp"
 #include "nvs_page.hpp"
 #include "nvs_pagemanager.hpp"
+#include "nvs_memory_management.hpp"
 #include "partition.hpp"
 
 //extern void dumpBytes(const uint8_t* data, size_t count);
@@ -27,14 +21,14 @@
 namespace nvs
 {
 
-class Storage : public intrusive_list_node<Storage>
+class Storage : public intrusive_list_node<Storage>, public ExceptionlessAllocatable
 {
     enum class StorageState : uint32_t {
         INVALID,
         ACTIVE,
     };
 
-    struct NamespaceEntry : public intrusive_list_node<NamespaceEntry> {
+    struct NamespaceEntry : public intrusive_list_node<NamespaceEntry>, public ExceptionlessAllocatable {
     public:
         char mName[Item::MAX_KEY_LENGTH + 1];
         uint8_t mIndex;
@@ -42,13 +36,13 @@ class Storage : public intrusive_list_node<Storage>
 
     typedef intrusive_list<NamespaceEntry> TNamespaces;
 
-    struct UsedPageNode: public intrusive_list_node<UsedPageNode> {
+    struct UsedPageNode: public intrusive_list_node<UsedPageNode>, public ExceptionlessAllocatable {
         public: Page* mPage;
     };
 
     typedef intrusive_list<UsedPageNode> TUsedPageList;
 
-    struct BlobIndexNode: public intrusive_list_node<BlobIndexNode> {
+    struct BlobIndexNode: public intrusive_list_node<BlobIndexNode>, public ExceptionlessAllocatable {
         public:
             char key[Item::MAX_KEY_LENGTH + 1];
             uint8_t nsIndex;
diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/test_nvs_host/test_nvs.cpp b/components/nvs_flash/test_nvs_host/test_nvs.cpp
index f057d2913b..7f6c2b696e 100644
--- a/components/nvs_flash/test_nvs_host/test_nvs.cpp
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/test_nvs_host/test_nvs.cpp
@@ -841,10 +841,11 @@ static void check_nvs_part_gen_args(SpiFlashEmulator *spi_flash_emulator,
     esp_part.address = 0;
     esp_part.size = size * SPI_FLASH_SEC_SIZE;
     strncpy(esp_part.label, part_name, PART_NAME_MAX_SIZE);
-    shared_ptr<nvs::Partition> part;
+    unique_ptr<nvs::Partition> part;
 
     if (is_encr) {
-        nvs::NVSEncryptedPartition *enc_part = new nvs::NVSEncryptedPartition(&esp_part);
+        nvs::NVSEncryptedPartition *enc_part = new (std::nothrow) nvs::NVSEncryptedPartition(&esp_part);
+        REQUIRE(enc_part != nullptr);
         TEST_ESP_OK(enc_part->init(xts_cfg));
         part.reset(enc_part);
     } else {
@@ -931,10 +932,11 @@ static void check_nvs_part_gen_args_mfg(SpiFlashEmulator *spi_flash_emulator,
     esp_part.address = 0;
     esp_part.size = size * SPI_FLASH_SEC_SIZE;
     strncpy(esp_part.label, part_name, PART_NAME_MAX_SIZE);
-    shared_ptr<nvs::Partition> part;
+    unique_ptr<nvs::Partition> part;
 
     if (is_encr) {
-        nvs::NVSEncryptedPartition *enc_part = new nvs::NVSEncryptedPartition(&esp_part);
+        nvs::NVSEncryptedPartition *enc_part = new (std::nothrow) nvs::NVSEncryptedPartition(&esp_part);
+        REQUIRE(enc_part != nullptr);
         TEST_ESP_OK(enc_part->init(xts_cfg));
         part.reset(enc_part);
     } else {
diff --git a/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt b/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
index 3af655d041..a12c715bd9 100644
--- a/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
+++ b/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
@@ -801,17 +801,12 @@ components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_encrypted_partition.hpp
 components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_handle_locked.cpp
 components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_handle_locked.hpp
 components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_handle_simple.cpp
-components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_handle_simple.hpp
 components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_item_hash_list.cpp
-components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_item_hash_list.hpp
 components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_pagemanager.hpp
 components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_partition.cpp
-components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_partition.hpp
 components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_partition_lookup.cpp
 components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_partition_lookup.hpp
-components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_partition_manager.hpp
 components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_platform.hpp
-components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_storage.hpp
 components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_test_api.h
 components/nvs_flash/src/nvs_types.cpp
 components/nvs_flash/src/partition.hpp