Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] EDAC/altera: Fix memory leak on dci allocation failure" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Oct 05, 2026 at 07:27:32AM -0700, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 05, 2026 at 12:27:24PM +0200, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > 
> > The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
> > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> > id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
> > 
> > To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
> > 
> > git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
> > git checkout FETCH_HEAD
> > git cherry-pick -x 3e4a10a4718e3d963ee4d6c5f26bc5ad57c1d2b1
> > # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
> > git commit -s
> > git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026100524-payer-capricorn-e50f@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' 'HEAD^..'
> > 
> > Possible dependencies:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> > 
> > ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
> > 
> > From 3e4a10a4718e3d963ee4d6c5f26bc5ad57c1d2b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@kernel.org>
> > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:06:26 -0500
> > Subject: [PATCH] EDAC/altera: Fix memory leak on dci allocation failure
> > 
> > Sashiko reports:
> > 
> > "If devres_open_group() fails, the function returns -ENOMEM without freeing the
> > dci structure allocated earlier with edac_device_alloc_ctl_info()."
> > 
> > Free the dci structure if devres_open_group() fails.
> > 
> > Fixes: c3eea1942a16 ("EDAC, altera: Add Altera L2 cache and OCRAM support")
> > Signed-off-by: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@kernel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.18+
> 			       ^^^^^
> 
> You probably should drop all backports before 6.18.
> 
> Like we marked it!!! :-P

Ugh, but the Fixes: tag points at 4.6, so which do I believe?  :)

thanks for letting me know.

greg k-h