On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 11:31:05AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2017-09-07 16:32 +0200, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > The patch below does not apply to the 4.13-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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. > > I think it would be best to pick up commit f2764f61fa10 ("rtlwifi: Fix > memory leak when firmware request fails") which also seems to be > suitable for stable. After that commit, 1d9b168d8ea9 applies fine. > Debian has included both of these patches for almost four weeks[1]. Ok, that worked! thanks, greg k-h