Re: [PATCH 6.6 & 5.10] usb: typec: ucsi: validate connector number in ucsi_connector_change

[Greg KH]

On Fri, May 08, 2026 at 05:20:26PM +0800, Hongbo Li wrote:
> Commit d2d8c17ac01a ("usb: typec: ucsi: validate connector
> number in ucsi_notify_common()") and commit 5a1140404cbf ("usb:
> typec: ucsi: skip connector validation before init") add the bounds
> check when do the connector change both in pre-init notification and
> the forward notifications. But they are difficult to backport to
> early stable branch such as LTS 6.6, LTS 5.10 due to many dependencies.
> Instead, we choose to validate connector number in ucsi_connector_change
> directly to avoid out-of-range issue.

Why just these 2 branches?

And what specific commits are needed exactly?  Why not just backport
them all?  that will make future changes apply properly as well, making
the overall work much less over time.

thanks,

greg k-h