diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 76fd604..92cf18d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 qt6-base (6.2.2+dfsg-6) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
+  [ Pino Toscano ]
+  * Backport upstream commit 06e45cbd6a2e09bc32cb1c9aa3779d6bd5282c45 to fix
+    a memory leak in QFileSystemEngine::canonicalName() (caused by patch
+    upstream_Avoid-a-stack-buffer-when-not-needed.patch); patch
+    upstream_QFileSystemEngine-canonicalName-Unix-clean-up-contro.patch.
 
  -- Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org>  Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:38:19 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 8c0c8d8..ed9db75 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ upstream_CMake-add-support-for-GNU-Hurd.patch
 upstream_QProcess-Unix-fallback-on-_POSIX_PIPE_BUF-w-missing-.patch
 upstream_Hurd-enable-XOPEN-largefile-APIs.patch
 upstream_Avoid-a-stack-buffer-when-not-needed.patch
+upstream_QFileSystemEngine-canonicalName-Unix-clean-up-contro.patch
 
 # Debian specific
 remove_privacy_breaches.diff
diff --git a/debian/patches/upstream_QFileSystemEngine-canonicalName-Unix-clean-up-contro.patch b/debian/patches/upstream_QFileSystemEngine-canonicalName-Unix-clean-up-contro.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f034d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/upstream_QFileSystemEngine-canonicalName-Unix-clean-up-contro.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+From 06e45cbd6a2e09bc32cb1c9aa3779d6bd5282c45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Fabian Kosmale <fabian.kosmale@qt.io>
+Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 10:29:24 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] QFileSystemEngine::canonicalName (Unix): clean up
+ control-flow
+
+When passing a nullptr to realpath, it will allocate memory. That memory
+has to be freed (with free) later to avoid a leak, which we so far
+didn't.
+This patch ensures that we always clean up the memory by using a
+unique_ptr. As a drive-by, clean up the control-flow:
+- Always pass either the stack buffer or nullptr to realpath.
+- Rely on realpath returning nullptr in the error case.
+Lastly, fix a few coding-style issues.
+
+Change-Id: Ia906df77324020c267b087ec52a9a6c47aaa2a59
+Reviewed-by: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@intel.com>
+---
+ src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp | 43 ++++++++++++-----------
+ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
+index fb66d47d38..47dd7bea7e 100644
+--- a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
++++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
+@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <errno.h>
+ 
++#include <memory> // for std::unique_ptr
++
+ #if __has_include(<paths.h>)
+ # include <paths.h>
+ #endif
+@@ -687,39 +689,40 @@ QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::canonicalName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry,
+     return QFileSystemEntry(slowCanonicalized(absoluteName(entry).filePath()));
+ #else
+ # if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN) || defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) || _POSIX_VERSION < 200801L
+-    char stack_result[PATH_MAX+1];
++    // used to store the result of realpath in case where realpath cannot allocate itself
++    char stack_result[PATH_MAX + 1];
++#else
++    // enables unconditionally passing stack_result below
++    std::nullptr_t stack_result = nullptr;
++# endif
++    auto resolved_path_deleter = [&](char *ptr) {
++        // frees resolved_name if it was allocated by realpath
++# if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN) || defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) || _POSIX_VERSION < 200801L
++        // ptr is either null, or points to stack_result
++        Q_ASSERT(!ptr || ptr == stack_result);
++        return;
++#else
++        free(ptr);
+ # endif
+-    char *resolved_name = nullptr;
++    };
++    std::unique_ptr<char, decltype (resolved_path_deleter)> resolved_name {nullptr, resolved_path_deleter};
+ # if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN) || defined(Q_OS_ANDROID)
+     // On some Android and macOS versions, realpath() will return a path even if
+     // it does not exist. To work around this, we check existence in advance.
+     if (!data.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute))
+         fillMetaData(entry, data, QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute);
+ 
+-    if (!data.exists()) {
++    if (!data.exists())
+         errno = ENOENT;
+-    } else {
+-        resolved_name = stack_result;
+-    }
+-    if (resolved_name && realpath(entry.nativeFilePath().constData(), resolved_name) == nullptr)
+-        resolved_name = nullptr;
++    else
++        resolved_name.reset(realpath(entry.nativeFilePath().constData(), stack_result));
+ # else
+-#  if _POSIX_VERSION >= 200801L // ask realpath to allocate memory
+-    resolved_name = realpath(entry.nativeFilePath().constData(), nullptr);
+-#  else
+-    resolved_name = stack_result;
+-    if (realpath(entry.nativeFilePath().constData(), resolved_name) == nullptr)
+-        resolved_name = nullptr;
+-#  endif
++    resolved_name.reset(realpath(entry.nativeFilePath().constData(), stack_result));
+ # endif
+     if (resolved_name) {
+         data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+         data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+-        QString canonicalPath = QDir::cleanPath(QFile::decodeName(resolved_name));
+-# if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN) || defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) || _POSIX_VERSION < 200801L
+-        if (resolved_name != stack_result)
+-            free(resolved_name);
+-# endif
++        QString canonicalPath = QDir::cleanPath(QFile::decodeName(resolved_name.get()));
+         return QFileSystemEntry(canonicalPath);
+     } else if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR) { // file doesn't exist
+         data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+-- 
+2.34.1
+