Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] smb: client: fix file type corruption in" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
To: pc@manguebit.org,bharathsm@microsoft.com,linkinjeon@kernel.org,ronniesahlberg@gmail.com,sprasad@microsoft.com,tom@talpey.com
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:43:31 +0100
Message-ID: <2026091631-outsider-blog-cbef@gregkh>
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The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-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-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 6bd360447941357e959414a525aa62576a448116
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026091631-outsider-blog-cbef@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:


thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 6bd360447941357e959414a525aa62576a448116 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 16:01:24 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] smb: client: fix file type corruption in
 cifs_reparse_point_to_fattr()

Setting the file type in cf_mode without clearing the existing S_IFMT
bits first is wrong as it corrupts the file type when cf_mode already
has type bits set (e.g. S_IFREG | S_IFLNK == S_IFDIR | S_IFREG).

Clear S_IFMT before setting S_IFLNK for native and SMB1 symlinks.

Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260906181540.647469-1-pc%40manguebit.org
Reviewed-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
Cc: Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>
Cc: Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@microsoft.com>
Cc: Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>
Cc: Bharath SM <bharathsm@microsoft.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/reparse.c b/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
index 616ca2dbfac4..b6bded042e78 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
@@ -1280,6 +1280,7 @@ bool cifs_reparse_point_to_fattr(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 		break;
 	case 0: /* SMB1 symlink */
 	case IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK:
+		fattr->cf_mode &= ~S_IFMT;
 		fattr->cf_mode |= S_IFLNK;
 		break;
 	default: