[PATCH v7.3 3/9] cifs: Fix validation of EAs for WSL reparse points

From: Pali Rohár

Date: Mon Oct 26 2026 - 18:27:27 EST


When wsl_to_fattr() is called from readdir() then we should skip validation
of WSL EAs because readdir FIND_FIRST/NEXT results do not provide EA values
at all. For readdir() reply in this case return DT_UNKNOWN type instead of
DT_REG (which is the result of failed WSL EAs validation).

When validation is skipped and some required EAs are missing then returns
true from wsl_to_fattr() function but do not set fattr->cf_mode. This makes
readdir() to return DT_UNKNOWN type in the same way as it is doing NFS
reparse point function.

This change fixes readdir() result that for some WSL reparse points returns
DT_REG due to missing EAs. After this change it returns DT_UNKNOWN, which
is better than returning wrong type.

Fixes: ef201e8759d2 ("cifs: Validate EAs for WSL reparse points")
Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/smb/client/reparse.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/reparse.c b/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
index 3a27773186ae..e547510ca3c5 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
@@ -1152,6 +1152,7 @@ static bool wsl_to_fattr(struct cifs_open_info_data *data,
kuid_t uid = cifs_sb->ctx->linux_uid;
kgid_t gid = cifs_sb->ctx->linux_gid;
struct smb2_file_full_ea_info *ea;
+ bool ignore_missing_eas = false;
bool have_xattr_dev = false;
dev_t rdev = 0;
umode_t mode;
@@ -1174,8 +1175,18 @@ static bool wsl_to_fattr(struct cifs_open_info_data *data,
case IO_REPARSE_TAG_LX_BLK:
mode |= S_IFBLK;
break;
+ default:
+ return false;
}

+ /*
+ * When reparse buffer is not available then this is from readdir() call
+ * which does not provide EAs. readdir() can return DT_UNKNOWN type,
+ * which is signaled by no filling the fattr->cf_mode and returning true.
+ */
+ if (!data->reparse.buf && !data->wsl.eas_len)
+ ignore_missing_eas = true;
+
if (!data->wsl.eas_len)
goto out;

@@ -1213,7 +1224,7 @@ static bool wsl_to_fattr(struct cifs_open_info_data *data,
out:
/* Major and minor numbers for char and block devices are mandatory. */
if (!have_xattr_dev && (tag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_LX_CHR || tag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_LX_BLK))
- return false;
+ return ignore_missing_eas;

fattr->cf_uid = uid;
fattr->cf_gid = gid;
--
2.20.1