FAILED: patch "[PATCH] smb: client: use unaligned reads in parse_posix_ctxt()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-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-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x b86467cd2691192ad4809a5a6e922fc24b8e9839
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026071412-jester-ashamed-7c2e@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From b86467cd2691192ad4809a5a6e922fc24b8e9839 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zihan Xi <xizh2024@lzu.edu.cn>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 18:23:21 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] smb: client: use unaligned reads in parse_posix_ctxt()

The server controls create-context DataOffset, so the POSIX context data
pointer may be misaligned on strict-alignment architectures. Use
get_unaligned_le32() when reading nlink, reparse_tag, and mode.

Fixes: 69dda3059e7a ("cifs: add SMB2_open() arg to return POSIX data")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Zihan Xi <xizh2024@lzu.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Ren Wei <n05ec@lzu.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
index 77738900e75e..95c0efe9d43b 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
@@ -2396,9 +2396,9 @@ parse_posix_ctxt(struct create_context *cc, struct smb2_file_all_info *info,
 
 	memset(posix, 0, sizeof(*posix));
 
-	posix->nlink = le32_to_cpu(*(__le32 *)(beg + 0));
-	posix->reparse_tag = le32_to_cpu(*(__le32 *)(beg + 4));
-	posix->mode = le32_to_cpu(*(__le32 *)(beg + 8));
+	posix->nlink = get_unaligned_le32(beg);
+	posix->reparse_tag = get_unaligned_le32(beg + 4);
+	posix->mode = get_unaligned_le32(beg + 8);
 
 	sid = beg + 12;
 	sid_len = posix_info_sid_size(sid, end);