From 08dded1f227e2823c06f5121e48ca122aed65831 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abhishek Mishra <mishra.abhishek2808@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 22:37:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fs/vfs: fix pseudoFS mode reporting

Preserve only the existing file type bits (S_IFMT) and
replace permission bits from inode->i_mode instead of
merging them with |= semantics.

This fixes pseudoFS stat()/ls mode reporting after
chmod() updates.

Signed-off-by: Abhishek Mishra <mishra.abhishek2808@gmail.com>
---
 fs/vfs/fs_stat.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/vfs/fs_stat.c b/fs/vfs/fs_stat.c
index 22209d6e8c6..7e4a29ac79c 100644
--- a/fs/vfs/fs_stat.c
+++ b/fs/vfs/fs_stat.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ int inode_stat(FAR struct inode *inode, FAR struct stat *buf, int resolve)
     }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PSEUDOFS_ATTRIBUTES
-  buf->st_mode |= inode->i_mode;
+  buf->st_mode = (buf->st_mode & S_IFMT) | inode->i_mode;
   buf->st_uid   = inode->i_owner;
   buf->st_gid   = inode->i_group;
   buf->st_atim  = inode->i_atime;