diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 3fdc6a41b304ca2d8ab522d8a604c7f8c4d0c0a6..9fd56b0acd7e2fb73e92017ba41ea6a992c50ee9 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -2372,6 +2372,41 @@ smb2_get_dfs_refer(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses,
 	kfree(dfs_rsp);
 	return rc;
 }
+
+static int
+parse_reparse_symlink(struct reparse_symlink_data_buffer *symlink_buf,
+		      u32 plen, char **target_path,
+		      struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb)
+{
+	unsigned int sub_len;
+	unsigned int sub_offset;
+
+	/* We only handle Symbolic Link : MS-FSCC 2.1.2.4 */
+	if (le32_to_cpu(symlink_buf->ReparseTag) != IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK) {
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "srv returned invalid symlink buffer\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	sub_offset = le16_to_cpu(symlink_buf->SubstituteNameOffset);
+	sub_len = le16_to_cpu(symlink_buf->SubstituteNameLength);
+	if (sub_offset + 20 > plen ||
+	    sub_offset + sub_len + 20 > plen) {
+		cifs_dbg(VFS, "srv returned malformed symlink buffer\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	*target_path = cifs_strndup_from_utf16(
+				symlink_buf->PathBuffer + sub_offset,
+				sub_len, true, cifs_sb->local_nls);
+	if (!(*target_path))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	convert_delimiter(*target_path, '/');
+	cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: target path: %s\n", __func__, *target_path);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #define SMB2_SYMLINK_STRUCT_SIZE \
 	(sizeof(struct smb2_err_rsp) - 1 + sizeof(struct smb2_symlink_err_rsp))
 
@@ -2401,11 +2436,13 @@ smb2_query_symlink(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	struct kvec close_iov[1];
 	struct smb2_create_rsp *create_rsp;
 	struct smb2_ioctl_rsp *ioctl_rsp;
-	char *ioctl_buf;
+	struct reparse_data_buffer *reparse_buf;
 	u32 plen;
 
 	cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: path: %s\n", __func__, full_path);
 
+	*target_path = NULL;
+
 	if (smb3_encryption_required(tcon))
 		flags |= CIFS_TRANSFORM_REQ;
 
@@ -2483,17 +2520,36 @@ smb2_query_symlink(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	if ((rc == 0) && (is_reparse_point)) {
 		/* See MS-FSCC 2.3.23 */
 
-		ioctl_buf = (char *)ioctl_rsp + le32_to_cpu(ioctl_rsp->OutputOffset);
+		reparse_buf = (struct reparse_data_buffer *)
+			((char *)ioctl_rsp +
+			 le32_to_cpu(ioctl_rsp->OutputOffset));
 		plen = le32_to_cpu(ioctl_rsp->OutputCount);
 
 		if (plen + le32_to_cpu(ioctl_rsp->OutputOffset) >
 		    rsp_iov[1].iov_len) {
-			cifs_dbg(VFS, "srv returned invalid ioctl length: %d\n", plen);
+			cifs_dbg(VFS, "srv returned invalid ioctl len: %d\n",
+				 plen);
+			rc = -EIO;
+			goto querty_exit;
+		}
+
+		if (plen < 8) {
+			cifs_dbg(VFS, "reparse buffer is too small. Must be "
+				 "at least 8 bytes but was %d\n", plen);
+			rc = -EIO;
+			goto querty_exit;
+		}
+
+		if (plen < le16_to_cpu(reparse_buf->ReparseDataLength) + 8) {
+			cifs_dbg(VFS, "srv returned invalid reparse buf "
+				 "length: %d\n", plen);
 			rc = -EIO;
 			goto querty_exit;
 		}
 
-		/* Do stuff with ioctl_buf/plen */
+		rc = parse_reparse_symlink(
+			(struct reparse_symlink_data_buffer *)reparse_buf,
+			plen, target_path, cifs_sb);
 		goto querty_exit;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
index c7d5813bebd814a4b9240d6497bf64ca3fecbdf3..858353d20c39220a6879ed9782599834b01d6f61 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.h
@@ -914,7 +914,19 @@ struct reparse_mount_point_data_buffer {
 	__u8	PathBuffer[0]; /* Variable Length */
 } __packed;
 
-/* See MS-FSCC 2.1.2.4 and cifspdu.h for struct reparse_symlink_data */
+#define SYMLINK_FLAG_RELATIVE 0x00000001
+
+struct reparse_symlink_data_buffer {
+	__le32	ReparseTag;
+	__le16	ReparseDataLength;
+	__u16	Reserved;
+	__le16	SubstituteNameOffset;
+	__le16	SubstituteNameLength;
+	__le16	PrintNameOffset;
+	__le16	PrintNameLength;
+	__le32	Flags;
+	__u8	PathBuffer[0]; /* Variable Length */
+} __packed;
 
 /* See MS-FSCC 2.1.2.6 and cifspdu.h for struct reparse_posix_data */