WSL can not access mounted drives

[jtnord]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.3007]

WSL Version

2.0.9.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.133.1-1

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Create a DevDrive in spare space on a local disk in windows.
Mount the drive under a path (e.g. c:\workarea)

e.g. ->

cd to c:\workarea
start wsl (e.g. bash)

Expected Behavior

the bash command is started in the dev drive mounted directory e.g. /mnt/c/workarea/

Actual Behavior

<3>WSL (1159) ERROR: CreateProcessEntryCommon:493: chdir(/mnt/c/workarea) failed 5

the cwd is set to /

Diagnostic Logs

No response

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[jtnord]

thank you bot. this looks like a dupe of #10792