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0011914Rocky-Linux-10Generalpublic2026-01-28 20:222026-01-28 20:22
ReporterRyan Kozak Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version10.1 
Summary0011914: WSL Image Cannot Execute Windows Binaries By Default
DescriptionAfter installing the Rocky 10 WSL image it cannot execute Windows binaries by default. Trying to do so will fail with the following error:

[user@host ~]$ ssh.exe
-bash: /mnt/c/WINDOWS/System32/OpenSSH/ssh.exe: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

This is a known issue when systemd is enabled in a WSL issue and there is a resolution as seen here: https://serverfault.com/a/1141563

sudo sh -c 'echo :WSLInterop:M::MZ::/init:PF > /usr/lib/binfmt.d/WSLInterop.conf'
sudo systemctl restart systemd-binfmt

Given the WSL image enables systemd by default, it would be good to include the above file in the image. Failing that, it would be good to mention this in the documentation at https://docs.rockylinux.org/10/guides/interoperability/import_rocky_to_wsl/
Additional InformationWindows 11 Pro 25H2 26200.7623

[user@host ~]$ wsl --version
WSL version: 2.6.3.0
Kernel version: 6.6.87.2-1
WSLg version: 1.0.71
MSRDC version: 1.2.6353
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.26100.1-240331-1435.ge-release
Windows version: 10.0.26200.7623

[user@host ~]$ sha256sum Rocky-10-WSL-Base.latest.x86_64.wsl
5f3a688abfedbf6fc2ff22bfe7e144ed79e452979f09aa5daa493876341b752d Rocky-10-WSL-Base.latest.x86_64.wsl

[user@host ~]$ uname -a
Linux host 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Jun 5 18:30:46 UTC 2025 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[user@host ~]$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Rocky Linux"
VERSION="10.1 (Red Quartz)"
ID="rocky"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="10.1"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el10"
PRETTY_NAME="Rocky Linux 10.1 (Red Quartz)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:10::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://rockylinux.org/"
VENDOR_NAME="RESF"
VENDOR_URL="https://resf.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.rockylinux.org/"
SUPPORT_END="2035-05-31"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky-Linux-10"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="10.1"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="10.1"
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2026-01-28 20:22 Ryan Kozak New Issue
2026-01-28 20:22 Ryan Kozak Tag Attached: wsl