Re: Possible regression: unable to mount CIFS 1.0 shares from older machines since 76a3c92ec9e0668e4cd0e9ff1782eb68f61a179c

[Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>]

And trying with sec=ntlmv2 ("raw ntlmv2" instead of encapsulated in
NTLMSSP) looks broken.  This very old server does not advertise
"Extended Security" exchanges (NTLMSSP encapsulation) so this is a
very little used codepath and looks broken

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 3:51 PM Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Interesting but may be a slightly different issue than NTLMv1
>
> Looking at the wireshark trace the problem looks to be the SMB1 tree
> connect being badly formatted (the share name being corrupted due to
> the password field in the treeconnect being empty) not a problem with
> NTLMv1 authentication on the session setup (although there may be an
> issue when we fix the alignment of tree connect request).
>
> Samba server added SMB2.1 support in Samba version 3.5 back in 2010
> and it looks like yours is Samba 3.0.23 (from 2003) so predates SMB2
> support much less SMB3 and SMB3.1.1 support.
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 12:45 AM Davyd McColl <davydm@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Steve
> >
> > As requested, wireshark captures to the device in question, as well as
> > the fstab entry I have for the device:
> > - win11, browsing with explorer
> > - win11, net use
> > - unpatched linux 5.16.0 attempt to mount
> > - patched linux 5.16.0 successful mount
> > - fstab entry - note that I have to specify samba version 1.0 as the
> > default has changed and the mount fails otherwise. Explicitly
> > specifying 2.0 errors and suggests that I should select a different
> > version.
> >
> > -d
> >
> > On Tue, 11 Jan 2022 at 00:13, Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I would be surprised if Windows 11 still negotiates (with default
> > > registry settings) SMB1 much less NTLMv1 in SMB1, but I have not tried
> > > Windows 11 with an NTLMv1 only server (they are hard to find - I may
> > > have an original NT4 and an NT3.5 CD somewhere - might be possible to
> > > install a VM with NT3.5 but that is really really old and not sure I
> > > can find those CDs).
> > >
> > > Is it possible to send me the wireshark trace (or other network trace)
> > > of the failing mount from Linux and also the one with the succeeding
> > > NET USE from Windows 11 to the same server?
> > >
> > > Hopefully it is something unrelated to NTLMv1, there has been a LOT of
> > > pushback across the world, across products in making sure no one uses
> > > SMB1 anymore.  See e.g.
> > > https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/storage-at-microsoft/stop-using-smb1/ba-p/425858
> > > and https://twitter.com/nerdpyle/status/776900804712148993
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 2:30 PM Davyd McColl <davydm@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I don't understand. I tracked down the exact commit where the issue
> > > > occurs with a 2 hour git bisect. This was after first confirming that
> > > > my older 5.14 kernel did not display the symptoms. I can still connect
> > > > to the share via windows 11 explorer. I don't know what else I need to
> > > > do here to show where the issue was introduced?
> > > >
> > > > Apologies for bouncing mails - literally no email client I have seems
> > > > to be capable of plaintext emails, so every time I forget, I have to
> > > > find a browser with the gmail web interface to reply.
> > > >
> > > > -d
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 10 Jan 2022 at 19:31, Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I want to make sure that we don't have an unrelated regression
> > > > > involved here since NTLMv2 replaced NTLMv1 over 20 years ago (googling
> > > > > this e.g. I see "NTLMv2, introduced in Windows NT 4.0 SP4 and natively
> > > > > supported in Windows 2000")  and should be the default for Windows
> > > > > NT4, Windows 2000 etc. as well as any version of Samba from the last
> > > > > 15 years+.  I have significant concerns with adding mechanisms that
> > > > > were asked to be disabled ~19 years ago e.g. see
> > > > > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/security-guidance-for-ntlmv1-and-lm-network-authentication-da2168b6-4a31-0088-fb03-f081acde6e73
> > > > > due to security concerns.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can we double check that there are not other issues involved in your example?
> > > > >
> > > > > The concerns about NTLMv1 security concerns (and why it should never
> > > > > be used) are very persuasive e.g. many articles like
> > > > > https://miriamxyra.com/2017/11/08/stop-using-lan-manager-and-ntlmv1/
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 7:48 AM Davyd McColl <davydm@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Good day
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm following advice from the thread at
> > > > > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215375 as to how to report
> > > > > > this, so please bear with me and redirect me as necessary.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Since commit 76a3c92ec9e0668e4cd0e9ff1782eb68f61a179c, I'm unable to
> > > > > > mount a CIFS 1.0 share ( from a media player: mede8er med600x3d, which
> > > > > > runs some older linux). Apparently I'm not the only one, according to
> > > > > > that thread, though the other affected party there is windows-based.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I first logged this in the Gentoo bugtracker
> > > > > > (https://bugs.gentoo.org/821895) and a reversion patch is available
> > > > > > there for the time being.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I understand that some of the encryption methods upon which the
> > > > > > original feature relied are to be removed and, as such, the ability to
> > > > > > mount these older shares was removed. This is sure to affect anyone
> > > > > > running older Windows virtual machines (or older, internally-visible
> > > > > > windows hosts) in addition to anyone attempting to connect to shares
> > > > > > from esoteric devices like mine.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Whilst I understand the desire to clean up code and remove dead
> > > > > > branches, I'd really appreciate it if this particular feature remains
> > > > > > available either by kernel configuration (which suits me fine, but is
> > > > > > likely to be a hassle for anyone running a binary distribution) or via
> > > > > > boot parameters. In the mean-time, I'm updating my own sync software
> > > > > > to support this older device because if I can't sync media to the
> > > > > > player, the device is not very useful to me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > -d
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> > > > If you say that getting the money is the most important thing
> > > > You will spend your life completely wasting your time
> > > > You will be doing things you don't like doing
> > > > In order to go on living
> > > > That is, to go on doing things you don't like doing
> > > >
> > > > Which is stupid.
> > > >
> > > > - Alan Watts
> > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gXTZM_uPMY
> > > >
> > > > Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> > If you say that getting the money is the most important thing
> > You will spend your life completely wasting your time
> > You will be doing things you don't like doing
> > In order to go on living
> > That is, to go on doing things you don't like doing
> >
> > Which is stupid.
> >
> > - Alan Watts
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gXTZM_uPMY
> >
> > Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Steve



-- 
Thanks,

Steve