Attaching tcpdump output without patch

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Title:
  Mount CIFS fails with Permission denied

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux source package in Focal:
  New
Status in linux source package in Jammy:
  New

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]

   * Mounting SMB share from server without Key Exchange capability is
  failing with Access Denied error

   * Even though SMB server during Session Setup Response in NTLMSSP_CHALLANGE 
message does not advertise
     Key Exchange capabilities SMB client < 5.16 will forcefully use it leading 
to error response during
     TCON requests.

   * Issue can be reproduced on 5.15 or older Kernels, there is no reproduction 
on 6.5 Kernel
   
   * This scenario was fixed in upstream commit 
9de0737d5ba0425c3154d5d83da12a8fa8595c0f
   
   * An example of server without Key Exchange capability is Oracle Solaris 
11.4 SMB zfs, meaning
     mounting share from that server will result in ACCESS_DENIED error.
   
  [ Test Plan ]

   * So far issue was reported only with Oracle Solaris 11.04 smb server
  and Ubuntu with Kernel <= 5.15

   * To reproduce, setup Oracle Solaris SMB server and try to mount share on 
22.04/20.04 (5.15/5.04)
     Steps to configure SMB server:
  1. Download the ISO for Oracle Solaris Common Build Edition [1]
  2. Create a VM with at least 16 GB of memory - I have experienced 
installation issues with less memory
  3. Install Oracle Solaris using the downloaded ISO
      a. Make sure to create a test user
  4. Log into the VM as the root user
  5. Create a test directory for the share:
      a. mkdir /smbshare && chmod 777 /smbshare 
  6. Disable the normal Samba daemon: [2]
      a. svcadm disable svc:/network/samba
      b. svcadm disable svc:/network/wins
  7 Configure the server to serve Samba shares using ZFS in Workgroup mode [3]
      a. svcadm enable -r smb/server
      b. smbadm join -w workgroup
  8 Update the /etc/pam.d/other file to require authentication by adding the 
following line:
      a. password required    pam_smb_passwd.so.1    nowarn
  9. Reset the password for the test user so that it is updated in the SMB 
password database
  10. Create the pool and share it using Samba: [4]
      a. zfs create -o mountpoint=/smbshare/ rpool/smbshare
      b. zfs share -o share.smb=on rpool/smbshare%share

  [1] 
<https://www.oracle.com/solaris/solaris11/downloads/solaris-downloads.html>
  [2] 
<https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E29004/migratingfromsamba.html#scrolltoc>
  [3] 
<https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E29004/configuringoperationmodetm.html#configureworkgroupmodetask>
  [4] 
<https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E29004/managingsmbshares.html#createstaticsmbsharezfstask>

   * With server configured, mount share using ubuntu SMB client
     Expected result: mount operation should succeed
     Actual result: mount returns following error:
  root@ubuntu20:/mnt# mount -t cifs -o username=rmalz //192.168.50.217/smbshare 
test
  Password for rmalz@//192.168.50.217/smbshare:  ********                
  mount error(13): Permission denied
  Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) and kernel log 
messages (dmesg) 

  [ Where problems could occur ]

   * Upstream patch is changing smb client behavior based on server 
NTLMSSP_CHALLENGE Negotiate Flags,
     if server does not advertise Key Exchange Capability but requires it from 
client communication might
     be broken. It is unknown if such servers are used, such instance should be 
treated as a server bug.

   * Patch is available in upstream kernel since 5.16, any issues associated 
with it should be already
     detected.

   * Patch adds additional requirement checks on server NTLM flags, although it 
is possible to hit
     these checks, I was not able to find any instances of that occurring.

   * To lower regression potential, upstream patch backported to Ubuntu 5.15 
and 5.04 Kernels have been
     tested in following environments:
     smb server: Oracle Solaris 11.04, Ubuntu 22.04 HWE
     smb client: Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04
     During testing no issues have been detected.

  [ Other Info ]
   
   * Error message coming from SMB client is the same as providing incorrect 
credentials, which might
     confuse users. 
   * Attaching tcpdump pcaps with SMB operations from 5.15 Kernel with and 
without patch.

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