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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/cifs/connect.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c index 8cf4a63a36d5..db9d55b507d0 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c @@ -1854,6 +1854,8 @@ cifs_put_smb_ses(struct cifsSesInfo *ses) cifs_put_tcp_session(server); } +static bool warned_on_ntlm; /* globals init to false automatically */ + static struct cifsSesInfo * cifs_get_smb_ses(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb_vol *volume_info) { @@ -1928,6 +1930,15 @@ cifs_get_smb_ses(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb_vol *volume_info) } ses->cred_uid = volume_info->cred_uid; ses->linux_uid = volume_info->linux_uid; + + /* ntlmv2 is much stronger than ntlm security, and has been broadly + supported for many years, time to update default security mechanism */ + if ((volume_info->secFlg == 0) && warned_on_ntlm == false) { + warned_on_ntlm = true; + cERROR(1, "default security mechanism requested. The default " + "security mechanism will be upgraded from ntlm to " + "ntlmv2 in kernel release 2.6.41"); + } ses->overrideSecFlg = volume_info->secFlg; mutex_lock(&ses->session_mutex); |