[Bug 1905510] [NEW] utils-linux 2.36.1 breaks user mounts (cifs)

[Sergio Durigan Junior]

Public bug reported:

I'm working on merging samba from Debian (2:4.13.2+dfsg-1), and while
running the autopkgtests for the package I noticed that two tests are
failing.  These tests attempt to invoke mount.cifs in order to mount a
user mount point.  I investigated and found this on dmesg:

[   53.586709] CIFS: Attempting to mount //localhost/myshare1760
[   53.586735] CIFS: Unknown mount option "symfollow"

After some more investigation, I noticed that there are both a Debian
and an upstream bug reported about this failure, and that upstream has
fixed it in util-linux 2.36.2.

I would be nice to have this version in hirsute so that cifs user mounts
can work again.

** Affects: util-linux-ng
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: util-linux (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Bug watch added: github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues #1193
   https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/1193

** Also affects: util-linux-ng via
   https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/1193
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #975003
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=975003

** Also affects: util-linux (Debian) via
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=975003
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  utils-linux 2.36.1 breaks user mounts (cifs)

Status in Util-Linux-ng:
  Unknown
Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in util-linux package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  I'm working on merging samba from Debian (2:4.13.2+dfsg-1), and while
  running the autopkgtests for the package I noticed that two tests are
  failing.  These tests attempt to invoke mount.cifs in order to mount a
  user mount point.  I investigated and found this on dmesg:

  [   53.586709] CIFS: Attempting to mount //localhost/myshare1760
  [   53.586735] CIFS: Unknown mount option "symfollow"

  After some more investigation, I noticed that there are both a Debian
  and an upstream bug reported about this failure, and that upstream has
  fixed it in util-linux 2.36.2.

  I would be nice to have this version in hirsute so that cifs user
  mounts can work again.

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