[SRU][Q/N:linux-azure][PATCH 0/2 v2] Backporting critical SMB client fixes to affected Ubuntu distros

John Cabaj john.cabaj at canonical.com
Tue Apr 7 15:37:53 UTC 2026


BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2147347

SRU Justification

[Impact]

* Microsoft requested patches to address potential data corruption issues when network disconnects during extended writes.

[Fix]
Questing
* clean cherry-pick of upstream patches:
  * d78840a6a38d: "smb: client: fix in-place encryption corruption in SMB2_write()"
  * e3beefd3af09: "cifs: make default value of retrans as zero"
Noble
* clean cherry-pick of upstream patch:
  * d78840a6a38d: "smb: client: fix in-place encryption corruption in SMB2_write()"
* simple backport of upstream patch:
  * e3beefd3af09: "cifs: make default value of retrans as zero"
Jammy
* Requires additional patches, to be sent by Microsoft

[Test Plan]

* Compile tested
* Microsoft to test

[Regression potential]

* Patches limited to CIFs. Possible regressions result in unexpected behavior of CIFs driver.

[Other info]

* SF#00432539

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v2: Removing Jammy from patch list as Microsoft needs to supply additional patches

Bharath SM (1):
  smb: client: fix in-place encryption corruption in SMB2_write()

Shyam Prasad N (1):
  cifs: make default value of retrans as zero

 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c | 2 +-
 fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c    | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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