From: Ronnie Sahlberg <lsahlber@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 2f6f19c7aaad5005dc75298a413eb0243c5d312d upstream. BZ: 215375 Fixes: 76a3c92ec9e0 ("cifs: remove support for NTLM and weaker authentication algorithms") Reviewed-by: Paulo Alcantara (SUSE) <pc@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <lsahlber@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/connect.c | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c @@ -3711,12 +3711,11 @@ CIFSTCon(const unsigned int xid, struct pSMB->AndXCommand = 0xFF; pSMB->Flags = cpu_to_le16(TCON_EXTENDED_SECINFO); bcc_ptr = &pSMB->Password[0]; - if (tcon->pipe || (ses->server->sec_mode & SECMODE_USER)) { - pSMB->PasswordLength = cpu_to_le16(1); /* minimum */ - *bcc_ptr = 0; /* password is null byte */ - bcc_ptr++; /* skip password */ - /* already aligned so no need to do it below */ - } + + pSMB->PasswordLength = cpu_to_le16(1); /* minimum */ + *bcc_ptr = 0; /* password is null byte */ + bcc_ptr++; /* skip password */ + /* already aligned so no need to do it below */ if (ses->server->sign) smb_buffer->Flags2 |= SMBFLG2_SECURITY_SIGNATURE;