CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-45100
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-12-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-319
Description
The ksmbd server through 3.4.2, as used in the Linux kernel through 5.15.8, sometimes communicates in cleartext even though encryption has been enabled. This occurs because it sets the SMB2_GLOBAL_CAP_ENCRYPTION flag when using the SMB 3.1.1 protocol, which is a violation of the SMB protocol specification. When Windows 10 detects this protocol violation, it disables encryption.
Affected configurations
• ksmbd project ksmbd (<= 3.4.2)
• netapp h410c firmware
• netapp h300s firmware
• netapp h500s firmware
• netapp h700s firmware
• netapp h300e firmware
• netapp h500e firmware
• netapp h700e firmware
• netapp h410s firmware
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information weakness
References
- https://github.com/cifsd-team/ksmbd/issues/550 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cifsd-team/ksmbd/pull/551 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=163961726017023&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220107-0001/ Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cifsd-team/ksmbd/issues/550 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cifsd-team/ksmbd/pull/551 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=163961726017023&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220107-0001/ Third Party Advisory