Software Update: Samba 4.14.8

Samba runs on Unix, BSD and Linux servers, and is an open source implementation of the smb/cifsnetwork protocol† Also, Samba can provide file and print services to Windows clients, and is able to domain controller within Active Directory to function. Extensive documentation, including practical how-tos for a slightly older version, can be found on this page are being found. The developers released version 4.14.8 earlier this month, with the following changes:

Release Notes for Samba 4.14.8

Changes since 4.14.7

• BUG 14742: Python ldb.msg_diff() memory handling failure.
• BUG 14805: OpenDir() loses the correct errno return.
• BUG 14809: Shares with variable substitutions cause core dump upon connection from MacOS Big Sur 11.5.2.
• BUG 14816: Fix pathref open of a filesystem fifo in the DISABLE_OPATH build.
• BUG 14806: Address a signifcant performance regression in database access in the AD DC since Samba 4.12.
• BUG 14807: Fix performance regression in lsa_LookupSids3/LookupNames4 since Samba 4.9 by using an explicit database handle cache.
• BUG 14817: An unuthenticated user can crash the AD DC KDC by omitting the server name in a TGS-REQ.
• BUG 14818: Address flapping samba_tool_drs_showrepl test.
• BUG 14819: Address flapping dsdb_schema_attributes test.
• BUG 14841: Samba CI runs can now continue past the first error if AUTOBUILD_FAIL_IMMEDIATELY=0 is set.
• BUG 14854: samldb_krbtgtnumber_available() looks for incorrect string.
• BUG 14771: Some VFS operations on pathref (O_PATH) handles fail on GPFS.
• BUG 14783: smbd “deadtime” parameter doesn’t work anymore.
• BUG 14787: net conf list crashes when run as normal user.
• BUG 14790: vfs_btrfs compression support broken.
• BUG 14804: winbindd can crash because idmap child state is not fully initialized.
• BUG 14784: Fix CTDB flag/status update race conditions.
• BUG 14836: Python ldb.msg_diff() memory handling failure.