[Samba] [samba] Vulnerability patch issue for 4.1.x

[Jeremy Allison]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:25:44AM +0530, Shivappa wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> When I back ported vulnerability patch to existing samba4.1.21, I'm facing many fileshare access functionality breaks.
> (All issues are with DCE-RPC calls failures. Even though I have applied DCE-RPC patch)
> 
> I see vulnerability patches have been provided for 3.6.x, 4.0, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 but I don't see 4.1 patch for this.
> 
> Many functions difference are there between 4.0, (4.1) , 4.2.
> 
> Is there any issue for samba-4.1 for patch availability ?
> 
> Hope I get some replies.

Sorry Shivappa, the best solution is to upgrade your
product to at least 4.2.

The 4.0 and earlier patches were done by Red Hat and
SuSE who both have to support these versions.

The regular Samba Team don't have the resources to
support that many versions in perpetuity.

Regards,

	Jeremy.