RHEL 7.6: Under certain conditions, CIFS will not mount after upgrading from 3.10.0-862*el7 to 3.10.0-957.el7

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • CIFS is failing to mount with -EIO (-5).
  • After updating to kernel 3.10.0-957.el7, CIFS shares are not mounting.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.6
    • kernels from 3.10.0-957.el7 and prior to 3.10.0-957.10.1.el7
  • CIFS client
  • Windows Server 2012 R2

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