diff --git a/packages/devel/talloc/config/talloc-cache.txt b/packages/devel/talloc/config/talloc-cache.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4deb25508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/talloc/config/talloc-cache.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+Checking simple C program: OK
+rpath library support: OK
+-Wl,--version-script support: OK
+Checking getconf LFS_CFLAGS: NO
+Checking for large file support without additional flags: OK
+Checking for -D_LARGE_FILES: OK
+Checking correct behavior of strtoll: NO
+Checking for working strptime: OK
+Checking for C99 vsnprintf: OK
+Checking for HAVE_SHARED_MMAP: OK
+Checking for HAVE_MREMAP: OK
+Checking for HAVE_INCOHERENT_MMAP: NO
+Checking for HAVE_SECURE_MKSTEMP: OK
+Checking for HAVE_IFACE_GETIFADDRS: OK
+Checking for kernel change notify support: OK
+Checking for Linux kernel oplocks: OK
+Checking for kernel share modes: OK
+Checking if can we convert from CP850 to UCS-2LE: OK
+Checking if can we convert from UTF-8 to UCS-2LE: OK
+Checking whether we can use Linux thread-specific credentials with 32-bit system calls: OK
+Checking whether we can use Linux thread-specific credentials: OK
+Checking whether setreuid is available: OK
+Checking whether setresuid is available: OK
+Checking whether seteuid is available: OK
+Checking whether fcntl locking is available: OK
+Checking whether fcntl lock supports open file description locks: OK
+Checking for the maximum value of the 'time_t' type: OK
+Checking whether the realpath function allows a NULL argument: OK
+Checking whether POSIX capabilities are available: OK
+Checking for ftruncate extend: OK
+vfs_fileid checking for statfs() and struct statfs.f_fsid: OK
+getcwd takes a NULL argument: OK
+Checking uname sysname type: "Linux"
+Checking uname release type: "3.0.0"
+Checking uname version type: "#1 Tue Nov 1 12:34:56 UTC 2013"
+Checking value of NSIG: "32"
+Checking value of _NSIG: "64"
+Checking value of SIGRTMAX: "64"
+Checking value of SIGRTMIN: "32"
+Checking errno of iconv for illegal multibyte sequence: "0"
+Checking for a 64-bit host to support lmdb: NO
+Checking value of GNUTLS_CIPHER_AES_128_CFB8: OK
+Checking value of GNUTLS_MAC_AES_CMAC_128: OK
+Checking whether fcntl supports flags to send direct I/O availability signals: OK
+Checking whether fcntl supports setting/geting hints: OK
+Checking for gnutls fips mode support: NO
+Checking for readlink breakage: NO
+Checking whether fcntl supports setting/getting hints: OK
diff --git a/packages/devel/talloc/package.mk b/packages/devel/talloc/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49f8b873d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/talloc/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+# Copyright (C) 2024-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="talloc"
+PKG_VERSION="2.4.2"
+PKG_SHA256="85ecf9e465e20f98f9950a52e9a411e14320bc555fa257d87697b7e7a9b1d8a6"
+PKG_LICENSE="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
+PKG_SITE="https://talloc.samba.org/"
+PKG_URL="https://www.samba.org/ftp/talloc/talloc-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_LONGDESC="talloc is a hierarchical, reference counted memory pool system with destructors"
+
+configure_package() {
+  PKG_WAF_VERBOSE="-v"
+
+  PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--prefix=/usr \
+                      --bindir=/usr/bin \
+                      --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
+                      --sysconfdir=/etc \
+                      --libdir=/usr/lib \
+                      --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
+                      --localstatedir=/var \
+                      --cross-compile \
+                      --cross-answers=${PKG_BUILD}/cache.txt \
+                      --hostcc=gcc \
+                      --disable-rpath \
+                      --disable-rpath-install \
+                      --disable-rpath-private-install"
+}
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  # talloc uses its own build directory
+  cd ${PKG_BUILD}
+    rm -rf .${TARGET_NAME}
+
+  # support 64-bit offsets and seeks on 32-bit platforms
+  if [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = "arm" ]; then
+    export CFLAGS+=" -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_OFF_T_DEFINED_ -Doff_t=off64_t -Dlseek=lseek64"
+  fi
+}
+
+configure_target() {
+  cp ${PKG_DIR}/config/talloc-cache.txt ${PKG_BUILD}/cache.txt
+    echo "Checking uname machine type: \"${TARGET_ARCH}\"" >>${PKG_BUILD}/cache.txt
+
+  PYTHON_CONFIG="${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/bin/python3-config" \
+  python_LDFLAGS="" python_LIBDIR="" \
+  PYTHON=${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/python3 ./configure ${PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS}
+}
+
+make_target() {
+  make ${PKG_SAMBA_TARGET} -j${CONCURRENCY_MAKE_LEVEL}
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  PYTHONHASHSEED=1 WAF_MAKE=1 ./buildtools/bin/waf install ${PKG_WAF_VERBOSE} --destdir=${SYSROOT_PREFIX} -j${CONCURRENCY_MAKE_LEVEL}
+}
+
+post_makeinstall_target() {
+  mkdir -p ${INSTALL}/usr/lib
+    cp -PR ${PKG_BUILD}/bin/default/libtalloc.so* ${INSTALL}/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/packages/network/cifs-utils/package.mk b/packages/network/cifs-utils/package.mk
index b63430a3ac..b844abcde7 100644
--- a/packages/network/cifs-utils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/cifs-utils/package.mk
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2024-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="cifs-utils"
-PKG_VERSION="7.0"
-PKG_SHA256="0defaab85bd3ea46ffc45ab41fb0d0ad54d05ae2cfaa7e503de86d4f12bc8161"
+PKG_VERSION="7.1"
+PKG_SHA256="a21123f76a4a6a36c9653189ba4918ebdf3cfcd3f9092730a47ff3450b5b5b2a"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 PKG_SITE="https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/LinuxCIFS_utils"
 PKG_URL="https://download.samba.org/pub/linux-cifs/cifs-utils/cifs-utils-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain talloc"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Linux CIFS userspace utilities"
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-cfg-libs"
 
diff --git a/packages/network/samba/package.mk b/packages/network/samba/package.mk
index 31a4b94334..3bb4dd13ba 100644
--- a/packages/network/samba/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/samba/package.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="bd02f55da538358c929505b21fdd8aeba53027eab14c849432a53ed0bae1c7c2"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPLv3+"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.samba.org"
 PKG_URL="https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="autotools:host gcc:host attr heimdal:host e2fsprogs Python3 libunwind zlib readline popt libaio connman gnutls wsdd2"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="autotools:host gcc:host heimdal:host attr connman e2fsprogs gnutls libaio libunwind popt Python3 readline talloc wsdd2 zlib"
 PKG_NEED_UNPACK="$(get_pkg_directory heimdal) $(get_pkg_directory e2fsprogs)"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A free SMB / CIFS fileserver and client."