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linux/net/tipc
Oleh Konko 48a5fe3877 tipc: fix bc_ackers underflow on duplicate GRP_ACK_MSG
The GRP_ACK_MSG handler in tipc_group_proto_rcv() currently decrements
bc_ackers on every inbound group ACK, even when the same member has
already acknowledged the current broadcast round.

Because bc_ackers is a u16, a duplicate ACK received after the last
legitimate ACK wraps the counter to 65535. Once wrapped,
tipc_group_bc_cong() keeps reporting congestion and later group
broadcasts on the affected socket stay blocked until the group is
recreated.

Fix this by ignoring duplicate or stale ACKs before touching bc_acked or
bc_ackers. This makes repeated GRP_ACK_MSG handling idempotent and
prevents the underflow path.

Fixes: 2f487712b8 ("tipc: guarantee that group broadcast doesn't bypass group unicast")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Oleh Konko <security@1seal.org>
Reviewed-by: Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/41a4833f368641218e444fdcff822039.security@1seal.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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