CVE-2026-31662: tipc: fix bc_ackers underflow on duplicate GRP_ACK_MSG
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: 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.
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.5
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- 0
- Affected Products
- 2
Fix available
- Linux / Linux< a7db57ccca21f5801609065473c89a38229ecb92 (from 2f487712b89376fce267223bbb0db93d393d4b09) · < 36ec4fdd6250dcd5e73eb09ea92ed92e9cc28412 (from 2f487712b89376fce267223bbb0db93d393d4b09) · < 575faea557f1a184a5f09661bd47ebd3ef3769f8 (from 2f487712b89376fce267223bbb0db93d393d4b09) · < 3bcf7aca63f0bcd679ae28e9b99823c608e59ce3 (from 2f487712b89376fce267223bbb0db93d393d4b09) · < a2ea1ef0167d7a84730638d05c20ccdc421b14b6 (from 2f487712b89376fce267223bbb0db93d393d4b09) · < 1b6f13f626665cac67ba5a012765427680518711 (from 2f487712b89376fce267223bbb0db93d393d4b09)
- Linux / Linux4.15Fixed in 0, 5.10.253, 5.15.203, 6.1.169, 6.6.135, 6.12.82, 6.18.23, 6.19.13, 7.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H