CVE-2026-31662

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.

CVSS 3.1

7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-191, CWE-190

Published

2026-04-24

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b6f13f626665cac67ba5a012765427680518711
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ec4fdd6250dcd5e73eb09ea92ed92e9cc28412
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bcf7aca63f0bcd679ae28e9b99823c608e59ce3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48a5fe38772b6f039522469ee6131a67838221a8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/575faea557f1a184a5f09661bd47ebd3ef3769f8

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