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TimestampOverflow error on AuRa chain with multiple step durations #11895

Description

@ngotchac

Actual Issue

When using a chain configured with the AuRa engine, if multiple step durations are used, a TimestampOverflow error can shutdown the node (with a panic) if a block is detected as a future block.

Reproduction

To reproduce this issue, one simply needs to setup an AuRa chain, with a step duration transition, and put the clock of one of the validator a few seconds back, so that the next block appears as from the future.

Culprit

This comes from the check_future method which might return this error:

let d = self.durations.iter().take_while(|info| info.transition_step <= current).last()
	.expect("Duration map has at least a 0 entry.")
	.step_duration;
Err(Some(OutOfBounds {
	min: None,
	max: Some(d * current),
	found: d * given,
}))

The error is used in the verify_timestamp method:

let found = CheckedSystemTime::checked_add(UNIX_EPOCH, Duration::from_secs(oob.found))

This comes from the old step definition (before introducing transitions in step duration):

let step = (now / step_duration);

which is now

let step = (now.checked_sub(transition_timestamp)? / step_duration).checked_add(transition_step)?; 

Invalid use of CheckedSystemTime::checked_add

I think there are also 2 invalid uses of CheckedSystemTime::checked_add here:

let min = CheckedSystemTime::checked_add(now, Duration::from_secs(parent.timestamp().saturating_add(1)))
	.ok_or(BlockError::TimestampOverflow)?;
let found = CheckedSystemTime::checked_add(now, Duration::from_secs(header.timestamp()))
	.ok_or(BlockError::TimestampOverflow)?;

whereas I think it should be CheckedSystemTime::checked_add(UNIX_EPOCH, ...). I didn't find any other incorrect uses.

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