[Backport v3.7-branch] net: Update IP address refcount properly when address already exists #85659
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This is a backport of #85485 to v3.7. It also contains required commit from #78393 so that the fix can be applied cleanly.
If an IP address already exists when it is tried to be added to the network interface, then just return it but update ref count if it was not updated. This could happen if the address was added and then removed, but for example an active connection was still using it and keeping the ref count > 0. In this case we must update the ref count so that the IP address is not removed if the connection is closed.
Fixes #85380