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Low · 2.5 CVE-2021-29518 BIT-tensorflow-2021-29518EUVD-2021-0259GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhgPYSEC-2021-155PYSEC-2021-446PYSEC-2021-644

Session operations in eager mode lead to null pointer dereferences

Published May 14, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In eager mode (default in TF 2.0 and later), session operations are invalid. However, users could still call the raw ops associated with them and trigger a null pointer dereference. The implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/eebb96c2830d48597d055d247c0e9aebaea94cd5/tensorflow/core/kernels/session_ops.cc#L104) dereferences the session state pointer without checking if it is valid. Thus, in eager mode, `ctx->session_state()` is nullptr and the call of the member function is undefined behavior. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2, TensorFlow 2.3.3, TensorFlow 2.2.3 and TensorFlow 2.1.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
tensorflow tensorflow < 2.1.4, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3, >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI tensorflow < 2.1.4 2.1.4 GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhg
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 2.2.3 GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhg
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 2.3.3 GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhg
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 2.4.2 GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhg
PyPI tensorflow < 2.1.4 · >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 · >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2 PYSEC-2021-155
PyPI tensorflow-cpu < 2.1.4 2.1.4 GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhg
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 2.2.3 GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhg
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 2.3.3 GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhg
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 2.4.2 GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhg
PyPI tensorflow-cpu < 2.1.4 · >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 · >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2 PYSEC-2021-446
PyPI tensorflow-gpu < 2.1.4 2.1.4 GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhg
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 2.2.3 GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhg
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 2.3.3 GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhg
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 2.4.2 GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhg
PyPI tensorflow-gpu < 2.1.4 · >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 · >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2 PYSEC-2021-644

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