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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2021-37646 BIT-tensorflow-2021-37646EUVD-2021-0372GHSA-h6jh-7gv5-28vgPYSEC-2021-268PYSEC-2021-559PYSEC-2021-757

Bad alloc in `StringNGrams` caused by integer conversion in TensorFlow

Published Aug 12, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the implementation of `tf.raw_ops.StringNGrams` is vulnerable to an integer overflow issue caused by converting a signed integer value to an unsigned one and then allocating memory based on this value. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/8d72537c6abf5a44103b57b9c2e22c14f5f49698/tensorflow/core/kernels/string_ngrams_op.cc#L184) calls `reserve` on a `tstring` with a value that sometimes can be negative if user supplies negative `ngram_widths`. The `reserve` method calls `TF_TString_Reserve` which has an `unsigned long` argument for the size of the buffer. Hence, the implicit conversion transforms the negative value to a large integer. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit c283e542a3f422420cfdb332414543b62fc4e4a5. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
tensorflow tensorflow >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1, >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3, < 2.3.4 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 bazel-skylib1.0.3 1.0.3-bp153.2.1 openSUSE-SU-2022:10014-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 bazel3.7 3.7.2-bp153.4.1 openSUSE-SU-2022:10014-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 tensorflow2 +3 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2022:10014-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.3 bazel-skylib1.0.3 1.0.3-bp153.2.1 openSUSE-SU-2022:10014-1
openSUSE Leap 15.3 bazel3.7 3.7.2-bp153.4.1 openSUSE-SU-2022:10014-1
openSUSE Leap 15.3 tensorflow2 +3 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2022:10014-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI tensorflow < 2.3.4 2.3.4 GHSA-h6jh-7gv5-28vg
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.4.3 GHSA-h6jh-7gv5-28vg
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1 2.5.1 GHSA-h6jh-7gv5-28vg
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.3.4, 2.4.3 PYSEC-2021-268
PyPI tensorflow-cpu < 2.3.4 2.3.4 GHSA-h6jh-7gv5-28vg
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.4.3 GHSA-h6jh-7gv5-28vg
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1 2.5.1 GHSA-h6jh-7gv5-28vg
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.3.4, 2.4.3 PYSEC-2021-559
PyPI tensorflow-gpu < 2.3.4 2.3.4 GHSA-h6jh-7gv5-28vg
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.4.3 GHSA-h6jh-7gv5-28vg
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1 2.5.1 GHSA-h6jh-7gv5-28vg
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.3.4, 2.4.3 PYSEC-2021-757

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