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High · 7.8 CVE-2021-37652 BIT-tensorflow-2021-37652EUVD-2021-0378GHSA-m7fm-4jfh-jrg6PYSEC-2021-274PYSEC-2021-565PYSEC-2021-763

Use after free in boosted trees creation 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 for `tf.raw_ops.BoostedTreesCreateEnsemble` can result in a use after free error if an attacker supplies specially crafted arguments. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/f24faa153ad31a4b51578f8181d3aaab77a1ddeb/tensorflow/core/kernels/boosted_trees/resource_ops.cc#L55) uses a reference counted resource and decrements the refcount if the initialization fails, as it should. However, when the code was written, the resource was represented as a naked pointer but later refactoring has changed it to be a smart pointer. Thus, when the pointer leaves the scope, a subsequent `free`-ing of the resource occurs, but this fails to take into account that the refcount has already reached 0, thus the resource has been already freed. During this double-free process, members of the resource object are accessed for cleanup but they are invalid as the entire resource has been freed. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 5ecec9c6fbdbc6be03295685190a45e7eee726ab. 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-m7fm-4jfh-jrg6
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.4.3 GHSA-m7fm-4jfh-jrg6
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1 2.5.1 GHSA-m7fm-4jfh-jrg6
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.3.4, 2.4.3 PYSEC-2021-274
PyPI tensorflow-cpu < 2.3.4 2.3.4 GHSA-m7fm-4jfh-jrg6
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.4.3 GHSA-m7fm-4jfh-jrg6
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1 2.5.1 GHSA-m7fm-4jfh-jrg6
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.3.4, 2.4.3 PYSEC-2021-565
PyPI tensorflow-gpu < 2.3.4 2.3.4 GHSA-m7fm-4jfh-jrg6
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.4.3 GHSA-m7fm-4jfh-jrg6
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1 2.5.1 GHSA-m7fm-4jfh-jrg6
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.3.4, 2.4.3 PYSEC-2021-763

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