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High · 7.3 CVE-2021-37659 BIT-tensorflow-2021-37659EUVD-2021-0385GHSA-q3g3-h9r4-prrcPYSEC-2021-281PYSEC-2021-572PYSEC-2021-770

Out of bounds read via null pointer dereference 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 an attacker can cause undefined behavior via binding a reference to null pointer in all binary cwise operations that don't require broadcasting (e.g., gradients of binary cwise operations). The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/84d053187cb80d975ef2b9684d4b61981bca0c41/tensorflow/core/kernels/cwise_ops_common.h#L264) assumes that the two inputs have exactly the same number of elements but does not check that. Hence, when the eigen functor executes it triggers heap OOB reads and undefined behavior due to binding to nullptr. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 93f428fd1768df147171ed674fee1fc5ab8309ec. 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-q3g3-h9r4-prrc
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.4.3 GHSA-q3g3-h9r4-prrc
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1 2.5.1 GHSA-q3g3-h9r4-prrc
PyPI tensorflow >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.3.4, 2.4.3 PYSEC-2021-281
PyPI tensorflow-cpu < 2.3.4 2.3.4 GHSA-q3g3-h9r4-prrc
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.4.3 GHSA-q3g3-h9r4-prrc
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1 2.5.1 GHSA-q3g3-h9r4-prrc
PyPI tensorflow-cpu >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.3.4, 2.4.3 PYSEC-2021-572
PyPI tensorflow-gpu < 2.3.4 2.3.4 GHSA-q3g3-h9r4-prrc
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.4.3 GHSA-q3g3-h9r4-prrc
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1 2.5.1 GHSA-q3g3-h9r4-prrc
PyPI tensorflow-gpu >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4 · >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.3 2.3.4, 2.4.3 PYSEC-2021-770

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