GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-5crj-c72x-m7gq Null pointer exception when `Exit` node is not preceded by `Enter` op
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2021-41217
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu, tensorflow-gpu
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
- Reviewed
- 2021-11-08
Affected packages
• PyPI tensorflow: >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.1 → fixed in 2.6.1
• PyPI tensorflow: >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.2 → fixed in 2.5.2
• PyPI tensorflow: < 2.4.4 → fixed in 2.4.4
• PyPI tensorflow-cpu: >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.1 → fixed in 2.6.1
• PyPI tensorflow-cpu: >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.2 → fixed in 2.5.2
• PyPI tensorflow-cpu: < 2.4.4 → fixed in 2.4.4
• PyPI tensorflow-gpu: >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.1 → fixed in 2.6.1
• PyPI tensorflow-gpu: >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.2 → fixed in 2.5.2
• PyPI tensorflow-gpu: < 2.4.4 → fixed in 2.4.4
Description
Impact
The process of building the control flow graph for a TensorFlow model is vulnerable to a null pointer exception when nodes that should be paired are not:
```python
import tensorflow as tf
@tf.function
def func():
return tf.raw_ops.Exit(data=[False,False])
func()
```
This occurs because the code assumes that the first node in the pairing (e.g., an `Enter` node) always exists when encountering the second node (e.g., an `Exit` node):
```cc
...
} else if (IsExit(curr_node)) {
// Exit to the parent frame.
parent = parent_nodes[curr_id];
frame_name = cf_info->frame_names[parent->id()];
...
```
When this is not the case, `parent` is `nullptr` so dereferencing it causes a crash.
Patches
We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 05cbebd3c6bb8f517a158b0155debb8df79017ff.
The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.
For more information
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Attribution
This vulnerability has been reported by members of the Aivul Team from Qihoo 360.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2021-41217 TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-5crj-c72x-m7gq web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41217 advisory
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/05cbebd3c6bb8f517a158b0155debb8df79017ff web
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2021-626.yaml web
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2021-824.yaml web
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2021-409.yaml web
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow package