GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-62gx-355r-9fhg Session operations in eager mode lead to null pointer dereferences
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2021-29518
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu, tensorflow-gpu
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
- Reviewed
- 2021-05-18
Affected packages
• PyPI tensorflow: < 2.1.4 → fixed in 2.1.4
• PyPI tensorflow: >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 → fixed in 2.2.3
• PyPI tensorflow: >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 → fixed in 2.3.3
• PyPI tensorflow: >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 → fixed in 2.4.2
• PyPI tensorflow-cpu: < 2.1.4 → fixed in 2.1.4
• PyPI tensorflow-cpu: >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 → fixed in 2.2.3
• PyPI tensorflow-cpu: >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 → fixed in 2.3.3
• PyPI tensorflow-cpu: >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 → fixed in 2.4.2
• PyPI tensorflow-gpu: < 2.1.4 → fixed in 2.1.4
• PyPI tensorflow-gpu: >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.3 → fixed in 2.2.3
• PyPI tensorflow-gpu: >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.3 → fixed in 2.3.3
• PyPI tensorflow-gpu: >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.2 → fixed in 2.4.2
Description
Impact
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:
```python
import tensorflow as tf
tf.raw_ops.GetSessionTensor(handle=['\x12\x1a\x07'],dtype=4)
```
```python
import tensorflow as tf
tf.raw_ops.DeleteSessionTensor(handle=['\x12\x1a\x07'])
```
The implementation dereferences the session state pointer without checking if it is valid:
```cc
OP_REQUIRES_OK(ctx, ctx->session_state()->GetTensor(name, &val));
```
Thus, in eager mode, `ctx->session_state()` is nullptr and the call of the member function is undefined behavior.
Patches
We have patched the issue in GitHub commit ff70c47a396ef1e3cb73c90513da4f5cb71bebba.
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.
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-2021-29518 TensorFlow is an end-to-end 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-62gx-355r-9fhg web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29518 advisory
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/ff70c47a396ef1e3cb73c90513da4f5cb71bebba web
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2021-446.yaml web
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2021-644.yaml web
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2021-155.yaml web