Type confusion during tensor casts lead to dereferencing null pointers

Summary

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. Calling TF operations with tensors of non-numeric types when the operations expect numeric tensors result in null pointer dereferences. The conversion from Python array to C++ array(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/ff70c47a396ef1e3cb73c90513da4f5cb71bebba/tensorflow/python/lib/core/ndarray_tensor.cc#L113-L169) is vulnerable to a type confusion. 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.

Timeline

1. May 14, 2021, 7:36 PM UTCCVE published
2. Aug 3, 2024, 10:11 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• tensorflow tensorflow

  fixed in 2.1.4; From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.2.3; From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.3; From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.2

• tensorflowPyPI

  fixed in 2.2.0rc0; From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.3.0rc0; From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.4; From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.3

• tensorflow-gpuPyPI

  fixed in 2.2.0rc0; From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.3.0rc0; From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.4; From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.3

• tensorflowPyPI

  fixed in 2.1.4

• tensorflowPyPI

  From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.2.3

• tensorflowPyPI

  From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.3

• tensorflowPyPI

  From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.2

• tensorflow-cpuPyPI

  fixed in 2.1.4

• tensorflow-cpuPyPI

  From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.2.3

• tensorflow-cpuPyPI

  From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.3

• tensorflow-cpuPyPI

  From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.2

• tensorflow-gpuPyPI

  fixed in 2.1.4

• tensorflow-gpuPyPI

  From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.2.3

• tensorflow-gpuPyPI

  From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.3

• tensorflow-gpuPyPI

  From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.2

• tensorflow-cpuPyPI

  fixed in 2.2.0rc0; From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.3.0rc0; From 2.3.0 · fixed in 2.3.4; From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.3

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