Invalid validation in `SparseMatrixSparseCholesky`
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- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2
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Summary
TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can trigger a null pointer dereference by providing an invalid `permutation` to `tf.raw_ops.SparseMatrixSparseCholesky`. This is because the implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/080f1d9e257589f78b3ffb75debf584168aa6062/tensorflow/core/kernels/sparse/sparse_cholesky_op.cc#L85-L86) fails to properly validate the input arguments. Although `ValidateInputs` is called and there are checks in the body of this function, the code proceeds to the next line in `ValidateInputs` since `OP_REQUIRES`(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/080f1d9e257589f78b3ffb75debf584168aa6062/tensorflow/core/framework/op_requires.h#L41-L48) is a macro that only exits the current function. Thus, the first validation condition that fails in `ValidateInputs` will cause an early return from that function. However, the caller will continue execution from the next line. The fix is to either explicitly check `context->status()` or to convert `ValidateInputs` to return a `Status`. 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
- CVE published
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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 2.1.4; 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 2.1.4
- 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-gpuPyPI
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
- tensorflow-cpuPyPI
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