Null pointer dereference in `SparseFillEmptyRows`

Summary

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can trigger a null pointer dereference in the implementation of `tf.raw_ops.SparseFillEmptyRows`. This is because of missing validation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/fdc82089d206e281c628a93771336bf87863d5e8/tensorflow/core/kernels/sparse_fill_empty_rows_op.cc#L230-L231) that was covered under a `TODO`. If the `dense_shape` tensor is empty, then `dense_shape_t.vec<>()` would cause a null pointer dereference in the implementation of the op. 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, 7:16 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 2.1.4; 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-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

• 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

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