# CVE-2021-29574: Undefined behavior in \`MaxPool3DGradGrad\`

- Also known as: PYSEC-2021-502, BIT-TENSORFLOW-2021-29574, GHSA-828X-QC2P-WPRQ, PYSEC-2021-211, PYSEC-2021-700
- Severity: CVSS 2.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2
- Published: 2021-05-14 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- 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
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): 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 (PyPI): 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-gpu (PyPI): 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 (PyPI): fixed in 2.1.4
- tensorflow (PyPI): from 2.2.0, fixed in 2.2.3
- tensorflow (PyPI): from 2.3.0, fixed in 2.3.3
- tensorflow (PyPI): from 2.4.0, fixed in 2.4.2
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): fixed in 2.1.4
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): from 2.2.0, fixed in 2.2.3
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): from 2.3.0, fixed in 2.3.3
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): from 2.4.0, fixed in 2.4.2
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI): fixed in 2.1.4
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI): from 2.2.0, fixed in 2.2.3
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI): from 2.3.0, fixed in 2.3.3
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI): from 2.4.0, fixed in 2.4.2

## Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. The implementation of `tf.raw_ops.MaxPool3DGradGrad` exhibits undefined behavior by dereferencing null pointers backing attacker-supplied empty tensors. The implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/72fe792967e7fd25234342068806707bbc116618/tensorflow/core/kernels/pooling_ops_3d.cc#L679-L703) fails to validate that the 3 tensor inputs are not empty. If any of them is empty, then accessing the elements in the tensor results in dereferencing a null pointer. 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on tensorflow, tensorflow-cpu, tensorflow-gpu, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-828x-qc2p-wprq
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/a3d9f9be9ac2296615644061b40cefcee341dcc4

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