Segfault and heap buffer overflow in `{Experimental,}DatasetToTFRecord` in TensorFlow

Summary

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the implementation for `tf.raw_ops.ExperimentalDatasetToTFRecord` and `tf.raw_ops.DatasetToTFRecord` can trigger heap buffer overflow and segmentation fault. The implementation assumes that all records in the dataset are of string type. However, there is no check for that, and the example given above uses numeric types. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit e0b6e58c328059829c3eb968136f17aa72b6c876. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

Timeline

1. Aug 12, 2021, 9:00 PM UTCCVE published
2. Aug 4, 2024, 1:23 AM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• tensorflow tensorflow

  From 2.5.0 · fixed in 2.5.1; From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.3; fixed in 2.3.4

• tensorflow-cpuPyPI

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

• tensorflowPyPI

  fixed in 2.3.4

• tensorflowPyPI

  From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.3

• tensorflowPyPI

  From 2.5.0 · fixed in 2.5.1

• tensorflow-cpuPyPI

  fixed in 2.3.4

• tensorflow-cpuPyPI

  From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.3

• tensorflow-cpuPyPI

  From 2.5.0 · fixed in 2.5.1

• tensorflow-gpuPyPI

  fixed in 2.3.4

• tensorflow-gpuPyPI

  From 2.4.0 · fixed in 2.4.3

• tensorflow-gpuPyPI

  From 2.5.0 · fixed in 2.5.1

• tensorflowPyPI

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

• tensorflow-gpuPyPI

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

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