# CVE-2021-41206: Incomplete validation of shapes in multiple TF ops

- Also known as: PYSEC-2021-847, BIT-TENSORFLOW-2021-41206, GHSA-PGCQ-H79J-2F69, PYSEC-2021-843, PYSEC-2021-845
- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.6.1, 2.5.2, 2.4.4
- Published: 2021-11-05 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- tensorflow: from 2.6.0, fixed in 2.6.1; from 2.5.0, fixed in 2.5.2; fixed in 2.4.4
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI): fixed in 2.4.4; from 2.5.0, fixed in 2.5.2; from 2.6.0, fixed in 2.6.1
- tensorflow (PyPI): from 2.6.0, fixed in 2.6.1
- tensorflow (PyPI): from 2.5.0, fixed in 2.5.2
- tensorflow (PyPI): fixed in 2.4.4
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): from 2.6.0, fixed in 2.6.1
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): from 2.5.0, fixed in 2.5.2
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): fixed in 2.4.4
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI): from 2.6.0, fixed in 2.6.1
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI): from 2.5.0, fixed in 2.5.2
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI): fixed in 2.4.4
- tensorflow (PyPI): fixed in 2.4.4; from 2.5.0, fixed in 2.5.2; from 2.6.0, fixed in 2.6.1
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): fixed in 2.4.4; from 2.5.0, fixed in 2.5.2; from 2.6.0, fixed in 2.6.1

## Description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions several TensorFlow operations are missing validation for the shapes of the tensor arguments involved in the call. Depending on the API, this can result in undefined behavior and segfault or `CHECK`-fail related crashes but in some scenarios writes and reads from heap populated arrays are also possible. We have discovered these issues internally via tooling while working on improving/testing GPU op determinism. As such, we don't have reproducers and there will be multiple fixes for these issues. These fixes will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick these commits on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on tensorflow, tensorflow-gpu, tensorflow-cpu, upgrade to a fixed version (2.6.1, 2.5.2, 2.4.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-pgcq-h79j-2f69
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/4d74d8a00b07441cba090a02e0dd9ed385145bf4
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/4dddb2fd0b01cdd196101afbba6518658a2c9e07
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/579261dcd446385831fe4f7457d802a59685121d
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/68422b215e618df5ad375bcdc6d2052e9fd3080a
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/da4aad5946be30e5f049920fa076e1f7ef021261
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/e7f497570abb6b4ae5af4970620cd880e4c0c904

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