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CVE-2021-29515: Reference binding to null pointer in `MatrixDiag*` ops

May 21, 2021 (updated October 30, 2024)

The implementation of MatrixDiag* operations does not validate that the tensor arguments are non-empty:

num_rows = context->input(2).flat<int32>()(0);
num_cols = context->input(3).flat<int32>()(0);
padding_value = context->input(4).flat<T>()(0);

Thus, users can trigger null pointer dereferences if any of the above tensors are null:

import tensorflow as tf

d = tf.convert_to_tensor([],dtype=tf.float32)
p = tf.convert_to_tensor([],dtype=tf.float32)
tf.raw_ops.MatrixDiagV2(diagonal=d, k=0, num_rows=0, num_cols=0, padding_value=p)

Changing from tf.raw_ops.MatrixDiagV2 to tf.raw_ops.MatrixDiagV3 still reproduces the issue.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-hc6c-75p4-hmq4
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2021-443.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2021-641.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2021-152.yaml
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/a7116dd3913c4a4afd2a3a938573aa7c785fdfc6
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-hc6c-75p4-hmq4
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29515

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.1.4, all versions starting from 2.2.0 before 2.2.3, all versions starting from 2.3.0 before 2.3.3, all versions starting from 2.4.0 before 2.4.2

Fixed versions

  • 2.1.4
  • 2.2.3
  • 2.3.3
  • 2.4.2

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.1.4, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4.2 or above.

Impact 7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Source file

pypi/tensorflow/CVE-2021-29515.yml

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