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CVE-2021-41217: Null pointer exception when `Exit` node is not preceded by `Enter` op

November 10, 2021 (updated November 7, 2024)

The process of building the control flow graph for a TensorFlow model is vulnerable to a null pointer exception when nodes that should be paired are not:

import tensorflow as tf

@tf.function
def func():
return tf.raw_ops.Exit(data=[False,False])

func()

This occurs because the code assumes that the first node in the pairing (e.g., an Enter node) always exists when encountering the second node (e.g., an Exit node):

...
} else if (IsExit(curr_node)) {
// Exit to the parent frame.
parent = parent_nodes[curr_id];
frame_name = cf_info->frame_names[parent->id()];
...

When this is not the case, parent is nullptr so dereferencing it causes a crash.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-5crj-c72x-m7gq
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2021-626.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2021-824.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2021-409.yaml
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/05cbebd3c6bb8f517a158b0155debb8df79017ff
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-5crj-c72x-m7gq
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41217

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.4.4, all versions starting from 2.5.0 before 2.5.2, all versions starting from 2.6.0 before 2.6.1

Fixed versions

  • 2.6.1
  • 2.5.2
  • 2.4.4

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.4.4, 2.5.2, 2.6.1 or above.

Impact 5.5 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Source file

pypi/tensorflow/CVE-2021-41217.yml

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