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CVE-2021-41215: Null pointer exception in `DeserializeSparse`

November 10, 2021 (updated November 7, 2024)

The shape inference code for DeserializeSparse can trigger a null pointer dereference:

import tensorflow as tf

dataset = tf.data.Dataset.range(3)

@tf.function
def test():
y = tf.raw_ops.DeserializeSparse(
serialized_sparse=tf.data.experimental.to_variant(dataset),
dtype=tf.int32)

test()

This is because the shape inference function assumes that the serialize_sparse tensor is a tensor with positive rank (and having 3 as the last dimension). However, in the example above, the argument is a scalar (i.e., rank 0).

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-x3v8-c8qx-3j3r
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-cpu/PYSEC-2021-624.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow-gpu/PYSEC-2021-822.yaml
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tensorflow/PYSEC-2021-407.yaml
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/d3738dd70f1c9ceb547258cbb82d853da8771850
  • github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-x3v8-c8qx-3j3r
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41215

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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-2021-41215.yml

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