QID 980184

QID 980184: Python (pip) Security Update for tensorflow-gpu (GHSA-4f99-p9c2-3j8x)

Security update has been released for tensorflow-gpu,tensorflow,tensorflow-cpu to fix the vulnerability.

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The [code for sparse matrix multiplication](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/8d72537c6abf5a44103b57b9c2e22c14f5f49698/tensorflow/core/kernels/sparse_matmul_op.cc#L954-L1086) is vulnerable to undefined behavior via binding a reference to `nullptr`:

```python
import tensorflow as tf

tf.raw_ops.SparseMatMul(
a=[[1.0,1.0,1.0]],
b=[[],[],[]],
transpose_a=False,
transpose_b=False,
a_is_sparse=False,
b_is_sparse=True)
```

This occurs whenever the dimensions of `a` or `b` are 0 or less. In the case on one of these is 0, an empty output tensor should be allocated (to conserve the invariant that output tensors are always allocated when the operation is successful) but nothing should be written to it (that is, we should return early from the kernel implementation). Otherwise, attempts to write to this empty tensor would result in heap OOB access.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.6 severity.
  • Solution
    We have patched the issue in GitHub commit [e6cf28c72ba2eb949ca950d834dd6d66bb01cfae](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/e6cf28c72ba2eb949ca950d834dd6d66bb01cfae).

    The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 980184

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    GHSA-4f99-p9c2-3j8x tensorflow URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-4f99-p9c2-3j8x
    GHSA-4f99-p9c2-3j8x tensorflow-cpu URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-4f99-p9c2-3j8x
    GHSA-4f99-p9c2-3j8x tensorflow-gpu URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-4f99-p9c2-3j8x

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