QID 982498

QID 982498: Python (pip) Security Update for tensorflow-gpu (GHSA-vqw6-72r7-fgw7)

Security update has been released for tensorflow,tensorflow-cpu,tensorflow-gpu 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 implementation of [`MatrixTriangularSolve`](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/8cae746d8449c7dda5298327353d68613f16e798/tensorflow/core/kernels/linalg/matrix_triangular_solve_op_impl.h#L160-L240) fails to terminate kernel execution if one validation condition fails:

```cc
void ValidateInputTensors(OpKernelContext* ctx, const Tensor& in0,
const Tensor& in1) override {
OP_REQUIRES(
ctx, in0.dims() >= 2,
errors::InvalidArgument("In[0] ndims must be >= 2: ", in0.dims()));

OP_REQUIRES(
ctx, in1.dims() >= 2,
errors::InvalidArgument("In[0] ndims must be >= 2: ", in1.dims()));
}

void Compute(OpKernelContext* ctx) override {
const Tensor& in0 = ctx->input(0);
const Tensor& in1 = ctx->input(1);

ValidateInputTensors(ctx, in0, in1);

MatMulBCast bcast(in0.shape().dim_sizes(), in1.shape().dim_sizes());
...
}
```

Since `OP_REQUIRES` only sets `ctx->status()` to a non-OK value and calls `return`, this allows malicious attackers to trigger an out of bounds read:

```python
import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np

matrix_array = np.array([])
matrix_tensor = tf.convert_to_tensor(np.reshape(matrix_array,(1,0)),dtype=tf.float32)
rhs_array = np.array([])
rhs_tensor = tf.convert_to_tensor(np.reshape(rhs_array,(0,1)),dtype=tf.float32)

tf.raw_ops.MatrixTriangularSolve(matrix=matrix_tensor,rhs=rhs_tensor,lower=False,adjoint=False)
```

As the two input tensors are empty, the `OP_REQUIRES` in `ValidateInputTensors` should fire and interrupt execution. However, given the implementation of `OP_REQUIRES`, after the `in0.dims() >= 2` fails, execution moves to the initialization of the `bcast` object. This initialization is done with invalid data and results in heap OOB read.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.1 severity.
  • Solution
    We have patched the issue in GitHub commit [480641e3599775a8895254ffbc0fc45621334f68](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/480641e3599775a8895254ffbc0fc45621334f68).

    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.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 982498

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    GHSA-vqw6-72r7-fgw7 tensorflow URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqw6-72r7-fgw7
    GHSA-vqw6-72r7-fgw7 tensorflow-cpu URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqw6-72r7-fgw7
    GHSA-vqw6-72r7-fgw7 tensorflow-gpu URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqw6-72r7-fgw7

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