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PYSEC-2026-3240
No affected components available
Impact
The implementations of Sparse*Cwise* ops are vulnerable to integer overflows. These can be used to trigger large allocations (so, OOM based denial of service) or CHECK-fails when building new TensorShape objects (so, assert failures based denial of service):
import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np
tf.raw_ops.SparseDenseCwiseDiv(
sp_indices=np.array([[9]]),
sp_values=np.array([5]),
sp_shape=np.array([92233720368., 92233720368]),
dense=np.array([4]))
We are missing some validation on the shapes of the input tensors as well as directly constructing a large TensorShape with user-provided dimensions. The latter is an instance of TFSA-2021-198 (CVE-2021-41197) and is easily fixed by replacing a call to TensorShape constructor with a call to BuildTensorShape static helper factory.
Patches
We have patched the issue in GitHub commits 1b54cadd19391b60b6fcccd8d076426f7221d5e8 and e952a89b7026b98fe8cbe626514a93ed68b7c510.
The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.8.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.7.1, TensorFlow 2.6.3, and TensorFlow 2.5.3, as these are also affected and still in supported range.
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Attribution
This vulnerability has been reported by Faysal Hossain Shezan from University of Virginia.
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.
Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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