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Integer overflow in Tensorflow

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 2, 2022 in tensorflow/tensorflow • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

pip tensorflow (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.5.3
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.3
= 2.7.0

Patched versions

2.5.3
2.6.3
2.7.1
pip tensorflow-cpu (pip)
< 2.5.3
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.3
= 2.7.0
2.5.3
2.6.3
2.7.1
pip tensorflow-gpu (pip)
< 2.5.3
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.3
= 2.7.0
2.5.3
2.6.3
2.7.1

Description

Impact

The implementation of shape inference for Dequantize is vulnerable to an integer overflow weakness:

import tensorflow as tf

input = tf.constant([1,1],dtype=tf.qint32)

@tf.function
def test():
  y = tf.raw_ops.Dequantize(
    input=input,
    min_range=[1.0],
    max_range=[10.0],
    mode='MIN_COMBINED',
    narrow_range=False,
    axis=2**31-1,
    dtype=tf.bfloat16)
  return y

test()

The axis argument can be -1 (the default value for the optional argument) or any other positive value at most the number of dimensions of the input. Unfortunately, the upper bound is not checked, and, since the code computes axis + 1, an attacker can trigger an integer overflow:

  int axis = -1; 
  Status s = c->GetAttr("axis", &axis);
  // ...
  if (axis < -1) {
    return errors::InvalidArgument("axis should be at least -1, got ",
                                   axis);
  }
  // ...
  if (axis != -1) {
    ShapeHandle input;
    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(c->WithRankAtLeast(c->input(0), axis + 1, &input));
    // ...
  }

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commit b64638ec5ccaa77b7c1eb90958e3d85ce381f91b.

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.

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 Yu Tian of Qihoo 360 AIVul Team.

References

@mihaimaruseac mihaimaruseac published to tensorflow/tensorflow Feb 2, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 3, 2022
Reviewed Feb 3, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 9, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

EPSS score

0.361%
(73rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-21727

GHSA ID

GHSA-c6fh-56w7-fvjw
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