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Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2022· Updated Apr 23, 2025

`CHECK` fail in `FractionalMaxPoolGrad` in TensorFlow

CVE-2022-35981

Description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. FractionalMaxPoolGrad validates its inputs with CHECK failures instead of with returning errors. If it gets incorrectly sized inputs, the CHECK failure can be used to trigger a denial of service attack. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 8741e57d163a079db05a7107a7609af70931def4. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.10.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.9.1, TensorFlow 2.8.1, and TensorFlow 2.7.2, as these are also affected and still in supported range. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
tensorflowPyPI
< 2.7.22.7.2
tensorflowPyPI
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.12.8.1
tensorflowPyPI
>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.12.9.1
tensorflow-cpuPyPI
< 2.7.22.7.2
tensorflow-cpuPyPI
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.12.8.1
tensorflow-cpuPyPI
>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.12.9.1
tensorflow-gpuPyPI
< 2.7.22.7.2
tensorflow-gpuPyPI
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.12.8.1
tensorflow-gpuPyPI
>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.12.9.1

Affected products

1

Patches

1
8741e57d163a

Fix security vulnerability with FractionalMaxPoolGrad

https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflowA. Unique TensorFlowerJul 18, 2022via ghsa
2 files changed · +37 10
  • tensorflow/core/kernels/fractional_max_pool_op.cc+12 8 modified
    @@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ limitations under the License.
     #include <random>
     #include <vector>
     
    -#include "tensorflow/core/kernels/fractional_pool_common.h"
    -
     #include "third_party/eigen3/unsupported/Eigen/CXX11/Tensor"
     #include "tensorflow/core/framework/numeric_op.h"
     #include "tensorflow/core/framework/op_kernel.h"
    +#include "tensorflow/core/framework/op_requires.h"
    +#include "tensorflow/core/kernels/fractional_pool_common.h"
     #include "tensorflow/core/lib/random/random.h"
    +#include "tensorflow/core/platform/errors.h"
     #include "tensorflow/core/platform/logging.h"
     #include "tensorflow/core/platform/mutex.h"
     #include "tensorflow/core/util/guarded_philox_random.h"
    @@ -352,7 +353,9 @@ class FractionalMaxPoolGradOp : public OpKernel {
             output_size[2] * output_size[1] * output_size[0];
         for (int64_t i = 0; i < num_reshaped_cols; ++i) {
           for (int64_t j = 0; j < output_size[3]; ++j) {
    -        DCHECK_EQ(tensor_out_dup_mat(j, i), tensor_out_mat(j, i));
    +        OP_REQUIRES(context, tensor_out_dup_mat(j, i) == tensor_out_mat(j, i),
    +                    errors::InvalidArgument(
    +                        "tensor_out_dup is not the same as tensor_out"));
           }
         }
     
    @@ -369,11 +372,12 @@ class FractionalMaxPoolGradOp : public OpKernel {
     
         for (int index = 0; index < num_total_outputs; ++index) {
           int input_backprop_index = out_arg_max_flat(index);
    -      // According to maxpooling_op.cc, the performance impact below is small.
    -      CHECK(input_backprop_index >= 0 &&
    -            input_backprop_index < num_total_inputs)
    -          << "Invalid input backprop index: " << input_backprop_index << ", "
    -          << num_total_inputs;
    +      OP_REQUIRES(
    +          context,
    +          input_backprop_index >= 0 && input_backprop_index < num_total_inputs,
    +          errors::InvalidArgument(
    +              "Invalid input backprop index: ", input_backprop_index, ", ",
    +              num_total_inputs));
           input_backprop_flat(input_backprop_index) += out_backprop_flat(index);
         }
       }
    
  • tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/nn_ops/fractional_max_pool_op_test.py+25 2 modified
    @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def _ValidateFractionalMaxPoolResult(self, input_tensor, pooling_ratio,
         Returns:
           None
         """
    -    with self.cached_session() as sess:
    +    with self.cached_session():
           p, r, c = nn_ops.fractional_max_pool_v2(
               input_tensor,
               pooling_ratio,
    @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def _testVisually(self):
               overlapping))
           rand_mat = self._PRNG.randint(10, size=tensor_shape)
           pooling_ratio = [1, math.sqrt(2), math.sqrt(2), 1]
    -      with self.cached_session() as sess:
    +      with self.cached_session():
             p, r, c = nn_ops.fractional_max_pool_v2(
                 rand_mat,
                 pooling_ratio,
    @@ -630,6 +630,29 @@ def testWhenRepeatedMaxValueInPoolingRegion(self):
           self.assertAllClose(expected_input_backprop_overlapping,
                               input_backprop_overlapping)
     
    +  def testInvalidSeqRaiseErrorForFractionalMaxPoolGrad(self):
    +    with self.assertRaises(errors.InvalidArgumentError):
    +      with self.cached_session() as _:
    +        overlapping = True
    +        orig_input = constant_op.constant(
    +            .453409232, shape=[1, 7, 13, 1], dtype=dtypes.float32)
    +        orig_output = constant_op.constant(
    +            .453409232, shape=[1, 7, 13, 1], dtype=dtypes.float32)
    +        out_backprop = constant_op.constant(
    +            .453409232, shape=[1, 7, 13, 1], dtype=dtypes.float32)
    +        row_pooling_sequence = constant_op.constant(
    +            0, shape=[5], dtype=dtypes.int64)
    +        col_pooling_sequence = constant_op.constant(
    +            0, shape=[5], dtype=dtypes.int64)
    +        t = gen_nn_ops.FractionalMaxPoolGrad(
    +            orig_input=orig_input,
    +            orig_output=orig_output,
    +            out_backprop=out_backprop,
    +            row_pooling_sequence=row_pooling_sequence,
    +            col_pooling_sequence=col_pooling_sequence,
    +            overlapping=overlapping)
    +        self.evaluate(t)
    +
     
     if __name__ == "__main__":
       test.main()
    

Vulnerability mechanics

Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.

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