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Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2022· Updated Apr 22, 2025

Seg fault in `ndarray_tensor_bridge` due to zero and large inputs in Tensorflow

CVE-2022-41884

Description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. If a numpy array is created with a shape such that one element is zero and the others sum to a large number, an error will be raised. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 2b56169c16e375c521a3bc8ea658811cc0793784. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.11. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.10.1, 2.9.3, and TensorFlow 2.8.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
tensorflowPyPI
< 2.8.42.8.4
tensorflowPyPI
>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.32.9.3
tensorflowPyPI
>= 2.10.0, < 2.10.12.10.1
tensorflow-cpuPyPI
< 2.8.42.8.4
tensorflow-gpuPyPI
< 2.8.42.8.4
tensorflow-cpuPyPI
>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.32.9.3
tensorflow-gpuPyPI
>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.32.9.3
tensorflow-cpuPyPI
>= 2.10.0, < 2.10.12.10.1
tensorflow-gpuPyPI
>= 2.10.0, < 2.10.12.10.1

Affected products

1

Patches

1
2b56169c16e3

Fix segfault when using unusally shaped tensors.

https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflowReed Wanderman-MilneSep 29, 2022via ghsa
3 files changed · +30 1
  • tensorflow/python/eager/tensor_test.py+10 0 modified
    @@ -515,6 +515,16 @@ def testNumpyTooManyDimensions(self):
             "can have at most 32 dimensions"):
           t.numpy()
     
    +  def testNumpyDimsTooBig(self):
    +    # Creating a Numpy array fails in some cases if the product of non-zero
    +    # dimensions is very big, even if the shape also has a zero in it.
    +    t = array_ops.ones((0, 2**31, 2**31))
    +    with self.assertRaisesRegex(
    +        errors.InvalidArgumentError,
    +        r"Failed to create numpy array from tensor of shape "
    +        r"\[0, 2147483648, 2147483648\]. Numpy error.*array is too big"):
    +      t.numpy()
    +
     
     class TFETensorUtilTest(test_util.TensorFlowTestCase):
     
    
  • tensorflow/python/lib/core/BUILD+1 0 modified
    @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ cc_library(
         deps = [
             ":bfloat16_lib",
             ":numpy_lib",
    +        ":py_util",
             "//tensorflow/c:c_api_no_xla",
             "//tensorflow/core:lib",
             "//tensorflow/core:protos_all_cc",
    
  • tensorflow/python/lib/core/ndarray_tensor_bridge.cc+19 1 modified
    @@ -13,16 +13,20 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     limitations under the License.
     ==============================================================================*/
     
    +// clang-format off
     // Must be included first.
     #include "tensorflow/python/lib/core/numpy.h"
    +// clang-format on
    +
    +#include "tensorflow/python/lib/core/ndarray_tensor_bridge.h"
     
     #include <vector>
     
     #include "tensorflow/c/c_api.h"
     #include "tensorflow/core/lib/core/errors.h"
     #include "tensorflow/core/platform/mutex.h"
     #include "tensorflow/python/lib/core/bfloat16.h"
    -#include "tensorflow/python/lib/core/ndarray_tensor_bridge.h"
    +#include "tensorflow/python/lib/core/py_util.h"
     
     namespace tensorflow {
     
    @@ -214,6 +218,20 @@ Status ArrayFromMemory(int dim_size, npy_intp* dims, void* data, DataType dtype,
       }
       auto* np_array = reinterpret_cast<PyArrayObject*>(
           PyArray_SimpleNewFromData(dim_size, dims, type_num, data));
    +  if (np_array == nullptr) {
    +    string shape_str = absl::StrJoin(
    +        absl::Span<npy_intp>{dims, static_cast<size_t>(dim_size)}, ", ");
    +    if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
    +      string exception_str = PyExceptionFetch();
    +      PyErr_Clear();
    +      return errors::InvalidArgument(
    +          "Failed to create numpy array from tensor of shape [", shape_str,
    +          "]. Numpy error: ", exception_str);
    +    }
    +    return errors::Internal(
    +        "Failed to create numpy array from tensor of shape [", shape_str, "]");
    +  }
    +
       PyArray_CLEARFLAGS(np_array, NPY_ARRAY_OWNDATA);
       if (PyType_Ready(&TensorReleaserType) == -1) {
         return errors::Unknown("Python type initialization failed.");
    

Vulnerability mechanics

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