Upstream information

CVE-2021-37652 at MITRE

Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the implementation for `tf.raw_ops.BoostedTreesCreateEnsemble` can result in a use after free error if an attacker supplies specially crafted arguments. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/f24faa153ad31a4b51578f8181d3aaab77a1ddeb/tensorflow/core/kernels/boosted_trees/resource_ops.cc#L55) uses a reference counted resource and decrements the refcount if the initialization fails, as it should. However, when the code was written, the resource was represented as a naked pointer but later refactoring has changed it to be a smart pointer. Thus, when the pointer leaves the scope, a subsequent `free`-ing of the resource occurs, but this fails to take into account that the refcount has already reached 0, thus the resource has been already freed. During this double-free process, members of the resource object are accessed for cleanup but they are invalid as the entire resource has been freed. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 5ecec9c6fbdbc6be03295685190a45e7eee726ab. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.6
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1189423 [NEW]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3
  • bazel-skylib1.0.3-source >= 1.0.3-bp153.2.1
  • bazel3.7 >= 3.7.2-bp153.4.1
  • libiomp5 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libiomp5-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libiomp5-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_cc2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_cc2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_cc2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_framework2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_framework2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_framework2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-doc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-lite >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-lite-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc-doc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc-doc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2022-10014
openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • bazel-skylib1.0.3-source >= 1.0.3-bp153.2.1
  • bazel3.7 >= 3.7.2-bp153.4.1
  • libiomp5 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libiomp5-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libiomp5-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_cc2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_cc2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_cc2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_framework2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_framework2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_framework2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-doc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-lite >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-lite-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc-doc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc-doc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2022-10014
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • tensorflow-lite >= 2.9.1-1.1
  • tensorflow-lite-devel >= 2.9.1-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-12116

Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 bazel-skylib1.0.3 Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 bazel3.7 Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 tensorflow2 Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 tensorflow2-lite Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Aug 16 09:53:32 2021
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 16:57:52 2025