CVE-2021-41213 Deadlock in mutually recursive `tf.function` objects

2021-11-0522:10:11

CWE-667

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

cve-2021-41213

deadlock

tf.function

python

recursive

denial of service

reentrant lock

tensorflow 2.7.0

cherrypick

fix

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

23.6%

JSON

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the code behind tf.function API can be made to deadlock when two tf.function decorated Python functions are mutually recursive. This occurs due to using a non-reentrant Lock Python object. Loading any model which contains mutually recursive functions is vulnerable. An attacker can cause denial of service by causing users to load such models and calling a recursive tf.function, although this is not a frequent scenario. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "tensorflow",
    "vendor": "tensorflow",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": ">= 2.6.0, < 2.6.1"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": ">= 2.5.0, < 2.5.2"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "< 2.4.4"
      }
    ]
  }
]