Upstream information

CVE-2021-37646 at MITRE

Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions the implementation of `tf.raw_ops.StringNGrams` is vulnerable to an integer overflow issue caused by converting a signed integer value to an unsigned one and then allocating memory based on this value. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/8d72537c6abf5a44103b57b9c2e22c14f5f49698/tensorflow/core/kernels/string_ngrams_op.cc#L184) calls `reserve` on a `tstring` with a value that sometimes can be negative if user supplies negative `ngram_widths`. The `reserve` method calls `TF_TString_Reserve` which has an `unsigned long` argument for the size of the buffer. Hence, the implicit conversion transforms the negative value to a large integer. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit c283e542a3f422420cfdb332414543b62fc4e4a5. 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 2.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
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 16:57:46 2025