Impact

The implementation of tf.raw_ops.ResourceScatterDiv is vulnerable to a division by 0 error:

import tensorflow as tf

v= tf.Variable([1,2,3])
tf.raw_ops.ResourceScatterDiv(
  resource=v.handle,
  indices=[1],
  updates=[0])

The implementation uses a common class for all binary operations but fails to treat the division by 0 case separately.

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 4aacb30888638da75023e6601149415b39763d76.

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.

For more information

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Attribution

This vulnerability has been reported by members of the Aivul Team from Qihoo 360.

References

• GHSA-ch4f-829c-v5pw
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37642
• tensorflow/tensorflow@4aacb30