CVE-2021-41213CWE-667

Deadlock in mutually recursive `tf.function` objects

Medium · published November 5, 2021

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
14.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00243 · 14.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-667 · Improper Locking
Published
2021-11-05T22:10Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 NOV 22:10Z
    Deadlock in mutually recursive `tf.function` objects
    cvelistv5