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CVE-2022-29210: TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In version 2.8.0, the `TensorKey` hash f…

Occurred
May 21, 2022
Published
May 21, 2022
Source
NVD CVE

Summary

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In version 2.8.0, the `TensorKey` hash function used total estimated `AllocatedBytes()`, which (a) is an estimate per tensor, and (b) is a very poor hash function for constants (e.g. `int32_t`). It also tried to access individual tensor bytes through `tensor.data()` of size `AllocatedBytes()`. This led to ASAN failures because the `AllocatedBytes()` is an estimate of total bytes allocated by a tensor, including any pointed-to constructs (e.g. strings), and does not refer to contiguous bytes in the `.data()` buffer. The discoverers could not use this byte vector anyway because types such as `tstring` include pointers, whereas they needed to hash the string values themselves. This issue is patched in Tensorflow versions 2.9.0 and 2.8.1.

Tags

  • CVE
  • CVE-2022-29210
  • cvss:MEDIUM

Classification

Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%

Rationale: CVE describes a technical bug in TensorFlow's hash function causing ASAN failures, not a safety incident.

Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8

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