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GHSA-m539-j985-hcr8

GitHub Security Advisory

Crash in `max_pool3d` when size argument is 0 or negative

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
The Keras pooling layers can trigger a segfault if the size of the pool is 0 or if a dimension is negative:

```python
import tensorflow as tf

pool_size = [2, 2, 0]
layer = tf.keras.layers.MaxPooling3D(strides=1, pool_size=pool_size)
input_tensor = tf.random.uniform([3, 4, 10, 11, 12], dtype=tf.float32)
res = layer(input_tensor)
```

This is due to the TensorFlow's implementation of pooling operations where the values in the sliding window are not checked to be strictly positive.

### Patches
We have patched the issue in GitHub commit [12b1ff82b3f26ff8de17e58703231d5a02ef1b8b](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/12b1ff82b3f26ff8de17e58703231d5a02ef1b8b) (merging [#51975](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/pull/51975)).

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.

### For more information
Please consult [our security guide](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/SECURITY.md) for more information regarding the security model and how to contact us with issues and questions.

### Attribution
This vulnerability has been reported externally via a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/51936).

Affected Packages

PyPI tensorflow
Affected versions: 2.6.0 (fixed in 2.6.1)
PyPI tensorflow
Affected versions: 2.5.0 (fixed in 2.5.2)
PyPI tensorflow
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 2.4.4)
PyPI tensorflow-cpu
Affected versions: 2.6.0 (fixed in 2.6.1)
PyPI tensorflow-cpu
Affected versions: 2.5.0 (fixed in 2.5.2)
PyPI tensorflow-cpu
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 2.4.4)
PyPI tensorflow-gpu
Affected versions: 2.6.0 (fixed in 2.6.1)
PyPI tensorflow-gpu
Affected versions: 2.5.0 (fixed in 2.5.2)
PyPI tensorflow-gpu
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 2.4.4)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-m539-j985-hcr8
Published
November 10, 2021 7:36 PM
Last Modified
November 13, 2024 9:46 PM
CVSS Score
5.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
PyPI
Primary Package
tensorflow
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 13, 2025 6:30 AM

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