CVE-2022-35988
`CHECK` fail in `tf.linalg.matrix_rank` in TensorFlow
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. When `tf.linalg.matrix_rank` receives an empty input `a`, the GPU kernel gives a `CHECK` fail that can be used to trigger a denial of service attack. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit c55b476aa0e0bd4ee99d0f3ad18d9d706cd1260a. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.10.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.9.1, TensorFlow 2.8.1, and TensorFlow 2.7.2, as these are also affected and still in supported range. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 58% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 2.7.2
- affected >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.1
- affected >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPItensorflowGHSA-9vqj-64pv-w55c (opens in a new tab)
- PyPItensorflow-cpuGHSA-9vqj-64pv-w55c (opens in a new tab)
- PyPItensorflow-gpuGHSA-9vqj-64pv-w55c (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-9vqj-64pv-w55c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/c55b476aa0e0bd4ee99d0f3ad18d9d706cd1260a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9vqj-64pv-w55c (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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