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llama.cpp update adds guard against tensor size overflow

The Sep 30 release prevents a rare overflow bug when padding large tensors, improving stability across platforms.

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The llama.cpp library released a patch on Sep 30, 2026, that blocks tensors whose size would overflow during padding. The change checks the raw size plus alignment before adding padding, rejecting unsafe tensors early. A new test case shows the fix catches a 2⁶⁴‑16‑byte tensor that previously slipped through. The update applies to all supported builds, from macOS to Windows and Linux, including CUDA and Vulkan versions.

Why it matters

Stopping this overflow prevents crashes or corrupted results when running very large models.

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Sources & references

#SourceOutletDateKey takeaway
1ggml-org/llama.cpp b11275 ↗llama.cppSep 30, 2026<details open> gguf : reject tensor size that wraps after padding (#26979) GGML_PAD(nbytes, alignment) wraps to 0 when nbytes is within (ali
2ggml-org/llama.cpp b11276 ↗llama.cppSep 30, 2026<details open> Hexagon f16 activation ops (#29209) * hexagon: add F16 support for activation ops (SILU/GELU/GELU_QUICK/GEGLU/SWIGLU) Widens

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