Reject inconsistent safetensors tensor byte sizes by RAMZI0TO99 · Pull Request #853 · qdrant/fastembed

RAMZI0TO99 · 2026-10-28T16:40:20Z

load_safetensors currently reads the element count implied by a tensor's shape without checking that it fits the declared byte range. For example, an F32 tensor with shape [1, 2] and offsets [0, 4] can read its second element from the following tensor. A zero-byte range with a nonempty shape instead returns an uninitialized array.

Check each declared byte count against its shape and stored dtype before loading, raising ValueError on a mismatch. BF16 uses its two-byte storage size. This follows the safetensors reference validation.

Validation: python -m pytest -q tests/test_static_embeddings.py -k load_safetensors — 21 passed. The 12 malformed-file cases fail on the unchanged base. Tests cover F32/BF16, both mmap modes, and valid scalar/empty/multidimensional controls. Ruff 0.3.4 lint and formatting checks pass.

coderabbitai · 2026-10-28T16:43:25Z

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load_safetensors now calculates the expected byte size for each tensor from its shape and dtype. It raises ValueError if the end offset precedes the start or the offset span does not match the expected size. BF16 tensors use a 2-byte item size.

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The new byte-size validation still accepts a malformed safetensors file with a negative start offset and loads header bytes as tensor data. Adding a start < 0 check is a small fix. The rest of the change looks sound.

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- Line 51: Update the offset validation condition in the tensor-reading function
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            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported safetensors dtype {dtype} for {name} in {path}")
+        item_size = 2 if dtype == "BF16" else np.dtype(_DTYPES[dtype]).itemsize
+        expected_size = math.prod(shape) * item_size
+        if end < start or end - start != expected_size:


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('temp', float)]) >>> x = np.zeros((1,), dtype=dt) >>> x['time']['min'] = 10; x['temp'] = 98.25 >>> x array([((10, 0), 98.25)], dtype=[('time', [('min', '<i8'), ('sec', '<i8')]), ('temp', '<f8')]) Save the raw data to disk: >>> import tempfile >>> fname = tempfile.mkstemp()[1] >>> x.tofile(fname) Read the raw data from disk: >>> np.fromfile(fname, dtype=dt) array([((10, 0), 98.25)], dtype=[('time', [('min', '<i8'), ('sec', '<i8')]), ('temp', '<f8')]) The recommended way to store and load data: >>> np.save(fname, x) >>> np.load(fname + '.npy') array([((10, 0), 98.25)], dtype=[('time', [('min', '<i8'), ('sec', '<i8')]), ('temp', '<f8')])</excerpt> </source> <source kind="search"> <title>NumPy Reference</title> <location>https://numpy.org/doc/stable/numpy-ref.pdf</location> <excerpt>citeturn0search12 [wordlim: 200] Published: 10 months ago; Since offset is measured in bytes, it should normally be a multiple of the byte-size of dtype. ... By default, memmap will start at the beginning of the file, even if filename is a file pointer fp and fp.tell() ! ... Given a memmap fp, isinstance(fp, numpy.ndarray) returns True. NumPy Reference, Release 2.4.0 <table id="e1"> <tr><td>‘r’</td><td>Open existing file for reading only.</td></tr> <tr><td>‘r+’</td><td>Open existing file for reading and writing.</td></tr> <tr><td>‘w+’</td><td>Create or overwrite existing file for reading and writing. If mode == 'w+' then shape must also be specified.</td></tr> <tr><td>‘c’</td><td>Copy-on-write: assignments affect data in memory, but changes are not saved to disk. The file on disk is read-only.</td></tr> </table> Default is ‘r+’. **offset** [int, optional] In the file, array data starts at this offset. Since offset is measured in bytes, it should normally be a multiple of the byte-size of dtype. When mode != 'r', even positive offsets beyond end of file are valid; The file will be extended to accommodate the additional data. By default, memmap will start at the beginning of the file, even if filename is a file pointer fp and fp.tell() != 0. **shape** [int or sequence of ints, optional] The desired shape of the array. </excerpt> </source> <source kind="search"> <title>numpy.memmap — NumPy v1.20 Manual</title> <location>https://numpy.org/doc/1.20/reference/generated/numpy.memmap.html</location> <excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 4 months ago; class `numpy.``memmap`[source]¶ ... This differs from Python’s `mmap` module, which uses file-like objects. ... Since offset is measured in bytes, it should normally be a multiple of the byte-size of `dtype`. ... By default, `memmap` will start at the beginning of the file, even if `filename` is a file pointer `fp` and `fp.tell() ! filename str, file-like object, or pathlib.Path instance The file name or file object to be used as the array data buffer. dtype data-type, optional The data-type used to interpret the file contents. 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Reject negative tensor offsets.

[-4, 0] for one F32 element passes the span check. _read then receives data_start - 4, so NumPy reads four bytes from the same file's header as tensor data. Add an explicit lower-bound check.

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--- "a/fastembed/common/safetensors_utils.py" +++ "b/fastembed/common/safetensors_utils.py" @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ raise ValueError(f"Unsupported safetensors dtype {dtype} for {name} in {path}") item_size = 2 if dtype == "BF16" else np.dtype(_DTYPES[dtype]).itemsize expected_size = math.prod(shape) * item_size - if end < start or end - start != expected_size: + if start < 0 or end < start or end - start != expected_size: raise ValueError( f"Invalid safetensors data offsets [{start}, {end}] for {name} in {path}: " f"expected {expected_size} bytes for shape {list(shape)}"

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Reject inconsistent safetensors tensor byte sizes

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fix: reject reversed safetensors data offsets and drop byte size tests

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