diff --git a/ggml-quants.c b/ggml-quants.c
index 11e11c219..ae019c419 100644
--- a/ggml-quants.c
+++ b/ggml-quants.c
@@ -12389,3 +12389,206 @@ void quantize_row_iq2_s(const float * restrict x, void * restrict vy, int64_t k)
     block_iq2_s * restrict y = vy;
     quantize_row_iq2_s_reference(x, y, k);
 }
+
+static bool validate_float(float f, size_t i) {
+    if (isinf(f)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ggml_validate_row_data: found inf value at block %zu\n", i);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (isnan(f)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ggml_validate_row_data: found nan value at block %zu\n", i);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+static bool validate_f16(ggml_fp16_t f, size_t i) {
+    return validate_float(GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(f), i);
+}
+
+#define VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(type, data, nb) \
+    const type * q = (const type *) (data); \
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < (nb); ++i) { \
+        if (!validate_f16(q[i].d, i)) { \
+            return false; \
+        } \
+    }
+
+#define VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_DM_F16_IMPL(type, data, nb, d, m) \
+    const type * q = (const type *) (data); \
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < (nb); ++i) { \
+        if (!validate_f16(q[i].d, i) || !validate_f16(q[i].m, i)) { \
+            return false; \
+        } \
+    }
+
+bool ggml_validate_row_data(enum ggml_type type, const void * data, size_t nbytes) {
+    if (type < 0 || type >= GGML_TYPE_COUNT) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid type %d\n", __func__, type);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // size check
+    if (nbytes % ggml_type_size(type) != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid size %zu for type %d\n", __func__, nbytes, type);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    size_t nb = nbytes/ggml_type_size(type);
+
+    switch (type) {
+        case GGML_TYPE_F16:
+            {
+                const ggml_fp16_t * f = (const ggml_fp16_t *) data;
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < nb; ++i) {
+                    if (!validate_f16(f[i], i)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_F32:
+            {
+                const float * f = (const float *) data;
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < nb; ++i) {
+                    if (!validate_float(f[i], i)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_F64:
+            {
+                const double * f = (const double *) data;
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < nb; ++i) {
+                    if (!validate_float(f[i], i)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q4_0:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_q4_0, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q4_1:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_DM_F16_IMPL(block_q4_1, data, nb, d, m);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q5_0:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_q5_0, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q5_1:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_DM_F16_IMPL(block_q5_1, data, nb, d, m);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q8_0:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_q8_0, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q2_K:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_DM_F16_IMPL(block_q2_K, data, nb, d, dmin);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q3_K:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_q3_K, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q4_K:
+            {
+            #ifdef GGML_QKK_64
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_DM_F16_IMPL(block_q4_K, data, nb, d[0], d[1]);
+            #else
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_DM_F16_IMPL(block_q4_K, data, nb, d, dmin);
+            #endif
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q5_K:
+            {
+            #ifdef GGML_QKK_64
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_q5_K, data, nb);
+            #else
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_DM_F16_IMPL(block_q5_K, data, nb, d, dmin);
+            #endif
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q6_K:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_q6_K, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q8_K:
+            {
+                const block_q8_K * q = (const block_q8_K *) data;
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < nb; ++i) {
+                    if (!validate_float(q[i].d, i)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ1_S:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq1_s, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ1_M:
+            {
+                const block_iq1_m * q = (const block_iq1_m *) data;
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < nb; ++i) {
+                #if QK_K == 64
+                    if (!validate_f16(q[i].d, i)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                #else
+                    iq1m_scale_t scale;
+                    const uint16_t * sc = (const uint16_t *)q[i].scales;
+                    scale.u16 = (sc[0] >> 12) | ((sc[1] >> 8) & 0x00f0) | ((sc[2] >> 4) & 0x0f00) | (sc[3] & 0xf000);
+                    if (!validate_f16(scale.f16, i)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                #endif
+                }
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ2_XXS:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq2_xxs, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ2_XS:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq2_xs, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ2_S:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq2_s, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ3_XXS:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq3_xxs, data, nb);
+            } break;
+
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ3_S:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq3_s, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ4_XS:
+        #if QK_K != 64
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq4_xs, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        #endif
+        // with QK_K == 64, iq4_xs is iq4_nl
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ4_NL:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq4_nl, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_I8:
+        case GGML_TYPE_I16:
+        case GGML_TYPE_I32:
+        case GGML_TYPE_I64:
+            // nothing to validate
+            break;
+        default:
+            {
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid type %d\n", __func__, type);
+                return false;
+            }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/ggml.h b/ggml.h
index 4d1d77fe9..86e5a8dc5 100644
--- a/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml.h
@@ -762,6 +762,8 @@ extern "C" {
     // use this to compute the memory overhead of a tensor
     GGML_API size_t ggml_tensor_overhead(void);
 
+    GGML_API bool ggml_validate_row_data(enum ggml_type type, const void * data, size_t nbytes);
+
     // main
 
     GGML_API struct ggml_context * ggml_init(struct ggml_init_params params);
diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 3a84b4916..452fa6f6d 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -3472,6 +3472,10 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
             file->seek(w.offs, SEEK_SET);
             file->read_raw(cur->data, ggml_nbytes(cur));
         }
+
+        if (!ggml_validate_row_data(cur->type, cur->data, ggml_nbytes(cur))) {
+            throw std::runtime_error(format("tensor '%s' has invalid data", ggml_get_name(cur)));
+        }
     }
 
     size_t size_done = 0;
@@ -3509,12 +3513,17 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
                 if (bufs_mmap.count(weight->idx)) {
                     buf_mmap = bufs_mmap.at(weight->idx);
                 }
+
+                if (!ggml_validate_row_data(cur->type, (uint8_t *) mapping->addr + weight->offs, n_size)) {
+                    throw std::runtime_error(format("tensor '%s' has invalid data", ggml_get_name(cur)));
+                }
+
                 GGML_ASSERT(buf_mmap || cur->data); // either we have a buffer to allocate the tensor in, or it is already allocated
                 if (buf_mmap && cur->data == nullptr) {
                     ggml_backend_tensor_alloc(buf_mmap, cur, (uint8_t *) mapping->addr + weight->offs);
                     if (lmlocks) {
                         const auto & lmlock = lmlocks->at(weight->idx);
-                        lmlock->grow_to(weight->offs + ggml_nbytes(cur));
+                        lmlock->grow_to(weight->offs + n_size);
                     }
 
                     auto & mmap_used = mmaps_used[weight->idx];
@@ -3528,12 +3537,18 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
                 const auto & file = files.at(weight->idx);
                 if (ggml_backend_buffer_is_host(cur->buffer)) {
                     file->seek(weight->offs, SEEK_SET);
-                    file->read_raw(cur->data, ggml_nbytes(cur));
+                    file->read_raw(cur->data, n_size);
+                    if (!ggml_validate_row_data(cur->type, cur->data, n_size)) {
+                        throw std::runtime_error(format("tensor '%s' has invalid data", ggml_get_name(cur)));
+                    }
                 } else {
-                    read_buf.resize(ggml_nbytes(cur));
+                    read_buf.resize(n_size);
                     file->seek(weight->offs, SEEK_SET);
-                    file->read_raw(read_buf.data(), ggml_nbytes(cur));
+                    file->read_raw(read_buf.data(), n_size);
                     ggml_backend_tensor_set(cur, read_buf.data(), 0, n_size);
+                    if (!ggml_validate_row_data(cur->type, read_buf.data(), n_size)) {
+                        throw std::runtime_error(format("tensor '%s' has invalid data", ggml_get_name(cur)));
+                    }
                 }
             }