std::bad_alloc when loading PyTorch model in C++ using LibTorch

I'm trying to load a traced PyTorch model in C++ using LibTorch but encountering a std::bad_alloc error. I've set up a minimal example to demonstrate the issue.

The Problem: When running my C++ application that loads a PyTorch model, it crashes with:

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
  what():  std::bad_alloc
Aborted (core dumped)

cpp code :

#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <torch/script.h>

int main()
{
    // Load the traced model
    torch::jit::script::Module module;

    // Load the saved model - update path to your .pt file
    module = torch::jit::load("net.pt");


    return 0;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)
project(torch_example)

include(FetchContent)

set(LIBTORCH_CPU_URL "https://download.pytorch.org/libtorch/cpu/libtorch-shared-with-deps-2.5.1%2Bcpu.zip")

FetchContent_Declare(
    Torch
    URL ${LIBTORCH_CPU_URL }
    DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP TRUE
)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Torch)

add_executable(torch_example main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(torch_example PRIVATE "${TORCH_LIBRARIES}")
target_include_directories(torch_example PRIVATE "${torch_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
set_target_properties(torch_example PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 23)