Internal Assert Failure in `torch.ao.nn.quantized.GroupNorm` with incorrectly sized bias tensor
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Description
### 🐛 Describe the bug
I encountered a bug in PyTorch when using the API torch.ao.nn.quantized.GroupNorm. The crash is triggered by an internal C++ assertion failure when the bias parameter (referred to internally as beta) is initialized with a size that does not match the num_channels dimension. The code to reproduce this is as follows:
```python
import torch
import torch.ao.nn.quantized as nnq
input_tensor = torch.randn(20, 6, 10, 10)
num_groups = 2
num_channels = 6
weight = torch.nn.Parameter(torch.randn(num_channels))
bias = torch.nn.Parameter(torch.tensor([float('inf')])) # Invalid memory address
scale = 1.0
zero_point = 0
dtype = torch.qint8
q_input = torch.quantize_per_tensor(input_tensor, scale=scale, zero_point=zero_point, dtype=dtype)
group_norm = nnq.GroupNorm(num_groups, num_channels, weight=weight, bias=bias, scale=scale, zero_point=zero_point)
output = group_norm(q_input)
```
Output
```
RuntimeError: !beta.defined() || (!affine_per_channel && beta.numel() == N) || (affine_per_channel && beta.numel() == num_channels) INTERNAL ASSERT FAILED at "/pytorch/aten/src/ATen/native/quantized/cpu/kernels/QuantizedOpKernels.cpp":2938, please report a bug to PyTorch. Unexpected size of beta
```
Here is the [gist](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1j2bv35vx8nEdvwc3i7cgaDBiICQ2fE3n?usp=sharing).
### Versions
Collecting environment information...
PyTorch version: 2.10.0+cu128
Is debug build: False
CUDA used to build PyTorch: 12.8
ROCM used to build PyTorch: N/A
OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS (x86_64)
GCC version: (Ubuntu 9.4.0-1ubuntu1~20.04.2) 9.4.0
Clang version: Could not collect
CMake version: Could not collect
Libc version: glibc-2.31
Python version: 3.13.12 | packaged by Anaconda, Inc. | (main, Feb 24 2026, 16:13:31) [GCC 14.3.0] (64-bit runtime)
Python platform: Linux-5.15.0-139-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.31
Is CUDA available: True
CUDA runtime version: Could not collect
CUDA_MODULE_LOADING set to:
GPU models and configuration:
GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GPU 3: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GPU 4: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GPU 5: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GPU 6: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GPU 7: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Nvidia driver version: 535.183.01
cuDNN version: Could not collect
Is XPU available: False
HIP runtime version: N/A
MIOpen runtime version: N/A
Is XNNPACK available: True
Caching allocator config: N/A
CPU:
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
Address sizes: 46 bits physical, 57 bits virtual
CPU(s): 64
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-63
Thread(s) per core: 2
Core(s) per socket: 16
Socket(s): 2
NUMA node(s): 2
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 6
Model: 106
Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6326 CPU @ 2.90GHz
Stepping: 6
CPU MHz: 895.670
CPU max MHz: 3500.0000
CPU min MHz: 800.0000
BogoMIPS: 5800.00
Virtualization: VT-x
L1d cache: 1.5 MiB
L1i cache: 1 MiB
L2 cache: 40 MiB
L3 cache: 48 MiB
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-15,32-47
NUMA node1 CPU(s): 16-31,48-63
Vulnerability Gather data sampling: Mitigation; Microcode
Vulnerability Itlb multihit: Not affected
Vulnerability L1tf: Not affected
Vulnerability Mds: Not affected
Vulnerability Meltdown: Not affected
Vulnerability Mmio stale data: Mitigation; Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Vulnerability Reg file data sampling: Not affected
Vulnerability Retbleed: Not affected
Vulnerability Spec rstack overflow: Not affected
Vulnerability Spec store bypass: Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Vulnerability Spectre v1: Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Vulnerability Spectre v2: Mitigation; Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB conditional; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS SW sequence; BHI SW loop, KVM SW loop
Vulnerability Srbds: Not affected
Vulnerability Tsx async abort: Not affected
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb cat_l3 invpcid_single intel_ppin ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp ibrs_enhanced tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid cqm rdt_a avx512f avx512dq rdseed adx smap avx512ifma clflushopt clwb intel_pt avx512cd sha_ni avx512bw avx512vl xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local split_lock_detect wbnoinvd dtherm ida arat pln pts avx512vbmi umip pku ospke avx512_vbmi2 gfni vaes vpclmulqdq avx512_vnni avx512_bitalg tme avx512_vpopcntdq la57 rdpid fsrm md_clear pconfig flush_l1d arch_capabilities
Versions of relevant libraries:
[pip3] numpy==2.4.3
[pip3] nvidia-cublas-cu12==12.8.4.1
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12==12.8.90
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12==12.8.93
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12==12.8.90
[pip3] nvidia-cudnn-cu12==9.10.2.21
[pip3] nvidia-cufft-cu12==11.3.3.83
[pip3] nvidia-curand-cu12==10.3.9.90
[pip3] nvidia-cusolver-cu12==11.7.3.90
[pip3] nvidia-cusparse-cu12==12.5.8.93
[pip3] nvidia-cusparselt-cu12==0.7.1
[pip3] nvidia-nccl-cu12==2.27.5
[pip3] nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12==12.8.93
[pip3] nvidia-nvtx-cu12==12.8.90
[pip3] optree==0.19.0
[pip3] torch==2.10.0
[pip3] triton==3.6.0
[conda] numpy 2.4.3 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cublas-cu12 12.8.4.1 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12 12.8.90 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12 12.8.93 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12 12.8.90 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cudnn-cu12 9.10.2.21 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cufft-cu12 11.3.3.83 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-curand-cu12 10.3.9.90 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusolver-cu12 11.7.3.90 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusparse-cu12 12.5.8.93 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusparselt-cu12 0.7.1 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-nccl-cu12 2.27.5 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12 12.8.93 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-nvtx-cu12 12.8.90 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] optree 0.19.0 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] torch 2.10.0 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] triton 3.6.0 pypi_0 pypi
cc @jerryzh168 @jianyuh @raghuramank100 @jamesr66a @vkuzo @jgong5 @Xia-Weiwen @leslie-fang-intel
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