On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 10:12:27AM +0100, Michal Privoznik via Devel wrote: > From: Michal Privoznik <[email protected]> > > When connecting to a VMWare server, the hostname from URI is > resolved using esxUtil_ResolveHostname() which in turn calls > getaddrinfo(). But in the hints argument, we restrict the return > address to be IPv4 (AF_INET) which obviously fails if the address > to resolve is an IPv6 address. Set the hint to AF_UNSPEC which > allows both IPv4 and IPv6. While at it, also allow IPv4 addresses > mapped in IPv6 by setting AI_V4MAPPED flag. > > Resolves: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-138300 > Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <[email protected]> > --- > src/esx/esx_util.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <[email protected]> > > diff --git a/src/esx/esx_util.c b/src/esx/esx_util.c > index 88b3dc893f..a6275babd5 100644 > --- a/src/esx/esx_util.c > +++ b/src/esx/esx_util.c > @@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ esxUtil_ResolveHostname(const char *hostname, char > **ipAddress) > int errcode; > g_autofree char *address = NULL; > > - hints.ai_flags = AI_ADDRCONFIG; > - hints.ai_family = AF_INET; > + hints.ai_flags = AI_ADDRCONFIG | AI_V4MAPPED; > + hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC; > hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM; > hints.ai_protocol = 0; > > -- > 2.52.0 > With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
