Public bug reported:

On xenial only:

$ wget 
http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/xenial/current/xenial-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img
$ cp -a xenial-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img disk.img
$ sudo mount-image-callback -v disk.img truewaiting on pidfile for /dev/nbd0 in 
/sys/block/nbd0/pid
connected disk.img (qcow2) to /dev/nbd0. waiting for device.
partitioned disk.
waiting for /dev/nbd0p1 part=1 to be ready.
waiting for /dev/nbd0p1 part=1 to be ready.
waiting for /dev/nbd0p1 part=1 to be ready.
waiting for /dev/nbd0p1 part=1 to be ready.
waiting for /dev/nbd0p1 part=1 to be ready.
waiting for /dev/nbd0p1 part=1 to be ready.
waiting for /dev/nbd0p1 part=1 to be ready.
waiting for /dev/nbd0p1 part=1 to be ready.
waiting for /dev/nbd0p1 part=1 to be ready.
gave up on waiting for /dev/nbd0p1
$ echo $?
1

This fix seems to work and should be safe.
=== modified file 'bin/mount-image-callback'
--- bin/mount-image-callback    2018-01-03 15:44:47 +0000
+++ bin/mount-image-callback    2018-01-04 17:21:23 +0000
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@
        fi
 
        i=0
+       [ -b "$mdev" ] || blockdev --rereadpt $nbd ||
+               { error "blockdev --rereadpt $nbd failed"; return 1; }
        while :; do
                [ -b "$mdev" ] && break
                i=$(($i+1))

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: cloud-image-utils 0.27-0ubuntu24
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.4.0-104.127-generic 4.4.98
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-104-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.14
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jan  4 17:23:15 2018
Ec2AMI: ami-00000388
Ec2AMIManifest: FIXME
Ec2AvailabilityZone: nova
Ec2InstanceType: m1.small
Ec2Kernel: unavailable
Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cloud-utils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: cloud-utils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: cloud-utils (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: cloud-utils (Ubuntu Artful)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: cloud-utils (Ubuntu Bionic)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ec2-images xenial

** Also affects: cloud-utils (Ubuntu Bionic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: cloud-utils (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: cloud-utils (Ubuntu Artful)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: cloud-utils (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Changed in: cloud-utils (Ubuntu Artful)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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  mount-image-callback fails on qcow image on xenial

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