8.0.0rc0 Regression: vnc fails with Segmentation fault
Host environment
- Operating system: Linux
- OS/kernel version: Linux rodrigo 5.10.0-21-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.162-1 (2023-01-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux
- Architecture: x86_64
- QEMU flavor: qemu-system-x86_64
- QEMU version:                QEMU emulator version 7.2.50 (v7.2.0-2658-g385ac97f) - according to git bisect
- QEMU command line:
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1536 -display vnc=:05 -k de -cdrom openSUSE-Leap-15.3-GNOME-Live-x86_64-Media.iso
Emulated/Virtualized environment
- Operating system: openSUSE-Leap-15.3
- OS/kernel version: Fails to start
- Architecture: x86_64
Description of problem
On connecting with gvncviewer localhost:05 the qemu process fails with
Segmentation faultgvncviewer localhost:05 prints
Connected to server
Error: Server closed the connection
Disconnected from serverSteps to reproduce
- Enter qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1536 -display vnc=:05 -k de -cdrom openSUSE-Leap-15.3-GNOME-Live-x86_64-Media.isoin first terminal
- Enter gvncviewer localhost:05in second terminal
Additional information
Final output of git bisect:
385ac97f8fad0e6980c5dfea71132d5ecfb16608 is the first bad commit
commit 385ac97f8fad0e6980c5dfea71132d5ecfb16608
Author: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Jan 17 15:24:40 2023 +0400
    ui: keep current cursor with QemuConsole
    
    Keeping the current cursor around is useful, not only for VNC, but for
    other displays. Let's move it down, see the following patches for other
    usages.
    
    Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
    Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
 include/ui/console.h | 1 +
 ui/console.c         | 8 ++++++++
 ui/vnc.c             | 7 ++-----
 ui/vnc.h             | 1 -
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)