Qemu with E1000 NIC causing segfault when compiled statically in Docker

[Weller, Nitzan]

Hello,

We are trying to run Qemu with E1000 as the NIC.

The Qemu we use is compiled statically using a Docker, based on https://github.com/ziglang/qemu-static.

When we boot a VM it causes a Segfault that crashes the VM during the boot process, before reaching the prompt.

The Core dump indicated there is an issue in libslirp.

A few things we tried:

1. Compiling locally - Running a VM using static Qemu that we compiled locally on a computer doesn't cause the Segfault.
   
2. Updating the version of Qemu or libslirp - Didn't change the outcome.
3. Different NIC - Using virtio instead of E1000 doesn't cause a Segfault, but we need E1000.
   

Do you have an idea what might cause this issue or how to proceed in investigating it?

Regards,

Nitzan

Here is the trace we got from the core dump:

Thread 4 "qemu-system-aar" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.

[Switching to LWP 50999]

0x00007f902a83222e in if_encap ()

(gdb) bt

#0 0x000071902a83222e in if_encap ()

#1 0x00007f902a844360 in ip6 output ()

#2 0x000071902a84347f in ndp_send_ns ()

#3 0x000071902a8321ae in if encap6 ()

#4 0x000071902a832307 in if encap ()

#5 0x000071902a84249f in if_start()

#6 0x00007f902a842333 in if output ()

#7 0x00007f902a844375 in ip6 output ()

#8 0x00007f902a842e31 in icmp6_send_error ()

#9 0x00007f902a83e2cc in udp6_input ()

#10 0x000071902a84421a in ip6_input ()

#11 0x00007f902a831ec1 in slirp_input ()

#12 0x00007f902a127681 in net slirp_receive (nc=<optimized out>, buf=<optimized out>, size=110) at ../../src/qemu-7.2.0/net/slirp.c:136

#13 0x00007f902a11f6ld in nc_sendv_compat (flags=<optimized out>, iovcnt=1, iov=0x7f8ce0bfddb0, nc=0x7f9029622c30) at ../../src/qemu-7.2.0/net/net.c:776

#14 qemu_deliver_packet_iov (sender=<optimized out>, opaque=0x7f9029622c30, iovcnt=1, iov=0x7f8ce0bfddbo, flags=<optimized out>) at ../../src/qemu-7.2.0/net/net.c:804

#15 qemu deliver packet iov (sender=<optimized out>, flags=<optimized out>, iov=0x7f8ce0bfddb0, iovcnt=1, opaque=0x7f9029622c30) at ../../src/qemu-7.2.0/net/net.c:783

#16 in qemu_net_queue_deliver (size=110, data="" "RV", flags=0, sender=0x7f8fe925da80, queue=0x7f902960c220) at ../../src/qemu-7.2.0/net/queue.c:164

#17 qemu_net_queue_send (queue=0x7f902960c220, sender=0x7f8fe925da80, flags-flags@entry=0, data-data@entry=0x7f8ce0841ea0 "RV", size=110, sent_cb-sent_cb@entry=0x0) at ./../src/qemu-7.2.0/net/queue.c:221

#18 in qemu_send_packet_async_with_flags (sender=<optimized out>, flags-flags@entry=0, buf=0x7f8ce0841ea0 "RV", size=<optimized out>, sent_cb=sent_cb@entry=0x0) at ../../src/qemu-7.2.0/net/net.c:711

#19 0x00007f902a120f5d in qemu_send_packet_async_with_flags (sent_cb=0x0, size=<optimized out>, buf=<optimized out>, flags=0, sender=<optimized out>) at ../../src/qemu-7.2.0/net/net.c:718

#20 qemu_send_packet_async (sent_cb=0x0, size=<optimized out>, buf=<optimized out>, sender=<optimized out>) at ../../src/qemu-7.2.0/net/net.c:718

#21 qemu_send_packet (nc=<optimized out>, buf=<optimized out>, size=<optimized out>) at ../../src/qemu-7.2.0/net/net.c:724