From: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:08:29 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: esx: Allow connecting to IPv6 server
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esx: Allow connecting to IPv6 server

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 <mprivozn@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
---

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;