This imperfection was reported by Andrea here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2020-July/msg00753.html Michal Prívozník (3): virNetSocketCheckProtocols: Separate out checking family via getaddrinfo() virNetSocketCheckProtocols: lookup IPv6 only if suspecting IPv6 virNetSocketCheckProtocols: Confirm IPv4 by lookup too src/rpc/virnetsocket.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) -- 2.26.2