virtual: 0.877 device: 0.716 debug: 0.666 graphic: 0.665 x86: 0.664 arm: 0.564 ppc: 0.559 semantic: 0.553 mistranslation: 0.533 socket: 0.530 kernel: 0.500 network: 0.499 vnc: 0.499 risc-v: 0.489 user-level: 0.445 VMM: 0.441 permissions: 0.441 boot: 0.428 i386: 0.408 PID: 0.394 performance: 0.394 architecture: 0.388 register: 0.381 hypervisor: 0.286 TCG: 0.283 KVM: 0.232 files: 0.212 peripherals: 0.154 assembly: 0.152 qemu core dumps with -serial mon:vc qemu 1.5.2-1 dumps core when asked to put the monitor on a virtual console. For example, suppose you want to monitor the second serial port, you might try something like: qemu-system-x86_64 -serial null -serial mon:vc But that creates a core dump. In fact, even re-creating what should be the default dumps core: $ qemu-system-x86_64 -serial mon:vc:80Cx25C Segmentation fault (core dumped) I'm not including a backtrace because the bug is so easy to reproduce, but I can provide more info if necessary. Hi, This problem has been solved by commit 7b7ab18d0b9769b5f39e663fa55caed461b1202e: Author: Michael Roth