Comment 3 for bug 331128

Yes it is still a problem. Started via virt-manager (or virsh) crashes the guest kernel.

/usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc -m 384 -smp 1 -name sec-hardy-i386 -uuid c28d7c53-0da0-75c0-b360-df536d434f51 -monitor pty -pidfile /var/run/libvirt/qemu//sec-hardy-i386.pid -boot c -drive file=/srv/vms/kvm/sec-hardy-i386/root.qcow2,if=ide,index=0,boot=on -net nic,macaddr=00:16:36:70:61:a2,vlan=0,model=virtio -net tap,fd=18,script=,vlan=0,ifname=vnet1 -serial none -parallel none -usb -vnc 127.0.0.1:2

libvirt xml:
<domain type='kvm'>
  <name>sec-hardy-i386</name>
  <uuid>c28d7c53-0da0-75c0-b360-df536d434f51</uuid>
  <memory>393216</memory>
  <currentMemory>393216</currentMemory>
  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
  </features>
  <clock offset='utc'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <source file='/srv/vms/kvm/sec-hardy-i386/root.qcow2'/>
      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
    </disk>
    <interface type='network'>
      <mac address='00:16:36:70:61:a2'/>
      <source network='default'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
    </interface>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'/>
  </devices>
</domain>