qemu-kvm memory usage grows considerably beyond assigned guest memory

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Suspected memory leak on qemu-kvm, its memory usage grows way beyond the defined guest memory.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9
    • qemu-kvm-1.5.3-175.el7_9.4
    • Guest configured with virtio-scsi block device

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