diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 95a7f20c22..ea0fc0ed11 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Ansible Changes By Release
   https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/34130
 * Fix docker_service so a build is not triggered every time
   https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/36145
+* Be more tolerant about spaces when gathering virtual facts (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/36042)
 
 
 <a id="2.4.3"></a>
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/linux.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/linux.py
index 9ce9132078..ba5055676e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/linux.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/linux.py
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ class LinuxVirtual(Virtual):
 
         if os.path.exists('/proc/self/status'):
             for line in get_file_lines('/proc/self/status'):
-                if re.match('^VxID: \d+', line):
+                if re.match(r'^VxID:\s+\d+', line):
                     virtual_facts['virtualization_type'] = 'linux_vserver'
-                    if re.match('^VxID: 0', line):
+                    if re.match(r'^VxID:\s+0', line):
                         virtual_facts['virtualization_role'] = 'host'
                     else:
                         virtual_facts['virtualization_role'] = 'guest'
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class LinuxVirtual(Virtual):
                             if open(f).read().rstrip() == 'vdsm':
                                 virtual_facts['virtualization_type'] = 'RHEV'
                                 break
-                        except:
+                        except Exception:
                             pass
                     else:
                         virtual_facts['virtualization_type'] = 'kvm'