Virtualbox VM can't get the serial number / uuid of the virtualmachine defined on host

[ddurieux]

When not have serialnumber on Virtualbox machine (I have problem on a windows), we can get the UUID in section System Information. This UUID is the uuid of the VM in host side

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes
BIOS Information
        Vendor: innotek GmbH
        Version: VirtualBox
        Release Date: 12/01/2006
        Address: 0xE0000
        Runtime Size: 128 kB
        ROM Size: 128 kB
        Characteristics:
                ISA is supported
                PCI is supported
                Boot from CD is supported
                Selectable boot is supported
                8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
                CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
                ACPI is supported

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
        Manufacturer: innotek GmbH
        Product Name: VirtualBox
        Version: 1.2
        Serial Number: 0
        UUID: 2961ECF6-7E94-488D-AE0D-E427123078B3
        Wake-up Type: Power Switch
        SKU Number: Not Specified
        Family: Virtual Machine

[g-bougard]

I tested this on linux and I confirm this issue with same dmidecode output & inventory result missing SSN. The PR fixes the problem on linux too.
Merged, so closing