id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
12979	Device Serial Number Encoding corrupts Vbox file	Consequences		"Oddly, I added the device and this problem didn't show up for a couple of days. Error is as follows:
{{{
PCDATA invalid Char value 25.
Location: '/home/kcgtester/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 7 Base/Windows 7 Base.vbox', line 240 (25), column 116.
/build/buildd/virtualbox-4.1.12-dfsg/src/VBox/Main/src-server/MachineImpl.cpp[707] (nsresult Machine::registeredInit()).
Result Code: 
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: 
VirtualBox
Interface: 
IVirtualBox {c28be65f-1a8f-43b4-81f1-eb60cb516e66}
}}}


And the line from the VBox file is as follows:
{{{
<DeviceFilter name=""POSH Mfg.Ltd. POSH MX5USBKB [0100]"" active=""true"" vendorId=""0980"" productId=""9040"" revision=""0100"" manufacturer=""POSH Mfg.Ltd."" product=""POSH MX5USBKB "" serialNumber=""8&#xFF;f0W17&amp;C"" remote=""0""/>
}}}
It's obviously something wrong with the serialnumber field. VBox file is attached.

Host is Ubuntu 12.04 x64 and guest is Win7."	defect	closed	other	VirtualBox 4.1.12	fixed	pcdata, invalid, char, unaccessible		Windows	Linux