The QEMU emulator incorrectly interprets the contents of the SLIC table. See attached image.

Host environment

• Operating system: (Fedora 35)
• OS/kernel version: (Linux version 5.14.15-300.fc35.x86_64)
• Architecture: (x86_64)
• QEMU flavor: (qemu-system-x86_64)
• QEMU version: (QEMU emulator version 6.1.0 (qemu-6.1.0-9.fc35))
• QEMU command line:

  ./qemu-system-x86_64 -acpitable sig=SLIC,file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/slic.bin

Emulated/Virtualized environment

• Operating system: (Windows 7 64-bit)
• Architecture: (x86_64)

Description of problem

The QEMU emulator incorrectly interprets the contents of the SLIC table.

The SLIC table read on pure hardware and in a virtual machine in the fedora 34 and 35:

Steps to reproduce

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install Fedora 34

2. Install virtualization group:

   dnf group install virtualization

3. Place SLIC binary image(slic.bin) into the direcrory /var/lib/libvirt/images

4. Create Virtual Machine with Virtual Machine Manager.

5. Modify xml description of virtual machine: ... <os> ... <acpi> <table type='slic'>/var/lib/libvirt/images/slic.bin</table> </acpi> </os> ...

6. Install Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit into Virtual machine.

7. Place sertificate into Windows 7.

8. Run with admin rights:

   slmgr.vbs /ilc <sertificate>
   slmgr.vbs /ipk <key>

9. Windows 7 will be activated !

10. Save Virtual Machine Image and it's xml description anywere.

11. Install Fedora 35

12. Install virtualization group.

13. Place saved Virtual Machine Image and slic.bin into the directory /var/lib/libvirt/images/

14. Register virtual machine:

    virsh -c qemu:///system define <xml_file>

15. Run virtual machine - Windows 7 will lose it activation.

Additional information

Fedora 34 has: kernel-5.14.15-200.fc34.x86_64, qemu-system-x86-5.2.0-8.fc34.x86_64

Fedora 35 has: kernel-5.14.15-300.fc35.x86_64, qemu-system-x86-6.1.0-9.fc35.x86_64

Slick Binary Image: slic.bin