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Changelog for VirtualBox 7.2
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VirtualBox 7.2.0 (released August 14 2025)
GUI: Moved global and VM tools from hamburger menus to global tools taskbar (vertically on the left) and the VM tools tabs (horizontally above the right hand panel) to make them easier to reach
Windows/Arm host: Arm virtualization of VMs added, in the unified Windows installer package
Arm host: Virtualization of Windows 11/Arm VMs
Linux host: Video decoding acceleration when 3D is enabled
Windows/Arm guest: Guest additions for new OS type Windows 11/Arm
macOS Arm host: Experimental 3D acceleration support using DXMT, removing the previous non working solution using DXVK on top of MoltenVK. 3D acceleration is not supported on macOS hosts using Intel CPUs anymore.
Storage: The NVMe storage controller emulation is now part of the open source base package
In addition, the following items were fixed or added:
Arm VMs: Note that the saved state of Arm VMs from VirtualBox 7.1 is incompatible with VirtualBox 7.2, so please shut down such VMs in saved state before upgrading to 7.2 (snapshots with associated saved state created with 7.1 will no longer work with 7.2)
VMM: Improved x86_64 and Arm CPU feature reporting when using Windows Hyper-V as the virtualization engine
VMM: Added xsave/xrestor instruction handling when using Windows/x86_64 Hyper-V as the virtualization engine, offering the x86_64-v3 instruction set extensions (including AVX and AVX2) on recent CPUs
VMM: Fixed issue when X86_64-v3 features were not passed to the guest (​github:gh-36)
VMM/HM: Fixed Nested Virtualization feature on Intel CPUs
GUI: Fixed a bug in clone VM wizard which made impossible to include snapshots in clone result (​github:GH-59)
GUI: Polished Preferences and Settings pages, NLS fixing
GUI: Improved handling of keyboard LEDs in the Soft Keyboard
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VirtualBox 7.1.12 (released July 15 2025)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed or added:
VMM: Fixed issue when running a nested VM caused Guru Meditation for outer VM
NAT: Fixed issue when VMs with long names were unable to start (​github:GH-16)
Linux host: Fixed possible kernel panic when using bridged networking with a network interface handled by the ixgbe driver on newer kernels
Windows Host: Fixed issue resulting in BSOD upon closing VirtualBox GUI after host package uninstall (​github:GH-38)
Windows Host: General improvements in drivers installation
Windows Host: Implement support for exposing AVX/AVX2 to the guest when Hyper-V is used (​github:GH-36)
Recording: Fixed issue when Windows Guest Machine was unable to start when recording was enabled in Display Settings (bug #22363)
Linux Host and Guest: Added additional fixes to support kernel 6.16
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when 'rcvboxadd status-kernel' was reporting incorrect status when guest was running kernel 3.10 series and older
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when VBoxClient was unable to start if guest was running kernel 2.6 series and older
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue which caused a warning in system log due to incorrect udev rule
10 months ago
Last modified on 09/11/2024 04:11:07 PM

VirtualBox 7.1.10 (released June 03 2025)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
VBoxManage: Fixed a crash when running 'guestcontrol run' on Windows hosts (bug #22175)
Audio: Fixed device switching on Windows hosts (bug #22267)
Windows host installer: Fixed multiple installation entries in the 'Add or remove programs' dialog and upgrade issues
Linux host: Fixed issue which caused VM Selector process crash due to missing libdl.so and libpthread.so libraries (bug #22193)
Linux host: Removed libIDL as a build time dependency when building VirtualBox from source code (bug #21169)
Linux guest and host: Added initial support for kernel 6.15 (bug #22420)
Linux guest: Added initial support for kernel 6.16-RC0
Linux guest and host: Fixed issue with building modules for UEK8 kernel on Oracle Linux 9 distribution
RDP: Fixed issue when it was not possible to paste clipboard buffer into a guest over RDP remote session
9 months ago

VirtualBox 7.1.8 (released April 15 2025)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
VMM: Fixed issue when VM clock went backwards in rare circumstances (bug #22334)
GUI: Fixed issue when accelerated cursor image was not displayed correctly (bug #22096)
DevVirtioSCSI: Fixed issue with restoring saved state
Graphics: Fixed issue when assertion was triggered on restoring VM state if VMSVGA graphics adapter was used without 3D acceleration (bug #21955)
Main: Fixed issue when VBoxSVC was crashing on saving machine config through VirtualBox web service (bug #22259)
Main: Fixed issue when wireless network adapters could not be discovered on modern Linux distributions (bug #22362)
Main: Fixed issue when deleting running VM snapshot was leaving the .sav file on disk (bug #21345)
NAT: Fixed connectivity loss on Windows host (bug #22364)
VBoxManage: Updated User Manual to correct the 'VBoxManage modifyvm' invocation for configuring a VM to use host-only networking (bug #22158)
VBoxManage: Fixed issue when it was not possible to set disk bandwidth with 'VBoxManage bandwidthctl' command (bug #22328)
Windows installer: Automatically load the support driver after a successful installation (bug #22292)
Linux Host Installer: Fixed issue which sometimes resulted in installation failure due to incorrect check whether previous VirtualBox installation is running or not
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when VBoxClient could crash in XWayland guest (bug #22345)
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue which resulted in cursor image corruption when VM was using VBoxVGA graphics adapter
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when installation could fail on the system which does not have X11 libraries installed
Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.14
Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for RHEL 9.7 kernel
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VirtualBox 7.1.6 (released January 21 2025)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
VMM: Fixed issue when Windows 11 24H2 guest was experiencing BSOD in rare conditions
GUI: Improved representation of disabled preferences contents (mask+font) when it is shown with certain Linux themes
GUI: Fixed issue when seamless mode was not properly enabled or disabled in appropriate time according to GA status events
GUI: Fixed rare crash on macOS hosts on application exit
GUI: Fixed small 7.1.4 regression in preferences windows when filter editor was not in focus
GUI: Introduced improvements in Advanced properties/settings dialog area
GUI: Restored missing functionality to change bridged adapter at VM startup if current one wasn't found
GUI: Fixed issue when Show action duplicates were created on macOS host in attempt to switch between running and powered off VMs
GUI: Fixed regression when 3D acceleration check-box was not available for certain guest OS and graphical controller types
GUI: Restored lost Help button for preferences windows on macOS
GUI: Restored lost Help button shortcuts for certain windows
GUI: Fixed issue when error message was shown when VM was starting in full-screen mode
VirtioNet: Fixed issue with re-negotiation of features after reset
Graphics: Fixed issue with Linux guest screen flickering when guest was using VMSVGA graphics adapter
VBoxManage: Added the ability to export and import VMs which contain an NVMe storage controller
VBoxManage: Fixed issue when it was not possible to set graphics controller to "QemuRamFB" using modifyvm command (bug #22232)
Main: Fixed issue when specifying custom proxy server in GUI settings had no effect
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VirtualBox 7.1.4 (released October 15 2024)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
GUI: Added latest NLS update for Turkish, Indonesian and Italian languages
VMSVGA: Improved flickering, black screen and other screen update issues with recent Linux kernels (bug #21955)
NAT: Fixed issue with restoring 7.0.X saved state
VBoxManage: Fixed breakage of "list vms" and "showvminfo" for inaccessible VMs
Windows host: Fixed system DLL size checking which failed with Windows 11 24H2 and recent Insider Preview builds (bug #22162)
Linux/Arm Guest Additions: Added possibility to automatically upgrade Guest Additions via Devices menu
EFI: Added missing LsiLogic MPT SCSI driver again to fix booting from devices attached to this device if the EFI firmware is used (7.1.0 regression)
EFI: Restored broken network boot support (7.1.0 regression)
5 weeks ago

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VirtualBox 7.1.2 (released September 26 2024)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
GUI: Added multiple window layout and translation related fixes
GUI: Fixed an issue that meant VMs created using Unattended Install were not removed cleanly
GUI: Added an option to change the remote display security method
GUI: Removed the BETA label from the macOS/Arm UI
NAT: Fixed slow performance on Windows host (bugs #22164 and #22180)
NAT: Fixed DHCP problems with certain guests when domain is empty
3D: Fixed enabling 3D acceleration in the VM settings
3D: Fixed black screen with Windows VMs
3D: Fixed rendering issues caused by incorrect view handling
3D: Added possibility to enable 3D acceleration function for Arm platform VMs
GCM: Fixed problem with loading saved state created by 7.0.x
API: Fixed an issue with incorrect handling of NVRAM state with legacy BIOS and its removal on VM deletion
API: Fixed UEFI Secure Boot state querying when the VM was never started
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Changelog for VirtualBox 7.1
All branches: 7.1 · 7.0 · 6.1 · 6.0 · 5.2 · 5.1 · 5.0 · 4.3 · 4.2 · 4.1 · 4.0
VirtualBox 7.1.0 (released September 09 2024)
This is a major update. The following new features were added:
GUI: Modernized look and feel, offering a selection between Basic and Experienced user level with reduced or full UI functionality
OCI Integration: Performance dashboard now shows resource usage for cloud VMs
OCI Integration: Clone compute instances
OCI Integration: Reset compute instances
Oracle VirtualBox Extension Pack: Update to the PUEL license, removing the evaluation option. For evaluation use of the Extension Pack, please download it from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud
VRDE: If user does not set up TLS with custom certificates, enable it with self-signed certificate, including issuing a new one before the old one expires
NAT: New engine with IPv6 support
macOS/Arm host: Arm virtualization for Linux and BSD VMs
Linux host and guest: Added Wayland support for Clipboard sharing (bug #20808)
Shared Clipboard: Added initial support for transferring files on Linux and Windows hosts / guests. This requires the 7.1 Guest Additions to be installed. See User Guide for known limitations
Screen Recording: Significant performance improvements for the encoding pipeline, resulting in less CPU usage while recording is active. This requires 7.1 Guest Additions to be installed on Windows guests
VMM: Fixed EFLAGS.TF handling for CPUID instructions when Hyper-V is being used (bug #17961)
virtio-net: Follow up fixes for FreeBSD 12.3 and pfSense 2.6.0 (bug #21201)
EFI: Ability to add new Microsoft DB/KEX certificates to newly created VMs
Oracle Extension Pack: Fixed shipping the cryptographic support module for full VM encryption
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VirtualBox 7.0.20 (released July 16 2024)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
TPM: Fixed errors appearing the event viewer with Windows guests
macOS Hosts: Fixed passing USB devices to the VM (bug #21218)
Audio: Fixed recording with HDA emulation after newer Windows 10 / 11 guests got rebooted
USB: Fixed a deadlock in OHCI triggered when saving the current state of a VM or taking a snapshot (bug #22059)
Linux Guest and Host: Introduced initial support for OpenSuse 15.6 kernel
Linux Guest and Host: Introduced initial support for RHEL 9.5 kernel (bug #22099)
Guest Additions: Shared Clipboard: Fixed issue when extra new lines were pasted when copying text between Win and X11 (bug #21716)
UEFI Secure Boot: Add new Microsoft certificates to list for new VMs
21 months ago

VirtualBox 7.0.18 (released May 07 2024)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
Networking: Fixed an issue which caused host system crash when VM was using bridged or host-only network adapter (bug #22045)
Linux Guest Additions: Added more fixes to prevent UBSAN warnings (bug #21877)
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when time stamps were displayed incorrectly within mounted shared folder (bug #22047)
19 months ago

VirtualBox 7.0.16 (released April 16 2024)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
VMM: Fixed a guru meditation executing nested-guests using the KVM hypervisor in the guest on Intel hosts (bug #21805)
VMM: Fixed Linux VM crash on some recent AMD models
USB: Fixed issue when EHCI controller was mishandling short packets (bug #20726)
Audio: Introduced general improvements
VBoxManage and vboximg-mount: Updated usage information and documentation (bugs #21895, #21992 and #21993)
Guest Control: Fixed starting Windows guest processes in the correct Windows session (7.0 regression)
Linux Host: Fixed issue when VBox.sh was deleting wrong VBoxSVC IPC socket when VM was started using sudo (bug #20928)
Linux Host: Fixed kernel modules build failure when using GCC 13.2
macOS Host: Fixed issue when App Nap was affecting VM performance (bug #18678)
Linux Host and Guest: Added fixes related to UBSAN warnings discovered on recent Linux distributions (bug #21877)
Linux Host and Guest: Added possibility to prevent kernel module from automatic loading during system boot by adding mod_name.disabled=1 into kernel command line
Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for kernel 6.9 (bug #22033)
Linux Host and Guest: Fixed mk_pte warning introduced in kernel 6.6 (bug #21898)
Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.8
Windows Guest Additions: Introduced general improvements in graphics area
Devices: Fixed a problem where Windows guests "forget" in-progress touch events when the user holds down a finger without moving it for a period of time
RDP: Fix possible crash when connecting with the Apple Silicon variant of the Microsoft Remote Desktop application (bug #21820)
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