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VirtualBox 7.1.8​

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
• Linux Guest Additions: Introduced additional fixes for RHEL 9.4 kernel, (bug #22277)
• Linux Guest Additions: Improved 'rcvboxadd status-kernel' check
• Windows installer: Various bugfixes for the new installation code
• Windows installer: Implemented a new fatal error dialog with the ability to open the installer log file directly
• Windows Guest Additions: Fixed mouse driver installation on Vista guests
• Windows Guest Additions: Fixed uninstallation integrity issues (bug #22290)
• Windows Guest Additions: Fixed driver installation error ERROR_AUTHENTICODE_TRUST_NOT_ESTABLISHED (bug #22300)
• Windows Guest Additions: Fixed 100% CPU usage of VBoxTray which happened under certain circumstances (bug #22123)
• Windows Guest Additions: Now also ships the VBoxAudioTest binary for performing guest audio testing / diagnosis
• Windows Guest Additions: For older Windows versions (Windows 2000 to Windows 7) install alternative Shared Folder driver which avoids some compatibility glitches of the usual driver

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VirtualBox 7.1.10​

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

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VirtualBox 7.1.12​

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

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VirtualBox 7.2.0​

VirtualBox 7.2.0 (released August 14 2025)

This is a major update. The following new features were added:

• 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

Changelog-7.2 – Oracle VirtualBox

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VirtualBox 7.2.2

VirtualBox 7.2.2 (released September 10 2025)

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed or added:

• VMM: Fixed issue when VM was not able to start on Windows Arm host (issue github:gh-8)
• GUI: Fixed VBox Manager crash when some VM has a lot of snapshots (issue github:gh-119)
• GUI: Fixed issue when error notifications could not be displayed on snapshot deletion (issue github:gh-75)
• GUI: Fixed VBox Manager crash while attempting to show error notifications too early (issues github:gh-135 and github:gh-171)
• GUI: Fixed VBox Manager crash while removing all VMs from VM list
• GUI: Fixed VBox Manager freeze on Linux hosts at startup or while attempting to add a VM (issues github:gh-70 and github:gh-168)
• GUI: Fixed VBox Manager layout bug with too strict size constraints (issue github:gh-87)
• GUI: Updated VBox VM network status-bar indicator tooltip (IP address) on guest additions change (issue github:gh-179)
• GUI: Added possibility for Windows 11 host to use legacy light/dark themes from Windows 10 (issues github:gh-137 and github:gh-151)
• GUI: Forcing xdgdesktopportal platform theme on Linux when org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop DBus service is available (issues github:gh-138 and github:gh-150)
• Network (NAT, DNS): Fixed potential issue where a nameserver in the 127/8 network could have been passed to the guest (issue github:gh-136)
• Network: Added a new experimental type of e1000 adapter (82583V). It requires the ICH9 chipset, since MSIs are not supported by PIIX3
• USB: Fixed passing through USB devices exposed over USB/IP (issue github:gh-192)
• USB Webcam: The virtual USB webcam is now part of the open source base package
• Arm host: Improved high CPU usage for idling VMs (issue github:gh-34)
• Linux host: Use KVM APIs on kernel 6.16.0 and newer for acquiring/releasing VT-x (issue github:gh-81, github:gh-139 and github:gh-141)
• macOS host: Fixed internal networking, including NAT networks on macOS (7.2.0 regression; issue github:gh-140)
• macOS host: Fixed VM crash on Arm host on VM start (issue github:gh-101)
• Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when VBoxClient was reporting it's unable to load shared libraries on start (issue github:gh-165)
• Windows Guest Additions: Fixed issue when installation was failing on Windows XP SP2 64-bit (issue github:gh-142)
• EFI: Fixed TPM device not working with certain guests (issue github:gh-143)

Changelog-7.2 – Oracle VirtualBox

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VirtualBox 7.2.4

VirtualBox 7.2.4 (released October 21 2025)

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed or added:

• GUI: Fixed VirtualBox VM Manager crash when host was resuming from sleep (github:gh-121, github:gh-170)
• GUI: Updated native language support for Traditional Chinese, Greek, Swedish, Hungarian and Indonesian translations
• NAT: Fixed issue when multiple port forwarding rules affected NAT functionality (github:gh-232)
• Linux host and guest: Introduced initial support for kernel 6.18
• Linux Guest Additions: Introduced additional fixes for RHEL 9.6 and 9.7 kernels (github:GH-12)
• Windows Guest Additions: Introduced additional fixes for issue when installation was failing in Windows XP SP2 guest (github:GH-142)

Changelog-7.2 – Oracle VirtualBox

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VirtualBox 7.2.6 (stable release)

VirtualBox 7.2.6 (released January 20 2026)

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed or added:

• VMM: Fixed issue when VM process was crashing during RHEL5 guest boot
• VMM: Fixed issue when VMX nested-guest VM-entry was checking the wrong VM-execution control bit in the virtual VMCS (github:gh-313)
• VMM: Fixed issue when VM was crashing on start after recent Windows update (KB5066793) (github:gh-360)
• VMM: Fixed issue when guest process was crashing inside Windows guest on AMD system (github:gh-400)
• VMM: Fixed issue when VM process was crashing on Windows host (github:gh-426, github:gh-407, github:gh-404, github:gh-369, github:gh-238, github:gh-207, github:gh-187, github:gh-178)
• VMM: Fixed Guru Meditation issue on VM start on Windows host (github:gh-346)
• VMM: Fixed issue when VM was failing to shut down on Windows 11 ARM host (github:gh-416)
• VMM: Fixed issue when booting Red Hat 6.1 i386 was failing on AMD Zen4 Windows 11 Pro host (github:gh-466)
• GUI: Added fixes for full-screen support in multi-monitor case (github:gh-197, github:gh-243)
• GUI: Fixed issue when downloading update files was failing (github:gh-327, github:gh-372)
• GUI: Fixed issue when list of VMs was not properly displayed in Resource Manager tab (github:gh-364)
• GUI: Fixed issue when with switching between light/dark modes on macOS host (github:gh-457)
• GUI: Fixed issue when storage controller type list was displayed incorrectly (github:gh-413)
• DevACPI: Fixed issue with file path key names for Dsdt/Ssdt (github:gh-381)
• DevACPI: Added change to make OemTabId configurable using AcpiOemTabId option (github:gh-383)
• NAT: Fixed issue with high CPU usage when VM was using NAT (github:gh-356)
• RDP: The VRDP server was moved to the open source base package
• SmartCard: The USB smartcard emulation was moved to the open source base package
• VM encryption: The disk and VM encryption feature was moved to the open source base package
• VBoxManage: Fixed issue when VBoxManage was not displaying interface name for FreeBSD guests (github:gh-403)
• VBoxManage: Fixed issue when VM could not be started from command line in some circumstances (github:gh-418)
• Main: Improved filename check for drag-and-drop operations (github:gh-68)
• Linux Host: Fixed issue when vboxautostart-service did not start corresponding VMs on system boot (github:gh-309)
• Linux Host: Fixed issue when VM was not able to start if host was running realtime kernel configuration (github:gh-332)
• Guest Additions: Fixed installation on Windows XP 64-bit guests (github:gh-142)
• Guest Additions: Fixed issue when guest process was crashing due to low memory in the system (github:gh-410)
• Linux Guest Additions: Fixed build issue for kernels 2.5.52 and older
• Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when VBoxService was not started due to abandoned pid file
• Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when user session services were not started on old Linux distributions
• Linux Guest Additions: Fixed check if kernel modules were loaded for old Linux distributions
• Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when Guest Additions processes were left running on system reboot or shutdown (github:gh-311)
• Linux Guest Additions: Added additional fixes for RHEL 9.8, 10.1 and 10.2 kernels
• Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.19 (github:gh-467)
• Windows Guest Additions: Fixed installation on WinXP 64-bit (github:gh-142)
• BIOS: Fixed issue with booting VM using IPXE (github:gh-417)

Changelog-7.2 – Oracle VirtualBox

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