- VirtualBox 7.0.6 (released January 17 2023)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: [1]
- VMM: Fixed guru running the FreeBSD loader on older Intel CPUs without unrestricted guest support (bug #21332)
- GUI: Fixed virtual machines grouping when VM was created or modified in command line (bugs #11500, #20933)
- GUI: Introduced generic changes in settings dialogs
- VirtioNet: Fixed broken network after loading saved state (bug #21172)
- Storage: Added support for increasing the size of the following VMDK image variants: monolithicFlat, monolithicSparse, twoGbMaxExtentSparse, twoGbMaxExtentFlat
- VBoxManage: Added missing --directory switch for guestcontrol mktemp command
- Mouse Integration: Guest was provided with extended host mouse state (bug #21139)
- DnD: Introduced generic improvements
- Guest Control: Fixed handling creation mode for temporary directories (bug #21394)
- Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for building UEK7 kernel on Oracle Linux 8
- Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for RHEL 9.1 kernel
- Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.2 for vboxvideo
- Audio: The "--audio" option in VBoxManage is now marked as deprecated; please use "--audio-driver" and "--audio-enabled" instead. This will allow more flexibility when changing the driver and/or controlling the audio functionality
Additionally, it fixes 6 CVE's: [2]
CVE-2023-21886 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core Multiple Yes 8.1 Network High None None Un-
changed High High High Prior to 6.1.42, prior to 7.0.6
CVE-2023-21898 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 5.5 Local Low Low None Un-
changed None None High Prior to 6.1.42, prior to 7.0.6 See Note 1
CVE-2023-21899 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 5.5 Local Low Low None Un-
changed None None High Prior to 6.1.42, prior to 7.0.6 See Note 1
CVE-2023-21884 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 4.4 Local Low High None Un-
changed None None High Prior to 6.1.42, prior to 7.0.6
CVE-2023-21885 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 3.8 Local Low Low None Changed Low None None Prior to 6.1.42, prior to 7.0.6 See Note 2
CVE-2023-21889 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 3.8 Local Low Low None Changed Low None None Prior to 6.1.42, prior to 7.0.6
Note 1: Applies to VirtualBox VMs running Windows 7 and later.
Note 2: Applies to Windows only.
Links:
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1060705
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=673
added file "set_noexec_stack.patch" to remove executable stack in yasm-compiled routines
addwd file "fix_v7_build.patch"
added file "VBoxDDR0.r0"
deleted file "/vb-6.1.16-modal-dialog-parent.patch"
VirtualBox 7.0.2 (released October 20 2022)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
Known issue: VMs having more than one vCPU configured will not work properly on macOS Catalina due to an unknown memory corruption issue. Either lower the number of vCPUs to 1 or upgrade to BigSur or later where the issue does not occur
Main: Fixed issue when VBoxSVC could become unresponsive if Extension Pack was not installed (bug #21167)
Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for kernel 6.1
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when VBoxClient seamless service caused a crash of some X11 applications (bug #21132)
GUI: Fixed a glitch in the log viewer which was causing wrong log file to be saved (bug #21156)
VirtualBox 7.0.0 (released October 10 2022)
This is a major update. The following major new features were added:
Virtual machines can be fully encrypted now, including the VM config logs and saved states (CLI only for now)
OCI: Cloud virtual machines can be added to Virtual Machine Manager and controlled as local VMs
OCI: Cloud networks can now be configured via Network Manager tool same way as it is done for Host-only and NAT networks
GUI: Added a new utility similar to "top" or "resource monitor" which lists peformance statistics (CPU usage, RAM usage, disk I/O rate, etc.) of running guests
GUI: Reworked the new vm wizard to integrate the unattended guest OS installation and to have a more streamlined work flow
GUI: Added a new help viewer widget which enables the user manual to be navigated and searched
GUI: Adding new notification center unifying most of running progresses and error reporting around the GUI
GUI: Improved theme support on all platforms. Linux and macOS use native engine while for Windows host it is separately implemented.
GUI: Large icon update.
Audio recording: Now using Vorbis as the default audio format for WebM containers. Opus is no longer being used.
Audio: Added "default" host driver type to make it possible to move VMs (appliances) between different platforms without the need of changing the audio driver explicitly. When the "default" driver is selected, the best audio backend option for a platform will be used. This is the default for newly created VMs.
Guest Control: Implemented initial support for automatic updating of Guest Additions for Linux guests
Guest Control: Implemented ability to wait for and/or reboot the guest when updating Guest Additions via VBoxManage
VBoxManage: Added Guest Control "waitrunlevel" sub-command to make it possible to wait for a guest to reach a certain run level
Linux Guest Additions: Reworked guest screen re-size functionality, added basic integration with some of guest Desktop Environments
Devices: Implemented new 3D support based on DirectX 11 (and DXVK on non Windows hosts)
Devices: Added virtual IOMMU devices (Intel and AMD variant)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1036720
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=663
Version Bump to 6.1.40
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
GUI: Fixed missed machine-items state translation on language change
USB: Fixed possible crash when the device got detached while the controller is resetting the port
Main: Provide guest's absolute pointing mouse device with buttons state when mouse integration is ON
Linux Host and Guest Additions: Prevented build failure on 5.8+ 32-bit kernels
Linux Host and Guest Additions: Introduced additional fixes for kernel 6.0
Linux Host and Guest Additions: Introduced additional fixes for Debian specific kernels
Solaris and Linux Guest Additions: Added better handling of negative screen sizes which some X11 desktop environments are reporting
Windows Guest Additions: Added fixes related to VBoxTray IPC
- Fix boo#1204233 boo#1204331 boo#1202851
- Remove file fix_error_in_USB_header.patch - fixed upstream
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1029812
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=661
- Version bump to 6.1.38r86 released by Oracle September 02 2022
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
GUI: Improvements in Native Language Support area
Main: OVF Export: Added support for exporting VMs containing Virtio-SCSI controllers
Recording settings: Fixed a regression which could cause not starting the COM server (VBoxSVC) under certain circumstances (bug #21034)
Recording: More deterministic naming for recorded files (will now overwrite old .webm files if present)
Linux Host and Guest Additions installer: Improved check for systemd presence in the system (bug #19033)
Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for kernel 6.0
Linux Guest Additions: Additional fixes for kernel RHEL 9.1 (bug #21065)
Windows Guest Additions: Improvements in Drag and Drop area
Fixes permission problem with /dev/vboxuser (boo#1203370)
Fixes boo#1203306 - 6.1.38 is available
Fixes missing firewall opening (boo#1203086)
Fixes boo#1201720 CVE items for CVE-2022-21571, CVE-2022-21554
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1004165
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=653
Files "fixes_for_5.0" and "fixes_for_gcc9" are deleted - the code was fixed upstream.
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
Virtualization core: support Shanghai/Zhaoxin CPUs.
User interface: handle command line arguments to VirtualBox correctly (bugs #18206 and #18197)
User interface: improvements to machine manager window, virtual optical disk creator, storage selector window and log viewer window
User interface: various small fixes and improvements
Audio: implemented time scheduling for the AC'97 device emulation to keep audio and video in sync
Graphics: basic support for VMSVGA graphics device in virtual machines using EFI
Network: fix occasional NATNet crashes (bug #13899)
Network: worked around problems in certain PCnet drivers on old operating systems
Serial: fixed connecting to pseudo terminals on POSIX hosts (6.0.0 regression; bug #18319)
Linux hosts and guests: fix for building kernel modules against Linux 5.0. Thank you Kyle Laker
- Converted vboxwebsrv to a systemd service. Previously, this was started through init.d. bsc#1116050
Files "vboxweb-service.service" and "vboxweb-service.sh" are added.
File "vbox-vboxweb-init-script.diff" is removed.
File "fixes_for_4.20.patch" is removed - the code was fixed upstream.
File "fix_lib_search.patch" is added to fix the build of VBox0GL.
File "fixes_for_5.0.patch" is added to compensate for API changes in kernel 5.0.
File "virtualbox-system-x.patch" is removed.
File "fixes_for_Leap15.1.patch" is added to fix build errors on Leap 15<F5>.1.
- Version bump to 6.0.2 (released January 15 2019 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
User interface: fixed creation of desktop shortcuts for starting virtual machines (bug #18207)
User interface: allow the first run window to selecting host drives (bug #18230)
User interface: fixed attaching empty host optical drives (bug #18223)
User interface: implemented a new virtual optical disk creation window
USB: modified Linux backends to reset USB devices (previously, most guest attempts to reset USB devices were ignored)
PCnet: fixed a regression which caused some PCnet PCI guest drivers to not detect the emulated hardware (bug #18286)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=465
File "remove_vbox_video_build.patch" added as current versions of Xorg no longer need this component.
Version update to 5.2.4 (released 2017-12-19 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
User interface: Adjusting desktop file for X11 window managers (bug #17312)
User interface: various high resolution display adjustments
Audio: fixed SB16 volume handling (5.2 regression)
Audio: various fixes
USB/OHCI: fixed a problem where OHCI emulation might sporadically drop data transfers
Linux hosts: fixed screen corruption when the host screen changes and a virtual machine window is maximized
X11 Guest Additions: fixed a hang at the GNOME Shell login screen with 3D enabled (5.2 regression, bugs #17189 and #17190)
Version bump to 5.2.2 (released 2017-11-24 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
User interface: various improvements for high resolution screens
User interface: added functionality to duplicate optical and floppy images
User interface: various improvements for the virtual media manager
VMM: fixed emulation so that Plan 9 guests can start once more (5.1.0 regression)
Storage: fixed regression breaking iSCSI (bug #17196)
Audio: added HDA support for more exotic guests (e.g. Haiku)
Serial: fixed hanging I/O when using named pipes on Windows (5.2.0 regression; bug #17227)
Serial: fixed broken communication with certain devices on Linux hosts
USB/OHCI: improved behavior so that the controller state after a VM reset is closer to the initial state after VM start
EFI: fixed HFS+ driver which in rare cases failed to access most files on a volume
Shared clipboard: fixed hang with OS X host and Linux guest (bug #15782)
Linux hosts: fixed kernel module compilation and start failures with Linux kernel 4.14 (bug #17267)
X11 hosts: better handle WM_CLASS setting (bug #12534)
Linux guests: fixed kernel module compilation and other problems with Linux kernel 4.14 (bug #12534)
Linux guests: fixed kernel module compilation and other problems with Linux kernel 4.14
Linux guests: fixed various 5.2.0 regressions (bug #17163)
Bridged networking: fixed duplicate EtherType in VLAN/priority tags on Linux (5.2.0 regression; bug #17277)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=393
- Update to version 4.3.6:
+ VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation VINF_EM_TRIPLE_FAULT caused by VMCB caching with nested paging on certain AMD CPUs (bug #12451)
+ VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation VERR_VMX_UNEXPECTED_INTERRUPTION_EXIT_TYPE while intercepting debug exceptions (VT-x only; bug #12410)
+ VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation VERR_SVM_UNEXPECTED_EXIT while intercepting debug register accesses (AMD-V only; bug #12481)
+ VMM: fixed a VERR_SSM_STRUCTURE_MAGIC error when trying to load a saved state made with VBox 4.3.4 when VT-x/AMD-V is disabled. Unfortunately, VBox 4.3.4 produced broken saved states for this configuration so you have to discard these states (bug #12414)
+ VMM: added a few more MSRs to the whitelist required by certain guests (bug #12245)
+ GUI: fixed deleting of inaccessible VMs (4.3 regression, bug #12205)
+ GUI: fixed warnings in VM settings / number of guest processors (bug #12480)
+ Main: don't automatically enable 64-bit guests on 64-bit hosts if VT-x/AMD-V is not available (bug #12424)
+ Main: always expose the DMI memory information to Windows 2012 guests (bug #12017)
+ Main: fixed occasional crashes on guest display resolution change (bug #7063)
+ Main: fixed reporting back temporary name when calling IGuestSession::DirectoryCreateTemp() (bug #12498)
+ API: fix for a hang when launching a GUI VM through the API, which crashes due to GUI unavailability
+ Storage: fix for BLKCACHE_IOERR runtime errors under rare circumstances (bug #11030)
+ Network: allow to start more than 5 PCNet instances (bug #12426)
+ E1000: if the cable was disconnected before the guest initialized the device, the link status was not properly set to 'down' after the initialization completed despite the fact that there was no connection
+ 3D support: fixed offset of guest 3D image elements (Mac OS X Retina hosts only; bug #11021)
+ Solaris hosts: fixed accessing the host driver from non-global zones (4.3 regression, bug #12271)
- For more changes see https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
- Add source services (refresh_patches ATM)
- Rebased patches:
+ vbox-disable-updates.diff (only offset)
+ vbox-fpie.diff (only offset)
+ vbox-deprec-gsoap-service-proxies.diff (manually)
+ vbox-gsoapssl-deps.diff (manually)
+ vbox-no-build-dates.diff (manually)
+ vbox-permissions_warning.diff (manually)
+ vbox-python-detection.diff (manually)
+ vbox-smc-napa.diff (manually)
+ vbox-vboxdrv-init-script.diff (manually)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/214248
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=150
