- VirtualBox 7.0.8 (released April 18 2023)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
VMM: Introduced general improvements in nested visualization area
GUI: Brought back Restore current snapshot checkbox of Close VM dialog (bugs #21189, #21491)
GUI: Fixes and validation for VM settings USB filters editor, filter port value is now properly saved/restored
GUI: Fixes for VM name and OS type embedded editors of Details pane
GUI: Cloud related wizards should now propose enabled profiles before disabled
Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack: Fixed shipping the cryptographic support module for full VM encryption
E1000: Fixed possible guru meditation when changing network attachments (bug #21488)
virtio-net: Follow up fixes for FreeBSD 12.3 and pfSense 2.6.0 (bug #21201)
3D: Fixed various graphics issues with Windows 7 guests (bugs #21129, #21196, #21208, #21521)
Main/UefiVariableStore: Added API to add signatures to the MOK list (Machine Owner Key)
VBoxManage: Introduced modifynvram enrollmok sub-command to enroll Machine Owner Key into NVRAM, so Linux guest kernel can pick it up in order to verify signature of modules signed with this key
Guest Control/Main: Fixed deleting files via built-in toolbox
Linux host: Added possibility to bypass kernel modules signature verification once VBOX_BYPASS_MODULES_SIGNATURE_CHECK="1" is specified in /etc/vbox/vbox.cfg, useful in case if Linux distribution does not provide necessary tools to verify kernel module signature
Linux Guest Additions and host Installer: Improved detection if system is running systemd as the init process
Linux Guest Additions and host drivers: Introduce initial support for kernel 6.3
Linux Guest Additions: Added possibility to bypass kernel modules signature verification once VBOX_BYPASS_MODULES_SIGNATURE_CHECK="1" is specified in /etc/virtualbox-guest-additions.conf, useful in case if Linux distribution does not provide necessary tools to verify kernel module signature
Linux Guest Additions: Added experimental support for kernel modules and user services reloading in the end of installation process, thus guest system reboot after Guest Additions (7.0.8 and newer) upgrade is no longer required in general case
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed vboxvideo build issue with RHEL 8.7, 9.1 and 9.2 kernels (bugs #21446 and #21450)
Fixes for (boo#1210616)
CVE-2023-21990 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 8.2 Prior to 6.1.44, Prior to 7.0.8
CVE-2023-21987 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 7.8 Prior to 6.1.44, Prior to 7.0.8
CVE-2023-22002 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 6.0 Prior to 6.1.44, Prior to 7.0.8
CVE-2023-21989 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 6.0 Prior to 6.1.44, Prior to 7.0.8
CVE-2023-21998 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 4.6 Prior to 6.1.44, Prior to 7.0.8
CVE-2023-22000 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 4.6 Prior to 6.1.44, Prior to 7.0.8
CVE-2023-22001 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 4.6 Prior to 6.1.44, Prior to 7.0.8
CVE-2023-21988 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 3.8 Prior to 6.1.44, Prior to 7.0.8
CVE-2023-21999 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 3.6 Prior to 6.1.44, Prior to 7.0.8
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1084796
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=687
- 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
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
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
GUI: the USB filter settings dialog should allow to specify the USB revision in hexadecimal format (bug #15400)
GUI: fixed crash on certain hosts when pressing certain key combinations (Windows hosts only; bug #15719)
GUI: fixed issue with updating the available-geometry on host-screen work-area resize
GUI: don't crash / hang on certain environments if accessibility support is enabled
GUI: fixed various issues in Unscaled HiDPI Output mode (bug #15707)
GUI: extend the VM Input menu with Print Screen-related actions
GUI: improved handling of inserting the Guest Additions ISO image by trying all available optical drives rather than only the first one and by not asking the user if he wants to force unmounting (which doesn't work in most cases anyway)
API: default to RTC using UTC for Solaris 11 guests
Settings: be less restrictive when reading a VM configuration containing a host-only adapter without an interface name
Storage: fixed resizing VDI images resulting in an unbootable image under certain circumstances (bug #15983)
NAT: fixed several 5.1.8 regressions on Mac OS X and Windows hosts (bug #16084)
Audio: fixed a few 5.1.x regressions by using the audio code from 5.0.x until the audio overhaul is completed
VBoxManage: fixed documentation of the storagectl command (bug #15971)
Build system: another fix for building VirtualBox on systems which default to Python 3
Windows hosts: hardening fix for Windows 10 build 14971 (bug #16202)
Windows Additions: properly start the VirtualBox guest services even if the guest user name contains special characters (bug #15982)
Solaris Additions: fixed preemptible mouse notification callback being executed under a spinlock for Solaris guests
Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.9 fixes (bugs #16155 and #16064)
Linux Additions: fixed Linux kernel module override rule (thanks Mark Furneaux)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=293
