- Version bump to 6.1.26 (released July 28 2021 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
VMSVGA: fixed VM screen artifacts after restoring from saved state (bug #20067)
Storage: Fixed audio endianness for certain CUE sheet CD/DVD images.
VBoxHeadless: Running VM will save its state on host shutdown
VBoxManage: Fix OS detection for Ubuntu 20.10 ISO with unattended install
Linux Additions: Fixed mouse pointer offsetting issue for VMSVGA graphics adapter in multi-monitor VM setup (6.1.24 regression)
File "fix_ordering_of_qt_includes.patch" added for Leap and SLR builds.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/909267
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=613
- Version bump to 6.1.24 (released July 20 2021 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
Storage: Fixed starting a VM if a device is attached to a VirtIO SCSI port higher than 30 (bug #20213)
Storage: Improvement to DVD medium change signaling
Serial: Fixed a the guest missing interrupts under certain circumstances (6.0 regression, bug #18668)
Audio: Multiple fixes and enhancements
Network: Fixed connectivity issue with virtio-net after resuming VM with disconnected link
Network: Fixed UDP GSO fragmentation issue with missing 8 bytes of payload at the end of the first fragment
API: Fixed VM configuration for recent Windows Server versions
Extension Pack: Fixed issues with USB webcam pass-through on Linux
Host and guest driver: Fix small memory leak (bug #20280)
Linux host and guest: Support kernel version 5.13 (bug #20456)
Linux host and guest: Introduce support for SUSE SLES/SLED 15 SP3 kernels (bug #20396)
Linux host: Installer will not attempt to build kernel modules if system already has them installed and modules versions match current version
Guest Additions: Fixed crash on using shared clipboard (bug #19165)
Linux Guest Additions: Introduce support for Ubuntu specific kernels (bug #20325)
Solaris guest: Increased default memory and disk sizes
EFI: Support network booting with the E1000 network controller emulation
EFI: Stability improvements (bug #20090)
Delete file "fix_random_stack_failure.patch" - fixed upstream.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/907365
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=612
- Version bump to 6.1.24 (released July 20 2021 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
Storage: Fixed starting a VM if a device is attached to a VirtIO SCSI port higher than 30 (bug #20213)
Storage: Improvement to DVD medium change signaling
Serial: Fixed a the guest missing interrupts under certain circumstances (6.0 regression, bug #18668)
Audio: Multiple fixes and enhancements
Network: Fixed connectivity issue with virtio-net after resuming VM with disconnected link
Network: Fixed UDP GSO fragmentation issue with missing 8 bytes of payload at the end of the first fragment
API: Fixed VM configuration for recent Windows Server versions
Extension Pack: Fixed issues with USB webcam pass-through on Linux
Host and guest driver: Fix small memory leak (bug #20280)
Linux host and guest: Support kernel version 5.13 (bug #20456)
Linux host and guest: Introduce support for SUSE SLES/SLED 15 SP3 kernels (bug #20396)
Linux host: Installer will not attempt to build kernel modules if system already has them installed and modules versions match current version
Guest Additions: Fixed crash on using shared clipboard (bug #19165)
Linux Guest Additions: Introduce support for Ubuntu specific kernels (bug #20325)
Solaris guest: Increased default memory and disk sizes
EFI: Support network booting with the E1000 network controller emulation
EFI: Stability improvements (bug #20090)
Delete file "fix_random_stack_failure.patch" - fixed upstream.
- Add vboximg-mount to packaging. boo#1188045.
Fix an error in file "fixes_for_5.14.patch".
problem with kernel 5.13 as shown in boo#1188105.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/907363
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=611
- Version bump to 6.1.22 (released April 29 2021 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
VMM: Improved performance of 64-bit Windows and Solaris guests when Hyper-V is used on recent Windows 10 hosts
VMM: Fixed frequent crashes of 64-bit Windows Vista and Server 2003 guests when Hyper-V is used
GUI: Fixed regression where user was not able to save unset default shortcuts (bug #20305)
Storage: Fixed regression in LsiLogic SAS controller emulation caused VM crash (bug #20323)
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when it was not possible to run executables from mounted share (bug #20320)
Fixes for CVE-2021-2145 CVE-2021-2250 CVE-2021-2264 CVE-2021-2266 CVE-2021-2279 CVE-2021-2280
CVE-2021-2281 CVE-2021-2282 CVE-2021-2283 CVE-2021-2284 CVE-2021-2285 CVE-2021-2286
CVE-2021-2287 CVE-2021-2291 CVE-2021-2296 CVE-2021-2297 CVE-2021-2306 CVE-2021-2309
CVE-2021-2310 CVE-2021-2312
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/890457
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=601
- Version bump to (released April 20 2021 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
VMM: Fixed extremely poor VM performance depending on the timing of various actions (regression in 6.1.0)
VMM: Fixed guest OS hanging under certain circumstances when Hyper-V is present (bug #20141)
VMM: Fixed Guru Meditation error when using a nested hypervisor under certain circumstances (bug #20175)
VMM: Fixed a SMAP related host panic affecting Solaris 11.4 systems with Intel Haswell CPUs or later (bug #16068)
OCI: Add cloud-init support for export to OCI and for OCI instance creation
GUI: Fixed "Delete all files" leaving behind Logs/VBoxUI.log (bug #20235)
Audio: Multiple fixes and enhancements
Audio: Fixed detection of duplex audio devices on macOS (5.0 regression; bug #20171)
Network: Fixed link status reporting for "not attached" adapters
Network: Fixed connectivity issues with e1000 in OS/2 guests (6.1.18 regression; bug #20148)
Network: Fixed VxWorks e1000 driver compatibility issue (bug #20182)
Network: Fixed GUI checks for port forwarding rules rejecting IPv6 with "Nat Network" (bug #14847)
DHCP: Don't crash in the presence of fixed address assignments (bug #20128)
Serial: Fixed possible VM hang when using the a serial port in disconnected mode (bug #19854)
Webcam: Fixed interoperability with v4l2loopback and fixed a crash under certain circumstances (bug #20176)
NVMe: Fixed sporadic Windows VM hang or reboot on high CPU load
VBoxManage: Allow changing network adapter attachment of a saved VM with "modifyvm"
vboximg-mount: Fix for argument processing to honor the '--root' option (6.0 regression; bug #20073)
Linux host and guest: Support kernel versions 5.11 (bug #20198) and 5.12
Linux host: Maximum MTU size increased to 16110 for host-only adapters on Linux kernels 4.10+ (bug #19122)
Linux Guest Additions: Fix vboxvideo module compilation for kernel version 5.10.x
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed kernel module build for RHEL 8.4 beta and CentOS Stream (bug #20289)
File "fixes-for-5.11.patch" is deleted. The issue is fixed upstream.
File "vboxautostart.sh" is replaced by "vboxautostart-service.sh"
File "vboxautostart.service" is replaced by "vboxautostart-service.service"
Fixes boo#1183329 "virtualbox 6.1.18 crashes when it runs nested VM"
Fixes boo#1183125 "Leap 15.3 installation in Virtualbox without VBox integration"
Fixes CVE-2021-2264 and boo#1184542. The directory for the <user>.start files for
autostarting VMs is moved from /etc/vbox to /etc/vbox/autostart.d. In addition, the autostart
service is hardened (by Oracle).
File "virtualbox-kmp-files-leap" is deleted.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/888237
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=598
- Version bump to (released April 20 2021 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
VMM: Fixed extremely poor VM performance depending on the timing of various actions (regression in 6.1.0)
VMM: Fixed guest OS hanging under certain circumstances when Hyper-V is present (bug #20141)
VMM: Fixed Guru Meditation error when using a nested hypervisor under certain circumstances (bug #20175)
VMM: Fixed a SMAP related host panic affecting Solaris 11.4 systems with Intel Haswell CPUs or later (bug #16068)
OCI: Add cloud-init support for export to OCI and for OCI instance creation
GUI: Fixed "Delete all files" leaving behind Logs/VBoxUI.log (bug #20235)
Audio: Multiple fixes and enhancements
Audio: Fixed detection of duplex audio devices on macOS (5.0 regression; bug #20171)
Network: Fixed link status reporting for "not attached" adapters
Network: Fixed connectivity issues with e1000 in OS/2 guests (6.1.18 regression; bug #20148)
Network: Fixed VxWorks e1000 driver compatibility issue (bug #20182)
Network: Fixed GUI checks for port forwarding rules rejecting IPv6 with "Nat Network" (bug #14847)
DHCP: Don't crash in the presence of fixed address assignments (bug #20128)
Serial: Fixed possible VM hang when using the a serial port in disconnected mode (bug #19854)
Webcam: Fixed interoperability with v4l2loopback and fixed a crash under certain circumstances (bug #20176)
NVMe: Fixed sporadic Windows VM hang or reboot on high CPU load
VBoxManage: Allow changing network adapter attachment of a saved VM with "modifyvm"
vboximg-mount: Fix for argument processing to honor the '--root' option (6.0 regression; bug #20073)
Linux host and guest: Support kernel versions 5.11 (bug #20198) and 5.12
Linux host: Maximum MTU size increased to 16110 for host-only adapters on Linux kernels 4.10+ (bug #19122)
Linux Guest Additions: Fix vboxvideo module compilation for kernel version 5.10.x
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed kernel module build for RHEL 8.4 beta and CentOS Stream (bug #20289)
File "fixes-for-5.11.patch" is deleted. The issue is fixed upstream.
File "vboxautostart.sh" is replaced by "vboxautostart-service.sh"
File "vboxautostart.service" is replaced by "vboxautostart-service.service"
Fixes boo#1183329 "virtualbox 6.1.18 crashes when it runs nested VM"
Fixes boo#1183125 "Leap 15.3 installation in Virtualbox without VBox integration"
Fixes CVE-2021-2264 and boo#1184542. The directory for the <user>.start files for
autostarting VMs is moved from /etc/vbox to /etc/vbox/autostart.d. In addition, the autostart
service is hardened (by Oracle).
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/888128
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=597
- Version update to 6.1.18 (released January 19 2021)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
Nested VM: Fixed hangs when executing SMP nested-guests under certain conditions on Intel hosts (bug #19315, #19561)
OCI integration: Cloud Instance parameters parsing is improved on import (bug #19156)
Network: UDP checksum offloading in e1000 no longer produces zero checksums (bug #19930)
Network: Fixed Host-Only Ethernet Adapter DHCP, guest os can not get IP on host resume (bug #19620)
NAT: Fixed mss parameter handing (bug #15256)
macOS host: Multiple optimizations for BigSur
Audio: Fixed issues with audio playback after host goes to sleep (bug #18594)
Documentation: Some content touch-up and table formatting fixes
Linux host and guest: Support kernel version 5.10 (bug #20055)
Solaris host: Fix regression breaking VGA text mode since version 6.1.0
Guest Additions: Fixed a build failure affecting CentOS 8.2-2004 and later (bug #20091)
Guest Additions: Fixed a build failure affecting Linux kernels 3.2.0 through 3.2.50 (bug #20006)
Guest Additions: Fixed a VM segfault on copy with shared clipboard with X11 (bug #19226)
Shared Folder: Fixed error with remounting on Linux guests
File "debug_mountsf.patch" is deleted - fixed upstream.
File "linux-5.10-address-space-fixes.patch" is deleted - fixed upstream.
File "linux-5.10-framebuffer-fixes.patch" is deleted - fixed upstream.
File "linux-5.10-r0drv-memobj-fix-r0.patch" is deleted - fixed upstream.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/865491
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=586
- Remove symbols that forced rebuild of initrd
- Version update to 6.1.14 (released September 04 2020 by Oracle)
File "fix_virtio_build.patch" is added to fix a build problem.
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
GUI: Fixes file name changes in the File location field when creating Virtual Hard Disk (bug #19286)
VMM: Fixed running VMs which failed to start with VERR_NEM_MISSING_KERNEL_API_2 when Hyper-V is used (bug #19779 and #19804)
Audio: fix regression in HDA emulation introduced in 6.1.0
Shared Clipboard: Fixed a potential crash when copying HTML data (6.1.2 regression; bug #19226)
Linux host and guest: Linux kernel version 5.8 support
EFI: Fixed reading ISO9660 filesystems on attached media (6.1.0 regression; bug #19682)
EFI: Support booting from drives attached to the LsiLogic SCSI and SAS controller emulations
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/833132
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=570
- Pseudo version bump to 6.1.13, which is NOT an Oracle release.
Update VB sources to run under kernel 5.8.0+ with no modifications to the
kernel. These sources are derived from r85883 of the Oracle svn repository.
For operations with USB{2,3}, the extension pack for revision 140056 must
be installed. Once Oracle releases 6.1.14, then the extension pack and
VB itself will have the same revision number.
File "fixes_for_5.8.patch" is removed as that part was fixed upstream.
Fixes boo#1175201.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/830373
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=568
- Version bump to 6.1.12 (released July 14 2020 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
File "turn_off_cloud_net.patch" added.
Fixes for CVE-2020-14628, CVE-2020-14646, CVE-2020-14647, CVE-2020-14649
CVE-2020-14713, CVE-2020-14674, CVE-2020-14675, CVE-2020-14676
CVE-2020-14677, CVE-2020-14699, CVE-2020-14711, CVE-2020-14629
CVE-2020-14703, CVE-2020-14704, CVE-2020-14648, CVE-2020-14650
CVE-2020-14673, CVE-2020-14694, CVE-2020-14695, CVE-2020-14698
CVE-2020-14700, CVE-2020-14712, CVE-2020-14707, CVE-2020-14714
CVE-2020-14715 bsc#1174159.
UI: Fixes for Log-Viewer search-backward icon
Devices: Fixes and improvements for the BusLogic SCSI controller emulation
Serial Port: Regression fixes in FIFO data handling
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure integration: Experimental new type of network attachment, allowing local VM to act as if it was run in cloud
API: improved resource management in the guest control functionality
VBoxManage: fixed command option parsing for the "snapshot edit" sub-command
VBoxManage: Fix crash of 'VBoxManage internalcommands repairhd' when processing invalid input (bug #19579)
Guest Additions, 3D: New experimental GLX graphics output
Guest Additions, 3D: Fixed releasing texture objects, which could cause guest crashes
Guest Additions: Fixed writes to a file on a shared folder not being reflected on the host when the file is mmap'ed and the used Linux kernel is between version 4.10.0 and 4.11.x
Guest Additions: Fixed the shared folder driver on 32bit Windows 8 and newer returning an error when flushing writes to a file which is mapped into memory under rare circumstances
Guest Additions: Improve resize coverage for VMSVGA graphics controller
Guest Additions: Fix issues detecting guest additions ISO at runtime
Guest Additions: Fixed German translation encoding for Windows GA installer
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/821171
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=563
- Version bump to 6.1.10 (released June 05 2020 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
GUI: Fixed crash when using Qt on Xwayland sessions (bug #19583)
GUI: Fixed mouse pointer doesn't work properly in Windows guests when scaling is on (bug #19597)
VBoxManage: Fixed crash of 'VBoxManage internalcommands repairhd' when processing invalid input (bug #19579)
Settings: disable audio input and audio output by default for new VMs (bug #19527)
Guest Additions: Fixed resizing and multi monitor handling for Wayland guests. (bug #19496)
Guest Additions: Fixed VBoxClient error: The parent session seems to be non-X11. (bug #19590)
Linux host and guest: Linux kernel version 5.7 support. (bug #19516
File "fix_wayland_crash.patch" is removed - fixed upstream.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/811976
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=553
- Version bump to 6.1.8 (released May 15 2020 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
File "fixes_for_5.7.patch" is removed as the issue was fixed upstream.
GUI: Fix several layout and mouse position handling bugs with soft keyboard
GUI: Fixed crash on last VM removed (6.1.4 regression; bug #19568, #19525, #19506, #19490, #19481, #19397)
GUI and API: Allow renaming VMs which are in saved state
Serial: Fixed slow guest output when using the TCP server mode without anyone being connected
Guest Additions: Restored 'VBoxClient--checkhostversion' functionality (6.1.0 regression; bug #19470)
Guest Additions: Fixed resizing and multi monitor handling for X11 guests. (6.1.0 regression; bug #19496)
Guest Additions: Build problems fix with Oracle Linux 8.2 (Red Hat compatible kernel) / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 / CentOS 8.2 (bug #19391)
Guest Control/VBoxManage: Fixed handling of multiple environment variables supplied to 'VBoxManage guestcontrol VM run' (6.1.6/6.0.20 regression; bug #19518)
Guest Control: Implemented support for long(er) command lines
Guest Control: Various stability improvements
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/805962
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=550
- Version bump to 6.1.6 (released April 14 2020 by Oracle)
This version fixes bsc#1169249, bsc#1169202, and bsc#1166782.
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
GUI: Multiple enhancements including visual elements updates
Graphics: Fixed monitor resizing and multi-monitor handling bugs on X11 guests with VMSVGA graphics adapter
Graphics: Enhancements in 2D and 3D acceleration and rendering
USB: Multiple enhancements improving prformance and stability
Serial port: Improve error handling and fix hang when host port disappears
VBoxManage: Multiple fixes for guestcontrol operations
API: Fix for exception handling bug in Python bindings
Shared clipboard: Multiple fixes including possible crash and HTML data support
Linux host and guest: Support Linux kernel 5.6 (bug #19312)
File "VirtualBox-6.1.4-VBoxClient-vmsvga-x11-crash.patch" removed - fixed upstream.
File "fixes_for_5.6.patch" removed - fixed upstream.
File "change_default_display.patch" removed - fixed upstream.
- Fix bug that deletes everything in ~/.vbox/
- Fix builds for kernel 5.7. File "fixes_for_5.7.patch" is added.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/794392
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=548
- Change default display type for openSUSE virtual machines. The default type
has been VMSVGA; however, this display type fails to utilize driver vboxvideo.
thus the display size is fixed. This problem is under investigation, but
until a fix is found, the default is changed to VBoxVGA with file
"add change_default_display.patch".
- Makefile in the kernel-host-source package has a typo bug fixed (boo#1168910)
and a large number of warnings are fixed.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/792829
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=545
- With version 6.1.4 of VB, the bidirectional clipboard part of VBoxClient
for guest systems is failing. A patch is provided at
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/19336. These changes have been added
to file "VirtualBox-6.1.4-VBoxClient-vmsvga-x11-crash.patch". This
fixes boo #1167403 "VBoxClient --clipboard dies".
- Update the wrapper that starts the UI for VirtualBox to check the
version of the extpack that is installed. If no pack is installed
or if the license is not current, the new code does nothing. If there
is a current license and the installed pack does not match the
running version of VB, then the script downloads and installs the
new version. File "update-extpack.sh" is added.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/787617
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=540
- Version bump to 6.1.4 (released February 19 2020 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
Virtualization core: Fixed a rare issue with ICEBP instruction causing guru meditations on Intel hosts (6.1.0 regression; bug #19171)
Virtualization core: Fixed macOS Catalina guests failing to boot after upgrading to 10.15.2 onwards (bug #19188)
GUI: recent NLS integration and bug fixes for GUI and Qt translation tags
USB: Fix isochronous transfers to the VM for xHCI
Serial: Fix buffer handling, avoiding receiving stale data when the receive queue is flushed (bug #18671)
Serial: Improve host serial port passthrough handling on Windows host
VBoxManage: Restore old --clipboard option for modifyvm command
Linux guest: Support Linux 5.5 (bug #19145)
Linux guest: Shared folder fix for loopback mounting of images
BIOS: Always report non-ATA disks as ready
BIOS: Report EFI support through DMI table (bug 19144)
VGA BIOS: Reduce stack space usage for INT 10h handlers
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/784690
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=536
