- VirtualBox 7.0.10 (released July 18 2023)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
OCI: Introduced general improvements
VMM: Fixed a bug while walking page tables while executing nested VMs causing flooding of the release log as a consequence (Intel hosts only, bug #21551)
GUI: Added general improvements
TPM: Fixed a crash when a VM has a TPM version 1.2 configured (bug #21622)
3D: Initial support for OpenGL 4.1
3D: Fixed various graphics issues with Windows 11 guests (bugs #21136, #21515)
Guest Control/VBoxManage: Fixed parameter "--ignore-orphaned-processes"
Guest Control/VBoxManage: Fixed behavior of how handling argument 0 for a started guest process works: One can now explicitly specify it with the newly added option "--arg0". This will effectively restore the behavior of former VirtualBox versions
Audio: Also use the PulseAudio backend when pipewire-pulse is running instead of falling back to ALSA (bug #21575)
NAT: Adjusted UDP proxy timeout from 18-21 to 21-24 range to respect intended 20 second timeout (bug #21560)
Linux Host: Added initial support for Indirect Branch Tracking (bug #21435)
Linux Host: Added initial support for kernel 6.5 (NOTE: Guest Additions do not support kernel 6.5 yet)
Linux Host and Guest: Improved condition check when kernel modules need to be signed
Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for RHEL 8.8 (bug #21692), 8.9 (bug #21690) and 9.3 (bugs #21598 and #21671) kernels
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when kernel modules were rebuilt on each boot when guest system has no X11 installed
Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.4
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when vboxvideo module reloading caused kernel panic in some guests (bug #21740)
Linux Guest Additions: Introduced general improvements in the installer area
Windows Guest Additions: Introduced general improvements in graphics drivers area
removed "fixes_for_kernel_6.4.patch" as this is fixed upstream
Fix issue with kernel on newer CPU (boo#1212209)
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Tue Jun 27 19:08:03 UTC 2023 - Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@gmail.com>
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1099951
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=703
Thu July 19 15:24:39 UTC 2023 - Larry Rainey <llrainey15@gmail.com>
- VirtualBox 7.0.10 (released July 18 2023)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
OCI: Introduced general improvements
VMM: Fixed a bug while walking page tables while executing nested VMs causing flooding of the release log as a consequence (Intel hosts only, bug #21551)
GUI: Added general improvements
TPM: Fixed a crash when a VM has a TPM version 1.2 configured (bug #21622)
3D: Initial support for OpenGL 4.1
3D: Fixed various graphics issues with Windows 11 guests (bugs #21136, #21515)
Guest Control/VBoxManage: Fixed parameter "--ignore-orphaned-processes"
Guest Control/VBoxManage: Fixed behavior of how handling argument 0 for a started guest process works: One can now explicitly specify it with the newly added option "--arg0". This will effectively restore the behavior of former VirtualBox versions
Audio: Also use the PulseAudio backend when pipewire-pulse is running instead of falling back to ALSA (bug #21575)
NAT: Adjusted UDP proxy timeout from 18-21 to 21-24 range to respect intended 20 second timeout (bug #21560)
Linux Host: Added initial support for Indirect Branch Tracking (bug #21435)
Linux Host: Added initial support for kernel 6.5 (NOTE: Guest Additions do not support kernel 6.5 yet)
Linux Host and Guest: Improved condition check when kernel modules need to be signed
Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for RHEL 8.8 (bug #21692), 8.9 (bug #21690) and 9.3 (bugs #21598 and #21671) kernels
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when kernel modules were rebuilt on each boot when guest system has no X11 installed
Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.4
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when vboxvideo module reloading caused kernel panic in some guests (bug #21740)
Linux Guest Additions: Introduced general improvements in the installer area
Windows Guest Additions: Introduced general improvements in graphics drivers area
removed "fixes_for_kernel_6.4.patch" as this is fixed upstream
Fix issue with kernel on newer CPU (boo#1212209)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1099771
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=702
- 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
CVE-2023-21991 Oracle VM VirtualBox Core None No 3.2 Prior to 6.1.44, Prior to 7.0.8
Removed file fixes_for_kernel_6.3.patch - removed upstream.
Removed file fix_kmp_build.patch.
Thanks to Javier de San Pedro for the simplfication of the KMP build.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1084829
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=688
- 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
- File "fixes_for_kernel_6.3.patch" is updated for more API changes
File "fix_7.0.6_locking_problems.patch" is added. Fixes boo#1209529.
Larry Len Rainey and I have worked on this bug for some time. It only
happened on systems with large numbers of processors and many virtual
machines. We suspected a locking problem, but the thought of auditing
the entire code was daunting until it was discovered that there was no
problem if the host ran VB 6.1.40. It did not matter what version the
guests were running. That essentially eliminated every code part except
for vboxdrv.ko. That made the audit tractable. There were two files and
a total of 8 places where the locking was suspect. When those were
changed, the lockups while using 7.0.6 host code were no longer observed.
The lockups were infrequent, thus it is impossible to say that we have
fixed everything, but the frequency is clearly diminished.
spec-cleaner used to remove extra blank line is spec file.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1073624
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=685
- 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
