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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 7.2.2

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)
  

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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)
  

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VirtualBox 7.2.6 (stable release)

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)
  

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