Oracle Corporation Correction release of the virtualization system VirtualBox 6.0.8, which notes . Regarding the addition of protection against attacks using previously vulnerabilities of the MDS (Microarchitectural Data Sampling) class, which is not mentioned in the change log, despite the fact that VirtualBox is among the hypervisors susceptible to the attack. Likely fixes are included, but as has been Key changes in release 6.0.8:
with kernel module builds for host systems with Linux when using non-standard or debug configurations (for example, when building modules from another directory);
- Resolved In guest systems based on Linux, support for shared folders has been ensured when using Linux kernel 3.16.35, and a solution has been provided
- for handling shared folders in read-only mode; The crash during the restoration of saved VM state has been resolved;
- The user interface now displays full paths to files in the ‘New Medium’ window;
- Issues with click forwarding in virtual machines with multiple attached screens have been resolved;
- The crash during the shutdown of a virtual machine without a graphical controller has been fixed;
- In the API, the handling of VM configuration that conflicts with other VMs at the UUID intersections level has been partially fixed;
- For hosts and guest systems based on Windows, the ability to use more than 4096 characters in shared folder names has been added.
- Oracle has formed the correction release of the virtualization system VirtualBox 6.0.8, in.
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