Oracle has published a corrective release of the VirtualBox 6.1.36 virtualization system, which notes 27 fixes.
Major changes:
- Eliminated a potential crash of the Linux guest kernel when enabling the "Speculative Store Bypass" protection mode for one vCPU VM.
- Fixed a GUI issue with using the mouse in the VM setup dialog when using KDE.
- Improved screen refresh performance when using VBE (VESA BIOS Extensions) mode.
- Fixed a crash that occurs when USB devices are disconnected.
- vboximg-mount has fixed write issues.
- The API offers initial support for Python 3.10.
- Linux and Solaris host environments allow mounting of shared directories that are a symbolic link on the host side.
- Linux-based hosts and guests have initial support for the Linux 5.18 and 5.19 kernels, as well as the development branch of the RHEL 9.1 distribution. Improved support for Linux kernels built with Clang.
- The Solaris Guest Additions improved the installer and resolved issues with screen size in VMSVGA settings.
- Issues with handling multi-monitor configurations for the VBoxVGA and VBoxSVGA drivers have been resolved in Linux and Solaris guest environments. Provided the ability to set the primary screen through VBoxManage. Fixed X11 resource leaks during screen resizing and file descriptor resizing when starting processes using guestcontrol commands. Fixed problem with launching root processes using guestcontrol.
- Linux Guest Additions have reduced boot times by eliminating rebuilding of unused modules.
Source: opennet.ru