Oracle has published a corrective release of the VirtualBox 7.0.4 virtualization system, which notes 22 fixes.
Major changes:
- Improved startup scripts for hosts and guest systems based on Linux.
- In additions for guest systems with Linux Initial support for kernels from SLES 15.4, RHEL 8.7, and RHEL 9.1 has been implemented. Processing of kernel module rebuilding upon system shutdown has been streamlined. Progress indication has been improved for the automatic installation of guest additions. Linux.
- To the manager virtual machines (VMM) for hosts with Intel processors, added support for using nested memory pages when virtualizing nested virtual machines.
- Resolved issues causing crashes on hosts with macOS и Windows, as well as guest systems freezing with Windows XP on computers with AMD processors.
- In the graphical interface, the device menu offers a new submenu for updating guest add-ons. An option has been added to the global settings to select the interface font size. In the tools for guest systems, the work of the file manager has been improved, for example, a more informative indication of file operations has been provided.
- In the Create Virtual Machine Wizard, an issue with deleting selected virtual disks after canceling the operation has been fixed.
- VirtioSCSI fixed a hang at shutdown of a virtual machine when using a virtio-based SCSI controller and resolved issues with recognition of the virtio-based SCSI controller in EFI firmware.
- Provided a workaround for a bug in the virtio-net driver shipped with FreeBSD before version 12.3.
- Fixed an issue with the 'createmedium disk --variant RawDisk' command that caused incorrect vmdk files to be created.
- Resolved issues using USB tablets with virtual machines in multi-monitor configurations.
Additionally, we can mention the release of VMWare Workstation Pro 17, a proprietary virtualization software suite for workstations, available for, among others, LinuxIn the new issue:
- Added support for guest OS Windows 11 Windows Server 2022, RHEL 9, Debian 11 and Ubuntu 22.04.
- OpenGL 4.3 support is provided in virtual machines (necessary Windows 7+ or Linux with Mesa 22 and kernel 5.16).
- Added WDDM support (Windows Display Driver Model) 1.2.
- A new virtual module has been proposed that supports the TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) specification.
- Added the ability to autostart virtual machines after booting the host system.
- Implemented support for full and fast encryption modes, allowing you to balance between higher security or performance.
Source: opennet.ru
