Oracle published The corrective release of the virtualization system virtualbox 7.0.4 , which marks 22 corrections.
The main changes :
- Improved starting scripts for hosts and guest systems based on Linux.
- In additions for guest systems with Linux, the initial support of nuclei from Sles 15.4, Rhel 8.7 and Rhel 9.1 is implemented. The processing of the reversal of the nucleus modules when the system is completed is put in order. Indication of progress is established in the process of automatic installation of additions for guest systems with Linux.
- Virtual machines (VMM) for hosts with Intel processors added support for the use of nested memory pages for virtualization of nested virtual machines.
- Problems leading to emergency conclusions on hosts with MacOS and Windows, as well as freezing of guest systems with Windows XP on computers with AMD processors.
- In the graphic interface, the menu for working with devices offers a new submenu for updating additions for guest systems. An option has been added to global settings to select the interface font. In the tools for guest systems, the work of a file manager is improved, for example, a more informative indication of file operations is ensured.
- In the master of creating virtual machines, the problem was eliminated with the removal of selected virtual discs after the cancellation of the operation.
- Virtiosscsi is eliminated when completing the virtual machine when using the SCSI controller based on Virtio and problems with the recognition of the SCSI controller based on the Virtio in the EFI Carries are solved.
- Error bypass in the Virtio-Net driver, supplied to FreeBSD to version 12.3.
- The problem has been eliminated in the work of the Creatmedium Disk -Variant Rawdisk team, which leads to the creation of incorrect VMDK files.
- Problems are solved using USB-planes with virtual machines in multi-monitor configurations.
You can additionally mention Issue VMware Workstation Pro 17, Proprietary Software Complex of Virtualization for Working Stations available among other things for Linux. In the new issue:
- Added support for guest OS
Windows 11, Windows Server 2022, Rhel 9, Debian 11 and Ubuntu 22.04. - Support for OpenGL 4.3 in virtual machines (necessary Windows 7+ or Linux with Mesa 22 and a core of 5.16).
- Added support for WDDM (Windows Display Driver Model) 1.2.
- A new virtual module is proposed that supports the specification TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module).
- Support for full and quick encryption modes that allow us to balance between higher safety or performance.
/Media reports cited above.