Available today, VirtualBox maintenance release 7.1.6 introduces initial support for Linux Kernel 6.13, includes different bug fixes for Linux, Windows, and macOS; and fixes security issues as reported on the Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for January, 2025.
Notable bug fixes and enhancements include:
- VBoxManage: Added the ability to export and import VMs which contain an NVMe storage controller
- Main: Fixed issue when specifying custom proxy server in GUI settings without effect
- Network: Added changes which replaced NAT engines with libslirp
- Guest OSes: Added OS type for Windows Server 2025
- Linux guest and host: Added initial support for the Enterprise Linux 9.6 kernel
- Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for kernel 6.13
- Linux Guest Additions: vboxvideo: Added improvement for kernel 6.4 support and fixed issue when graphics could be frozen when using VBoxVGA adapter
- Linux Guest Additions: Introduced additional fixes for kernel 6.12 in vboxvideo
Oracle VirtualBox 7.1.6 is available for download for multiple platforms such as Oracle Linux, other Linux distributions, macOS (Intel and Apple silicon), Windows, and Oracle Solaris. For a complete list of bug fixes and enhancements, visit the Oracle VirtualBox 7.1.6 changelog.
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