VirtualBox 7.2.6

VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source.

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VirtualBox

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Solaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, 7, 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4, 2.6, 3.x, 4.x, 5.x and 6.x), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, OpenBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD.

Some of the features of VirtualBox are:

Modularity. VirtualBox has an extremely modular design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a client/server design. This makes it easy to control it from several interfaces at once: for example, you can start a virtual machine in a typical virtual machine GUI and then control that machine from the command line, or possibly remotely. VirtualBox also comes with a full Software Development Kit: even though it is Open Source Software, you don't have to hack the source to write a new interface for VirtualBox.
Virtual machine descriptions in XML. The configuration settings of virtual machines are stored entirely in XML and are independent of the local machines. Virtual machine definitions can therefore easily be ported to other computers.

VirtualBox 7.2.6 changelog:

VMM: Fixed issue when VM process was crashing during RHEL5 guest boot
VMM: Fixed issue when VMX nested-guest VM-entry was checking the wrong VM-execution control bit in the virtual VMCS (github:gh-313)
VMM: Fixed issue when VM was crashing on start after recent Windows update (KB5066793) (github:gh-360)
VMM: Fixed issue when guest process was crashing inside Windows guest on AMD system (github:gh-400)
VMM: Fixed issue when VM process was crashing on Windows host (github:gh-426, github:gh-407, github:gh-404, github:gh-369, github:gh-238, github:gh-207, github:gh-187, github:gh-178)
VMM: Fixed Guru Meditation issue on VM start on Windows host (github:gh-346)
VMM: Fixed issue when VM was failing to shut down on Windows 11 ARM host (github:gh-416)
VMM: Fixed issue when booting Red Hat 6.1 i386 was failing on AMD Zen4 Windows 11 Pro host (github:gh-466)
GUI: Added fixes for full-screen support in multi-monitor case (github:gh-197, github:gh-243)
GUI: Fixed issue when downloading update files was failing (github:gh-327, github:gh-372)
GUI: Fixed issue when list of VMs was not properly displayed in Resource Manager tab (github:gh-364)
GUI: Fixed issue when with switching between light/dark modes on macOS host (github:gh-457)
GUI: Fixed issue when storage controller type list was displayed incorrectly (github:gh-413)
DevACPI: Fixed issue with file path key names for Dsdt/Ssdt (github:gh-381)
DevACPI: Added change to make OemTabId configurable using AcpiOemTabId option (github:gh-383)
NAT: Fixed issue with high CPU usage when VM was using NAT (github:gh-356)
RDP: The VRDP server was moved to the open source base package
SmartCard: The USB smartcard emulation was moved to the open source base package
VM encryption: The disk and VM encryption feature was moved to the open source base package
VBoxManage: Fixed issue when VBoxManage was not displaying interface name for FreeBSD guests (github:gh-403)
VBoxManage: Fixed issue when VM could not be started from command line in some circumstances (github:gh-418)
Main: Improved filename check for drag-and-drop operations (github:gh-68)
Linux Host: Fixed issue when vboxautostart-service did not start corresponding VMs on system boot (github:gh-309)
Linux Host: Fixed issue when VM was not able to start if host was running realtime kernel configuration (github:gh-332)
Guest Additions: Fixed installation on Windows XP 64-bit guests (github:gh-142)
Guest Additions: Fixed issue when guest process was crashing due to low memory in the system (github:gh-410)
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed build issue for kernels 2.5.52 and older
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when VBoxService was not started due to abandoned pid file
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when user session services were not started on old Linux distributions
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed check if kernel modules were loaded for old Linux distributions
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when Guest Additions processes were left running on system reboot or shutdown (github:gh-311)
Linux Guest Additions: Added additional fixes for RHEL 9.8, 10.1 and 10.2 kernels
Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.19 (github:gh-467)
Windows Guest Additions: Fixed installation on WinXP 64-bit (github:gh-142)
BIOS: Fixed issue with booting VM using IPXE (github:gh-417)