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This page lists all changes of the VirtualBox 7.2
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VirtualBox 7.2.8
(released April 21 2026)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed or added:
VMM: Fixed issue which caused a Guru Meditation with VERR_IEM_IPE_4 if the guest was trying to execute the wrong hypercall instruction but injected a UD exception instead (
github:gh-616
NAT Network: Fixed issue when internal DNS server could not be reached
Graphics: Fixed issue when mouse cursor did not change shape by context in Ubuntu 25.10 / Wayland (
github:gh-464
Main: Fixed crash on FreeBSD 16.0 shutdown with multiple devices attached to LSI Logic SAS controller (
github:gh-538
IPRT: Merged Github pull request 503 (fix: infinite loop in vsscanf whitespace processing). github-merge-author: lachlanharrisdev
Unattended: General improvements
Linux Host: Added initial support for kernels 6.19 and 7.0 (
github:gh-467
github:gh-623
Linux Host: Added support for guest time accounting (
github:gh-2
Linux Host and Guest: Introduced additional fixes for RHEL 10.1 and 10.2 kernels (
github:gh-455
Linux Host and Guest: Added support for UEK9 kernel on Oracle Linux 9
Linux Host and Guest: Added improvements to make 'rcvboxdrv/rcvboxadd setup' and installation process faster
Linux Guest Additions: Deprecated vboxvideo kernel module for kernels 7.0 and newer; please consider using VMSVGA graphics or vboxvideo module which comes with Linux kernel or provided by your Linux distribution if guest running kernel 7.0+; vboxvideo will still be available for older kernels
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when clipboard sharing was not possible in combination of Wayland guest and Windows host (
github:gh-33
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when last character was not pasted into Windows host clipboard when copying from Wayland guest (
bug:22339
Windows Guest: Fixed issue when Windows 11 guest experienced BSOD - DRIVER_OVERRAN_STACK_BUFFER (
github:gh-590
UEFI: Fixed errors with secure boot certificate updates and Windows 11 guests (
github:gh-133
DMI: Fixed issue when 0.0 value was provided for the BIOS release and BIOS firmware version numbers so Windows did not populate the registry keys under HKLM\HARDWARE\System\BIOS which some components rely on (
bug:21943
VirtualBox 7.2.6
(released January 20 2026)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed or added:
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
BIOS: Fixed issue with booting VM using IPXE (
github:gh-417
VirtualBox 7.2.4
(released October 21 2025)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed or added:
GUI: Fixed
VirtualBox
VM Manager crash when host was resuming from sleep (
github:gh-121
github:gh-170
GUI: Updated native language support for Traditional Chinese, Greek, Swedish, Hungarian and Indonesian translations
NAT: Fixed issue when multiple port forwarding rules affected NAT functionality (
github:gh-232
Linux host and guest: Introduced initial support for kernel 6.18
Linux Guest Additions: Introduced additional fixes for RHEL 9.6 and 9.7 kernels (
github:gh-12
Windows Guest Additions: Introduced additional fixes for issue when installation was failing in Windows XP SP2 guest (
github:gh-142
VirtualBox 7.2.2
(released September 10 2025)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed or added:
VMM: Fixed issue when VM was not able to start on Windows Arm host (issue
github:gh-8
GUI: Fixed VBox Manager crash when some VM has a lot of snapshots (issue
github:gh-119
GUI: Fixed issue when error notifications could not be displayed on snapshot deletion (issue
github:gh-75
GUI: Fixed VBox Manager crash while attempting to show error notifications too early (issues
github:gh-135
and
github:gh-171
GUI: Fixed VBox Manager crash while removing all VMs from VM list
GUI: Fixed VBox Manager freeze on Linux hosts at startup or while attempting to add a VM (issues
github:gh-70
and
github:gh-168
GUI: Fixed VBox Manager layout bug with too strict size constraints (issue
github:gh-87
GUI: Updated VBox VM network status-bar indicator tooltip (IP address) on guest additions change (issue
github:gh-179
GUI: Added possibility for Windows 11 host to use legacy light/dark themes from Windows 10 (issues
github:gh-137
and
github:gh-151
GUI: Forcing xdgdesktopportal platform theme on Linux when org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop DBus service is available (issues
github:gh-138
and
github:gh-150
Network (NAT, DNS): Fixed potential issue where a nameserver in the 127/8 network could have been passed to the guest (issue
github:gh-136
Network: Added a new experimental type of e1000 adapter (82583V). It requires the ICH9 chipset, since MSIs are not supported by PIIX3
USB: Fixed passing through USB devices exposed over USB/IP (issue
github:gh-192
USB Webcam: The virtual USB webcam is now part of the open source base package
Arm host: Improved high CPU usage for idling VMs (issue
github:gh-34
Linux host: Use KVM APIs on kernel 6.16.0 and newer for acquiring/releasing VT-x (issue
github:gh-81
github:gh-139
and
github:gh-141
macOS host: Fixed internal networking, including NAT networks on macOS (7.2.0 regression; issue
github:gh-140
macOS host: Fixed VM crash on Arm host on VM start (issue
github:gh-101
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when VBoxClient was reporting it's unable to load shared libraries on start (issue
github:gh-165
Windows Guest Additions: Fixed issue when installation was failing on Windows XP SP2 64-bit (issue
github:gh-142
EFI: Fixed TPM device not working with certain guests (issue
github:gh-143
VirtualBox 7.2.0
(released August 14 2025)
This is a major update. The following new features were added:
GUI: Moved global and VM tools from hamburger menus to global tools taskbar (vertically on the left) and the VM tools tabs (horizontally above the right hand panel) to make them easier to reach
Windows/Arm host: Arm virtualization of VMs added, in the unified Windows installer package
Arm host: Virtualization of Windows 11/Arm VMs
Linux host: Video decoding acceleration when 3D is enabled
Windows/Arm guest: Guest additions for new OS type Windows 11/Arm
macOS Arm host: Experimental 3D acceleration support using DXMT, removing the previous non working solution using DXVK on top of MoltenVK. 3D acceleration is not supported on macOS hosts using Intel CPUs anymore.
Storage: The NVMe storage controller emulation is now part of the open source base package
In addition, the following items were fixed or added:
Arm VMs: Note that the saved state of Arm VMs from
VirtualBox
7.1 is incompatible with
VirtualBox
7.2, so please shut down such VMs in saved state before upgrading to 7.2 (snapshots with associated saved state created with 7.1 will no longer work with 7.2)
VMM: Improved x86_64 and Arm CPU feature reporting when using Windows Hyper-V as the virtualization engine
VMM: Added xsave/xrestor instruction handling when using Windows/x86_64 Hyper-V as the virtualization engine, offering the x86_64-v3 instruction set extensions (including AVX and AVX2) on recent CPUs
VMM: Fixed issue when X86_64-v3 features were not passed to the guest (
github:gh-36
VMM/HM: Fixed Nested Virtualization feature on Intel CPUs
GUI: Fixed a bug in clone VM wizard which made impossible to include snapshots in clone result (
github:gh-59
GUI: Polished Preferences and Settings pages, NLS fixing
GUI: Improved handling of keyboard LEDs in the Soft Keyboard
GUI: Added checkbox for making a Shared Folder global to all VMs
GUI: Removed IO-APIC from Arm VM settings
Graphics: Avoid assertion when guest tries to use VMSVGA 3D functions when the feature is disabled
Audio: Fixed crash in rare circumstances (
github:gh-72
NAT: Multiple fixes and improvements, for example better DNS server handling, saving of the VM settings and generating a boot file name which stays within the length limit
NAT Network: Use the (almost) same code as for NAT, unifying behavior and features
NAT: Fixed possible crash in rare circumstances when no nameservers could be detected in the host system
Storage: Fixed corruption of VMDK images when resizing
Video Recording: Fixed frame synchronization, a small memory leak and other bugs
TPM: Fixed save state load failures
Arm VMs: ACPI now available
API/Unattended: Added explicit unattended installation support for Oracle Linux 10
API and VBoxManage: Added functionality to define global Shared Folders for all VMs
API: Fixed issue when OVF/OVA import resulted in a broken VM on Arm (bug
#22370
API: Fixed issue when exporting a VM which had an inaccessible disk resulted in crash
VBoxManage: Document currently unavailable NAT options
Linux host and guest: Initial support for kernel version 6.16
Linux/Solaris host: Fixed swapped scan code for Pause and Num Lock keys in the table used when relying on Xkb for translation
Windows host: Removed release assertion causing crash of VBoxUsbMon driver if unloading fails
Arm host: vboxwebsrv is now included in the packages
Linux host and guest: Introduced initial support for kernel 6.17
Linux guest: Fixed handling of (long optional) vboxvideo kernel module in init script
Linux guest: Fixed start failure of VBoxClient with kernel from the 2.6 series or older
Windows/Arm guest: Added WDDM Graphics driver, with 2D and 3D mode
Windows/Arm guest: Added Shared Folder feature
Windows Host: Added improvements in Windows drivers installation
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when autorun installer was not automatically starting on Additions ISO image insert for Oracle Linux 10 and RHEL 10 guests
BIOS: Fixed keyboard translation, added and updated several entries and do not report keypresses when scan code and ASCII code are both zero
BIOS: Fixed error reporting fo single sided floppy disks
UEFI: Added workaround for Grub bug causing guest OS crashes
UEFI: Fixed macOS kernel logging over serial port (
github:gh-82
3rd Party Tools: Eliminated build time dependency on libIDL and IASL
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