VirtualBox 7.1.6

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 7.1.6 changelog:

VMM: Fixed issue when Windows 11 24H2 guest was experiencing BSOD in rare conditions
GUI: Improved representation of disabled preferences contents (mask+font) when it is shown with certain Linux themes
GUI: Fixed issue when seamless mode was not properly enabled or disabled in appropriate time according to GA status events
GUI: Fixed rare crash on macOS hosts on application exit
GUI: Fixed small 7.1.4 regression in preferences windows when filter editor was not in focus
GUI: Introduced improvements in Advanced properties/settings dialog area
GUI: Restored missing functionality to change bridged adapter at VM startup if current one wasn't found
GUI: Fixed issue when Show action duplicates were created on macOS host in attempt to switch between running and powered off VMs
GUI: Fixed regression when 3D acceleration check-box was not available for certain guest OS and graphical controller types
GUI: Restored lost Help button for preferences windows on macOS
GUI: Restored lost Help button shortcuts for certain windows
GUI: Fixed issue when error message was shown when VM was starting in full-screen mode
VirtioNet: Fixed issue with re-negotiation of features after reset
Graphics: Fixed issue with Linux guest screen flickering when guest was using VMSVGA graphics adapter
VBoxManage: Added the ability to export and import VMs which contain an NVMe storage controller
VBoxManage: Fixed issue when it was not possible to set graphics controller to "QemuRamFB" using modifyvm command (bug #22232)
Main: Fixed issue when specifying custom proxy server in GUI settings had no effect
Network: Added changes which replaced NAT engines with libslirp
Guest OSes: Added OS type for Windows Server 2025
Linux guest and host: Added more fixes for UBSAN related warnings (bug #21877)
Linux guest and host: Added initial support for RHEL 9.6 kernel
Windows guests and host: Re-implemented driver installation
Solaris host: Removed the VirtualBox GUI shared objects libqgtk2styleVBox.so and libqgtk2VBox.so from the Solaris installation packages as they depend on GTK2 which is EOL and no longer supported
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

Download: VirtualBox 7.1.6 | 117.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: VirtualBox 7.1.6 Extension Pack | 21.9 MB
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