VirtualBox 6.1.34, the open source and cross-platform virtualization software, is now available, with initial support for Linux kernel 5.17, as well as various other improvements and bug fixes.
VirtualBox 6.1.34 introduces initial support for the latest Linux 5.17 kernel series for Linux guests and hosts, which means that GNU/Linux distributions powered by Linux kernel 5.17 can now be run in virtual machines.
Second, this release introduces initial support for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 kernel in Linux Guest Additions, improves support for the Linux 5.14 kernel series, and fixes a possible Linux guest screen resizing issue.
other updates
- Fixed instruction emulation for "cmpxchg16b",
- Improved handling of short packets in EHCI interface,
- Fixed an issue that could occur during a host I/O disk I/O where the cache was disabled for a potential hang
- Improved descriptor handling for E1000
- Improved virtio-scsi driver
- Fixed NVMe loading state when the drive has nothing attached
This release also improves the VBoxManage component to better handle command line arguments with incomplete quotes. There are also various improvements for Solaris, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows guests/hosts, and the full update content can be found in the official announcement .