Oracle has released VirtualBox 7.2.18, the latest maintenance update to the 7.2 series of its popular open-source virtualization software, fixing several Linux host and guest issues alongside crashes affecting Windows 11 on ARM guests and Linux systems using 3D acceleration.
One of the more important fixes concerns Windows 11 on ARM virtual machines. VirtualBox 7.2.18 addresses an issue that could cause these guests to crash with a blue screen after being restored from a saved state.
On Linux hosts, the update fixes VM process crashes that could occur when 3D acceleration is enabled. It also resolves compilation problems with the upcoming Linux kernel 7.3 and adds support for the RHEL 10.3 kernel on both hosts and guests.
Linux users also get fixes for building VirtualBox across the RHEL 9.8 file-open API transition and on AMD systems where FRED is unavailable. According to Oracle, FRED support in this case is limited to Intel KVM.
Additionally, uninstalling VirtualBox on Linux now preserves the shared DKMS directory. Linux Guest Additions received a build fix for Linux kernel 6.12.103.
On the storage side, VirtualBox 7.2.18 fixes data corruption in VDI differencing images that could occur after full blocks of zeroes were written and the image was reopened.
Moreover, the Shared Clipboard feature no longer removes the first character from filenames when copying files located directly in the root of a filesystem.
Finally, Oracle fixed the German and Traditional Chinese translations in the graphical interface.
For additional details, see the changelog. VirtualBox 7.2.18 is now available from the project’s official website, and updated packages are expected to reach supported Linux distributions through their respective repositories.
Existing users are encouraged to upgrade, especially those running recent Linux kernels, Windows 11 on ARM guests, or VMs with 3D acceleration enabled.
