VirtualBox 7.1.6 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.13

posted by Marius Nestor on Jan 21, 2025,
updated Jan 24, 2025

VirtualBox 7.1.6 comes more than three months after VirtualBox 7.1.4 to introduce initial support for the recently released Linux 6.13 kernel series, which means that you can now install VirtualBox on a GNU/Linux distribution that runs Linux kernel 6.13 or install distros powered by Linux kernel 6.13 inside a virtual machine.

Also for Linux users, VirtualBox 7.1.6 improves the Linux Guest Additions by introducing additional fixes for Linux kernel 6.12 in vboxvideo, adds initial support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6’s kernel for Linux hosts and guests, and adds more fixes for UBSAN-related warnings for Linux hosts and guests.

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UbuntuHandbook:

• VirtualBox 7.1.6 is out! RHEL 9.6 kernel Support & Screen Flickering Fix | UbuntuHandbook

  Oracle announced new Virtualbox 7.1.6 release this Tuesday with various bug-fixes, performance improvements, and minor new features.

  VirtualBox had heavy screen tearing and flickering issue in Linux VMs running with recent Kernel and Wayland for a period of time, that’s why I switched to QEMU/KVM.

  Since the last 7.1.4, VirtualBox greatly improved the flickering, black screen and other screen update issues. In the new release, it also fixed issue with Linux guest screen flickering when guest was using VMSVGA graphics adapter.

OMG Ubuntu:

• VirtualBox Update Adds Support for Linux Kernel 6.13 - OMG! Ubuntu

  Headline offering in this update is initial support for the recently released Linux kernel 6.13 in Linux Guest Additions, plus improved support for the Linux 6.4 kernel to fix graphics freezing when using VBoxVGA adapter, and Linux 6.12 fixes for vboxvideo.

  Linux guest screens no longer flicker when using VMSVGA graphics adapters, Windows 11 24H2 guests no longer throw BSODs, and entering a custom proxy server in a guest OS’ settings will now take effect, which some will be relived to hear!

  Elsewhere, Linux guests and hosts pick up further fixes for UBSAN related warnings, and the driver installation flow on Windows guests and hosts has been “reimplemented” – Oracle don’t provide any further details on that, though.

Linuxiac:

• VirtualBox 7.1.6 Released, Here’s What’s New

  VirtualBox 7.1.6 is here with backdoored Windows 11 24H2 fixes, GNU/Linux kernel updates, enhanced GUI, and improved VM management.

In neowin:

• VirtualBox fixes backdoored Windows 11 24H2 BSOD, improves backdoored Windows driver installs, NVMe, and more

  A couple of new VirtualBox releases are out. The updates bring backdoored Windows 11 24H2 BSOD fix and manymore improvements.

Original by "Senior Director, Oracle Linux and Virtualization Product Management & Engineering":

• Oracle VirtualBox 7.1.6 is now available

  Available today, VirtualBox maintenance release 7.1.6 introduces initial support for Linux Kernel 6.13, includes different bug fixes for Linux, Windows, and macOS; and fixes security issues as reported on the Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for January, 2025.