15.13. Version 5.1.16 (2017-03-08)

Oracle VM VirtualBox

15.13. Version 5.1.16 (2017-03-08)

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

  • VMM: don't access the MSR_IA32_SMM_MONITOR_CTL MSR if dual-monitor treatment is not available (KVM workaround, bug #14965)

  • VMM: another fix for handling certain MSRs on ancient CPUs without VT-x support for MSR bitmaps

  • VMM: fixed VERR_SSM_LOAD_CPUID_MISMATCH errors when restoring a saved state with SMP guests on hosts without the CPUID/HTT bit set (bug #16428)

  • VMM: fixed a bug in call gate emulation

  • VMM: FWAIT instruction fix

  • VMM: fixed a sporadic guest hang under certain conditions

  • GUI: hide the mini-toolbar from the taskbar and the pager on certain X11 hosts

  • GUI: better error handling on the global settings / network / host-only / DHCP server settings

  • GUI: fixes for full-screen with multiple screens

  • Host-only Network: fixed host-only adapter creation issue preventing VirtualBox installation on Windows 10 hosts (bug #16379)

  • NAT network: fixed two potential crashes in the DHCP server

  • ICH9: fixed incorrect initialization of the primary bus for PCI bridges (5.1.14 regression)

  • Storage: LsiLogic fix for Windows 10

  • USB: fixed not being able to attach certain USB devices having invalid characters in the device strings (5.0.18 regression; bug #15956)

  • USB: several fixes for the USB/IP support (bug #16462)

  • VBoxSVC: fixed another crash during shutdown under rare circumstances

  • VBoxSVC: fixed a stack overflow on (Windows debug builds only; bug #16409)

  • OVF: when importing an appliance handle more than 10 network adapters if the OVA was created by VirtualBox (bug #16401)

  • OVF: fixes for exporting and importing appliances with many disks (bug #16402)

  • VBoxManage: fixed regression with modifyhd --resize (bug #16311)

  • rdesktop-vrdp: source code tarball fixes

  • Linux Installers: do not rebuild kernel modules unnecessarily (bug #16408)

  • Linux hosts: added an action for opening the VM manager window to the .desktop file

  • Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.11 compile fixes (bug #16506)

  • Linux Additions: added vboxsf FS modules alias (bug #16404)

  • Linux Additions: fix for the shared folders kernel module to compile on Linux 4.10

  • Linux Additions: properly install the Linux kernel module override rule on distributions without /etc/depmod.d

  • Windows Additions: fixed a crash with recent Windows 10 builds if 3D is disabled (bug #15973)