15.28. Version 5.0.12 (2015-12-18)

Oracle VM VirtualBox

15.28. Version 5.0.12 (2015-12-18)

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

  • GUI: fixed wrong scrolling behaviour in the VM selector window when a VM item is dragged out of the chooser-pane area

  • GUI: fixed the validation of IPv6 port-forwarding rules

  • GUI: suppress the first-run wizard if a CD/DVD medium is inserted using the selector UI

  • GUI: fixed the Ctrl+Break key sequence scan codes (bug #14927)

  • GUI: improved handling of text selection mouse pointer (bug #750)

  • Host services: fixed a crash during VM shutdown under rare conditions (5.0.6 regression; bug #14841)

  • Shared folders: fixed a sharing violation if a file is opened to check the attributes (Windows hosts only; bug #14450)

  • Webcam: passthrough fix for certain devices (Mac OS X hosts only)

  • XHCI: fixed broken emulation if software virtualization is used

  • XHCI: several fixes

  • 3D: fixed state handling under certain conditions (bug #13487)

  • Audio: several fixes

  • BIOS: added LBA64 support for being able to boot from huge hard disks(bug #7415)

  • EFI: fix for Windows 10 guests

  • ExtPack: before installing an Extension Pack check if there are VMs running to prevent file system locking issues

  • rdesktop-vrdp: source code tarball fixes

  • Windows hosts: fixed hang when using VBoxAuthSimple library for VRDP external authentication (bug #14931)

  • Windows hosts: fixed a regression which prevented it to attach to a physical network adapter having TCP/IP disabled (bug #14578)

  • Windows hosts: fixed a regression which caused multi-port adapters to be shown as a single adapter (bugs #14558, #14622)

  • Windows hosts: fixed a regression which caused created host-only adapters to not appear in the list (bug #14437)

  • Windows hosts: fixed host-only adapter creation issues related to Windows 10 (bugs #14040, #14545)

  • Linux hosts: .desktop file compatibility issue (bug #14808)

  • Linux hosts / guests: fixes for RHEL 7.2 (bug #14866)

  • Linux hosts: the command for recompiling the host kernel modules was changed again, to /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup (bug #14723)

  • Linux hosts: some fixes for PCI passthrough (still highly experimental)

  • Linux/Mac OS X hosts: fixed a VM hang during startup under certain circumstances (bug #14933)

  • Solaris hosts: added Python 2.7 bindings

  • Mac OS X hosts: fixed a possible crash when the default input or output audio device changes

  • Mac OS X hosts: fixed a panic under certain conditions

  • Linux Additions: prevent the compiler from doing dead-code elemination on vital code in guest / host communication (bug #14497)

  • Linux Additions: when mounting a shared folder, explicitly pass the share name so that /proc/mounts contains this name instead of 'none'

  • Linux Additions: workaround for a systemd problem in conjunction with SELinux which prevented to properly enable the 'vboxadd' service during while upgrading the Additions