openSUSE-SU-2023:0213-1 Security update for virtualbox

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This update fixes various bugs in VirtualBox, including crashes and log flooding, improving stability for virtual machine users.

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What is openSUSE-SU-2023:0213-1?

openSUSE-SU-2023:0213-1 is a vulnerability in virtualbox, published on 6 Aug 2023.

Official description

This update for virtualbox fixes the following issues:

VirtualBox 7.0.10 (released July 18 2023)

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

  • OCI: Introduced general improvements

  • VMM: Fixed a bug while walking page tables while executing nested VMs causing flooding of the release log as a consequence (Intel hosts only, bug #21551)

  • GUI: Added general improvements

  • TPM: Fixed a crash when a VM has a TPM version 1.2 configured (bug #21622)

  • 3D: Initial support for OpenGL 4.1

  • 3D: Fixed various graphics issues with Windows 11 guests (bugs #21136, #21515)

  • Guest Control/VBoxManage: Fixed parameter '–ignore-orphaned-processes'

  • Guest Control/VBoxManage: Fixed behavior of how handling argument 0 for a started guest process works: One can now explicitly specify it with the newly added option '–arg0'. This will effectively restore the behavior of former VirtualBox versions

  • Audio: Also use the PulseAudio backend when pipewire-pulse is running instead of falling back to ALSA (bug #21575)

  • NAT: Adjusted UDP proxy timeout from 18-21 to 21-24 range to respect intended 20 second timeout (bug #21560)

  • Linux Host: Added initial support for Indirect Branch Tracking (bug #21435)

  • Linux Host: Added initial support for kernel 6.5 (NOTE: Guest Additions do not support kernel 6.5 yet)

  • Linux Host and Guest: Improved condition check when kernel modules need to be signed

  • Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for RHEL 8.8 (bug #21692), 8.9 (bug #21690) and 9.3 (bugs #21598 and #21671) kernels

  • Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when kernel modules were rebuilt on each boot when guest system has no X11 installed

  • Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.4

  • Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when vboxvideo module reloading caused kernel panic in some guests (bug #21740)

  • Linux Guest Additions: Introduced general improvements in the installer area

  • Windows Guest Additions: Introduced general improvements in graphics drivers area

  • Fix issue with kernel on newer CPU (boo#1212209)

  • Turn build of VBoxSDL back on. This update addresses boo#1211941.

  • Detect vboxpython module with python 3.11

  • Fix Vagrant/virtualbox startup problems boo#1209727

Which versions are affected by openSUSE-SU-2023:0213-1?

Linux distribution packages (2)
virtualbox openSUSE:Leap 15.5All versions7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1
virtualbox-kmp openSUSE:Leap 15.5All versions7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1

How do I fix openSUSE-SU-2023:0213-1?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is openSUSE-SU-2023:0213-1 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of openSUSE-SU-2023:0213-1 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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