VirtualBox 7.2.6 Build 172322 by Oracle VM

VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional quality virtualization solution. It is also Open Source Software.  The powerful virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.

VirtualBox provides are useful for several scenarios: Running multiple operating systems simultaneously. VirtualBox allows you to run more than one operating system at a time.

This way, you can run software written for one operating system on another (for example, Windows software on Linux or a Mac) without having to reboot to use it.

Since you can configure what kinds of “virtual” hardware should be presented to each such operating system, you can install an old operating system such as DOS or OS/2 even if your real computer’s hardware is no longer supported by that operating system.

Software vendors can use virtual machines to ship entire software configurations. For example, installing a complete mail server solution on a real machine can be a tedious task.

With VirtualBox, such a complex setup (then often called an “appliance”) can be packed into a virtual machine. Installing and running a mail server becomes as easy as importing such an appliance into VirtualBox.

In order to run VirtualBox on your machine, you need:

• Reasonably powerful x86 hardware. Any recent Intel or AMD processor should do.

• Memory. Depending on what guest operating systems you want to run, you will need at least 512 MB of RAM (but probably more, and the more the better). Basically, you will need whatever your host operating system needs to run comfortably. Plus the amount that the guest operating system needs. So, if you want to run Windows 8.1 on Windows 7, you probably won’t enjoy the experience much with less than 2 GB of RAM. Check the minimum RAM requirements of the guest operating system, they often will refuse to install if it is given less. Sometimes it malfunctions instead. So you’ll need that for the guest alone, plus the memory your operating system normally needs.

• Hard disk space. While VirtualBox itself is very lean (a typical installation will only need about 30 MB of hard disk space), the virtual machines will require fairly huge files on disk to represent their own hard disk storage. So, to install Windows 8, for example, you will need a file that will easily grow to several 10 GB in size.

• A supported host operating system. Presently, we support Windows, many Linux distributions, Mac OS X, Solaris and OpenSolaris. Check the user manual of the VirtualBox version you are using which versions are supported.

• A supported guest operating system. Besides the user manual (see below), up-to-date information is available at “Status: Guest OSes“.

Changes in VirtualBox 7.2.6 (2026-01-28):

• VMM: Fixed issue when VM process was crashing during RHEL5 guest boot
• VMM: Fixed issue when VMX nested-guest VM-entry was checking the wrong VM-execution control bit in the virtual VMCS
• VMM: Fixed issue when VM was crashing on start after recent Windows update (KB5066793)
• VMM: Fixed issue when guest process was crashing inside Windows guest on AMD system
• VMM: Fixed issue when VM process was crashing on Windows host
• VMM: Fixed Guru Meditation issue on VM start on Windows host
• VMM: Fixed issue when VM was failing to shut down on Windows 11 ARM host
• VMM: Fixed issue when booting Red Hat 6.1 i386 was failing on AMD Zen4 Windows 11 Pro host
• GUI: Added fixes for full-screen support in multi-monitor case
• GUI: Fixed issue when downloading update files was failing
• GUI: Fixed issue when list of VMs was not properly displayed in Resource Manager tab
• GUI: Fixed issue when with switching between light/dark modes on macOS host
• GUI: Fixed issue when storage controller type list was displayed incorrectly
• DevACPI: Fixed issue with file path key names for Dsdt/Ssdt
• DevACPI: Added change to make OemTabId configurable using AcpiOemTabId option
• NAT: Fixed issue with high CPU usage when VM was using NAT
• RDP: The VRDP server was moved to the open source base package
• SmartCard: The USB smartcard emulation was moved to the open source base package
• VM encryption: The disk and VM encryption feature was moved to the open source base package
• VBoxManage: Fixed issue when VBoxManage was not displaying interface name for FreeBSD guests
• VBoxManage: Fixed issue when VM could not be started from command line in some circumstances
• Main: Improved filename check for drag-and-drop operations
• Linux Host: Fixed issue when vboxautostart-service did not start corresponding VMs on system boot
• Linux Host: Fixed issue when VM was not able to start if host was running realtime kernel configuration
• Guest Additions: Fixed installation on Windows XP 64-bit guests
• Guest Additions: Fixed issue when guest process was crashing due to low memory in the system
• Linux Guest Additions: Fixed build issue for kernels 2.5.52 and older
• Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when VBoxService was not started due to abandoned pid file
• Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when user session services were not started on old Linux distributions
• Linux Guest Additions: Fixed check if kernel modules were loaded for old Linux distributions
• Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when Guest Additions processes were left running on system reboot or shutdown
• Linux Guest Additions: Added additional fixes for RHEL 9.8, 10.1 and 10.2 kernels
• Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.19
• Windows Guest Additions: Fixed installation on WinXP 64-bit
• BIOS: Fixed issue with booting VM using IPXE

Homepage – https://www.virtualbox.org

Currently, Oracle VM VirtualBox runs on the following host operating systems:

• Windows hosts (64-bit):
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 11 21H2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
• Mac OS X hosts (64-bit):
  • 10.15 (Catalina)
  • 11 (Big Sur)
  • 12 (Monterey)

Intel hardware is required.

• Linux hosts (64-bit). Includes the following:
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS and 22.04
  • Debian GNU/Linux 10 (“Buster”) and 11 (“Bullseye”)
  • Oracle Linux 7, 8 and 9
  • CentOS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8 and 9
  • Fedora 35 and 36
  • Gentoo Linux
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise server 12 and 15
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3

Size: 116 MB

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