Oracle has launched VirtualBox 7.2.4, marking the second maintenance update to the 7.x series of their open-source virtualization software. This update mainly focuses on bug fixes and minor enhancements, including updates to translations in Traditional Chinese, Greek, Swedish, Hungarian, and Indonesian.
Notably, VirtualBox 7.2.4 introduces initial support for Linux kernel 6.18, which is currently in development and expected to be released in December 2025. This support applies to both host systems (the operating system running VirtualBox) and guest systems (the operating systems operating within VirtualBox).
Key changes in this release include:
- Fixing the issue that caused VirtualBox VM Manager to crash when the host system resumes from sleep.
- Resolving issues in NAT functionality due to multiple port forwarding rules.
- Additional fixes for RHEL 9.6 and 9.7 kernels within the Linux Guest Additions.
- Addressing installation failures of Windows Guest Additions on Windows XP SP2 guests.
However, users attempting to install VirtualBox 7.2.4 on Ubuntu 25.10 may encounter an installation failure due to "unsatisfied dependencies." The root of this issue is the need for a package named libxml2, which has been renamed in Ubuntu 25.10 to libxml2-16. As a result, VirtualBox is unable to locate the required package, and an attempt to install the DEB file will yield an error.
Users on Ubuntu 25.10 who require VirtualBox are advised to install the preceding version, VirtualBox 7.2.2, which is available in the repositories and continues to function without the issues found in the latest release.
For those interested, VirtualBox 7.2.4 can be downloaded for Linux, Windows, macOS, and Solaris from the VirtualBox website.