Oracle VirtualBox 5.0.22 Officially Released with Support for Linux Kernel 4.7

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Oracle has announced the release and general availability of VirtualBox 5.0.22, a new maintenance update of his open-source and cross-platform virtualization software for all supported platforms.

VirtualBox 5.0.22 is now the latest and most advanced version anyone should update to and use. It brings several exciting new features, among which we can mention support for the upcoming Linux 4.7 kernel in Linux Additions, as well as for Linux hosts, as well as support for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 operating system.

In fact, there are a bunch of enhancements for Linux Additions implemented in VirtualBox 5.0.22, such as better compatibility with certain 32-bit guests, a patch for an X.Org crash that occurred after a hard guest reset, improved compatibility between older X.Org releases and kernels from the Linux 3.11 series.

There are, of course, various other bugfixes as well. Furthermore, VirtualBox 5.0.22 i… (read more)

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