Dear colleagues,
as mentioned in my caption, the maintenance release 7.0.16 contains serious bugs regarding
VB network interface driver. BSOD, freezing and other issues are common. Important: crashed
VDI container are getting corrupt and data loss could be possible!!
VB trouble ticket: https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/22045#no1
Here the official announcement:
ATTENTION: PLEASE REFRAIN FROM UPGRADING TO 7.0.16 FOR NOW. THIS RELEASE HAS AN ISSUE WHICH MIGHT CAUSE HOST OS CRASH WHEN VM IS CONFIGURED TO USE BRIDGED OR HOST-ONLY NETWORKING. WE WILL SEND AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAILING LISTS WHEN FIX WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.
Ronald, 3rd level support engineer ivdk.org
Hey Ronald,
Thank you so much for the heads up! we just rolled back to version 7.0.14 in the home updater and the catalog :) Thanks again!
Hi Omar,
I am happy I could help our community. PMPC is a real time/life saver regarding the annoying software patch management in my medical research institute. Please continue the good work!
Greetings Ronald