An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
This update for virtualbox fixes the following issues:
Version bump to 6.1.28 (released October 19 2021 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
VMM: Fixed guru meditation while booting nested-guests accessing debug
registers under certain conditions
UI: Bug fixes for touchpad-based scrolling
VMSVGA: Fixed VM black screen issue on first resize after restoring from
saved state (bug #20067)
VMSVGA: Fixed display corruption on Linux Mint (bug #20513)
Storage: Fixed a possible write error under certain circumstances when
using VHD images (bug #20512)
Network: Multiple updates in virtio-net device support
Network: Disconnecting cable in saved VM state now is handled properly
by virtio-net
Network: More administrative control over network ranges, see user manual
NAT: Fixed not rejecting TFTP requests with absolute pathnames (bug
#20589)
Audio: Fixed VM session aborting after PC hibernation (bug #20516)
Audio: Fixed setting the line-in volume of the HDA emulation on modern
Linux guests
Audio: Fixed resuming playback of the AC’97 emulation while a snapshot
has been taken
API: Added bindings support for Python 3.9 (bug #20252)
API: Fixed rare hang of VM when changing settings at runtime
Linux host: Improved kernel modules installation detection which
prevents unnecessary modules rebuild
Host Services: Shared Clipboard: Prevent guest clipboard reset when
clipboard sharing is disabled (bug #20487)
Host Services: Shared Clipboard over VRDP: Fixed to continue working
when guest service reconnects to host (bug #20366)
Host Services: Shared Clipboard over VRDP: Fixed preventing remote RDP
client to hang when guest has no clipboard data to report
Linux Host and Guest: Introduced initial support for kernels 5.14 and
5.15
Linux Host and Guest: Introduced initial support for RHEL 8.5 kernel
Windows Guest: Introduced Windows 11 guest support, including unattended
installation
Fixes CVE-2021-35538, CVE-2021-35545, CVE-2021-35540, CVE-2021-35542,
and CVE-2021-2475 (boo#1191869)
Use kernel_module_directory macro for kernel modules (boo#1191526)
Finish UsrMerge for VirtualBox components (boo#1191104).
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or “zypper patch”.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
openSUSE Leap 15.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1393=1
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
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openSUSE Leap | 15.3 | noarch | < - openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch): | - openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch):.noarch.rpm | |
openSUSE Leap | 15.3 | x86_64 | < - openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64): | - openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):.x86_64.rpm |