Virtualbox 7.0.16 is buggy - pls stop auto update asap

[rarnold]

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

[Omar (Patch My PC)]

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!

[rarnold]

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