VirtualBox 7.2.2 has just landed as a fresh maintenance update, arriving September 10, 2025. This release doesn’t bring headline-grabbing new features, but it delivers plenty of fixes that should make life easier for anyone running virtual machines on Windows, Linux, or macOS. Oracle has been tightening things up across the board, with stability improvements, GUI refinements, and some notable changes that stand out for developers and tinkerers.
One of the biggest wins here is stability. Users on Windows Arm hosts had run into trouble with VMs failing to start. That bug has been squashed, and so have several issues tied to VirtualBox Manager crashes and freezes. On Linux hosts, startup hangs and lockups while adding a VM are resolved. macOS users also get some relief: NAT networks and internal networking are back in shape after a regression, and VM startup crashes on Apple Silicon are fixed.
The interface has been polished too. VirtualBox Manager no longer freaks out when dealing with large snapshot collections, and error notifications display properly instead of causing unexpected crashes. There’s even a tweak for Windows 11 hosts, letting users bring back the old Windows 10 light and dark themes if that’s more your speed. On Linux, the platform theme will now follow the desktop portal service, improving consistency.
Networking has seen its share of fixes. A DNS bug where nameservers in the 127/8 range slipped through has been addressed. An experimental e1000 adapter (82583V) has also been added, though it only works with the ICH9 chipset. On the USB side, devices exposed over USB/IP now pass through correctly, and in a nice open-source gesture, the virtual USB webcam is no longer a closed add-on but part of the base package.
VirtualBox Guest Additions weren’t left out. Linux guests no longer choke on missing shared libraries when starting VBoxClient. Windows Guest Additions now install correctly even on old Windows XP SP2 64-bit systems, which is wild considering how ancient that OS is. EFI handling also sees improvement with TPM device fixes for certain guests.
Performance got some attention as well. Idle VMs on Arm hosts will now behave better, cutting down on wasteful CPU usage. Linux hosts gain support for newer kernels, with VirtualBox now using KVM APIs on 6.16.0 and beyond for VT-x handling.
VirtualBox 7.2.2 is available now for download, and while it may not turn heads like a flashy feature release, it’s the kind of update that makes the platform feel sturdier. For anyone juggling multiple VMs across different host systems, these fixes are the kind that can save you headaches day to day.
You can grab the new version straight from the official VirtualBox site.
