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VirtualBox 7.0.14 (released January 16 2024)
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.0#v14

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

Audio: Added more fixes for switching host audio devices on Windows hosts using the WAS backend
3D: Added general improvements
OCI: Fixed wrong guest RAM unit usage in VirtualSystemDescription, memory is provided in bytes, "Byte" is the base unit
Main: OVF Import/Export: Added support for importing and exporting VMs containing NVMe storage controllers (bug #19320)
Main: OVF Import/Export: Added support for exporting a VM which contains a medium inserted into a virtual CD/DVD drive which is attached to a Virtio-SCSI controller
Devices: Fixed a problem where Windows guests "forget" in-progress touch events when the user holds down a finger without moving it for a period of time.
macOS Host USB: Added support for newer storage devices
macOS Host: Fixed memory Leak in the VBoxIntNetSwitch process when VM was configured to use 'Internal Networking' (bug #21752)
Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for RHEL 9.4 kernel
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed kernel panic on RHEL 8.9 kernel caused by vboxvideo (bugs #10381 and #21911)
Solaris Guest Additions: Added support for the Additions to be installed into an alternate root path ('pkgadd -R')
Solaris Guest Additions: Removed requirement to reboot VM after uninstalling GAs
RDP: Fix possible crash when connecting with the Apple Silicon variant of the Microsoft Remote Desktop application (bug #21820).
BIOS: Fixed handle number used for DMI OEM table (bug #19781)

VirtualBox 7.0.14 (released January 16 2024)
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.0#v14

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

Audio: Added more fixes for switching host audio devices on Windows hosts using the WAS backend
3D: Added general improvements
OCI: Fixed wrong guest RAM unit usage in VirtualSystemDescription, memory is provided in bytes, "Byte" is the base unit
Main: OVF Import/Export: Added support for importing and exporting VMs containing NVMe storage controllers (bug #19320)
Main: OVF Import/Export: Added support for exporting a VM which contains a medium inserted into a virtual CD/DVD drive which is attached to a Virtio-SCSI controller
Devices: Fixed a problem where Windows guests "forget" in-progress touch events when the user holds down a finger without moving it for a period of time.
macOS Host USB: Added support for newer storage devices
macOS Host: Fixed memory Leak in the VBoxIntNetSwitch process when VM was configured to use 'Internal Networking' (bug #21752)
Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for RHEL 9.4 kernel
Linux Guest Additions: Fixed kernel panic on RHEL 8.9 kernel caused by vboxvideo (bugs #10381 and #21911)
Solaris Guest Additions: Added support for the Additions to be installed into an alternate root path ('pkgadd -R')
Solaris Guest Additions: Removed requirement to reboot VM after uninstalling GAs
RDP: Fix possible crash when connecting with the Apple Silicon variant of the Microsoft Remote Desktop application (bug #21820).
BIOS: Fixed handle number used for DMI OEM table (bug #19781)

So does LHC and LHC-dev support this new release yet? Or should we hold off updating until the Project(s) run it thru it's paces, or are WE the testers?

So does LHC and LHC-dev support this new release yet? Or should we hold off updating until the Project(s) run it thru it's paces, or are WE the testers?

On Boinc Homepage Virtualbox 7.0.6 with Boinc 7.24.1.
Feel free to test other Versions.

I have been using VirtualBox 7.0.14 at -dev since Jan. 21st no problems with CMS

I always upgrade to the latest version of software, it rare there is an issue, the only one I saw was this https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/5214 ,it was fixed though by the BOINC team