Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.1.12 Build 77218 available for download

Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.1.12 Build 77218 is now available for download. This update is a maintenance release which contains a number of bug fixes and several stability improvements over the previous release. The full details about what changes are in this build are available in the "What's new in VM VirtualBox 4.1.12 Build 77218" section.

Overview
VM VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VM VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

As of version 4.0, VM VirtualBox introduces the Extension Pack mechanism which allows Oracle and 3rd parties to deliver additional functionality on top of the standard Open Source product.

Presently, VM VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, and OpenBSD.

Download VM VirtualBox 4.1.12 Build 77218
The links in this section correspond to files available for VM VirtualBox 4.1.12 Build 77218. Download the files appropriate for you.

What's new in VM VirtualBox 4.1.12 Build 77218 (April 2, 2012)
This version is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
  • VMM: fixed VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED and VERR_RAW_MODE_INVALID_SMP guru meditation due to an invalid reschedule to raw mode. (bug #10370)
  • VMM: fixed PDMCritSectLeave guru meditation under rare circumstances with SMP guests.
  • VMM: proper Math Fault handling with certain legacy guests. (bug #9042)
  • NAT: fixed a socket leak under certain conditions.
  • Storage: better sanity check against reading beyond end-of-file.
  • Audio: fixed a crash in the NUL audio backend. (bug #10374; 4.1.10 regression)
  • HGCM: fixed a crash during savestate under rare circumstances.
  • VBoxSVC: several locking fixes.
  • VBoxManage: return the correct error code if controlvm savestate failed. (bug #10134)
  • Guest Additions: VBoxService should not crash on exit. (bug #10326; 4.1.10 regression)
  • Windows Additions: set the correct time stamp when a file is closed. (bug #6473)
  • Windows Additions: better help if the DirectX backups are not properly installed.
  • Linux Additions: Linux 3.4-rc1 compile fixes.

Source: Changelog for Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.1
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