Sep 25, 2024

Virtual Box Bug with Blue Screen of Death on windows Host (BSOD)

 Very interesting bug on virtualbox 7.0.16 on Host with windows 11 and guess SO Linux (oracle Linux). There is a bug which cause BSOD (blue screen of death). This is a bug on Vbox 7.0.16 with fix on Vbox 7.0.18. I had this bug working on lab with VM Oracle Key vault.

Link with description:

https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/22045

 Description (source):

"After upgrade to Virtualbox 7.0.16 many users are reporting crash of Windows 11 host machine with BSOD in VBoxNetLwf.sys Bug Chekc String: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA Bug Check Code: 0x00000050

Downgrading to 7.0.14 resolves problem.

For me it crash after Oracle Linux 8 is booted and I do "cat /proc/meminfo" or "top" under 5.15.0-202.135.2.el8uek kernel, but fails also under 5.4.7 uek kernel. Other users reported crash just after startup Ubuntu 20.04 guest or Windows 10 guest.

Here are forum posts with more and more users reporting problem after 7.0.16 upgrade https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=111417 https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=111418 https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=111370

One user noticed that after disabling wifi network in guest crash does not occour. Once enabled, it crashes in VBoxNetLwf.sys.

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