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What problem are you facing?
I've been trying to build VirtualBox on Windows 11 using these instructions: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Windows%20build%20instructions
Is there a reason you still use WDK 7.1? It's very old now and Microsoft's documentation says it is no longer supported. Older WDK versions are affected by CVE-2024-29187 and newer versions are not. If there isn't a hard requirement to use 7.1, it might be better to move to a newer version for VirtualBox's build scripts.
How can we fix this?
Update configure.vbs to support newer WDK releases.
What alternatives or workarounds exist?
Leave the build scripts as they are, but document why WDK 7.1 is needed and mention the risks of using 7.1 due to CVE-2024-29187.
Anything else we should know?
No response
Component
Other
What problem are you facing?
I've been trying to build VirtualBox on Windows 11 using these instructions: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Windows%20build%20instructions
Is there a reason you still use WDK 7.1? It's very old now and Microsoft's documentation says it is no longer supported. Older WDK versions are affected by CVE-2024-29187 and newer versions are not. If there isn't a hard requirement to use 7.1, it might be better to move to a newer version for VirtualBox's build scripts.
How can we fix this?
Update configure.vbs to support newer WDK releases.
What alternatives or workarounds exist?
Leave the build scripts as they are, but document why WDK 7.1 is needed and mention the risks of using 7.1 due to CVE-2024-29187.
Anything else we should know?
No response