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The linux kernel v5.18-rc contains the commit
> commit 6e8ec2552c7d13991148e551e3325a624d73fac6
> Author: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
> Date: 2022-01-16 14:23:10 +0100
>
> random: use computational hash for entropy extraction
> [...]
which modifies the kernels random number generator.
This change broke VirtualBox 6.1.34 in several ways:
It causes random crashes and filesystem corruption in the guest
(at least on some host CPU models).
More details can be found in the
corresponding ticket in the VirtualBox bug tracker:
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/20914
That ticket also contains a patch "vbox-linux-5.18.patch"
for VirtualBox that fixes the problem,
at least for kernels 5.18 and (hopefully) above.
This patch got added to nixpkgs' VirtualBox build recipe with
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