VirtualBox Manager has stopped working when adding USB hard disk in Storage

[danf84]

I stumbled upon a bug in the GUI.

To reproduce, go to VM Settings. 1) I start with no controllers in the Storage Tree. 2) Add USB Controller. 3) Right click the new controller -> Add Hard Disk

Crash.

[danf84]

Update: does that for SATA controller too, so I think it's a major problem.

Problem details from Windows for what it's worth:

Problem signature:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: VirtualBox.exe Application Version: 5.1.4.10228 Application Timestamp: 57b358f8 Fault Module Name: Qt5GuiVBox.dll Fault Module Version: 5.5.1.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 573efd99 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 000000000022e0e4 OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48 Locale ID: 2057 Additional Information 1: d95a Additional Information 2: d95a73b8f6b49783393567b06a2bf501 Additional Information 3: c7f9 Additional Information 4: c7f936b3f3cce3f48287ae5b534703bc

[danf84]

Update: only does it if you go to add Hard Disk via Right Click on the controller. Works if you use the icons. So back to minor problem :)

[Juergeen]

Same GUI crash has been there for years and still happens in 6.0.14.
To reproduce, it is not even necessary to do a right click nor is it necessary to start with no controllers or to add a hard disk.
It is independent of guest type (for me, it crashes with a Linux guest).

Easiest to reproduce:
Open the Storage settings page.
Left Click on a controller.
(The "Add new storage attachment" button appears below the "Storage devices" box.)
Left click the "Add new storage attachment" button _below_ the "Storage devices" box.
Click "Add optical drive" (or "Add hard disk" - same behavior).
Wait for one or two seconds: Appcrash happens.

There is no crash if the "Adds hard disk" button to the right of the controller icon and name is used, so it is still not a major problem, but it seems easy to fix.

[aeichner]

This is not reproducible here, can you please provide crash dump for further investigation? See here for instructions on how to do that.