Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) - all of the sudden.

[czezz]

Hi everyone,

Host OS: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
VirtualBox Version: virtualbox/jammy-updates,now 6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1 amd64

All of the sudden (after months of using virtualbox) when trying to run any of VMs I get error:

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 Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) 

I tried some google's advises first but none worked:

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$ sudo modinfo -n vboxdrv
modinfo: ERROR: Module vboxdrv not found.

$ sudo apt install virtualbox-ext-pack
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
virtualbox-ext-pack is already the newest version (6.1.38-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.

$ sudo /sbin/vboxconfig
sudo: /sbin/vboxconfig: command not found

$ sudo  find / -type f -name vboxconfig
find: ‘/run/user/1000/doc’: Permission denied
find: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied

Then I tried: sudo apt reinstall virtualbox-dkms but that ends up with following error and produce following error log:

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Deleting module virtualbox-6.1.38 completely from the DKMS tree.
Unpacking virtualbox-dkms (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1) over (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1) ...
Loading new virtualbox-6.1.38 DKMS files...
Building for 6.5.0-14-generic
Building initial module for 6.5.0-14-generic
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/virtualbox-dkms.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.5.0-14-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-dkms (--configure):
 installed virtualbox-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 virtualbox-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

/var/crash/virtualbox-dkms.0.crash

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$ cat /var/crash/virtualbox-dkms.0.crash
ProblemType: Package
DKMSBuildLog:
 DKMS make.log for virtualbox-6.1.38 for kernel 6.5.0-14-generic (x86_64)
 Mi 10 Jan 2024 14:12:10 CET
 make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-14-generic'
 warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
   The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-12 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 12.3.0
   You are using:           gcc-12 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 12.3.0
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrv.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvGip.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvSem.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o
 /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o: warning: objtool: SUPR0TracerFireProbe+0x7: indirect jump found in RETPOLINE build
 /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o: warning: objtool: supdrvTracerProbeFireStub+0x0: 'naked' return found in RETHUNK build
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/SUPLibAll.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/alloc-r0drv.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/initterm-r0drv.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/memobj-r0drv.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/mpnotification-r0drv.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/powernotification-r0drv.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/assert-r0drv-linux.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/initterm-r0drv-linux.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memuserkernel-r0drv-linux.o
   CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/mp-r0drv-linux.o
 /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c: In function ‘rtR0MemObjNativeLockUser’:
 /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1228:18: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_user_pages’
  1228 |             rc = get_user_pages(R3Ptr,                  /* Where from. */
       |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 In file included from /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:102,
                  from /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:31:
 ./include/linux/mm.h:2430:6: note: declared here
  2430 | long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
       |      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1261:33: error: passing argument 6 of ‘get_user_pages_remote’ from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
  1261 |                                 papVMAs                 /* vmas */
       |                                 ^~~~~~~
       |                                 |
       |                                 struct vm_area_struct **
 ./include/linux/mm.h:2400:33: note: expected ‘int *’ but argument is of type ‘struct vm_area_struct **’
  2400 |                            int *locked);
       |                            ~~~~~^~~~~~
 /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1245:18: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_user_pages_remote’
  1245 |             rc = get_user_pages_remote(
       |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ./include/linux/mm.h:2397:6: note: declared here
  2397 | long get_user_pages_remote(struct mm_struct *mm,
       |      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1304:39: error: assignment of read-only member ‘vm_flags’
  1304 |                 papVMAs[rc]->vm_flags |= VM_DONTCOPY | VM_LOCKED;
       |                                       ^~
 /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c: In function ‘rtR0MemObjNativeMapUser’:
 /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1774:35: error: assignment of read-only member ‘vm_flags’
  1774 |                     vma->vm_flags |= VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP;
       |                                   ^~
 cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
 make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:251: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.o] Error 1
 make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
 /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memuserkernel-r0drv-linux.o: warning: objtool: VBoxHost_RTR0MemKernelCopyTo+0x13: redundant CLD
 /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memuserkernel-r0drv-linux.o: warning: objtool: VBoxHost_RTR0MemKernelCopyFrom+0x13: redundant CLD
 make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:488: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv] Error 2
 make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-14-generic/Makefile:2037: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build] Error 2
 make: *** [Makefile:234: __sub-make] Error 2
 make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-14-generic'
DKMSKernelVersion: 6.5.0-14-generic
Date: Wed Jan 10 14:12:21 2024
DuplicateSignature: dkms:virtualbox-dkms:6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1:/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1228:18: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_user_pages’
Package: virtualbox-dkms 6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1
PackageVersion: 6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: virtualbox-dkms 6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build

[czezz]

UPDATE:
I just have found this is confirmed bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... ug/2049104

[fth0]

FWIW, it's not really a bug, but expected behavior:

VirtualBox on the host (and the VirtualBox Guest Additions in the guest) build their own kernel modules during/after installation. In consequence, incompatible changes in newer Linux kernels break the building of the kernel modules.

Linux kernel 6.5 is only supported by Oracle's VirtualBox 6.1.46 + 7.0.10 and newer. You can either wait for Ubuntu to fix their VirtualBox version, or uninstall all Ubuntu-provided VirtualBox packages and install the Oracle-provided VirtualBox version (e.g VirtualBox 6.1.48 + 7.0.12 currently).

Edit:
VirtualBox 6.1.50 + 7.0.14 are available now.

[raffix]

You can either wait for Ubuntu to fix their VirtualBox version, or uninstall all Ubuntu-provided VirtualBox packages and install the Oracle-provided VirtualBox version (e.g VirtualBox 6.1.48 + 7.0.12 currently).

The problem is I have installed the current version of VirtualBox 7.0.12, but after a kernel upgrade a few days ago the kernel module of VirtualBox cannot be built.
I fixed it by installing gcc-12 on Ubuntu 22.04. This seemed to be the problem.

[fth0]

I fixed it by installing gcc-12 on Ubuntu 22.04. This seemed to be the problem.

But you aren't the OP of this thread, are you?

The OP uses VirtualBox version 6.1.38 from September 2022 (!), and the warnings regarding the gcc version contradict themselves (in other users' reports, the "You are using:" really indicates a different gcc version.:

DKMS make.log for virtualbox-6.1.38 for kernel 6.5.0-14-generic (x86_64)
[...]
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-12 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 12.3.0
You are using: gcc-12 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 12.3.0

Anyway, please try VirtualBox 6.1.50 from today.