Windows 10 Host - Not valid kernel code signature Error

[GeorgeH]

Hi,

I recently installed VirtualBox-5.0.3-102217-Win and the Extension Pack (5.0.2-102096) on my Windows 10 pro box.
Everything started out well. I created a Windows 7 32 bit VM and had no problems using it.
I then exported the image using the "export appliance" feature and it appeared to export with no issues.

I successfully tested this appliance (.ova version 1.0 file) by importing it onto two different Windows 7 64 bit hosts and it worked fine (only had to change the network adapter name).

I ran into a problem though when I imported this appliance on a different Windows 10 Pro computer.
This error happens right after trying to start the VM. Based on the startup log file, it appears as though the error is: Not valid kernel code signature.

Since this is my first time using VirtualBox I thought I'd try to get some help to see if I can do anything to get it going on the other Windows 10 box.

Any help with this would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Here is the details of the startup log file:

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5a0.20a0: Log file opened: 5.0.3r102166 g_hStartupLog=0000000000000058 g_uNtVerCombined=0xa0280000
5a0.20a0: \SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll:
5a0.20a0:     CreationTime:    2015-08-12T01:01:38.544942900Z
5a0.20a0:     LastWriteTime:   2015-08-08T07:29:58.168349600Z
5a0.20a0:     ChangeTime:      2015-08-19T13:17:00.131565700Z
5a0.20a0:     FileAttributes:  0x20
5a0.20a0:     Size:            0x1bce48
5a0.20a0:     NT Headers:      0xd8
5a0.20a0:     Timestamp:       0x55c59f92
5a0.20a0:     Machine:         0x8664 - amd64
5a0.20a0:     Timestamp:       0x55c59f92
5a0.20a0:     Image Version:   10.0
5a0.20a0:     SizeOfImage:     0x1c1000 (1839104)
5a0.20a0:     Resource Dir:    0x15a000 LB 0x65718
5a0.20a0:     ProductName:     Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
5a0.20a0:     ProductVersion:  10.0.10240.16430
5a0.20a0:     FileVersion:     10.0.10240.16430 (th1.150807-2049)
5a0.20a0:     FileDescription: NT Layer DLL
5a0.20a0: \SystemRoot\System32\kernel32.dll:
5a0.20a0:     CreationTime:    2015-07-10T10:59:59.699781600Z
5a0.20a0:     LastWriteTime:   2015-07-10T10:59:59.699781600Z
5a0.20a0:     ChangeTime:      2015-08-05T01:05:27.805622100Z
5a0.20a0:     FileAttributes:  0x20
5a0.20a0:     Size:            0xab830
5a0.20a0:     NT Headers:      0xf0
5a0.20a0:     Timestamp:       0x559f38ad
5a0.20a0:     Machine:         0x8664 - amd64
5a0.20a0:     Timestamp:       0x559f38ad
5a0.20a0:     Image Version:   10.0
5a0.20a0:     SizeOfImage:     0xad000 (708608)
5a0.20a0:     Resource Dir:    0xab000 LB 0x518
5a0.20a0:     ProductName:     Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
5a0.20a0:     ProductVersion:  10.0.10240.16384
5a0.20a0:     FileVersion:     10.0.10240.16384 (th1.150709-1700)
5a0.20a0:     FileDescription: Windows NT BASE API Client DLL
5a0.20a0: \SystemRoot\System32\KernelBase.dll:
5a0.20a0:     CreationTime:    2015-07-10T11:00:10.325689700Z
5a0.20a0:     LastWriteTime:   2015-07-10T11:00:10.325689700Z
5a0.20a0:     ChangeTime:      2015-08-05T01:05:27.805622100Z
5a0.20a0:     FileAttributes:  0x20
5a0.20a0:     Size:            0x1dc680
5a0.20a0:     NT Headers:      0x100
5a0.20a0:     Timestamp:       0x559f38c3
5a0.20a0:     Machine:         0x8664 - amd64
5a0.20a0:     Timestamp:       0x559f38c3
5a0.20a0:     Image Version:   10.0
5a0.20a0:     SizeOfImage:     0x1dd000 (1953792)
5a0.20a0:     Resource Dir:    0x1c7000 LB 0x530
5a0.20a0:     ProductName:     Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
5a0.20a0:     ProductVersion:  10.0.10240.16384
5a0.20a0:     FileVersion:     10.0.10240.16384 (th1.150709-1700)
5a0.20a0:     FileDescription: Windows NT BASE API Client DLL
5a0.20a0: \SystemRoot\System32\apisetschema.dll:
5a0.20a0:     CreationTime:    2015-07-10T11:00:04.872098600Z
5a0.20a0:     LastWriteTime:   2015-07-10T11:00:04.872098600Z
5a0.20a0:     ChangeTime:      2015-08-05T01:05:27.446247500Z
5a0.20a0:     FileAttributes:  0x20
5a0.20a0:     Size:            0x16760
5a0.20a0:     NT Headers:      0xc8
5a0.20a0:     Timestamp:       0x559f3e3d
5a0.20a0:     Machine:         0x8664 - amd64
5a0.20a0:     Timestamp:       0x559f3e3d
5a0.20a0:     Image Version:   10.0
5a0.20a0:     SizeOfImage:     0x17000 (94208)
5a0.20a0:     Resource Dir:    0x16000 LB 0x3f0
5a0.20a0:     ProductName:     Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
5a0.20a0:     ProductVersion:  10.0.10240.16384
5a0.20a0:     FileVersion:     10.0.10240.16384 (th1.150709-1700)
5a0.20a0:     FileDescription: ApiSet Schema DLL
5a0.20a0: NtOpenDirectoryObject failed on \Driver: 0xc0000022
5a0.20a0: supR3HardenedWinFindAdversaries: 0x0
5a0.20a0: supR3HardenedWinInitAppBin(0x0): '\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox'
5a0.20a0: Calling main()
5a0.20a0: SUPR3HardenedMain: pszProgName=VirtualBox fFlags=0x2
5a0.20a0: supR3HardenedWinInitAppBin(0x2): '\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox'
5a0.20a0: SUPR3HardenedMain: Respawn #1
5a0.20a0: System32:  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32
5a0.20a0: WinSxS:    \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\WinSxS
5a0.20a0: KnownDllPath: C:\WINDOWS\system32
5a0.20a0: '\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe' has no imports
5a0.20a0: supHardenedWinVerifyImageByHandle: -> 0 (\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe)
5a0.20a0: supR3HardNtEnableThreadCreation:
5a0.20a0: supR3HardNtDisableThreadCreation: pvLdrInitThunk=00007ffe13bdfb70 pvNtTerminateThread=00007ffe13c03a20
5a0.20a0: supR3HardenedWinDoReSpawn(1): New child 18e8.18e4 [kernel32].
5a0.20a0: supR3HardNtChildGatherData: PebBaseAddress=00007ff7b7b75000 cbPeb=0x388
5a0.20a0: supR3HardNtPuChFindNtdll: uNtDllParentAddr=00007ffe13b70000 uNtDllChildAddr=00007ffe13b70000
5a0.20a0: supR3HardenedWinSetupChildInit: uLdrInitThunk=00007ffe13bdfb70
5a0.20a0: supR3HardenedWinSetupChildInit: Start child.
5a0.20a0: supR3HardNtChildWaitFor: Found expected request 0 (PurifyChildAndCloseHandles) after 0 ms.
5a0.20a0: supR3HardNtChildPurify: Startup delay kludge #1/0: 261 ms, 29 sleeps
5a0.20a0: supHardNtVpScanVirtualMemory: enmKind=CHILD_PURIFICATION
5a0.20a0:  *0000000000000000-ffffffffff7affff 0x0001/0x0000 0x0000000
5a0.20a0:  *0000000000850000-000000000082ffff 0x0004/0x0004 0x0020000
5a0.20a0:  *0000000000870000-000000000085bfff 0x0002/0x0002 0x0040000
5a0.20a0:   0000000000884000-0000000000877fff 0x0001/0x0000 0x0000000
5a0.20a0:  *0000000000890000-0000000000793fff 0x0000/0x0004 0x0020000
5a0.20a0:   000000000098c000-0000000000988fff 0x0104/0x0004 0x0020000
5a0.20a0:   000000000098f000-000000000098dfff 0x0004/0x0004 0x0020000
5a0.20a0:  *0000000000990000-000000000098bfff 0x0002/0x0002 0x0040000
5a0.20a0:   0000000000994000-0000000000987fff 0x0001/0x0000 0x0000000
5a0.20a0:  *00000000009a0000-000000000099dfff 0x0004/0x0004 0x0020000
5a0.20a0:   00000000009a2000-ffffffff81363fff 0x0001/0x0000 0x0000000
5a0.20a0:  *000000007ffe0000-000000007ffdefff 0x0002/0x0002 0x0020000
5a0.20a0:   000000007ffe1000-000000007ffd1fff 0x0000/0x0002 0x0020000
5a0.20a0:   000000007fff0000-ffff80094848ffff 0x0001/0x0000 0x0000000
5a0.20a0:  *00007ff7b7b50000-00007ff7b7b2cfff 0x0002/0x0002 0x0040000
5a0.20a0:   00007ff7b7b73000-00007ff7b7b70fff 0x0001/0x0000 0x0000000
5a0.20a0:  *00007ff7b7b75000-00007ff7b7b73fff 0x0004/0x0004 0x0020000
5a0.20a0:   00007ff7b7b76000-00007ff7b7b6dfff 0x0001/0x0000 0x0000000
5a0.20a0:  *00007ff7b7b7e000-00007ff7b7b7bfff 0x0004/0x0004 0x0020000
5a0.20a0:   00007ff7b7b80000-00007ff7b6f9ffff 0x0001/0x0000 0x0000000
5a0.20a0:  *00007ff7b8760000-00007ff7b8760fff 0x0002/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
5a0.20a0:   00007ff7b8761000-00007ff7b87e6fff 0x0020/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
5a0.20a0:   00007ff7b87e7000-00007ff7b87e7fff 0x0080/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
5a0.20a0:   00007ff7b87e8000-00007ff7b8831fff 0x0002/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
5a0.20a0:   00007ff7b8832000-00007ff7b8832fff 0x0004/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
5a0.20a0:   00007ff7b8833000-00007ff7b8833fff 0x0008/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
5a0.20a0:   00007ff7b8834000-00007ff7b8835fff 0x0004/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
5a0.20a0:   00007ff7b8836000-00007ff7b8836fff 0x0008/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
5a0.20a0:   00007ff7b8837000-00007ff7b8837fff 0x0004/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
5a0.20a0:   00007ff7b8838000-00007ff7b883bfff 0x0008/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
5a0.20a0:   00007ff7b883c000-00007ff7b8885fff 0x0002/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe
5a0.20a0:   00007ff7b8886000-00007ff15d59bfff 0x0001/0x0000 0x0000000
5a0.20a0:  *00007ffe13b70000-00007ffe13b70fff 0x0002/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
5a0.20a0:   00007ffe13b71000-00007ffe13c6cfff 0x0020/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
5a0.20a0:   00007ffe13c6d000-00007ffe13caefff 0x0002/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
5a0.20a0:   00007ffe13caf000-00007ffe13cb7fff 0x0008/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
5a0.20a0:   00007ffe13cb8000-00007ffe13cc5fff 0x0002/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
5a0.20a0:   00007ffe13cc6000-00007ffe13cc6fff 0x0004/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
5a0.20a0:   00007ffe13cc7000-00007ffe13cc9fff 0x0008/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
5a0.20a0:   00007ffe13cca000-00007ffe13d30fff 0x0002/0x0080 0x1000000  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
5a0.20a0:   00007ffe13d31000-00007ffc27a81fff 0x0001/0x0000 0x0000000
5a0.20a0:  *00007ffffffe0000-00007ffffffcffff 0x0001/0x0002 0x0020000
5a0.20a0: VirtualBox.exe: timestamp 0x55d2e539 (rc=VINF_SUCCESS)
5a0.20a0: '\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe' has no imports
5a0.20a0: '\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll' has no imports
5a0.20a0: supR3HardNtChildPurify: Done after 286 ms and 0 fixes (loop #0).
18e8.18e4: Log file opened: 5.0.3r102166 g_hStartupLog=0000000000000004 g_uNtVerCombined=0xa0280000
18e8.18e4: supR3HardenedVmProcessInit: uNtDllAddr=00007ffe13b70000
5a0.20a0: supR3HardNtEnableThreadCreation:
18e8.18e4: ntdll.dll: timestamp 0x55c59f92 (rc=VINF_SUCCESS)
18e8.18e4: New simple heap: #1 0000000000ab0000 LB 0x400000 (for 1839104 allocation)
18e8.18e4: supR3HardenedWinInitAppBin(0x0): '\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox'
18e8.18e4: System32:  \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32
18e8.18e4: WinSxS:    \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\WinSxS
18e8.18e4: KnownDllPath: C:\WINDOWS\system32
18e8.18e4: supR3HardenedVmProcessInit: Opening vboxdrv stub...
18e8.18e4: supR3HardenedWinReadErrorInfoDevice: 'Not valid kernel code signature.: \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\Virtu'
18e8.18e4: Error -5658 in supR3HardenedWinReSpawn! (enmWhat=3)
18e8.18e4: NtCreateFile(\Device\VBoxDrvStub) failed: Unknown Status -5658 (0xffffe9e6) (rcNt=0xe986e9e6)
VBoxDrvStub error: Not valid kernel code signature.: \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\Virtu
5a0.20a0: supR3HardenedWinCheckChild: enmRequest=2 rc=-5658 enmWhat=3 supR3HardenedWinReSpawn: NtCreateFile(\Device\VBoxDrvStub) failed: Unknown Status -5658 (0xffffe9e6) (rcNt=0xe986e9e6)
VBoxDrvStub error: Not valid kernel code signature.: \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\Virtu
5a0.20a0: Error -5658 in supR3HardenedWinReSpawn! (enmWhat=3)
5a0.20a0: NtCreateFile(\Device\VBoxDrvStub) failed: Unknown Status -5658 (0xffffe9e6) (rcNt=0xe986e9e6)
VBoxDrvStub error: Not valid kernel code signature.: \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\Virtu

[mpack]

Please post logs as .zip attachments, not pasted text. I have added code blocks around your text to make it easier to read, but the file is still truncated.

[GeorgeH]

I have just attached the startup log as requested.

Thanks.

[mpack]

Apologies, the last line apparently isn't truncated after all, because the same shortening occurs several times in the last few lines.

I have no idea what it means. I see that you are using a test build (5.0.3), so perhaps you better report this to whatever topic made you try the test build.

18e8.18e4: NtCreateFile(\Device\VBoxDrvStub) failed: Unknown Status -5658 (0xffffe9e6) (rcNt=0xe986e9e6)
VBoxDrvStub error: Not valid kernel code signature.: \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\Virtu
5a0.20a0: supR3HardenedWinCheckChild: enmRequest=2 rc=-5658 enmWhat=3 supR3HardenedWinReSpawn: NtCreateFile(\Device\VBoxDrvStub) failed: Unknown Status -5658 (0xffffe9e6) (rcNt=0xe986e9e6)
VBoxDrvStub error: Not valid kernel code signature.: \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\Virtu
5a0.20a0: Error -5658 in supR3HardenedWinReSpawn! (enmWhat=3)
5a0.20a0: NtCreateFile(\Device\VBoxDrvStub) failed: Unknown Status -5658 (0xffffe9e6) (rcNt=0xe986e9e6)
VBoxDrvStub error: Not valid kernel code signature.: \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oracle\Virtu

[GeorgeH]

I used the latest test build for two reasons:
1) The main page recommends using it for Windows 10 until it's fully supported
2) I had tried exporting an appliance on Windows 10 using the normal build at first but it couldn't be run on any machine (even windows 7) until I upgraded to the test build and re-exported the appliance on my Windows 10 box.

For me at least, the test build seems to work better on Windows 10 since I could export properly and import on at least the Windows 7 boxes I tried it on.
This is my first forum post here so I'm open to suggestions on how to proceed.
If you think I should post this somewhere else on the forum just let me know.

Also, if you would like I could try uninstalling the test build and running the most stable build on the windows 10 box I'm trying to import/run the appliance on.

Thanks

[bird]

Looks like the driver failed to verify the certificate of the VirtualBox.exe file. This shouldn't happen of course.
Maybe the VirtualBox executable is slightly corrupted, so could you try reinstall VirtualBox and see if it helps.

Kind Regards,
bird.

[GeorgeH]

Hi,

As per request, I uninstalled the last test build I was using and installed the following on the problem Windows 10 machine: VirtualBox-5.0.3-102224-Win.exe

It worked the first time I ran the VM...but after a reboot it never worked again.
Note: I had to reboot because I had lost network connectivity for some reason after the install. Rebooting fixed this problem.

Attached are both the VBoxStartup.log file and the VBox.log file.

Thanks

[bird]

I cannot yet imagine why it would stop working when you reboot the machine. In hope of getting a little further, I've extended the error message. Here's a new build:
https://www.virtualbox.org/download/tes ... 90-Win.exe

It would be interesting to see if this one (a) mysteriously makes the problem go away, or (b) provide some more sensible error information. In the (b) scenario, a copy of VBoxStartup.log would be very helpful.

Cheers,
bird.

[GeorgeH]

Hi,

So I eventually got it to work properly on the second Windows 10 machine with the latest build you provided.
It took me a while to reply because I was getting windows blue screen of death messages every time I tried to uninstall the previous version of VirtualBox.

I was eventually able to uninstall it after rebooting Windows into diagnostic mode (no startup items/services via msconfig) and was then able to uninstall without issue.
I then rebooted the machine back into normal mode, installed the latest version you provided and the VM now works just fine. I even rebooted to verify and I didn't encounter any issues starting the VM.

Thanks again for the help.

George