No USB devices available on Linux host

[f.gruber]

I have been using Virtualbox for many years.
Now since some months I am no more able to access USB devices on my guest systems (Linux and Windows guests).

Yesterday I made a distribution upgrade from openSUSE 42.1 to 42.2 and I hoped that would solve my problem but it did not.

Vitualbox version is now 5.1.8_SUSE r111374
I downloaded and installed the proper extension package.
The user on the host system is member of the group vboxusers.

If I insert a USB stick it is recognized by the host system.
I tried to add a new USB filter using the Virtualbox GUI.
First I enabled USB 2.0(EHCI) controller and then I clicked on the icon to add a new USB filter. I get the message <no devices available>.
This occurs on each of my guest systems.

On the host I also tried the command line and I get this:

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VBoxManage list usbhost
Host USB Devices:
<none>

I would appriciate any hint to get a solution for this annoying problem.

[socratis]

Vitualbox version is now 5.1.8_SUSE r111374

It looks like you're using the distro's fork version of VirtualBox. You can either ask in their forums for help, or completely remove their version and install the official version from the Downloads section of VirtualBox (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads).