VirtualBox not working in Ubuntu 22.04 after upgrading to Kernel 6.5.0-14

[propaneacc]

VirtualBox not working in Ubuntu 22.04 after upgrading to Kernel 6.5.0-14
My situation is similar to this thread https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2055886
I have upgraded to Kernel 6.5.0-14 from the 6.1 series kernel and now Virtualbox stops working and requests that I load or recompile the Virtualbox kernel driver.
I ran

 apt-get remove virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-source

then

 apt-get install virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-source

It seems maybe there is no Virtualbox dkms package for the 6.5 series kernel as it looks like apt is pulling the 6.1 package for dkms. Anyway to solve this?

USER@HOSTNAME:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-source virtualbox virtualbox-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libroar2 libwmf0.2-7
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
virtualbox-qt
Suggested packages:
vde2 virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
The following NEW packages will be installed:
virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt virtualbox-source
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/46.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 178 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-dkms.
(Reading database ... 260275 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-dkms_6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-dkms (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-source.
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-source_6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-source (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox.
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox_6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-qt.
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-qt_6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-qt (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-source (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1) ...
Setting up virtualbox (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1) ...
Job for virtualbox.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status virtualbox.service" and "journalctl -xeu virtualbox.service" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
× virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/virtualbox; generated)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2024-01-13 14:08:00 EST; 3ms ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 476217 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/virtualbox start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 23ms

Jan 13 14:08:00 HOSTNAME systemd[1]: Starting LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module...
Jan 13 14:08:00 HOSTNAME virtualbox[476217]: * Loading VirtualBox kernel modules...
Jan 13 14:08:00 HOSTNAME virtualbox[476217]: * No suitable module for running kernel found
Jan 13 14:08:00 HOSTNAME virtualbox[476217]: ...fail!
Jan 13 14:08:00 HOSTNAME systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 13 14:08:00 HOSTNAME systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 13 14:08:00 HOSTNAME systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module.
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
Setting up virtualbox-qt (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.1-2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
virtualbox-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[propaneacc]

Here is the contents of the build log at /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/make.log

DKMS make.log for virtualbox-6.1.38 for kernel 6.5.0-14-generic (x86_64)
Sat Jan 13 02:08:00 PM EST 2024
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
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
/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/r0drv/linux/memuserkernel-r0drv-linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/mp-r0drv-linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/mpnotification-r0drv-linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/process-r0drv-linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/rtStrFormatKernelAddress-r0drv-linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/semevent-r0drv-linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.38/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/semeventmulti-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'

[BicyclerBoy]

You can downloaded virtualbox 7.0.13 from Oracle that does work fine with kernel 6.5 (still loads of "ubsan" spam in dmesg logs)

[propaneacc]

Yeah, it must be that kernel 6.5 doesn't work with Virtualbox 6.1. Ubuntu 23.10 runs kernel 6.5.0-9 out of the box and has Virtualbox 7.0.10 and works fine. I wonder if there is any plans for a patch on 22.04, would be nice to just use apt instead of installing virtualbox 7 outside of apt. Kernel 6.5 seems to run a lot better on my system then 6.2.
I want to correct my original post as well I was previously running kernel 6.2 not 6.1 (I got mixed up with Virtualbox version and kernel version).

[ajgreeny]

This problem has been seen by other users and as suggested it is certainly VBox 6.1 that is your problem.

Uninstall all your current VBox packages with

sudo apt remove virtualbox*

to make sure any related packages installed are removed then go to the Virtualbox website and download the Ubuntu 22.04 version from ​ttps://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
All your VMs will still run fine using that version but don't forget to install the guest additions for version 7 as I presume you did for version 6.1.

Don't bother trying to install any other virtualbox packages such as virtualbox-dkms; none are required and when I used virtualbox I never installed anything else except the guest additions.

Good luck!

[BicyclerBoy]

I'm on unity 23.10 & now have kernel 6.5.0-14 and as I recall VirtualBox 7.0.10 was a problem as well or it was the UBSAN spam in logs.
Yes, I would prefer to stay inside package management as well.

[ajgreeny]

I'm on unity 23.10 & now have kernel 6.5.0-14 and as I recall VirtualBox 7.0.10 was a problem as well or it was the UBSAN spam in logs.
Yes, I would prefer to stay inside package management as well.

This is, I believe, one time when it is most definitely worth moving out of the Ubuntu repos and downloading the developer's later version; it works much better than your current version.

[SeijiSensei]

First, use apt to remove the official release from the Ubuntu repository. Next, add the Oracle VirtualBox repository as described in the section called "Debian-based Linux distributions" at https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads. New updates will be downloaded as needed and installed with the active kernels using DKMS. It's basically transparent.

[BicyclerBoy]

I'm fairly sure that 7.0.12 was still a problem.
But the problem may have just been the volume of UBSAN warnings in startup logs.
virtualbox 7.0.13 is a special testbuild with potential fixes for this or similar.

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds

But I still see UBSAN warnings (exceptions?) in logs.

I had been using that "normal" Oracle repo before 23.10 upgrade..

[propaneacc]

I didn't know about the Oracle repo, thanks SeijiSensei. I just added it to my sources list and installed virtualbox-7.0 and it works. BicyclerBoy, it did install 7.0.12 and I do have the UBSAN spam in my dmesg but I can live with that. Hopefully it gets cleared up in a future update.