Re: [vbox-dev] Fwd: Virtualbox for Linux 6.7

On 1/10/24 09:04, Luna Jernberg wrote: Hey! This is what i get with the 6.7.arch1-1 kernel thats in the [core-testing] repos on Arch Linux running on Crystal Linux thats based on Arch Linux attached the entire dmesg output Luna, Please do not top post. Your splat is headed by the following:

Re: [vbox-dev] Fwd: Virtualbox for Linux 6.7

On 1/9/24 21:29, Luna Jernberg via vbox-dev wrote: -- Forwarded message - Från: Date: ons 10 jan. 2024 kl 03:03 Subject: Virtualbox for Linux 6.7 To: You are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your message has been automatically rejected. If you think that your

[vbox-dev] Fix for kernel 6.5 build of VB 7.0.10

Hi, The 7.0.10 release fixed most problems with kernel 6.5. The first exception was the problem with extensible arrays in the kernel's vboxsf module that I described earlier. There were some hiccups, but that fix should be in kernel 6.5-rc6. One other problem showed up in the compilation of

Re: [vbox-dev] where to download VB?

On 7/23/23 14:23, Stéphane Charette via vbox-dev wrote: Maybe I'm too tired to see it, butwhere do we download VB from?  I don't see any links on https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads to download the current version of VB.  Even the link to

[vbox-dev] Problem with kernel 6.5

). Replace the utf8 and utf16 members with actual flexible arrays, drop the unused ucs2 member, and retriain a 2 byte padding to keep the structure size the same. Reported-by: Larry Finger Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ab3a70e9-60ed-0f13-e3d4-8866eaccc...@lwfinger.net/

Re: [vbox-dev] Initial fixes for API changes in kernel 6.3

On 3/7/23 14:02, Vadim Galitsin wrote: Hi Larry, Thank you for pointing out. We have related changes on development branch for both host and guest parts. I am attaching them as a patches. Please note, these patches are currently under testing and they might be changed by the time when kernel

[vbox-dev] Initial fixes for API changes in kernel 6.3

are affected. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Index: VirtualBox-7.0.6/src/VBox/Runtime/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c === --- VirtualBox-7.0.6.orig/src/VBox/Runtime/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c +++ VirtualBox-7.0.6/src/VBox/Runtime

Re: [vbox-dev] Build problems with 7.0.0

On 10/25/22 05:10, Vadim Galitsin wrote: There was no recent changes in our environment which we use for building OpenSUSE 15.3 / 15.4 packages. VBox builds as usual. Must be something on your side. What is the error message? Hi Vadim, The error is as follows: [ 3313s]

[vbox-dev] Build problems with 7.0.0

During our testing of the 7.0.0_BETAn releases, we were able to build VirtualBox with no problems, but with the release of 7.0.0 and persisting through 7.0.2, our builds fail because a non-relocatable global is trying to be linked with a shared object. The global in question comes from the

Re: [vbox-dev] Announcement: VirtualBox 7.0.0_BETA1

On 8/26/22 10:53, Vadim Galitsin wrote: Hello, Today the VirtualBox development team released Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.0.0_BETA1, a preview release of VirtualBox 7.0 which introduces new features. Documentation and changelog are still being updated. Download it from

[vbox-dev] Problems with USB passthrough in Windows with v 6.1.28

Is anyone else having problems with USB passthrough from a Linux machine to a Windows VM after updating to VB 6.1.28? The symptoms for a wifi unit are that a network device appears, but is not functional. An attempt to pass a USB stick shows nothing in Windows Explorer in the guest. Both

Re: [vbox-dev] Fwd: Announcement: VirtualBox 6.1.26 released

On 7/29/21 2:46 PM, Klaus Espenlaub wrote: Fix is applying https://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/90377/vbox?format=diff Don't ask me why, but the Qt include ordering seems to be consistent between all popular deb and rpm based packages, which is why it went unnoticed for quite a while.

Re: [vbox-dev] Fwd: Announcement: VirtualBox 6.1.26 released

On 7/29/21 1:36 PM, Jose R R wrote: -- Forwarded message - From: *Jose R R* mailto:jose@metztli.com>> Date: Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [vbox-dev] Announcement: VirtualBox 6.1.26 released To: Alexander Rudnev > Niltze

Re: [vbox-dev] VM failure when 5-level page tables are enabled

On 7/14/21 4:12 PM, Klaus Espenlaub wrote: patch to deal with CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT see the ticket. So far we have no clear reports of anyone running into actual 5-level page table issues. None of the available logs are for hardware which has the feature. There could be an

[vbox-dev] VM failure when 5-level page tables are enabled

When openSUSE Tumbleweed configured kernel 5.13.0, they enabled 5-level page tables. Under this change, most, if not all, VMs fail with a Guru Mediation page being shown. The host log shows [ 234.088947] !!Assertion Failed!! Expression:

Re: [vbox-dev] Shared folder automount only mounts volumes as root on Linux

On 1/13/21 11:59 AM, Brent Paulson wrote: This sounds like a mismatch between the VirtualBox-supplied mount utilities and the Linux-supplied shared folder kernel module. The VirtualBox mount.vboxsf utility and the VBoxService automount utility both call mount(2) with a 'data' argument

Re: [vbox-dev] Shared folder automount only mounts volumes as root on Linux

On 1/13/21 4:16 AM, Sérgio Basto wrote: Do you use in kernel module or vboxsf from virtualbox sources ? * am using the kernel module. Changing to kernel 5.9 does not help. I suspect the problem is with mount.vboxsf. Larry ___ vbox-dev mailing

[vbox-dev] Shared folder automount only mounts volumes as root on Linux

Has anyone else noted that VB 6.1.16 automounts shared folders with root permissions? This problem is noted with 5.10 kernels on host and guest In addition, a manual mount from the guest specifying the UID and GID still ends up with root permissions. As far as I remember, the correct

Re: [vbox-dev] Problem with 6.1.16

On 10/23/20 4:14 AM, Илья Пащук wrote: what os? just do it successfully on my windows, but using only keyboard, but buttons are not disabled. and, if you will be fully unhappy with gui, you always have command line, isn't it? the VBoxManage tool often rescued me on gui crashes and

[vbox-dev] Problem with 6.1.16

Has anyone else had a problem with loading extensions in 6.1.16? When I try, the "Select an extension or package file" screen comes up as expected, and the files in my Download directory display fine. Double clicking on a file name does nothing. By using the down arrow, it is possible to get

Re: [vbox-dev] VirtualBox ignoring boot order

On 9/20/20 9:35 PM, Dan Egli wrote: I'm wondering about some strange behavior VirtualBox is showing. If you have both a bootable CD and a Bootable hard drive image selected, the CD is NEVER booted. The only way to boot from a CD seems to be when the hard drive does not have boot information.

Re: [vbox-dev] Problem with kernel 5.8

On 7/15/20 4:09 AM, Sérgio Basto wrote: Hi, On Tue, 2020-07-14 at 09:17 -0500, Larry Finger wrote: On 6/8/20 4:12 AM, Frank Batschulat wrote: Larry, thanks - this work will be tracked with: Ticket #19644 (accepted defect) Linux kernel version: 5.8 - we need changes https://www.virtualbox.org

Re: [vbox-dev] Problem with kernel 5.8

On 6/8/20 4:12 AM, Frank Batschulat wrote: Larry, thanks - this work will be tracked with: Ticket #19644 (accepted defect) Linux kernel version: 5.8 - we need changes https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/19644 Just a heads-up to all the distro maintainers that read this list. I have not found a

[vbox-dev] Problem with memory management in VirtualBox with kernel 5.8

When kernel 5.8 eliminated the export of kernel routines such as __get_vm_area(), VirtualBox was forced to revert to code used before that routine was introduced in 2.6.23. The resulting code will build but not load with the error "modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Exec format

Re: [vbox-dev] Problem with kernel 5.8

On 6/8/20 4:12 AM, Frank Batschulat wrote: Larry, thanks - this work will be tracked with: Ticket #19644 (accepted defect) Linux kernel version: 5.8 - we need changes https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/19644 With each update to the mainline kernel, another API change for Kernel 5.8 emerges.

[vbox-dev] Problem with kernel 5.8

In a little over one week, Linus will release Kernel 5.8.0-rc1. Shortly thereafter, openSUSE Tumbleweed will start builds using that kernel. Unless I have patched our copy of the code for the VB kernel modules, my mailbox will be flooded with build failure messages. Thus far, I have found two

Re: [vbox-dev] Strange behavior when running the UI through SSH

On 4/23/20 1:44 PM, Larry Finger wrote: An openSUSE user reports a problem with graphics when operating through the network using SSH. https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169248 He has isolated the problem to certain versions of Qt as follows: libQt5Core5 5.9.7-lp151.4.3.1 (Leap 15.1

[vbox-dev] Strange behavior when running the UI through SSH

An openSUSE user reports a problem with graphics when operating through the network using SSH. https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169248 He has isolated the problem to certain versions of Qt as follows: libQt5Core5 5.9.7-lp151.4.3.1 (Leap 15.1 default) => GOOD libQt5Core5

[vbox-dev] Fixes for kernel 5.7

Hi, Attached are the fixes required by API changes in kernel 5.7 as follows: 1. The number of arguments for drm_fb_helper_init() is reduced. 2. Routine drm_fb_helper_single_add_all_connectors() just did a "return 0" and has been eliminated. As usual, these patches are released under the MIT

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for kernel 5.6

On 2/20/20 1:32 PM, Frank Batschulat wrote: Larry can you please follow up with this in Ticket #19312 (assigned defect) Opened 6 days ago Last modified 6 days ago Linux: kernel 5.6 - we need changes https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/19312 I attached the patch file to that ticket. Larry

[vbox-dev] Fixes for kernel 5.6

Hi, I finally got subscribed to this list after losing the newsgroup feed from Gmane. The fix for a small API change in kernel V5.6 is attached. As usual, the patch is released under the MIT license. I have not checked, but it is possible that ioremap_nocache() can be replaced by ioremap()

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for kernel v5.5

On 1/2/20 4:04 AM, Frank Batschulat wrote: On 24.12.19 02:36, Larry Finger wrote: Index: VirtualBox-6.0.14/src/VBox/Additions/linux/drm/vbox_ttm.c === --- VirtualBox-6.0.14.orig/src/VBox/Additions/linux/drm/vbox_ttm.c

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for kernel v5.5

On 12/23/19 9:08 AM, Frank Batschulat wrote: There are more changes required than this. I am working on it. I do not know how you are doing, but these patches complete the build of vboxvideo under 5.5: Index: VirtualBox-6.0.14/src/VBox/Additions/linux/drm/vbox_drv.c

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for kernel v5.5

On 12/20/19 4:31 PM, Larry Finger wrote: On 12/20/19 4:04 PM, Frank Batschulat wrote: Larry, pls. see: Ticket #19145 (accepted defect) linux: kernel 5.5-rc1/rc2 - we need changes https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/19145 I do not build vboxvideo as all the kernels I support have a built

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for kernel v5.5

On 12/20/19 4:04 PM, Frank Batschulat wrote: Larry, pls. see: Ticket #19145 (accepted defect) linux: kernel 5.5-rc1/rc2 - we need changes https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/19145 I do not build vboxvideo as all the kernels I support have a built-in version. I have not tested this, but in

[vbox-dev] Fixes for kernel v5.5

With kernel v5.5, the only change so far is in the behavior of depmod. In earlier versions, it was sufficient to copy the contents of Module.sysmvers from the vboxdrv directory to the current directory to have the exported symbols from vboxdrv be available to another module such as vboxnetflt,

Re: [vbox-dev] [PATCH] support for newer python

On 10/21/19 1:56 PM, Sérgio Basto wrote: On Thu, 2019-10-17 at 13:30 +0200, Frank Batschulat wrote: Gianfranco, I have a couple of pylint related changes pending so I'll pick this one up and add it to the pylint changes. With Fedora rawhide which have Python 3.8-rc1, VBoxPython3*.so is not

Re: [vbox-dev] Problem with pulseaudio

On 11/18/19 12:50 PM, Larry Finger wrote: On 11/18/19 10:01 AM, Andreas Löffler wrote: Hi Larry, is there a (public) defect for this, and if so, can you please point me to it? Also, does it make a difference for the mentioned user if he/she disables audio for that particular guest? Between

Re: [vbox-dev] Problem with pulseaudio

On 11/18/19 10:01 AM, Andreas Löffler wrote: Hi Larry, is there a (public) defect for this, and if so, can you please point me to it? Also, does it make a difference for the mentioned user if he/she disables audio for that particular guest? Between 6.0.12 and 6.0.14 we did not do any

[vbox-dev] Problem with pulseaudio

One of the openSUSE users reports a regression that likely happened between 6.0.12 and 6.0.14. His Linux guests have a problem connecting with the pulseaudio server. The guest's log shows a number of the following: 00:04:50.850104 PulseAudio: Retrieving server information ... 00:05:16.449232

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for kernel 5.4

On 10/4/19 8:22 AM, Frank Batschulat wrote: On Tue, 01 Oct 2019 23:45:26 +0200, Larry Finger wrote: Now that 5.4.0-rc1 has been released, I will post the kernel API fixes that work for me. The changes are as follows: 1. The issues reported by Cyrax regarding changes in skb_frag_t

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for kernel 5.4

On 10/4/19 8:22 AM, Frank Batschulat wrote: On Tue, 01 Oct 2019 23:45:26 +0200, Larry Finger wrote: Now that 5.4.0-rc1 has been released, I will post the kernel API fixes that work for me. The changes are as follows: 1. The issues reported by Cyrax regarding changes in skb_frag_t

[vbox-dev] Fixes for kernel 5.4

Now that 5.4.0-rc1 has been released, I will post the kernel API fixes that work for me. The changes are as follows: 1. The issues reported by Cyrax regarding changes in skb_frag_t are implemented with dependency on 5.4, not 5.3 as in the original. 2. The API to set/unset the executable bit in

[vbox-dev] Problem with kernel 5.4

In kernel 5.4, the wrapper routines set_pages_x() and set_pages_nx() that enable/disable execution of memory are removed. The underlying routines set_memory_x() and set_memory_nx() are not, and will not be exported. See http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1909.2/02763.html for a

[vbox-dev] Problem with savestate in 6.0.10

Is there a fix for the problem reported in ticket 18802 (https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/18802)? I have gotten a bug report on the openSUSE Bugzilla (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1146308) reporting this problem with 6.0.10 and a Windows 7 guest. I have not been able to

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for Kernel 5.3 wanted

On 8/5/19 11:30 AM, Valdis Klētnieks wrote: On Mon, 05 Aug 2019 10:50:47 -0500, Larry Finger said: /tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c:928:66: error: ‘skb_frag_t’ {aka ‘struct bio_vec’} has no member named ‘page_offset’; did you mean ‘bv_offset’? I do not see these errors when building

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for Kernel 5.3 wanted

On 8/5/19 7:45 AM, Cyrax wrote: On 04/08/2019 15:04, Sérgio Basto wrote: On Sat, 2019-08-03 at 10:04 +0300, Cyrax wrote: On 24/07/2019 01:33, Sérgio Basto wrote: Hello, https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3=93944 have someone the solution ? Thanks, Here is another patch

Re: [vbox-dev] Memory initialization

On 8/1/19 1:35 AM, Michal Necasek wrote:  Then it's extremely likely that Windows is bringing in the old memory contents. Windows 10 really likes to hibernate instead of booting from scratch. That probably explains the behavior you're seeing. I'm not entirely sure how that can be prevented

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for Kernel 5.3 wanted

On 7/23/19 5:33 PM, Sérgio Basto wrote: Hello, https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3=93944 have someone the solution ? Yes, I do. The MIT-licensed patch is posted below. After I finish here, I will also post this material on the VBox forum. The API changes are as follows: 1.

Re: [vbox-dev] Regression with Qt 5.13 - guest steals focus

On 7/5/19 7:28 PM, Larry Finger wrote: On 7/5/19 10:13 AM, Michael Thayer wrote: Hello Larry, Just a semi-shot-in-the-dark, but are you in contact with Fabian, and if so, I wonder whether this patch would change anything.  It is against the development code, but should apply easily to 6.0.8

Re: [vbox-dev] Regression with Qt 5.13 - guest steals focus

On 7/5/19 10:13 AM, Michael Thayer wrote: Hello Larry, Just a semi-shot-in-the-dark, but are you in contact with Fabian, and if so, I wonder whether this patch would change anything. It is against the development code, but should apply easily to 6.0.8. The idea is that if Qt now gives us

[vbox-dev] Regression with Qt 5.13 - guest steals focus

When a Linux host runs Qt 5.13, any VB guest will constantly steal the focus making it nearly impossible to do anything with the host. The problem was reported by an openSUSE user at https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140084. The bug is discussed at

Re: [vbox-dev] Fix for Kernel 5.x

On 6/2/19 2:48 AM, Sérgio Basto wrote: + ifeq ($(shell if grep '"[98765432]\.' $(KERN_DIR)/include/linux/version.h > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo yes; fi),yes) Kudos (and a healthy chuckle here) for handling kernels at least through 9.X. At roughly 3 months per sub version and 20 sub versions

[vbox-dev] VirtualBox Additions License

I am aware of at least two reports of difficulty in downloading the VirtualBox Additions from within the GUI, namely https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1132102 and https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=929074. This message is not to report the problem, but to inquire what

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for Kernel 5.2

it over irc as soon as I did it) HTH G. Il giovedì 30 maggio 2019, 08:47:41 CEST, Larry Finger ha scritto: On 5/29/19 11:59 PM, Valdis Klētnieks wrote: > On Wed, 29 May 2019 13:32:40 -0500, Larry Finger said: > >> 2. The arguments for ttm_bo_device_init()

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for Kernel 5.2

On 5/29/19 11:59 PM, Valdis Klētnieks wrote: On Wed, 29 May 2019 13:32:40 -0500, Larry Finger said: 2. The arguments for ttm_bo_device_init() are changed. === --- VirtualBox-6.0.8.orig/src/VBox/Additions/linux/drm/vbox_ttm.c

[vbox-dev] Fixes for Kernel 5.2

There are two kernel 5.2 API changes that affect VirtualBox: 1. drm_fb_helper_fill_fix() and drm_fb_helper_fill_var() are replaced by drm_fb_helper_fill_info(). 2. The arguments for ttm_bo_device_init() are changed. These are fixed by the attached patch, which is published under the MIT

Re: [vbox-dev] Problem with Windows 7 VMs and VB built with iasl from acpica >= 20190329

On 4/23/19 12:27 AM, Kalogrianitis Socratis wrote: Larry, Although this is NOT a VirtualBox bug, I am reporting it here so that all of you are aware of the problem. It has already been reported in the forums. See "Board index" » "General" » "VirtualBox on Linux Hosts" » "Arch host, Win7

[vbox-dev] Problem with Windows 7 VMs and VB built with iasl from acpica >= 20190329

When VirtualBox is built with a recent version of iasl, the resulting BIOS causes a Windows 7 VM to Blue Screen with the message "The BIOS in this system is not fully ACPI compliant". This is reported to the acpica project at https://github.com/acpica/acpica/issues/462. Although this is NOT a

[vbox-dev] Change needed for building with Qt 5.13

Hi, Just a heads-up on this issue, not an actual patch. Changing from Qt 5.12 to 5.13 requires changes in various header files because GLsizeiptr has gone from type ptrdiff_t (unsigned int) to long int. Only the above type of change was needed for the system to build. My testing has shown

Re: [vbox-dev] VirtualBox 6.0 - build fix for Linux 5.1

On 3/14/19 3:57 PM, Valdis Klētnieks wrote: Sayeth Linus: commit 736706bee3298208343a76096370e4f6a5c55915 Author: Linus Torvalds Date: Mon Mar 4 10:39:05 2019 -0800 get rid of legacy 'get_ds()' function Every in-kernel use of this function defined it to KERNEL_DS (either as

Re: [vbox-dev] news for packaging VirtualBox 6

On 1/2/19 8:57 PM, Sérgio Basto wrote: Hello, For VirtualBox 6 we need add VirtualBoxVM to the package with set suid , and unset suid to VirtualBox binary to avoid problem reported on [5] . Also we don't need one patch anymore ! On Debian, for patch [1] upstream now have one patch that fix

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for API changes in kernel 4.20

On 11/21/18 3:12 AM, Michael Thayer wrote: 21.11.18 02:24, Larry Finger wrote: Michael, I really like your approach to testing for features in a manner that will be less affected by distros backporting API changes. Unfortunately, code patched using your version fails to build under kernel

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for API changes in kernel 4.20

On 11/21/18 1:23 AM, Aleksey Ilyushin wrote: Hello Larry, Thanks a lot for your patch. I do have an issue with it though. I think ‘get_link_ksettings’ callback is supposed to return the link settings in the new format, so ‘vboxNetAdpEthGetSettings’ should allocate the old structure, fill it

Re: [vbox-dev] Fixes for API changes in kernel 4.20

On 11/20/18 6:37 AM, Michael Thayer wrote: 08.11.18 21:27, Larry Finger wrote: Hi, There are a number of changes in kernel 4.20 that affect building the VB modules. These are as follows: 1. In struct ethtool_ops, the get_settings member is renamed get_link_ksettings, and the callback method

Re: [vbox-dev] "Disgruntled Security Researcher Publishes Major VirtualBox 0-Day Exploit"

On 11/11/18 1:09 AM, Mihai Hanor wrote: Hi, According to the same researcher, Virtualbox 5.2.22 fixes the vulnerability: https://github.com/MorteNoir1/virtualbox_e1000_0day/issues/12 I'm not sure that he says that 5.2.22 fixes the problem. What he says is that 5.2.20 and earlier are

Re: [vbox-dev] Default Network Adapter

On 11/9/18 3:16 PM, Kalogrianitis Socratis wrote: Forgot to mention, that this might have been fixed with the 5.2.22 version, so instead of patching the Global.cpp, and deviating even more, I would look to patch the real problem... Thanks for the quick help. No, the defaults were not changed

[vbox-dev] Default Network Adapter

Hi, The documentation for VB states that the PCnet-FAST III is the default network adapter; however, when I use the openSUSE RPM installation, the default is the Intel PRO/1000 MT. Given the recent open divulging of the E1000 exploit, I would prefer to get the default changed in out

[vbox-dev] Fixes for API changes in kernel 4.20

Hi, There are a number of changes in kernel 4.20 that affect building the VB modules. These are as follows: 1. In struct ethtool_ops, the get_settings member is renamed get_link_ksettings, and the callback method is changed. To satisfy the new method, routine

[vbox-dev] Fixes for API changes in kernel 4.19

As of 4.19.0-rc1, the following changes. released under an MIT license, are as follows: Index: VirtualBox-5.2.18/src/VBox/Additions/linux/drm/vbox_mode.c === --- VirtualBox-5.2.18.orig/src/VBox/Additions/linux/drm/vbox_mode.c +++

[vbox-dev] Fixes for 32-bit build with kernel 4.18

On 32-bit systems, it seems that some of the timespec definitions have changed with kernel 4.18. On the openSUSE builds, the following patch, released under an MIT license, was needed: Index: VirtualBox-5.2.12/src/VBox/Additions/linux/sharedfolders/utils.c

[vbox-dev] Possible Security Hole

Hi, I have a question about a particular CVE, but I would rather not discuss it on an open list. Could someone please respond to my personal E-mail (larry.fin...@lwfinger.net)? Thanks, Larry ___ vbox-dev mailing list vbox-dev@virtualbox.org

[vbox-dev] Fixes for builds with Qt 5.11

of the headers such that there are missing definitions for items in the QButtonGroup class. The two changes below allow VirtualBox to be built when Qt 5.11 is installed without harming builds with Qt 5.10. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Index: VirtualBox-5.2.12/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src

Re: [vbox-dev] Conversion to Python 3

On 05/28/2018 06:55 AM, Klaus Espenlaub wrote: Hi Larry, On 27.05.2018 23:58, Larry Finger wrote: Plans are to convert all openSUSE Factory packages to use Python 3.6 rather than 2.7. Accordingly, I have been making the appropriate modifications for the VirtualBox package. I now have converted

[vbox-dev] Conversion to Python 3

Plans are to convert all openSUSE Factory packages to use Python 3.6 rather than 2.7. Accordingly, I have been making the appropriate modifications for the VirtualBox package. I now have converted all of the build part of the RPM setup, but I get the following failure in the install part: [

[vbox-dev] Patch to fix kernel API changes in 4.17

passthru, which I think means that I have not actually tested the code. This patch released under a combined MIT/GPLv2 license. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <larry.fin...@lwfinger.net> Index: VirtualBox-5.2.8/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxPci/linux/VBoxPci-l

Re: [vbox-dev] need patch for kernel-4.16-rc1

On 03/09/2018 09:55 PM, Sérgio Basto wrote: On Fri, 2018-03-09 at 20:40 -0600, Larry Finger wrote: On 02/18/2018 07:36 PM, Sérgio Basto wrote: On Mon, 2018-02-19 at 00:22 +, Sérgio Basto wrote: Hello vbox 5.2.6 fails to build kmods for kernel-4.16-rc1 error log in attach After remove

Re: [vbox-dev] need patch for kernel-4.16-rc1

On 02/18/2018 07:36 PM, Sérgio Basto wrote: On Mon, 2018-02-19 at 00:22 +, Sérgio Basto wrote: Hello vbox 5.2.6 fails to build kmods for kernel-4.16-rc1 error log in attach After remove vboxvideo from kmods build ( ernel-4.16-rc1 have vboxvideo , I don't know if still as stage module ...)

Re: [vbox-dev] Support of Windows XP

On 02/13/2018 01:30 PM, Anton Shepelev wrote: Hello, all Although the official user manual[1] does not list Windows XP among supported host operating systems, VirtualBox 5.2.6 works in it without a hitch, for which I am grateful to the developers, and ask them to amend the manual

[vbox-dev] Prebuilt RPM for VB 5.2.6 fails to install for opeSUSE Tumbleweed and Leap 15.0

If one tries to install the openSUSE version on Tumbleweed of Leap 15.0, the following error occurs: finger@Larrylap:~> sudo zypper in ~/Downloads/VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.6_120293_openSUSE132-1.x86_64.rpm Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Resolving package dependencies...

[vbox-dev] Prebuilt RPM for VB 5.2.6 fails to install for opeSUSE Tumbleweed and Leap 15.0

If one tries to install the openSUSE version on Tumbleweed of Leap 15.0, the following error occurs: finger@Larrylap:~> sudo zypper in ~/Downloads/VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.6_120293_openSUSE132-1.x86_64.rpm Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Resolving package dependencies...

[vbox-dev] Full patch for 4.15

of the module_param_call() calls have changed. This patch is released under the MIT license when appropriate, GPLv2 otherwise. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <larry.fin...@lwfinger.net> Index: VirtualBox-5.1.30/src/VBox/Runtime/r0drv/linux/timer-r0drv-l

Re: [vbox-dev] Patch for kernel 4.15-rc1

On 12/01/2017 01:59 PM, Sérgio Basto wrote: On Fri, 2017-12-01 at 11:10 -0600, Larry Finger wrote: On 12/01/2017 07:50 AM, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: Hello, I had that part. It fails build because the parameter of rtTimerLinuxStdCallback() needs to be "struct timer_list *t". The p

Re: [vbox-dev] Patch for kernel 4.15-rc1

On 12/01/2017 07:50 AM, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: Hello, I had that part. It fails build because the parameter of rtTimerLinuxStdCallback() needs to be "struct timer_list *t". The part I have not gotten right is how one uses that "t" to get the correct value of pSubTimer from "t" using the

Re: [vbox-dev] Patch for kernel 4.15-rc1

On 11/30/2017 01:43 PM, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: Hello, I'm attaching a MIT released, really untested patch (result of some git log -p on kernel branch, I don't even know if this builds and is sane) feedback appreciated :) I had that part. It fails build because the parameter of

[vbox-dev] Patch for kernel 4.15-rc1

Does anyone have a patch for the missing init_timer_pinned() in the timer API for kernel 4.15? Thanks, Larry ___ vbox-dev mailing list vbox-dev@virtualbox.org https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev

[vbox-dev] Problem building v5.2.0 and .2

When I use the openSUSE spec file to build our RPMs from Oracle's source files, I get a failure when building vboxvideo_drv_system.so as follows: [ 433s] gcc -shared -fPIC -Wl,-z,noexecstack,-z,relro -Wl,--as-needed -m64 -o

Re: [vbox-dev] vbox modules failure on linux vanilla 4.14

On 11/19/2017 12:34 PM, Sérgio Basto wrote: On Mon, 2017-11-13 at 11:12 -0600, Larry Finger wrote: Apparently, you are not aware of the posting entitled "Updated patch to build with kernel 4.14.x" previously posted to this group. It contains the patch you need. Usually we can che

Re: [vbox-dev] vbox modules failure on linux vanilla 4.14

On 11/13/2017 08:22 AM, Marco Berizzi wrote: Hi Folks, Just downloaded and built vanilla 4.14 on Slackware Linux 14.2 64 bit: I get this error when I try to build the vbox kernel modules (4.13.12 is fine): root@Kaa:/usr/src/vboxhost-5.2.0# KERN_VER=4.14.0 make === Building 'vboxdrv' module

Re: [vbox-dev] Announcement: VirtualBox 5.2 released

On 10/20/2017 11:31 AM, Michael Thayer wrote: Hello Larry, kbuild needs updating to the most recent revision. Thanks for the info. What version is needed? We have 0.1.9998svn2814, and a quick Google search could not find a later one. Larry ___

Re: [vbox-dev] Announcement: VirtualBox 5.2 released

On 10/19/2017 02:21 AM, Michael Thayer wrote: Hello Gianfranco, I must admit that it is the first time I hear of that file, but looking at my local source I have trouble seeing why the compiler can't find the rule - from src/VBox/VMM/Makefile.kmk: ifneq ($(VBOX_LIB_VMM_LAZY),$(LIB_VMM)) #

Re: [vbox-dev] No Audio Hardware in Guest

On 10/03/2017 03:53 AM, Jan-Peter Rühmann wrote: Hello Since the last Update of VB my Windows7 Guest can´t find any Audio Hardware. The Statusbar Shows that Audio is on for in and output I´ve tried the Configuration for ALSA and PULSEAUDIO for all three alternatives (intel HD, ICH97,

[vbox-dev] Updated patch to build with kernel 4.14.x

() with pci_unregister_driver() removal of load_lut from struct drm_crtc_helper_func This patch is licensed under the MIT license. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <larry.fin...@lwfinger.net> Index: VirtualBox-5.1.28/src/VBox/HostDrivers/VBoxPci/linux/VBoxPci-l

Re: [vbox-dev] Missing global with kernel 4.14-rcX

On 09/20/2017 01:54 PM, Larry Finger wrote: On 09/20/2017 12:55 PM, Michael Thayer wrote: Hello Larry, Thank you! I am away from my laptop (except in-between to send e-mail) for a week, so don't worry about the slow response time. That is not a problem. Enjoy your vacation. I think

Re: [vbox-dev] Missing global with kernel 4.14-rcX

On 09/20/2017 12:55 PM, Michael Thayer wrote: Hello Larry, Thank you! I am away from my laptop (except in-between to send e-mail) for a week, so don't worry about the slow response time. That is not a problem. Enjoy your vacation. I think the patch can be improved a lot due to kernel_write()

Re: [vbox-dev] Missing global with kernel 4.14-rcX

On 09/19/2017 10:10 AM, Larry Finger wrote: In kernel 4.14, the functions vfs_read() and vfs_write() are no longer exported. This change causes vboxpci.ko to fail when it is loaded as it appears to need vfs_read(). I searched the VB source code, but I do not see any direct reference

Re: [vbox-dev] Virtualbox 5.1.26 problem with kernel 4.4.76/79 and x86_64

On 08/14/2017 12:47 PM, James Moe wrote: On 08/14/2017 02:45 AM, Klaus Espenlaub wrote: [ error message ] Effective UID is not root (euid=1000 egid=100 uid=1000 gid=100) (rc=-10) Please try reinstalling VirtualBox. where: SUPR3HardenedMain what: 2 VERR_PERMISSION_DENIED (-10) -

Re: [vbox-dev] Virtualbox 5.1.26 problem with kernel 4.4.76/79 and x86_64

On 08/14/2017 04:45 AM, Klaus Espenlaub wrote: That error message means that the VirtualBox executable isn't installed suid root (which the hardening expects and complains about by pointing at the user id information for the running process). Our spec file does not install /usr/bin/VirtualBox

Re: [vbox-dev] Virtualbox 5.1.26 problem with kernel 4.4.76/79 and x86_64

On 08/11/2017 05:13 AM, Ingmar Sittl wrote: Hi, yes, I am running Leap 42.3, and was not aware that the API had been changed. The solution from the ticket of course looks much better than my minimal diff to just get things running again for me, I will give the test-build a try. Thanks,

Re: [vbox-dev] Virtualbox 5.1.26 problem with kernel 4.4.76/79 and x86_64

On 08/09/2017 11:00 AM, Ingmar Sittl wrote: Hello, I ran into a problem with Virtualbox 5.1.26 and Linux kernels 4.4.76 and 4.4.79 on x86_64 when trying to build the kernel module: /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1117:33: error: too many arguments to function ‘get_user_pages’

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