Kind Greetings! Thank you very much indeed for the continued support for my case. I currently have a perfectly working machine running on kernel 6.17.0-14-generic paired with a fresh apt install of virtualbox-7.2 What I can draw from this experience is that I should take with much more caution and care doing sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade and obviously to make sure that it completes with no errors which was my mistake because I just decided to overlook the kernel errors my full-upgrade raised back then.
Once again, thank you very much and I wish you a productive and fulfilling week ahead, Daniel Zuluaga On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 at 03:05, Beurt <[email protected]> wrote: > Now, linux-6.17 kernel is the current kernel, hence VirtualBox can't be > installed, and the kernel can't be updated to 6.17 if VirtualBox is > already installed (then, dkms fails, and the next reboot on this new > kenrel fails). > > It is a very concerning situation. > > Temporary solution: staying on 6.14 kernel (previous). > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (2140992). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2136499 > > Title: > virtualbox-dkms FTBFS in Noble with the linux-6.17 kernel > > Status in virtualbox package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in virtualbox source package in Noble: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > [ Impact ] > > DKMS make.log for virtualbox-7.0.16 for kernel 6.17.0-7-generic (x86_64) > Tue Dec 16 20:56:46 UTC 2025 > make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic' > make[1]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/7.0.16/build' > warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel > The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-13 (Ubuntu > 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04) 13.3.0 > You are using: gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04) 13.3.0 > CC [M] vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o > CC [M] vboxdrv/SUPDrv.o > CC [M] vboxdrv/SUPDrvGip.o > CC [M] vboxdrv/SUPDrvSem.o > In file included from vboxdrv/SUPDrv.c:43: > vboxdrv/SUPDrvInternal.h:47:10: fatal error: VBox/cdefs.h: No such file > or directory > 47 | #include <VBox/cdefs.h> > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > compilation terminated. > In file included from vboxdrv/SUPDrvSem.c:43: > vboxdrv/SUPDrvInternal.h:47:10: fatal error: VBox/cdefs.h: No such file > or directory > 47 | #include <VBox/cdefs.h> > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > compilation terminated. > make[4]: *** > [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic/scripts/Makefile.build:287: > vboxdrv/SUPDrv.o] Error 1 > make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... > make[4]: *** > [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic/scripts/Makefile.build:287: > vboxdrv/SUPDrvSem.o] Error 1 > In file included from vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:42: > vboxdrv/linux/../SUPDrvInternal.h:47:10: fatal error: VBox/cdefs.h: No > such file or directory > 47 | #include <VBox/cdefs.h> > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > compilation terminated. > In file included from vboxdrv/SUPDrvGip.c:43: > vboxdrv/SUPDrvInternal.h:47:10: fatal error: VBox/cdefs.h: No such file > or directory > 47 | #include <VBox/cdefs.h> > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > compilation terminated. > make[4]: *** > [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic/scripts/Makefile.build:287: > vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1 > make[4]: *** > [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic/scripts/Makefile.build:287: > vboxdrv/SUPDrvGip.o] Error 1 > make[3]: *** > [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic/scripts/Makefile.build:556: > vboxdrv] Error 2 > make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic/Makefile:2016: .] > Error 2 > make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic/Makefile:248: > __sub-make] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/7.0.16/build' > make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2 > make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-7-generic' > > [ Test case ] > > Install the latest linux-6.17 kernel on Noble: > > $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-kernel-team/ppa3 > $ sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-24.04-edge > > Install virtualbox-dkms: > > $ sudo apt install virtualbox-dkms > > Load the modules: > > $ sudo modprobe > > The same procedure should be repeated on linux-6.8 to test for > possible regressions. > > > [ Fix ] > > > [ Regression potential ] > > We may experience regressions in systems that are using the virtualbox > drivers, especially with kernels >= 6.8 kernel. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/2136499/+subscriptions > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2136499 Title: virtualbox-dkms FTBFS in Noble with the linux-6.17 kernel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/2136499/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
