On Thursday 08 September 2011 14:58:46 Neal Becker wrote: > Just updated fedora 15 kernel to > kernel-2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64 > VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.0_73009_fedora15-1.x86_64 > > Now machine fails to start: > > Failed to open a session for the virtual machine xp. > Failed to load VMMR0.r0 (VERR_SUPLIB_OWNER_NOT_ROOT).
One of the path components of /usr/lib/virtualbox is not properly owned by root. If one of these directories can be written by someone else then he is able to replace VirtualBox libraries. This is a security problem and VirtualBox has a sanity check for this. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Senior Manager Software Development Desktop Virtualization, VirtualBox ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Werkstr. 24 | 71384 Weinstadt, Germany Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz, Marcel van de Molen, Alexander van der Ven
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