virtualbox-dkms 5.2.8-dfsg-5: virtualbox kernel module failed to build [Makefile:976: "Cannot use CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel"]

[Edson T. Marques]

crash while upgrading today

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: virtualbox-dkms 5.2.8-dfsg-5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.15.0-14-generic
Date: Tue Apr 3 16:27:06 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-01-12 (81 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180111)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 5.2.8-dfsg-5
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14+, python-minimal, 2.7.14-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu1
 apt 1.6~beta1
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: virtualbox-dkms 5.2.8-dfsg-5: virtualbox kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

install libelf-dev package, this seems to be a linux issue

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

please linux folks, add libelf-dev dependency or revert the config fstack protector change, as Debian did, to fix dkms packages

[Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot)]

This change was made by a bot.

[dino99 (9d9)]

Same Bug #1760876

[Seth Forshee (sforshee)]

"Cannot use CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel" is only a warning, it is not causing the build to fail. We do want CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y.

The real problem is the missing retpoline-extract-one script, which is tracked on bug 1760876.