virtualbox-dkms fails to install

[David Zhang]

virtualbox-dkms install error: cpu_tlbstate undeclared

virtualbox stopped working about a week ago after a system update.
It advised me to reinstall virtualbox-dkms.

This happens if I try to install virtualbox-dkms:

$ sudo apt install virtualbox-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
virtualbox-dkms is already the newest version (6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1) ...
Removing old virtualbox-6.1.10 DKMS files...

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Deleting module version: 6.1.10
completely from the DKMS tree.
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Done.
Loading new virtualbox-6.1.10 DKMS files...
Building for 5.8.0-36-generic
Building initial module for 5.8.0-36-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.8.0-36-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/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
Errors were encountered while processing:
 virtualbox-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Here the content of above mentioned make.log:
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$ cat /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/make.log
DKMS make.log for virtualbox-6.1.10 for kernel 5.8.0-36-generic (x86_64)
Do 14. Jan 08:30:47 CET 2021
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.8.0-36-generic'
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrv.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvGip.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvSem.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/SUPLibAll.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/alloc-r0drv.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/initterm-r0drv.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/memobj-r0drv.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/mpnotification-r0drv.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/powernotification-r0drv.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/assert-r0drv-linux.o
In file included from ./include/asm-generic/percpu.h:7,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:556,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
                 from ./include/linux/preempt.h:78,
                 from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:51,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/../SUPDrvInternal.h:79,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:32:
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c: In function ‘supdrvOSChangeCR4’:
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:760:38: error: ‘cpu_tlbstate’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘cpuhp_state’?
  760 | RTCCUINTREG uOld = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.cr4);
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/percpu-defs.h:318:9: note: in definition of macro ‘__pcpu_size_call_return’
  318 | typeof(variable) pscr_ret__; \
      | ^~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:760:24: note: in expansion of macro ‘this_cpu_read’
  760 | RTCCUINTREG uOld = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.cr4);
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:760:38: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
  760 | RTCCUINTREG uOld = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.cr4);
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/percpu-defs.h:318:9: note: in definition of macro ‘__pcpu_size_call_return’
  318 | typeof(variable) pscr_ret__; \
      | ^~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:760:24: note: in expansion of macro ‘this_cpu_read’
  760 | RTCCUINTREG uOld = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.cr4);
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:290: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:519: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:1780: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.8.0-36-generic'

Version Infos
=============

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release: 20.04

$ apt-cache policy virtualbox-dkms
virtualbox-dkms:
  Installed: 6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1
  Candidate: 6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1 500
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     6.1.6-dfsg-1 500
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/multiverse amd64 Packages

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: virtualbox-dkms 6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-36.40~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jan 14 08:39:20 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-29 (15 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
SourcePackage: virtualbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)