vboxdrv fails to load in 2.6.37-9-server; VirtualBox doesn't work

[Delan Azabani]

In /var/log/messages during startup:

Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.046804] PGD 1a05067 PUD 1a09063 PMD 115c9f067 PTE 118054161
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.047339] CPU 0
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.047396] Modules linked in: vboxdrv(+) nfsd exportfs nfs lockd fscache nfs_acl auth_rpcgss nvidia(P) snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm ppdev sunrpc snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq joydev parport_pc snd_timer snd_seq_device snd psmouse serio_raw soundcore snd_page_alloc shpchp pcspkr it87 coretemp adt7475 hwmon_vid lp parport raid10 raid456 async_pq async_xor xor async_memcpy async_raid6_recov raid6_pq async_tx raid1 raid0 multipath hid_logitech ahci linear ff_memless libahci firewire_ohci usbhid btrfs pata_jmicron zlib_deflate firewire_core r8169 hid crc_itu_t libcrc32c
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.049322]
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.049366] Pid: 1073, comm: modprobe Tainted: P W 2.6.37-9-server #22-Ubuntu EP45T-UD3P/EP45T-UD3P
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa0e43af7>] [<ffffffffa0e43af7>] RTHeapSimpleInit+0x67/0x100 [vboxdrv]
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] RSP: 0018:ffff880126241ec8 EFLAGS: 00010206
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] RAX: ffffffffa0fc3c7f RBX: ffffffffa0e43c80 RCX: 0000000000000000
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] RDX: 0000000000180000 RSI: ffffffffa0e43c80 RDI: ffffffffa0fcf5e0
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] RBP: ffff880126241ec8 R08: ffff800000000000 R09: ffff880123a66d00
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000180000
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] R13: ffffffffa0ce9000 R14: 0000000001dd40e0 R15: 0000000000405056
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] FS: 00007ff3453ce700(0000) GS:ffff8800cfc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] CR2: ffffffffa0e43c80 CR3: 0000000124314000 CR4: 00000000000406f0
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] Process modprobe (pid: 1073, threadinfo ffff880126240000, task ffff880123d716c0)
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] ffff880126241ef8 ffffffffa0e34a77 ffff880126241ef8 ffffffffa0e32a55
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff880126241f18 ffffffffa0ce9065
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] 0000000000000000 ffffffffa0fcf260 ffff880126241f48 ffffffff81002195
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] [<ffffffffa0e34a77>] RTR0MemExecDonate+0x47/0x70 [vboxdrv]
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] [<ffffffffa0e32a55>] ? RTR0Init+0x45/0x70 [vboxdrv]
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] [<ffffffffa0ce9065>] VBoxDrvLinuxInit+0x65/0x1000 [vboxdrv]
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] [<ffffffff81002195>] do_one_initcall+0x45/0x190
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] [<ffffffff810a4e6b>] sys_init_module+0xcb/0x220
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] [<ffffffff8100c082>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] RSP <ffff880126241ec8>
Dec 15 19:54:33 localhost kernel: [ 8.050007] ---[ end trace 55c78ea4dec9a8c0 ]---

In /var/log/messages when starting a virtual machine:

Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837478] PGD 1a04063 PUD cfeaa067 PMD 123ec2063 PTE 80000001231eb161
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837486] CPU 0
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837487] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc vboxdrv(+) nfsd exportfs nfs lockd fscache nfs_acl auth_rpcgss nvidia(P) snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm ppdev sunrpc snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq joydev parport_pc snd_timer snd_seq_device snd psmouse serio_raw soundcore snd_page_alloc shpchp pcspkr it87 coretemp adt7475 hwmon_vid lp parport raid10 raid456 async_pq async_xor xor async_memcpy async_raid6_recov raid6_pq async_tx raid1 raid0 multipath hid_logitech ahci linear ff_memless libahci firewire_ohci usbhid btrfs pata_jmicron zlib_deflate firewire_core r8169 hid crc_itu_t libcrc32c
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837516]
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837518] Pid: 2031, comm: VirtualBox Tainted: P D W 2.6.37-9-server #22-Ubuntu EP45T-UD3P/EP45T-UD3P
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837520] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa0e2e3ba>] [<ffffffffa0e2e3ba>] supdrvCreateSession+0x8a/0x120 [vboxdrv]
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837528] RSP: 0018:ffff8800af1c1b48 EFLAGS: 00010202
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837529] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8801231ead00 RCX: ffff880123ed0350
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837531] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000282
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837532] RBP: ffff8800af1c1b88 R08: ffff8800cfc16790 R09: ffff8801231ead00
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837534] R10: ffff88012f80b3a0 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 0000000000000000
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837535] R13: ffffffffa0fcf500 R14: ffff8800af1c1ba0 R15: 0000000000000001
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837537] FS: 00007f331089b720(0000) GS:ffff8800cfc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837538] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837540] CR2: ffff8801231eb358 CR3: 00000000c1e4c000 CR4: 00000000000406f0
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837541] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837543] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837544] Process VirtualBox (pid: 2031, threadinfo ffff8800af1c0000, task ffff8800c1c696c0)
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837547] ffff8800af1c1fd8 0000000000000000 ffff8800af1c1b98 ffff8800c1c696c0
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837550] 00000000ffffffff ffff880122b25cc0 ffffffffa0fcd320 0000000000000000
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837552] ffff8800af1c1bc8 ffffffffa0e2b0c5 0000000000a00038 ffff8801231ead00
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837563] [<ffffffffa0e2b0c5>] VBoxDrvLinuxCreate+0x65/0xd0 [vboxdrv]
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837567] [<ffffffff81394442>] misc_open+0x142/0x2a0
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837571] [<ffffffff8116956a>] chrdev_open+0xda/0x1f0
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837573] [<ffffffff81169490>] ? chrdev_open+0x0/0x1f0
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837575] [<ffffffff81163231>] __dentry_open+0xd1/0x300
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837578] [<ffffffff8116f653>] ? generic_permission+0x23/0xc0
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837580] [<ffffffff81164711>] nameidata_to_filp+0x61/0x70
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837583] [<ffffffff81172e08>] finish_open+0xe8/0x1d0
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837585] [<ffffffff81171828>] ? link_path_walk+0x88/0xb50
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837587] [<ffffffff81172f77>] do_last+0x87/0x5d0
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837589] [<ffffffff81173621>] do_filp_open+0x161/0x670
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837591] [<ffffffff81139ad8>] ? anon_vma_chain_free+0x18/0x20
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837594] [<ffffffff8113b995>] ? unlink_anon_vmas+0x95/0x120
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837596] [<ffffffff8117f9e7>] ? alloc_fd+0xf7/0x150
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837598] [<ffffffff8116478a>] do_sys_open+0x6a/0x170
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837600] [<ffffffff811648b0>] sys_open+0x20/0x30
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837603] [<ffffffff8100c082>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837633] RSP <ffff8800af1c1b48>
Dec 15 20:05:38 localhost kernel: [ 672.837636] ---[ end trace 55c78ea4dec9a8c1 ]---

[Łukasz Kuryło (lukasz-kurylo)]

same with 2.6.37-9-generic and 2.6.37-10-generic

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Original Reporter -> https://launchpad.net/~nobody-1033-deactivatedaccount