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virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.2: virtualbox kernel module failed to build

Bug #1169384 reported by Henry Mariño on 2013-04-16

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1016165: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.1.16-dfsg-2: virtualbox-guest kernel module failed to build [error: implicit declaration of function ‘do_mmap’]. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	virtualbox (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Ubuntu 12.04

The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by executing

'/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'

as root. If it is available in your distribution, you should install the DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-27.46~precise1-generic 3.5.7.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-27-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.5.0-27-generic
Date: Mon Apr 15 21:21:03 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.2
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: virtualbox-dkms 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.2: virtualbox kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
VirtualBox.ModInfo:

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Henry Mariño (henrymarinho90-5) wrote on 2013-04-16:

DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (3.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LsMod.txt Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VirtualBox.DpkgList.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote on 2013-04-30: Bug is not a security issue

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

information type:

Private Security → Public

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2013-05-07

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2013-06-05:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1016165, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.