In 18.04 vboxdrv still taints the kernel:
May 26 12:23:53 cerberus virtualbox[3244]: * Loading VirtualBox kernel modules... May 26 12:23:53 cerberus kernel: vboxdrv: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel. May 26 12:23:53 cerberus kernel: vboxdrv: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel May 26 12:23:53 cerberus kernel: vboxdrv: Found 72 processor cores
jlquinn@cerberus:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic jlquinn@cerberus:~$ dpkg -l virtualbox Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==========================================-==========================-==========================-========================================================================================= ii virtualbox 5.2.34-dfsg-0~ubuntu18.04. amd64 x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
In 18.04 vboxdrv still taints the kernel:
May 26 12:23:53 cerberus virtualbox[3244]: * Loading VirtualBox kernel modules...
May 26 12:23:53 cerberus kernel: vboxdrv: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
May 26 12:23:53 cerberus kernel: vboxdrv: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
May 26 12:23:53 cerberus kernel: vboxdrv: Found 72 processor cores
jlquinn@cerberus:~$ lsb_release -a Unknown/ Install/ Remove/ Purge/Hold Not/Inst/ Conf-files/ Unpacked/ halF-conf/ Half-inst/ trig-aWait/ Trig-pend /Reinst- required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ====-== ======= ======= ======= ===-=== ======= ======= ======= ==-==== ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= = dfsg-0~ ubuntu18. 04. amd64 x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
jlquinn@cerberus:~$ dpkg -l virtualbox
Desired=
| Status=
|/ Err?=(none)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===
ii virtualbox 5.2.34-