virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1: virtualbox-guest kernel module failed to build

[Mark]

error message on startup

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-96.143-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-96-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: i386
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.4.0-43-generic
Date: Sat Oct 15 22:46:26 2016
DuplicateSignature: dkms:virtualbox-guest-dkms:4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1:gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-fstack-protector-strong’
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-15 (1219 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1: virtualbox-guest kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-10-16 (0 days ago)

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

ii virtualbox-4.1 4.1.4-74291~Ubuntu~oneiric i386 Oracle VM VirtualBox
ii virtualbox-extension-pack 4.1.4-hacktolive1 all VirtualBox Extension Pack

please remove them and tell me if it works or not.

in case just try a
dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-dkms to see if the build succeeds or not.
A solution might be here
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-defaults/+bug/1574982
post #39

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Sounds almost like bug 1521734