virtualbox-dkms 5.0.18-dfsg-2build1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build [error: passing argument 5 of ‘get_user_pages’ from incompatible pointer type]

Bug #1727802 reported by ^rooker
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Bug Description

On a fresh, plain-vanilla install of xubuntu 16.04.3 (64bit), I cannot install virtualbox from the default packages. The installation is clean and less than 30 minutes old. Default kernel provided by the distribution. Nothing custom built.

The error I get is as follows:

Setting up virtualbox (5.0.18-dfsg-2build1) ...
vboxweb.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it.
Job for virtualbox.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status virtualbox.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
● virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/virtualbox; bad; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Don 2017-10-26 19:38:58 CEST; 6ms ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 4519 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/virtualbox start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Okt 26 19:38:58 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module...
Okt 26 19:38:58 virtualbox[4519]: * Starting VirtualBox kernel modules
Okt 26 19:38:58 virtualbox[4519]: * No suitable module for running kernel found
Okt 26 19:38:58 virtualbox[4519]: ...fail!
Okt 26 19:38:58 systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Okt 26 19:38:58 systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module.
Okt 26 19:38:58 systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Unit entered failed state.
Okt 26 19:38:58 systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

I've searched the error, but everything I found was related to non-default kernel builds or similar...
Any help appreciated.
Thanks :)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: virtualbox-dkms 5.0.18-dfsg-2build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-37.41~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-37-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.10.0-37-generic
Date: Thu Oct 26 19:38:57 2017
DuplicateSignature: dkms:virtualbox-dkms:5.0.18-dfsg-2build1:/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.0.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1053:33: error: passing argument 5 of ‘get_user_pages’ from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-26 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 5.0.18-dfsg-2build1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: virtualbox-dkms 5.0.18-dfsg-2build1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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^rooker (rooker) wrote :
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

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 1642163, 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.

summary: virtualbox-dkms 5.0.18-dfsg-2build1: virtualbox kernel module failed to
- build
+ build [error: passing argument 5 of ‘get_user_pages’ from incompatible
+ pointer type]
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