virtualbox-dkms 6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build when running dist-upgrade

[Hernán Lucas Pereira]

This happened during an "apt dist-upgrade".

Just in case error log is not part of the bug report here it goes:

$ cat /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/make.log
DKMS make.log for virtualbox-6.1.10 for kernel 5.8.0-34-generic (x86_64)
mié 06 ene 2021 12:31:28 -03
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.8.0-34-generic'
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrv.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvGip.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvSem.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/SUPLibAll.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/alloc-r0drv.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/initterm-r0drv.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/memobj-r0drv.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/mpnotification-r0drv.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/powernotification-r0drv.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/assert-r0drv-linux.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/initterm-r0drv-linux.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memuserkernel-r0drv-linux.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/mp-r0drv-linux.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/mpnotification-r0drv-linux.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/process-r0drv-linux.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/rtStrFormatKernelAddress-r0drv-linux.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/semevent-r0drv-linux.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/semeventmulti-r0drv-linux.o
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.c: In function ‘rtR0MemAllocExecVmArea’:
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.c:171:15: error: implicit declaration of function ‘__get_vm_area’; did you mean ‘get_vm_area’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
  171 | pVmArea = __get_vm_area(cbAlloc, VM_ALLOC, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END);
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
      | get_vm_area
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.c:171:13: warning: assignment to ‘struct vm_struct *’ from ‘int’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
  171 | pVmArea = __get_vm_area(cbAlloc, VM_ALLOC, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END);
      | ^
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.c:204:14: error: implicit declaration of function ‘map_vm_area’; did you mean ‘get_vm_area’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
  204 | if (!map_vm_area(pVmArea, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC,
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~
      | get_vm_area
In file included from ./include/asm-generic/percpu.h:7,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:556,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
                 from ./include/linux/preempt.h:78,
                 from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:51,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/../SUPDrvInternal.h:79,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:32:
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c: In function ‘supdrvOSChangeCR4’:
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:760:38: error: ‘cpu_tlbstate’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘cpuhp_state’?
  760 | RTCCUINTREG uOld = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.cr4);
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/percpu-defs.h:318:9: note: in definition of macro ‘__pcpu_size_call_return’
  318 | typeof(variable) pscr_ret__; \
      | ^~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:760:24: note: in expansion of macro ‘this_cpu_read’
  760 | RTCCUINTREG uOld = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.cr4);
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:760:38: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
  760 | RTCCUINTREG uOld = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.cr4);
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/percpu-defs.h:318:9: note: in definition of macro ‘__pcpu_size_call_return’
  318 | typeof(variable) pscr_ret__; \
      | ^~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:760:24: note: in expansion of macro ‘this_cpu_read’
  760 | RTCCUINTREG uOld = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.cr4);
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c: In function ‘rtR0MemObjNativeFree’:
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:596:43: error: ‘struct mm_struct’ has no member named ‘mmap_sem’; did you mean ‘mmap_base’?
  596 | down_read(&pTask->mm->mmap_sem);
      | ^~~~~~~~
      | mmap_base
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:611:41: error: ‘struct mm_struct’ has no member named ‘mmap_sem’; did you mean ‘mmap_base’?
  611 | up_read(&pTask->mm->mmap_sem);
      | ^~~~~~~~
      | mmap_base
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c: In function ‘rtR0MemObjNativeLockUser’:
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1079:31: error: ‘struct mm_struct’ has no member named ‘mmap_sem’; did you mean ‘mmap_base’?
 1079 | down_read(&pTask->mm->mmap_sem);
      | ^~~~~~~~
      | mmap_base
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1165:33: error: ‘struct mm_struct’ has no member named ‘mmap_sem’; did you mean ‘mmap_base’?
 1165 | up_read(&pTask->mm->mmap_sem);
      | ^~~~~~~~
      | mmap_base
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1192:29: error: ‘struct mm_struct’ has no member named ‘mmap_sem’; did you mean ‘mmap_base’?
 1192 | up_read(&pTask->mm->mmap_sem);
      | ^~~~~~~~
      | mmap_base
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c: In function ‘rtR0MemObjNativeMapUser’:
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1607:36: error: ‘struct mm_struct’ has no member named ‘mmap_sem’; did you mean ‘mmap_base’?
 1607 | down_write(&pTask->mm->mmap_sem);
      | ^~~~~~~~
      | mmap_base
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.c:1724:34: error: ‘struct mm_struct’ has no member named ‘mmap_sem’; did you mean ‘mmap_base’?
 1724 | up_write(&pTask->mm->mmap_sem);
      | ^~~~~~~~
      | mmap_base
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/semfastmutex-r0drv-linux.o
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:290: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:290: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.o] Error 1
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:288: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:519: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:1780: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.8.0-34-generic'

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: virtualbox-dkms 6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-58.64-generic 5.4.73
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-58-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
DKMSKernelVersion: 5.8.0-34-generic
Date: Wed Jan 6 12:31:16 2021
DuplicateSignature: dkms:virtualbox-dkms:6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1:/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.c:171:15: error: implicit declaration of function ‘__get_vm_area’; did you mean ‘get_vm_area’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-26 (11 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
PackageVersion: 6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
 apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.2
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: virtualbox-dkms 6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[gwel (gwel-80)]

probably a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1884652
update virtualbox package to 6.12+ in repository should probably fix the problem

[Hernán Lucas Pereira (hpereira83)]

Thank you gwel! With your message I realized I did not have VirtualBox installed from the expected source because I installed "virtualbox" instead of "virtualbox-6.1":

$ apt-cache policy virtualbox
virtualbox:
  Installed: 6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1
  Candidate: 6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1 500
        500 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     6.1.6-dfsg-1 500
        500 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/multiverse amd64 Packages
$ apt-cache policy virtualbox-6.1
virtualbox-6.1:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 6.1.16-140961~Ubuntu~eoan
  Version table:
     6.1.16-140961~Ubuntu~eoan 500
        500 https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian focal/contrib amd64 Packages

So Ubuntu's own repo needs update probably as you mention.

[Victor Bayas (geminis3)]

Package virtualbox-dkms needs to be updated on Focal repos, the version on Groovy plays fine with 5.8 kernel which is currently being delivered as par of HWE.

[gwel (gwel-80)]

The package in groovy works because it's 6.1.14 version which is greater than 6.1.12, i guess.
As kernel is now 5.8 on Focal, i think many users will have the same bug.