Bug 28149

Summary:	VirtualBox 6.1.16 won't compile on kernel 5.10.6
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	egc <egc>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	kernel-desktop-5.10.6-1.mga7	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	Output of /var/log/vbox-setup.log

Description egc 2021-01-17 14:29:48 CET

Description of problem:
Driver compiling error of downloaded VirtualBox 6.1.16 on kernel 5.10.6

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-desktop-5.10.6-1.mga7
VirtualBox-6.1.16-140961-Linux_amd64.run

How reproducible:
any time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update to kernel 5.10.6
2. Download VirtualBox-6.1.16-140961-Linux_amd64.run from virtualbox.org and run it
3. Error message:
"vboxdrv.sh: failed: Look at /var/log/vbox-setup.log ..."
I'll attach the output of /var/log/vbox-setup.log.

Comment 1 egc 2021-01-17 14:32:15 CET

Created attachment 12224 [details]
Output of /var/log/vbox-setup.log

Output of /var/log/vbox-setup.log during compiling the driver on kernel 5.10.6

Comment 2 Thomas Backlund 2021-01-17 14:32:50 CET

virtualbox upstream does not officially support 5.10 series kernels yet.

Mageia already provide virtualbox 6.1.16 rpms that works

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => INVALID

Comment 3 Thomas Backlund 2021-01-17 14:34:43 CET

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0466.html

Comment 4 egc 2021-01-21 15:48:36 CET

ok, works again with virtualbox 6.1.18.
Thanks!