Unable to install VirtualBox on Debian 10 Buster

[baltzatu]

Hello.

Today I tried to upgrade my VirtualBox to the latest version. I powered off my vms and started the update. Now, all the versions I try to install (testbuilds included) fail on compiling. The host is older. No Secure Boot, no EFI, just plain old BIOS and MBR. OS: Debian 10 Buster almost headless (LXDE installed, but it doesn't start on boot and I almost never use it).

Errors on install: vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why

dmesg: [ 360.630491] vboxdrv: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel. [ 360.630672] vboxdrv: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel [ 360.630887] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf [ 474.533886] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf [ 2230.385340] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf [ 4321.446054] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 0000000058cb242c, val ffffffffc0b734cf [ 4468.860093] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf [ 4912.527732] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf [ 4946.446931] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf [ 5099.180792] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 0000000058cb242c, val ffffffffc0b734cf [ 5657.446078] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab75af [ 6310.679083] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000751064cb, val ffffffffc0ab792f [ 7275.790717] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf

I tried the Fedora 29/30 fix, with no luck.

Please help... I'd hate to reinstall and fall back to Stretch.

If you need more details, please let me know.

Thank you.

[Frank Batschulat (Oracle)]

fwiw, Debian 10 is just a month old, doubt anyone has tested that yet:

​https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190706

it is the next 5 years LTS release of Debian

[baltzatu]

Ty for the info, but:

1. when I upgraded from Stretch to Buster, VirtualBox was installed and it worked properly until today, when I made the upgrade attempt;

2. take a look at the VirtualBox repository (​http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/dists/). Buster is there, so that's pretty much why I tried to upgrade...

[Frank Batschulat (Oracle)]

From what version of Virtualbox on Debian 10 did you upgraded to what version exactly. Such information usually helps tremendously.

[baltzatu]

VB 6.0.10 on Debian Buster

[baltzatu]

I'll get back to you on that. I hope I'll find it in an apticron message.

Anyway, here's another Buster host, also updated from Stretch, that runs VirtualBox 6.0.10-132072~Ubuntu~bionic just fine.

[Frank Batschulat (Oracle)]

I wonder if the just fresh 6.0.12 version has the same problem?

​https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.0.12/virtualbox-6.0_6.0.12-133076~Ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb

[baltzatu]

No joy, same errors:

vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.

dmesg:
[  360.630491] vboxdrv: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[  360.630672] vboxdrv: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[  360.630887] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf
[  474.533886] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf
[ 2230.385340] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf
[ 4321.446054] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 0000000058cb242c, val ffffffffc0b734cf
[ 4468.860093] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf
[ 4912.527732] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf
[ 4946.446931] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf
[ 5099.180792] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 0000000058cb242c, val ffffffffc0b734cf
[ 5657.446078] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab75af
[ 6310.679083] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000751064cb, val ffffffffc0ab792f
[ 7275.790717] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf
[11293.857385] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf
[13283.872538] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 00000000e65fb879, val ffffffffc0ab74cf

[baltzatu]

I tried installing virtualbox-6.0_6.0.10-132072~Ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb. No joy also.

So:

• after upgrading from Stretch to Buster, VirtualBox worked fine;
• if VirtualBox is uninstalled and then reinstalled or upgraded in Buster, it breaks.

[baltzatu]

The latest version installed in Stretch, before upgrading to Buster, was virtualbox-6.0:amd64 6.0.10-132072~Ubuntu~bionic.

[zezo]

Same here. Worked after dist-upgrade failed after installing 6.0.12

Fixed with kernel upgrade from

linux-image-4.19.0-5-amd64

to

linux-image-4.19.0-6-amd64-unsigned

I guess what makes the difference is the -unsigned part, but can't really test it as it's a production system and every reboot counts.

P.S it's a legacy non-efi install, so no secure boot anyway.

[supaplextor]

I was running linux-image-4.19.0-5-amd64 before I found this ticket. I had the same errors in dmesg. Now my modules are loading.

supaplex@claw:~$ dpkg -l virtualbox-6.0
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-6.0 6.0.12-133076~Ubuntu~bionic amd64        Oracle VM VirtualBox
supaplex@claw:~$ dpkg -l linux-image-4.19.0-6-amd64{,-unsigned}
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  linux-image-4.19.0-6-amd64          4.19.67-2+deb10u1 amd64        Linux 4.19 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un  linux-image-4.19.0-6-amd64-unsigned <none>            <none>       (no description available)
supaplex@claw:~$ lsmod | grep vbox
vboxpci                28672  0
vboxnetadp             28672  0
vboxnetflt             32768  1
vboxdrv               487424  4 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt

[Frank Batschulat (Oracle)]

according to a comment in:

​https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/539738/virtualbox-error-kernel-driver-not-installed-rc-1908-on-debian-10

"Installing linux-image-4.19.0-6-amd64 should have the same effect, the problem lies in the linux-image-4.19.0-5-amd64 / linux-headers-4.19.0-5-amd64 combo"

Has this been verified? Doesn't seem like a problem we can solve.

[baltzatu]

Sorry, guys, but I was't able to login until today.

I couldn't wait that much, so I downgraded to Stretch, but I got another server to test on.

With the signed kernel:

/sbin/vboxconfig vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services. vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services. vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules. vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.

There were problems setting up VirtualBox. To re-start the set-up process, run

/sbin/vboxconfig

as root. If your system is using EFI Secure Boot you may need to sign the kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load them. Please see your Linux system's documentation for more information.

dmesg:

[3457494.117302] vboxnetflt: 0 out of 40359804711 packets were not sent (directed to host) [3457664.536437] VBoxPciLinuxLinuxUnload [3457731.967315] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 000000009064bbeb, val ffffffffc0b924cf [3457766.496868] traps: VBoxSVC[9391] trap int3 ip:7fc1af6330b4 sp:7ffc3013b9d0 error:0 in VBoxXPCOMIPCC.so[7fc1af624000+1f000] [3457836.957360] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 000000009064bbeb, val ffffffffc0b924cf [3457935.447100] module: x86/modules: Skipping invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type 1, loc 000000009064bbeb, val ffffffffc0b924cf

uname -r 4.19.0-5-amd64

After installing the unsigned kernel and rebooting:

uname -r 4.19.0-6-amd64

/sbin/vboxconfig still fails, but the error is different: "[ 124.816132] vboxpci: IOMMU not found (not registered)". I ran it again, it ran OK, VirtualBox services are running.

[baltzatu]

Here's the proof