This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox -
6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.20.04.1
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virtualbox (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.20.04.1) focal; urgency=medium
* SRU the latest package for Ubuntu focal (LP: #1988473)
* Revert drop of *guest-dkms packages for focal only.
Such packages are still needed because kernel < 5.5. doesn't provide
vboxsf
* Revert switch to dh-sequence-dkms, not enough new dkms is available in
focal
-- Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofb...@debian.org> Wed, 07 Sep 2022
13:18:57 +0200
** Changed in: virtualbox (Ubuntu Focal)
Status: Invalid => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1933248
Title:
please drop virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-source
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in virtualbox package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in virtualbox-hwe package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Focal:
Fix Released
Status in virtualbox source package in Focal:
Fix Released
Status in virtualbox-hwe source package in Focal:
Invalid
Bug description:
[Impact]
* virtualbox guest modules have graduated into the upstream vanilla
kernel, since at least v5.4 / Ubuntu 20.04
* These guest modules are no longer needed in dkms or source form, as
they are always available from all kernel flavours, including when the
packages are backported to Ubuntu 20.04.
* Thus we should stop shipping them, and instead rely on the upstream
ones.
[Test Plan]
* Boot virtualbox images
* Check that guest-modules based integration still works.
[Where problems could occur]
* There might be differences between the linux kernel provided
modules, guest userspace & host userspace tooling. If there are any
differences, we would have to resolve the issues as needed to maintain
backwards & forwards compatibility.
[Other Info]
* virtualbox guest modules fail to build from source with recent kernels.
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