Public bug reported: After upgrading my 20.10 installation to 21.04 I found that virtualbox- dkms fails to build the kernel modules for my 5.11.11 kernel I'm currently running.
DKMS make.log for virtualbox-6.1.18 for kernel 5.11.11 (x86_64) Wed Apr 7 10:22:52 AM CEST 2021 make: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernel/linux-5.11' CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrv.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvGip.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvSem.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/SUPLibAll.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/initterm-r0drv.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/alloc-r0drv.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/memobj-r0drv.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/mpnotification-r0drv.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/powernotification-r0drv.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/assert-r0drv-linux.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/alloc-r0drv-linux.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/initterm-r0drv-linux.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/linux/memobj-r0drv-linux.o /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o: warning: objtool: .text+0x7: indirect jump found in RETPOLINE build /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o: warning: objtool: supdrvTracerProbeFireStub() is missing an ELF size annotation /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o: warning: objtool: missing symbol for insn at offset 0x0 make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:279: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o] Error 255 make[2]: *** Deleting file '/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o' make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:496: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/vboxdrv] Error 2 make: *** [Makefile:1809: /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build] Error 2 make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernel/linux-5.11' ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04 Package: virtualbox-dkms 6.1.18-dfsg-3ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 5.11.11 x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu61 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Wed Apr 7 11:00:17 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-04 (1372 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) SourcePackage: virtualbox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to hirsute on 2021-04-06 (0 days ago) VirtualBox.ModInfo: ** Affects: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug hirsute -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1922893 Title: virtualbox modules fail to build on hirsute for kernel 5.11 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1922893/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs