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VirtualBox problem after kernel update 5.8.0-7625-generic #268

@JonWallevik

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@JonWallevik

Distribution (run cat /etc/os-release):
NAME="Pop!_OS"
VERSION="20.04 LTS"
ID=pop
ID_LIKE="ubuntu debian"
PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS"
VERSION_ID="20.04"
HOME_URL="https://pop.system76.com"
SUPPORT_URL="https://support.system76.com"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy"
VERSION_CODENAME=focal
UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal
LOGO=distributor-logo-pop-os

Related Application and/or Package Version (run apt policy $PACKAGE NAME):
VirtualBox Graphical User Interface Version 6.1.10_Ubuntu r138449

Issue/Bug Description:
During kernel upgrade "by standard sudo apt update & upgrade", I get ...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
make -j6 KERNELRELEASE=5.8.0-7625-generic -C /lib/modules/5.8.0-7625-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build...(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-5.8.0-7625-generic is not supported
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.8.0-7625-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/make.log for more information.
...done.

and VirtualBox wont work

The /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/make.log gives...
DKMS make.log for virtualbox-6.1.10 for kernel 5.8.0-7625-generic (x86_64)
Tue 27 Oct 2020 08:50:38 AM GMT
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.8.0-7625-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
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);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.10/build/vboxdrv/r0drv/mpnotification-r0drv.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[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-5.8.0-7625-generic'

Steps to reproduce (if you know):

Expected behavior:
starting virtualbox
WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
Please install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate
headers, most likely linux-headers-generic.

     You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

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