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vboxdrv: Fatal error in Kernel 4.8
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October 27, 2016
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With Oracle’s Virtual Box 5.1 the DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Management System) is no longer used to download source code and compile it for every Kernel Upgrade.
Go to Install latest VirtualBox 5.1 Ubuntu 16.04 for instructions on:
- removing old version
- adding VirtualBox to sources.list (informs Ubuntu where to find it)
- adding VirtualBox signature key to library
- installing current version of VirtualBox
Also instead of Kernel version 4.8.1 which has the “Dirty COW” security holes (What is dirty COW bug?), you should use the most recent kernel version 4.8.4 (as of October 27, 2016) which has the bug fix.