VirtualBox

Opened 3 years ago

#20867 new defect

Kernel modules not re-built on updating guest additions on Linux

Reported by: MAnantharaman Owned by:
Component: guest additions Version: VirtualBox 6.1.32
Keywords: kernel-module Cc:
Guest type: Linux Host type: Windows

Description

Calling ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run to install a new version of guest additions (here: 6.1.32) installs everything but does not re-build kernel-modules like vboxguest, vboxsf - and neither does rcvboxadd setup. The reason is that in the latter, specifically in the function setup_modules, a check is made whether vboxguest.*o* exists for the current kernel and gives up if it does - without checking the module-version. I worked around this by deleting vboxguest.ko ...

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