Arch Linux

Xwang

Member

From: EU

Registered: 2012-05-14

Posts: 414

Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

Today I've updated my pc and I've got this kernel panic at when virtualbox machine is automatically  started at boot. Reverting virtualbox from 7.2.10 to 7.2.8 solves the issue.

https://panic.archlinux.org/panic_repor … 3852379505

This is the panic on another pc https://panic.archlinux.org/panic_repor … 3864352881

Last edited by Xwang (2026-06-17 06:36:03)

dimich

Member

From: Kharkiv, Ukraine

Registered: 2009-11-03

Posts: 650

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

[    8.183285]  ? rtmpLinuxAllWrapper+0x52/0x70 [vboxdrv dea7de75ea5ed2c85657bf447ed9da7772030467]

Maybe related to vboxdrv module. Do you use virtualbox-host-modules-arch or virtualbox-host-dkms?

Xwang

Member

From: EU

Registered: 2012-05-14

Posts: 414

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

[    8.183285]  ? rtmpLinuxAllWrapper+0x52/0x70 [vboxdrv dea7de75ea5ed2c85657bf447ed9da7772030467]

Maybe related to vboxdrv module. Do you use virtualbox-host-modules-arch or virtualbox-host-dkms?

I use the virtualbox-host-dkms , I'm pretty sure it is related to this and I think I have to revert virtualbox because indeed the 7.0.11 and lts only work if the virtualbox is not installed

Xwang

Member

From: EU

Registered: 2012-05-14

Posts: 414

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

It is not the kernel, it is virtualbox!!!! Reverting to 7.2.8 solves the kernel panic. I've updated title and first message.

Last edited by Xwang (2026-06-16 22:27:06)

karabaja4

Member

From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-09-14

Posts: 1,048

Website

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

You're not alone... see https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=558412

loqs

Member

Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,961

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

Can you work around the issue with 7.2.10 by in VM Settings -> System -> Processor tab and uncheck "Enable Nested VT-x/AMD-V" or by blacklisting kvm_intel?
Edit:
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … k_items/15
https://github.com/VirtualBox/virtualbox/issues/711

Last edited by loqs (2026-06-16 23:42:16)

Xwang

Member

From: EU

Registered: 2012-05-14

Posts: 414

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

Can you work around the issue with 7.2.10 by in VM Settings -> System -> Processor tab and uncheck "Enable Nested VT-x/AMD-V" or by blacklisting kvm_intel?
Edit:
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … k_items/15
https://github.com/VirtualBox/virtualbox/issues/711

Unchecking "Enable Nested VT-x/AMD-V" does not solve the issue. Is blacklisting kvm_intel meant to to do the same or should I try that too?

cryptearth

Member

Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 2,201

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

sorry for this semi-hijack: with linux come with kvm out of the box is there any reason to use anything else but kvm like vbox or vmware?
do they offer something kvm can't do?

infoslaw

Member

From: Poland, Warsaw

Registered: 2013-05-06

Posts: 164

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

same here last night got major disaster of kernel panic bootloader all because play with vm settings and power off machine

MB4E

Member

Registered: 2023-02-18

Posts: 2

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

Same issue here with virtualbox 7.2.10-1 and virtualbox-host-modules-arch on kernel 7.0.12-arch1-1 (Intel CPU).

Launching any VM causes an instant host hard freeze due to a conflict with KVM, even when no KVM guests are active.

Temporary workaround to unload KVM before starting VirtualBox:

sudo rmmod kvm_intel kvm

infoslaw

Member

From: Poland, Warsaw

Registered: 2013-05-06

Posts: 164

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

so I think that best solution at this moment is to wait for fix with new version of Virtualbox?

loqs

Member

Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,961

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

so I think that best solution at this moment is to wait for fix with new version of Virtualbox?

7.2.10-2 contains https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … 0f97f6305a.

Last edited by loqs (2026-06-17 14:31:12)

Roken

Member

From: South Wales, UK

Registered: 2012-01-16

Posts: 1,360

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

Actually, after having kvm_amd and kvm disabled at boot for as long as I can remember (cmdline option

kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0

I've now had to flip it to

kvm.enable_virt_at_load=1

to get virtualbox working.

---

Ryzen 5900X 12 core/24 thread - RTX 3090 FE 24 Gb, Asus B550-F Gaming MB, 128Gb Corsair DDR4, Fractal Design Define 7 XL, 5 HD (2 NvME PCI, 4SSD) + 1 x optical.
Linux user #545703

/ is the root of all problems.

loqs

Member

Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,961

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

Actually, after having kvm_amd and kvm disabled at boot for as long as I can remember (cmdline option

kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0

I've now had to flip it to

kvm.enable_virt_at_load=1

to get virtualbox working.

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … c9702c98f1

infoslaw

Member

From: Poland, Warsaw

Registered: 2013-05-06

Posts: 164

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

virtualbox 7.2.10-3 fixed issue

Last edited by infoslaw (2026-06-17 22:19:47)

Roken

Member

From: South Wales, UK

Registered: 2012-01-16

Posts: 1,360

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

Actually, after having kvm_amd and kvm disabled at boot for as long as I can remember (cmdline option

kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0

I've now had to flip it to

kvm.enable_virt_at_load=1

to get virtualbox working.

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … c9702c98f1

I'd missed that. Removing it completely from the kernel options works just fine.

Thank you.

---

Ryzen 5900X 12 core/24 thread - RTX 3090 FE 24 Gb, Asus B550-F Gaming MB, 128Gb Corsair DDR4, Fractal Design Define 7 XL, 5 HD (2 NvME PCI, 4SSD) + 1 x optical.
Linux user #545703

/ is the root of all problems.

cyberpunkrocker

Member

From: Birckala, Finland

Registered: 2019-09-16

Posts: 39

Website

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

Nice. Virtualbox-7.2.10-2 worked just fine, but virtualbox-7.2.10-3 now prevents any VM from starting, whining about kvm modules. What the h*** the -3 version was supposed to fix?

loqs

Member

Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,961

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

Nice. Virtualbox-7.2.10-2 worked just fine, but virtualbox-7.2.10-3 now prevents any VM from starting, whining about kvm modules. What the h*** the -3 version was supposed to fix?

Please post the command you are using and all the output it generates also the output of `lsmod`

gorneman

Member

Registered: 2026-06-19

Posts: 2

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

Solved after a second Pacman -Syu

I think I have the same problem, kernel module mismatch. But I have reinstalled virtualbox and kernel modules

lsmod output:

serio_raw              20480  0
vboxnetflt             45056  0
vboxnetadp             28672  0
vboxdrv               700416  2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
kvm_amd               258048  0
ccp                   221184  1 kvm_amd
kvm                  1474560  1 kvm_amd

Thanks

Last edited by gorneman (2026-06-21 17:23:35)

cyberpunkrocker

Member

From: Birckala, Finland

Registered: 2019-09-16

Posts: 39

Website

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

Nice. Virtualbox-7.2.10-2 worked just fine, but virtualbox-7.2.10-3 now prevents any VM from starting, whining about kvm modules. What the h*** the -3 version was supposed to fix?

Please post the command you are using and all the output it generates also the output of `lsmod`

Sorry I've been AFK for the weekend.
Trying to start a VM from the virtualbox gui, I get this popup with an error:

AMD-V is being used by another hypervisor (VERR_SVM_IN_USE).
VirtualBox can't enable the AMD-V extension. Please disable the KVM kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot (VERR_SVM_IN_USE).
Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:
ConsoleWrap
Interface:
IConsole {6ac83d89-6ee7-4e33-8ae6-b257b2e81be8}

and of course, all the kvm modules are loaded. Virtualbox-7.2.10-2 had nice scripts which prevented kvm modules from being loaded, but these were removed from 7.2.10-3, breaking virtualbox Why?

loqs

Member

Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,961

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

and of course, all the kvm modules are loaded. Virtualbox-7.2.10-2 had nice scripts which prevented kvm modules from being loaded, but these were removed from 7.2.10-3, breaking virtualbox Why?

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … c9702c98f1

cyberpunkrocker

Member

From: Birckala, Finland

Registered: 2019-09-16

Posts: 39

Website

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

Yeah, I had read that gitlab entry alrady. So where's the actual fix? Or does the 'fix' work only on official Arch kernels?

loqs

Member

Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,961

Re: Kernel panic with Virtualbox 7.2.10

Yeah, I had read that gitlab entry alrady.

Why would you post asking why the change was made when you had already ready the commit message documenting the reason for the change?  You do not believe the commit message?

So where's the actual fix? Or does the 'fix' work only on official Arch kernels?

An issue was reported on Arch's gitlab instance.  That issue was fixed.  Have you opened such an issue?