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How can I load the VirtualBox kernel module with sudo modprobe vboxdrv when the key is rejected?

Since today's update on Ubuntu 23.10 I am no longer able to start any virtual machine on VirtualBox. Doing so I get this error:

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver is either not loaded or not set up
correctly. Please reinstall virtualbox-dkms package and load the kernel
module by executing


'modprobe vboxdrv'


as root.

So I installed virtualbox-dkms and then tried to run sudo modprobe vboxdrv. Doing so I get this error:

modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Key was rejected by service

My pretty basic daily update looks like this:

#!/bin/bash

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get -y autoremove
sudo snap refresh
Socrates
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I assume that you are experiencing this issue as you have secure boot enabled and the vboxdrv kernel module is being rejected as its not signed. You could disable secure boot or follow the answers here

marco
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