Secure Boot doesn't allow 'vboxdrv' module to load - Required key not available

[quickbooks]

Host - Fedora 18 64 bit Bios has Secure Boot enabled.

When I try to start any machine it says:

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by executing

'/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'

as root. If it is available in your distribution, you should install the DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.

[user@localhost ~]$ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
[sudo] password for user: 
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules                         [  OK  ]
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules            [  OK  ]
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS[  OK  ]
Starting VirtualBox kernel modules                         [FAILED]
  (modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why)

[user@localhost ~]$ sudo modprobe vboxdrv
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Required key not available

[quickbooks]

[user@localhost ~]$ sudo virtualbox
[sudo] password for user: 
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
         available for the current kernel (3.8.2-206.fc18.x86_64) or it failed to
         load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

           sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

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

[frank]

This is not really a VirtualBox bug. Oracle cannot sign kernel modules using the Fedora key. See also the  Fedora FAQ in this regards.

[marcmerlin]

If I build my own kernel with signed modules, I have the key, dkms builds the virtualbox modules on my laptop which has the kernel source and my signing key. Can you enhance the dkms script to use /usr/src/linux-xxx/signing_key.* and sign the modules if those files are present?

Thanks

[bryanhundven]

This is still an issue on Fedora 22, I cannot disable secure boot on my workstation. The change marcmerlin suggested would work.

[khatkarrohit]

Still a major problem on Ubuntu 16.04 using VirtualBox 5.0

[Jdot]

im having problems too on Ubuntu 16.04 using VirtualBox 5.1.6. when will this be sorted?

[equalitytech]

Same problem today Ubuntu 17.10.

I can sign the libraries, but still the installer doesn't work.

#!/bin/bash

for modfile in $(dirname $(modinfo -n vboxdrv))/*.ko; do
  echo "Signing $modfile"
  /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/scripts/sign-file sha256 \
                                /root/module-signing/MOK.priv \
                                /root/module-signing/MOK.der "$modfile"
done

./VirtualBox-5.2.13-122773-Linux_amd64.run

Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox for Linux installation.............
VirtualBox Version 5.2.13 r122773 (2018-05-24T09:58:29Z) installer
Removing previous installation of VirtualBox 5.2.13 r122773 from /opt/VirtualBox
Installing VirtualBox to /opt/VirtualBox
Python found: python, installing bindings...
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxdrv.service → /lib/systemd/system/vboxdrv.service.                                    
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxballoonctrl-service.service → /lib/systemd/system/vboxballoonctrl-service.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxautostart-service.service → /lib/systemd/system/vboxautostart-service.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxweb-service.service → /lib/systemd/system/vboxweb-service.service.
vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.

There were problems setting up VirtualBox.  To re-start the set-up process, run
  /sbin/vboxconfig
as root.

VirtualBox has been installed successfully.

You will find useful information about using VirtualBox in the user manual
  /opt/VirtualBox/UserManual.pdf
and in the user FAQ
  http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ

We hope that you enjoy using VirtualBox.

The installation log file is at /var/log/vbox-install.log.

tail /var/log/vbox-install.log

VirtualBox 5.2.13 r122773 installer, built 2018-05-24T09:58:29Z.

Testing system setup...
Removing previous installation of VirtualBox 5.2.13 r122773 from /opt/VirtualBox

vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.