id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 15769 Kernel Panic after installing guest additions on 4.7.0 kernel -> fixed in releases higher than 5.1.2 Dejan Kitic "Can be reproduced both on '''Linux and Mac''' VirtualBox. Based on discussion here: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=79121 To reproduce: 1. Install Centos 7.2 using centos-minimal iso (http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1511.iso) 2.Then log into the guest, and do yum -y update && shutdown -r now 3.After reboot: curl -L -O http://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-7.0-2.el7.elrepo.noarch.rpm && yum -y localinstall elrepo-release-7.0-2.el7.elrepo.noarch.rpm 3. yum remove kernel-devel kernel-headers kernel-tools-libs 4. yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml kernel-ml-devel kernel-ml-headers kernel-ml-tools-libs gcc bzip2 make dkms perl 6. Reboot into kernel 4.7.0 7. On virtual box select Insert Guest Additions CD Image 9. On guest as root: mkdir /mnt/cdrom && mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom && cd /mnt/cdrom && ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run --nox11 10. It should install fine and lsmod | grep vb should show two modules, also dmesg will show few lines when they are loaded 11. Restart guest with shutdown -r now or reboot/power down/up with VirtualBox 12.Kernel Panic" defect closed guest additions VirtualBox 5.1.2 fixed Linux Mac OS X