VERR_CPUM_RAISE_GP_0 when booting from CentOs8 => fixed in SVN/next maintenance

[JochenW]

Did the following (with Vb 6.1.18, not 6.1.16, the former version is not yet selectable):

• Created a new VM CentOs8
• Selected CentOS-8.3.2011-x86_64-dvd1.iso as the DVD drive.
• Booted the machine. The Grub menu comes up, allowing me to select "Install CentOS Linux 8".
• Virtual machines display goes black (as expected), but then the VM is frozen, and the installation kernel doesn't boot.

[JochenW]

Vbox definition file

[JochenW]

Log file

[JochenW]

VBoxHardening.log

[JochenW]

It should be noticed, that booting from ubuntu-20.10-desktop-amd64.iso works. So, the guest OS might be able to provide a workaround here. (In the case of Linux, possibly by providing a suitable kernel.)

[AlvaroPalmaAste]

I'm experiencing the same problem, but only with the el8_3 kernels. I've currently installed:

kernel-4.18.0-193.28.1.el8_2.x86_64 -> Works fine
kernel-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64  -> Doesn't even boot
kernel-4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3.x86_64 -> Doesn't even boot

[JochenW]

@AlvaroPalmaAste: I understand, that you've got an installed VM, which you can boot, or not, depending on the selected kernel. If so: How did you get the VM installed? Using an older version of VirtualBox? Which?

[paulson]

This issue would have been best addressed in the ​forums where users from all over the world can chime in rather than just the smaller audience of the VirtualBox development team.

You are running Windows on your host system:

00:00:10.878761 OS Product: Windows 10
00:00:10.878761 OS Release: 10.0.19041

and your log reports the following:

00:00:11.350342 HM: HMR3Init: Attempting fall back to NEM: VT-x is not available

which indicates Microsoft's Hyper-V is active so review the following post in the forums:

HMR3Init: Attempting fall back to NEM (Hyper-V is active)
​https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=99390

and follow the advice there to disable Hyper-V on your system.

[JochenW]

I have that post carefully. Unfortunately, completely disabling Hyper-V is not an option for me, because I need to be able to run the Docker Desktop.

[raidenz]

I am having the EXACT same issue. Running Virtualbox 6.1.18 on the latest Windows 10 Pro and I have docker Desktop also installed. Trying to install CentOS 8.3 iso and it freezes during kernel loading. I even tried the latest CentOS 8 stream [CentOS-Stream-8-x86_64-20210204-dvd1.iso] and it freezes during kernel initialization. [Shows green turtle icon when Hyper-V is enabled].

If I run a custom made linux distro [running linux kernel 5.10.13], it boots without an issue.

It's only if I disable Hyper-V and reboot and re-run Virtualbox, CentOS 8 or CentOS Stream works without any issue [no green turtle icon]. I would love to see this get fixed in Virtualbox. [I do not want to disable Hyper-V since we need docker]

MsrExit/0: 0010:ffffffffbb864d98/LM: WRMSR 00000033, 20000000:00000000 -> VERR_CPUM_RAISE_GP_0!

[aeichner]

This will be fixed in the next maintenance release. Please try the latest 6.1 testbuild from here.

[JochenW]

I tried the latest 6.1 testbuild. See #20177 for the result.

[raidenz]

I tried the latest 6.1 build (142673) and it now works.

[Cito]

Had the same problem with 6.1.18 and WSL 2 and can confirm it now works with 6.1.19-142995.