Kernel driver not installed launching VM on Version 6.1.18 r142142 (Qt5.6.3)

[dkardell]

on startup of any OS:

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Make sure the kernel module has been loaded successfully.

where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.

[donmcook]

I have this problem on iMac Big Sur 11.2.2, and want progress emails.

[TXJoe]

I would like progress emails as well. Big Sur 11.2.3

[martindinicolino]

Any progress on this? I'm running into this issue as well

[philip]

FWIW a workaround here worked for me:

 https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/410529/virtualbox-does-not-work-after-upgrading-to-big-sur

This part: Opened "System Preferences" -> "Security & Privacy". Found a message "System software from developer "Oracle America, Inc." has been updated. Clicked "Allow", then it asked for reboot so rebooted.

It appears some users do not see this message to click Allow on, but thankfully I did; and it worked. In my case it allowed attaching a startup disk (.iso) to boot the new VM in.