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[Bug]: Tainted module - warning message #620

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Description

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Version

7.2.6

Host OS Type

Windows

Host OS name + version

Windows 10 22H2

Host Architecture

x86

Guest OS Type

Linux

Guest Architecture

x86

Guest OS name + version

Debian Linux 13.4

Component

Other

What happened?

Windows 10 Host
Debian Linux Guest
Guest Additions installed

Error appears in dmesg logs:

[ 4.008620] CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 439 Comm: (udev-worker) Tainted: G OE 6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 #1 Debian 6.12.74-2
[ 4.008624] Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
[ 4.008625] Hardware name: innotek GmbH VirtualBox/VirtualBox, BIOS VirtualBox 12/01/2006
[ 4.008627] RIP: 0010:rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x7cb/0xb60
[ 4.008632] Code: 84 c0 0f 85 e3 fd ff ff 49 8b 45 08 49 39 87 00 6f 03 00 0f 85 12 fc ff ff 0f b6 45 14 84 c0 0f 84 cb fd ff ff e9 01 fc ff ff <0f> 0b e9 ca f8 ff ff 4c 89 54 24 08 48 89 14 24 e8 20 ee fe ff 48
[ 4.008634] RSP: 0000:ffffcf07008f7d38 EFLAGS: 00010086
[ 4.008636] RAX: 00000000ffffffff RBX: ffff8974ce1a6600 RCX: 0000000000000001
[ 4.008637] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8976c20a4bc0 RDI: 0000000000000001
[ 4.008638] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 4.008639] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001
[ 4.008640] R13: 0000000000000002 R14: ffff8976c20a6418 R15: ffff8976c20a5e80
[ 4.008641] FS: 00007f1b67e3b980(0000) GS:ffff8976c2080000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 4.008643] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 4.008644] CR2: 00007f7dc181441c CR3: 000000010bc70003 CR4: 00000000000706f0
[ 4.008662] Call Trace:
[ 4.008672]
[ 4.008677] ? arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare.isra.0+0x16/0xa0
[ 4.008680] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x37/0x1b0
[ 4.008682] ? do_syscall_64+0x8e/0x190
[ 4.008684] ? do_sys_openat2+0x9c/0xe0
[ 4.008687] update_process_times+0x70/0xb0
[ 4.008690] tick_nohz_handler+0x8f/0x140
[ 4.008693] ? __pfx_tick_nohz_handler+0x10/0x10
[ 4.008694] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x132/0x2a0
[ 4.008697] hrtimer_interrupt+0xfa/0x210
[ 4.008699] __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x55/0x100
[ 4.008706] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x38/0x90
[ 4.008715] asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
[ 4.008718] RIP: 0033:0x7f1b68420a11
[ 4.008725] Code: c1 c6 20 66 0f 73 d9 08 66 48 0f 7e da 66 0f d4 c8 48 c1 c2 10 66 48 0f 7e c9 48 31 ca 48 01 d6 48 c1 c2 15 48 31 f2 48 89 37 <48> 89 57 18 48 8d 14 08 48 c1 c0 11 48 31 d0 48 c1 c2 20 48 89 47
[ 4.008727] RSP: 002b:00007ffed7b19668 EFLAGS: 00000202
[ 4.008728] RAX: 0f9eb361a4ebc83a RBX: 00007ffed7b19690 RCX: af51db69f6a58c84
[ 4.008729] RDX: 4c9e0d0cdfcc67a8 RSI: bb2723afd687f839 RDI: 00007ffed7b19690
[ 4.008730] RBP: 1b00000000004553 R08: de4014636477d60a R09: 1a82e7bca1d14cb4
[ 4.008730] R10: 2ed2cb8bf9b2bde8 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000558662dce0b0
[ 4.008731] R13: 0000558662dcba40 R14: 00007ffed7b19720 R15: 0000000000000003
[ 4.008734]
[ 4.008735] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

How can we reproduce this?

Run above configuration.
Check dmesg
Error appears

Log files attached.

VBox-2026-04-08-20-46-59.log

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  • Yes, I've uploaded all pertinent files to this issue.

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