kali kernel 4.12 virtualbox error

[when123]

apt-get install --reinstall virtualbox-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/659 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 609389 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-dkms_5.1.18-dfsg-1_all.deb ...

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Deleting module version: 5.1.18
completely from the DKMS tree.
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Done.
Unpacking virtualbox-dkms (5.1.18-dfsg-1) over (5.1.18-dfsg-1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (5.1.18-dfsg-1) ...
Loading new virtualbox-5.1.18 DKMS files...
Building for 4.12.0-kali1-686-pae
Building initial module for 4.12.0-kali1-686-pae
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.12.0-kali1-686-pae (i686)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.1.18/build/make.log for more information.
Job for virtualbox.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status virtualbox.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
● virtualbox.service - LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/virtualbox; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2017-08-25 09:35:45 CST; 6ms ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 7560 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/virtualbox start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Aug 25 09:35:45 debain systemd[1]: Starting LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module...
Aug 25 09:35:45 debain virtualbox[7560]: Loading VirtualBox kernel modules...No suitable module for running kernel found ... failed!
Aug 25 09:35:45 debain virtualbox[7560]: failed!
Aug 25 09:35:45 debain systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Aug 25 09:35:45 debain systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: VirtualBox Linux kernel module.
Aug 25 09:35:45 debain systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Unit entered failed state.
Aug 25 09:35:45 debain systemd[1]: virtualbox.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

[when123]

solved after apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade

[Root11]

I'm having the same problem and the updates and upgrades do not help. I was trying to install virtualbox onto my laptop which is running kali Linux. I get some errors when installing virtualbox itself such as "Failed to start LSB: Linux kernel module.", after it finishes installing I start the virtualbox service which will open up the program window. But I get a error in the terminal saying "The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist. Please install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate headers, most likely linux-headers-686". I have tried installing both of these packages but the terminal says they are already installed and up to date. I have also tried to use apt-get upgrade and apt-get upgrade. Nothing seems to make a difference.

Details:

Kali Version(kali-rolling, GNOME Shell 3.26.1, 32 bit)
Installed on my Lenovo Laptop
I have tried updating my system as well as using dpkg-reconfigure. I have tried updating the headers, nothing seems to help.

-Thanks

[kingle0pard]

Hi,

First of all i want to introduce my self because I'm a new member in here.
The solution that I found after several try is to download the Virtual Box from Oracle sites https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.6/virtualbox-5.2_5.2.6-120293~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb,
make dpkg -i dpkg -i virtualbox-5.2_5.2.6-120293~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb, and you will got dependencies error but is okay, use apt-get --fix-broken will install the dependencies that's needed by the application, but after that I used again this command dpkg -i virtualbox-5.2_5.2.6-120293~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb and it's works.

Cheers