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I'm running VirtualBox 6.1. After the upgrade to macOS Monterey, my VM's fail to start up with the error message

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

I tried reinstalling VirtualBox and, while that worked at the moment, the problem began again when I turned on my computer the next day.

Based on similar questions on this site, I checked System Preferences -> Security & Privacy. However, there's no pending request from Oracle.

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  • Output of kextstat | grep -v 'com.apple'?
    – Joy Jin
    Commented Nov 3, 2021 at 3:56
  • Executing: /usr/bin/kmutil showloaded No variant specified, falling back to release Index Refs Address Size Wired Name (Version) UUID <Linked Against>
    – Daniel Walker
    Commented Nov 3, 2021 at 23:11
  • Sorry, I misread the system version. I believe from macOS 11 Kernel extensions are deprecated; instead Apple wants people to use system extensions. So you will need to follow this guide to enable loading of kernel extensions: developer.apple.com/documentation/apple-silicon/….
    – Joy Jin
    Commented Nov 4, 2021 at 1:15

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Does Oracle claim VirtualBox supports Monterey? It seems not, although there are workarounds.

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=104272&sid=69ae383878d1d0b9a0e676592adeb79a

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I was getting the same error. I then ran sudo kmutil load -p '/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxDrv.kext' and the error went away.

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  • Huh. That worked! What exactly did that do?
    – Daniel Walker
    Commented Nov 4, 2021 at 23:50
  • Also, I have to re-run that command whenever I restart my host computer.
    – Daniel Walker
    Commented Nov 5, 2021 at 14:38
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With an update to Virtualbox 6.1.30 macOS Monterey is supported. This includes headless operation from posts on their beta forum.

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