Virtualbox Modules Problem

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Hi, after install kernel 4.7.3 and the newest 4.7.4 I can’t run VirtualBox because when I try to load the kernel
modules with modprobe these return me the next error:

modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxnetadp': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxnetflt': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

And in the dmesg log I've this.
[  275.258663] vboxdrv: Unknown symbol mod_timer_pinned (err 0)
[  275.258686] vboxdrv: Unknown symbol __get_vm_area (err 0)
[  275.258698] vboxdrv: Unknown symbol set_pages_nx (err 0)
[  275.258709] vboxdrv: Unknown symbol smp_call_function (err 0)
[  275.258731] vboxdrv: Unknown symbol map_vm_area (err 0)
[  275.258748] vboxdrv: Unknown symbol set_pages_x (err 0)
[  275.264389] vboxnetadp: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTR0Init (err 0)
[  275.264399] vboxnetadp: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTR0Term (err 0)
[  275.264407] vboxnetadp: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTStrToUInt32 (err 0)
[  275.264414] vboxnetadp: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTLogRelGetDefaultInstanceEx (err 0)
[  275.264419] vboxnetadp: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTLogLoggerEx (err 0)
[  275.264423] vboxnetadp: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTErrConvertFromErrno (err 0)
[  275.264428] vboxnetadp: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTErrConvertToErrno (err 0)
[  275.264433] vboxnetadp: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTStrPrintf (err 0)
[  275.271359] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTNetIPv4HdrChecksum (err 0)
[  275.271371] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTSpinlockCreate (err 0)
[  275.271378] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol SUPDrvLinuxIDC (err 0)
[  275.271383] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTR0Init (err 0)
[  275.271388] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTSemFastMutexCreate (err 0)
[  275.271395] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTSemFastMutexDestroy (err 0)
[  275.271400] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTSpinlockRelease (err 0)
[  275.271404] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTThreadPreemptIsEnabled (err 0)
[  275.271413] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTSemEventDestroy (err 0)
[  275.271419] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTTimeNanoTS (err 0)
[  275.271424] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTMemFree (err 0)
[  275.271429] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTR0Term (err 0)
[  275.271434] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTSpinlockAcquire (err 0)
[  275.271439] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTSemFastMutexRelease (err 0)
[  275.271446] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTNetIPv4FinalizeChecksum (err 0)
[  275.271452] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTNetIPv4PseudoChecksum (err 0)
[  275.271457] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTSemEventWait (err 0)
[  275.271462] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTMemAllocTag (err 0)
[  275.271467] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTSemEventSignal (err 0)
[  275.271472] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTLogRelGetDefaultInstanceEx (err 0)
[  275.271477] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTSemFastMutexRequest (err 0)
[  275.271481] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTSemEventCreate (err 0)
[  275.271486] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTUuidCompareStr (err 0)
[  275.271491] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTSpinlockDestroy (err 0)
[  275.271496] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTNetIPv6PseudoChecksumEx (err 0)
[  275.271502] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTLogLoggerEx (err 0)
[  275.271507] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTErrConvertFromErrno (err 0)
[  275.271512] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTMemAllocZTag (err 0)
[  275.271516] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTUuidFromStr (err 0)
[  275.271521] vboxnetflt: Unknown symbol VBoxHost_RTErrConvertToErrno (err 0)

I've sys-kernel/linux-headers-4.7, sys-kernel/calculate-sources-4.7.4 (firmware grub minimal symlink themes vmlinuz -build) , app-emulation/virtualbox-5.1.6 and app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-5.1.6

I googled but I don’t find the fix. Some idea?

Thanks

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Hi Victor,
It is better not to use the latest version of the kernel with virtualbox. Because virtualbox is very dependent on the version of the kernel. Support usually delayed.

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Hi Alexander, I know it, but I need the newsest kernel for my new laptop, I found an issue on VirtualBox ticket system that talk about this problem with some early versions of kernel 4.7 (on RC) but the issue was close with the 4.7-rc7 version of the kernel.