[Bug]: Linux Guest Additions 7.2.16 fail to build vboxguest on RHEL 9.8 kernel 5.14.0-687.5.3.el9_8 — implicit declaration of function kernel_file_open

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Version

7.2.16

Host OS Type

Linux

Host OS name + version

AlmaLinux 9 kernel 5.14.0-611-49.2.el9_7.x86_64

Host Architecture

x86

Guest OS Type

Linux

Guest Architecture

x86

Guest OS name + version

AlmaLinux 9 kernel 5.14.0-687.5.3.el9_8.x86_64

Component

Guest Additions/Installer

What happened?

Unpatched AlmaLinux 9.8 (kernel 5.14.0-687.5.3.el9_8.x86_64) fails to compile VirtualBox guest additions:

In file included from /tmp/vbox.0/combined-os-specific.c:43:
/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/fileio-r0drv-linux.c: In function ‘VBoxGuest_RTFileOpen’:
/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/fileio-r0drv-linux.c:160:30: error: implicit declaration of function ‘kernel_file_open’; did you mean ‘generic_file_open’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
160 | struct file *pFile = kernel_file_open(&Path, fOpenMode, d_inode(Path.dentry), current_cred());
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| generic_file_open
/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/fileio-r0drv-linux.c:160:30: warning: initialization of ‘struct file *’ from ‘int’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:250: /tmp/vbox.0/combined-os-specific.o] Error 1

Similar as #732, but with a different error message due to older kernel.

vboxadd-setup.log

How can we reproduce this?

1. Create AlmaLinux 9.8 guest VM from offline 9.8 ISO to VirtualBox 7.2.16
2. Ensure kernel-devel matching running kernel is installed
3. Mount Guest Additions CD 7.2.16
4. Run: sudo sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
5. Check /var/log/vboxadd-setup.log — vboxguest build fails

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