VirtualBox AMD-V is being used by another hypervisor .. VirtualBox can't enable the AMD-V extension

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Hello. Thanks for reading my topic.
Here Ubuntu 24.04 kernel 6.14 and VirtualBox 7.2.4.
Not is possible start any VM and is showed the message
VirtualBox AMD-V is being used by another hypervisor … VirtualBox can’t enable the AMD-V extension.
I need stop the KVM module.
How to do it ?
Have an nice week.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/1gxhs99/virtualbox_cant_enable_the_amdv_extension_error/

Has a workaround

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Thanks for your reply.
The link has information about remove the kvm module.
If the module are in OS not is dangerous removing it ? Perhaps the OS use for some tasks ?

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For a fresh install… It’s worth a try

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I had reported this earlier when I first upgraded my kernel to the 6.14 series. There is no harm in disabling kvm in the kernel if you’re not using kvm. I’ve been using Ubuntu since the 12.04LTS days and I’ve never used kvm but I have been using VirtualBox in all this time. Supposedly the bug has been fixed but I haven’t changed the modprobe setting that got me back online.