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Quick install

Please do:

    dnf install VirtualBox kernel-devel-$(uname -r)  akmod-VirtualBox
    akmods
    systemctl restart systemd-modules-load.service
    dmesg | grep -i vbox

result:

    [ 2870.556703] vboxdrv: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
    [ 2870.565213] vboxdrv: Found 2 processor cores
    [ 2870.571315] vboxdrv: fAsync=0 offMin=0x1c2 offMax=0xa5f
    [ 2870.671515] vboxdrv: TSC mode is Synchronous, tentative frequency 3000795689 Hz
    [ 2870.671519] vboxdrv: Successfully loaded version 5.0.6_ (interface 0x00240000)
    [ 2870.671946] VBoxNetFlt: Successfully started.
    [ 2870.672227] VBoxNetAdp: Successfully started.

To sign kernel modules to make work with secure boot, this 2 posts are a good reference , I haven't test my self:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29480176/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-linux-secure-boot-systems-bash-script

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/34470/virtual-box-on-fedora-19-fails-to-start-a-vm/

or google for "virtualbox fedora secure boot" ,