Panic CPU CATERR detected (error)

Later edit to my first comment a few days ago:

After installing the BETA Big Sur, the problem did not occur anymore when the MacBook would go in Sleep mode, but instead it happened when it restarted. Every-time I booted my macbook (after being shut down), I entered my password to log in and then the mac would just restart in a loop.

Fortunately, after a few tries I successfully managed to boot into the OS and saw these two errors pop up:

Did a quick search after "crowdstrike" in Finder and found some start-up items in Library/LaunchDaemons folder.

Apparently these were the culprits that were hindering the macbook to boot correctly. At least for me.

After removing these 2 files from the LaunchDaemons folder, I had no other panic attack - either in Sleep or when shutting the macbook down.

This is probably not the case for you, but thought I might share my experience with the problem.

I've been dealing with spontaneous restarts since shortly after setting up the refurbished 2019 MBP I purchased this spring. (At least ten since I started capturing the reports on October 22.) The kernel panic reports attribute the panic to a variety of different errors: x86 CPU CATERR, Thunderbolt3 power on failed, "Sleep transition timed out after 180seconds while entering dark wake on way to sleep".

After multiple trips to the Genius bar (neither found hardware issues, first said it might be errors in OS installation, the second said he thought it was my anti-virus software), multiple disk erasures and complete OS (and application) reinstalls omitting potentially problematic software, and rounds of testing avoidance of each external device, I have not been able to identify any specific trigger(s). Events do not coincide with any particular type of use. Some seem to occur when I return to my computer in the morning and am confronted with an apple logo on my screen, some occur when I unplug my external monitor or plug in an external drive, some coincided with an error message telling me I had disconnected my hard drive improperly when I hadn't actually disconnected it at all. Multiple happened while I was in Zoom or Blackboard Collaborate meetings. I have a recurrent green blizzard when my display wakes up on the login page. Sometimes the screen on my external monitor goes solid green, which I've read could be an HDMI handshake problem.

My next step will be to try doing preventative NVRAM and SMC resets on a weekly basis - if I can avoid having a spontaneous restart that long! - to see if that will keep it from happening.

Has anyone seen an improvement with Big Sur? I've kept up with Catalina updates, in hopes that one would fix my problem, but I'm leery of Apple's iOSification of its computers, and Big Sur is a big step in that direction. I probably shouldn't have been so outspoken about my distaste when I discovered that the update was available during my last phone call with a tech support supervisor - I haven't received any follow up on system files I provided since that conversation, and it's been several weeks now since I provided the files. :/

I may have a solution: at least it worked for me. I'm on Big Sur 11.1 on MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019). Up until this point my computer was crashing every time I tried to wake it up with the Panic CPU CATERR error. I had already installed EtreCheck as suggested and noticed that it listed a group of "Kernel extensions present" under Minor Issues. I clicked on Review which gave me a list of items in /Library/Extensions (CAUTION: not everything that is in /Library/Extensions). I then removed all the Extensions it listed into a folder on my desktop. Now it is waking up with no problem and, so far, I haven't found that removing those particular externsions has caused any applications to stop working.

I worked with Apple Care to get a replacement for my Macbook Pro that keep getting the CATERR panic. They will be analyzing the machine to determine the cause of the panic.

I have been using my new Macbook Pro and I have not experienced the panic in the last 24hrs. Only time will tell, if the problem has been resolved.

They captured my machine and are using it to debug the problem to find root cause.

Kernel panic, even with CATERR, is not ONE problem, it is one of THOUSANDS of problems. Each has a unique cause and solution.

Do NOT assume you have the same issue as any others posting here.

This thread is already to long to provide personal advice for each user. Start a new discussion with details of your Mac and your MacOS, and a copy of your panic report for personalized attention from other Users.

OR-- use the "get support" link at the top each form page to contact Apple for assistance.

Do not wait for your complaint here to produce results -- there is NO tracking and NO escalation mechanism available from posting here.

Before experiencing kernel panics on new Mac Mini, I was using a MacBook Pro 2017 with an LG 4K UltraFine 24" display and never crashed. Same display now being used with Mac Mini.

I also upgraded to BigSur and still having the same Kernal Panic message. Ugh.

j'ai le même problème et j'ai supprimer l'application TEAM de microsoft et depuis à priori ça va mieux. j'ai lui que certaine appli pouvaient provoquer ce genre de plantage

On an iMac 27” from 2020. I am guessing Apple doesn’t have an OS that knows how to work with Memory leaks from background tasks. I am on Big Sur 11.2 with 64 GB ram.