Regular Kernal Panic Restarts

ethanFV wrote:

I have a Mac Mini 2012 running 10.15.7 that regularly restarts. And I have no idea why. It could be just up and running and I try to do something and it dies. Or it could be running just fine for a while, it goes to sleep, and when I bring it back up and attempt to do something, it dies.

Below is the latest Kernal panic error. I'm hoping someone can point to why it keeps dying. Thanks.

<Panic.log>

Also, I'm wondering if it's some how related to https://eclecticlight.co/2020/08/06/catalina-10-15-6-is-prone-to-kernel-panics-from-a-memory-leak/ as I do have Virtualbox installed. Although I don't use it often.

Uninstall Symantec anti virus— this is known to caues nothing but issue on the macOS, directly competing with Mac's own built in security: macOS - Security - Apple https://www.apple.com/macos/security/

< com.symantec.ips.kext >

< com.cisco.kext.acsock > ?

VIirtualbox should not be an issue—verify the software is up to date...

Kernel Panics are predominately caused by hardware faults or faulty third-party kernel extensions.

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT200553

Page fault is a reference to memory not owned by the task that is running.

Kernel Panic reports can be found /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports

From the Finder>Go>Go To Folder, copy and paste:

/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports

If you do have kernel panics, post 2 or 3 of them as applies to your thread.

The panic report should have panic in the "file name.panic"

VirtualBox has been particularly solid wrt kernel panics up until Catalina. Some people here have isolated some panics to VB, so it is worth considering.

A kernel extension (kext) only has to be loaded to cause problems. It does not have to be in active use to cause a panic. VB is loaded all the time, whether you are using it or not. Some kexts dynamically load when needed.

However, as leroydouglas already pointed out, Symantec (Norton) always causes kernel panics and it does nothing useful for you.

And, you have a Cisco kext loaded. In the realm of useful software, I think they may be only second to Logitech in the inability to create functional kexts. I only have personal experience with Logitech, but I have seen a lot of panics isolated to Cisco on these forums.