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kernel_task panics under Yosemite

I've been running Yosemite on my pretty vanilla Mini with no issues. Recently upgraded my MacBook Air to Yosemite, and it's unstable. Frequent, unpredictable kernel panics. I have removed most of my potentially-suspicious startup items (Boingo, TeamViewer), but still experience occasional, random restarts. Any insights would be deeply appreciated.

Here's a recent and representative panic report (also happened earlier today, with similar panic report):

Anonymous UUID:

C88B8DCF-D2F6-CA7E-B7C6-8F4CFF00CE18

Fri Jan 9 17:47:52 2015

*** Panic Report ***

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff8001fc23b5): "vm_object_compressor_pager_create(0xffffff80026aaf58): " "object size 0xfffffffffffff000 >= 0xffffffff000\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.1.97/osfmk/vm/vm_object.c:4835

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff809be43e50 : 0xffffff8001f3a811

0xffffff809be43ed0 : 0xffffff8001fc23b5

0xffffff809be43f10 : 0xffffff8001fd35c6

0xffffff809be43fb0 : 0xffffff80020192c7

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:

14B25

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 14.0.0: Fri Sep 19 00:26:44 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2782.1.97~2/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 89E10306-BC78-3A3B-955C-7C4922577E61

Kernel slide:

0x0000000001c00000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8001e00000

__HIB text base: 0xffffff8001d00000

System model name: MacBookAir4,1 (Mac-C08A6BB70A942AC2)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 2716946802517

last loaded kext at 2054324861518: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f846c3000, size 389120)

last unloaded kext at 308700699793: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7f84651000, size 61440)

loaded kexts:

com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.0.0

com.apple.filesystems.afpfs 11.0

com.apple.nke.asp-tcp 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 85.3

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70

com.apple.filesystems.ntfs 3.12

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.1.0d1

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.37

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.3.1f2

com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 267.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 267.0

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.1f2

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 2.0.2

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.4.12

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.10

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.4d1

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.3

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1

com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics 10.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB 10.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 240.2

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache 35

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.6.5

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 800.20.24

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 705.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.0.7

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 705.4.14

com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 3.1

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 3.1

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 218.0.0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 161

com.apple.security.quarantine 3

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 218.0.0

com.apple.security.SecureRemotePassword 1.0

com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.3.1f2

com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 260.30

com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.7.21

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 267.0

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.15

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 200.6

com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.1f2

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.13d1

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 705.4.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.8.0d49

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 97

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.3.1f2

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 267.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 267.0

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 245.2

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 705.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 705.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 705.4.9

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 4.0.6

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 4.0.6

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 2.0.2

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 3.1.7

com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 4.2.1

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 700.52

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.7.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 705.4.14

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2

com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5

com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 389.1

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31

com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 3.1

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

com.apple.kec.Libm 1

com.apple.kec.pthread 1

com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

Model: MacBookAir4,1, BootROM MBA41.0077.B11, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 1.8 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.74f4

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In, 384 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333235533642465238432D48392020

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333235533642465238432D48392020

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xE9), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)

Bluetooth: Version 4.3.1f2 15015, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0

Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD TS256C, 251 GB

USB Device: FaceTime Camera (Built-in)

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB Device: Hub

Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Air, Apple Inc., 8.1

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Jan 20, 2015 2:49 PM

34 replies

drengfer Author

Level 1

42 points

Mar 24, 2015 2:28 PM in response to Eric Root

Eric--

Thanks for that! I've registered and submitted a bug report (20281559). I included a link to this discussion. I'll let y'all know what I hear back.

FWIW, I can pretty much suppress the behavior by avoiding any printing/scanning, so circumstantial evidence in my case points toward that part of the world. That seems to align with some others have reported or seen elsewhere. I've removed and re-installed the Brother software for the all-in-one devices that I'm using, to no avail. Hoping for something reasonably actionable from Apple.

--Doug

Mar 24, 2015 3:07 PM in response to drengfer

I submitted a report via the Apple Feedback page, but the BugReporter sounds like a better route. I've also been submitting every panic report, but they'e anonymous so of course they don't generate any specific feedback.

I haven't connected any panics with printing, and I seldom do any scanning. Image Capture is steady at 2.14 GB of VM, but I'll keep an eye on it. It's possible there are a number of applications or extensions that can trigger the problem, but it still suggests that there is a bounds-checking issue in the kernel - rogue apps and extensions should not cause an OS crash, they should be handled/terminated.

Eric Root

Level 10

684,045 points

Mar 24, 2015 3:26 PM in response to drengfer

You are welcome.

tholu

Level 1

4 points

Apr 20, 2015 6:34 AM in response to drengfer

I have the same problem. I think it is related to the Logitech Mouse like stated in http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1722832 (because it only happened to me when the logitech receiver is plugged in and I wake it up from screensaver/blank screen) but still should be fixed in Yosemite.

Related Apple Bugreports I submitted: 19015222 closed as duplicate to 15771331 (not mine), 20585063 (created new report because the problem persists for > 6 months now and is not fixed in 10.10.3).

tholu

Level 1

4 points

Apr 20, 2015 8:37 AM in response to tholu

I think the problem is somehow related (at least in my case) to using a secondary display and an external mouse (Logitech, with the Unifying receiver). The crashes are almost reproducible when waking up from blank screen/screensaver then.

Apr 20, 2015 8:53 AM in response to tholu

No external display or Logitech mouse here, so mine must be different.

drengfer Author

Level 1

42 points

Apr 21, 2015 6:36 PM in response to drengfer

So, Apple responded by informing me that my bug (20281559) is a duplicate of another (19392090). That other bug still shows as "open" in the Bug Reporter view of my (now closed) bug.

I will say, though, that since installing 10.10.3, my machine has been more stable. (Regrettably, and in an unrelated matter, my wife's MBP [Mavericks] has had some kernel panics of late; I've been holding off upgrading her to Yosemite due to my panic issues - maybe that's now moot and I should bite the bullet on her behalf.)

tholu

Level 1

4 points

Apr 22, 2015 1:20 AM in response to drengfer

So there seem to be multiple bug reports regarding this issue, but I still think ours are the same but not yet marked as duplicate.

Turning off the wireless logitech mouse before waking from sleep seems to help, no kernel panic since *fingers crossed*. However, Apple should continue to make Yosemite more stable (and fix this ****** bug) instead of introducing new features. And produce a mouse that is ergonomic, because the Magic Mouse hurts my hands after long use.

Apr 24, 2015 8:58 PM in response to tholu

i'm having the same issue also but it only seems to occur when I have an external monitor plugged in and a wireless mouse with a USB dongle.

*** Panic Report ***

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff8028db93e5): "vm_object_compressor_pager_create(0xffffff80294acf78): " "object size 0xfffffffffffff000 >= 0xffffffff000\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.20.48/osfmk/vm/vm_object.c:4835

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff80c347be50 : 0xffffff8028d2bda1

0xffffff80c347bed0 : 0xffffff8028db93e5

0xffffff80c347bf10 : 0xffffff8028dcabb6

0xffffff80c347bfb0 : 0xffffff8028e125b7

Apr 24, 2015 9:14 PM in response to drengfer

mmm kernel panics very annoying I suggest Eric root might have the answer😐

Apr 24, 2015 9:37 PM in response to SlenderMacGirl000

SlenderMacGirl000, do you mean just report it?

tholu

Level 1

4 points

Apr 29, 2015 6:16 AM in response to quizzicol

Yes, please report at http://bugreport.apple.com/.

Turning of the external mouse however does not prevent the Kernel panic.

My bugreport 20585063 has been closed as duplicate of 19392090. So it seems like they kind of know what's going on.

drengfer Author

Level 1

42 points

May 15, 2015 6:15 PM in response to tholu

Apple Developer Support advised me today that 19392090 (the bug of which mine was a duplicate) is fixed in 10.10.4. No information on when that update will be released, though.

--Doug