Re-occuring Kernel Panics twice a day since High Sierra current update

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Re-occuring Kernel Panics twice a day since High Sierra current update

Been getting a number of panics lately, more than once per day, randomly. No hardware has been swapped in or out and my assumption based on the General type 13 error (seen below in the panic dump report) leaves out third party software? Tough to troubleshoot.

Any insight? Laptop, 2016 MacBook Pro, 15" with Touch Bar. Connected to external 4k display via TB3 (Kensington hub, both of which attached before last week when the kernel panics started). I think the new High Sierra update was also released last week, but not 100% correct.

Dump below:

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Anonymous UUID: FB878975-D07C-D3A1-53DB-3429103A84F8

Sun Feb 18 15:27:26 2018

*** Panic Report ***

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff801496e339): Kernel trap at 0xffffff801490f9b7, type 13=general protection, registers:

CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00007ffa3510e608, CR3: 0x000000015792b150, CR4: 0x00000000003627e0

RAX: 0x0000000000000200, RBX: 0xffff0280277f3460, RCX: 0x0000000020000800, RDX: 0xffffff924e0a3eb8

RSP: 0xffffff924e0a3d20, RBP: 0xffffff924e0a3d50, RSI: 0x000000000010e000, RDI: 0xffffff7f80000000

R8: 0xffffff924e0a3e20, R9: 0xffffff924e0a3eb8, R10: 0x00007ffa3510e608, R11: 0x00000000a2a4c0b9

R12: 0x000000000010e000, R13: 0x0000000000000001, R14: 0x000000000010e000, R15: 0xffffff803cb36000

RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff801490f9b7, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000

Fault CR2: 0x00007ffa3510e608, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x2, PL: 0, VF: 0

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address

0xfffffd000004d270 : 0xffffff801484f606

0xfffffd000004d2c0 : 0xffffff801497c654

0xfffffd000004d300 : 0xffffff801496e149

0xfffffd000004d380 : 0xffffff8014801120

0xfffffd000004d3a0 : 0xffffff801484f03c

0xfffffd000004d4d0 : 0xffffff801484edbc

0xfffffd000004d530 : 0xffffff801496e339

0xfffffd000004d6b0 : 0xffffff8014801120

0xfffffd000004d6d0 : 0xffffff801490f9b7

0xffffff924e0a3d50 : 0xffffff80148d2a3a

0xffffff924e0a3f00 : 0xffffff801496e6b2

0xffffff924e0a3fa0 : 0xffffff8014801032

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: com.apple.WebKit

Mac OS version:

17D47

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 17.4.0: Sun Dec 17 09:19:54 PST 2017; root:xnu-4570.41.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 18D901F1-4A03-3FF1-AE34-C26B2732F13C

Kernel slide: 0x0000000014400000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8014600000

__HIB text base: 0xffffff8014500000

System model name: MacBookPro13,3 (Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 75513581080341

last loaded kext at 70009337586464: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 900.4.1 (addr 0xffffff7f9d683000, size 12288)

last unloaded kext at 70584996538199: com.apple.driver.usb.cdc.ecm 5.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f9d65d000, size 49152)

loaded kexts:

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com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy 3.16.21

com.apple.AGDCPluginDisplayMetrics 3.16.2

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.4

com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1

com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer 1.6.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 280.12

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com.apple.kext.AMDRadeonX4100 1.6.0

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com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry 1

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com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AGDCBacklightControl 3.16.2

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com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.4d1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPCHPMC 2.0.1

com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.16.21

com.apple.driver.AppleEmbeddedOSSupportHost 1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0

com.apple.driver.eficheck 1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSKLGraphicsFramebuffer 10.3.0

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70

com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1

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com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 3.1.1

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com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver 127

com.apple.driver.AirPort.BrcmNIC 1220.28.1a3

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelI210Ethernet 2.3.0

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com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1

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com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 183

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8

com.apple.security.quarantine 3

com.apple.IOBufferCopyEngineTest 1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDMouse 191

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 900.4.1

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com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHub 1.2

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 280.12

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 526

com.apple.driver.AppleSSE 1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUARTTransport 6.0.2f2

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerTransport 6.0.2f2

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.1.0

com.apple.kext.AMDSupport 1.6.0

com.apple.AppleGPUWrangler 3.16.2

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 517.22

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.16.21

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 280.12

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 280.12

com.apple.driver.usb.IOUSBHostHIDDevice 1.2

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssUARTv1 3.0.60

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssUARTCommon 3.0.60

com.apple.driver.AppleOnboardSerial 1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSkywalkFamily 1

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11

com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 6.0.0d8

com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily 1.0.0

com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.16.21

com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 376.6

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 209.2.2

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.18d1

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 517.22

com.apple.driver.usb.cdc.ncm 5.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio 311.9

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 206.5

com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBiBridge 1.0

com.apple.driver.usb.cdc 5.0.0

com.apple.driver.usb.networking 5.0.0

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice 1.2

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties 1.2

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter 5.0.2

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIUpAdapter 2.1.3

com.apple.filesystems.hfs.encodings.kext 1

com.apple.driver.AppleActuatorDriver 1204.13

com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 203

com.apple.driver.AppleHSBluetoothDriver 127

com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 6.0.2f2

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 6.0.2f2

com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 1204.13

com.apple.driver.AppleInputDeviceSupport 1201.8

com.apple.driver.AppleHSSPIHIDDriver 52

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 5.0.2

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 5.0.2

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 2.1.3

com.apple.driver.AppleHSSPISupport 52

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssSpiController 3.0.60

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 1200.12.2

com.apple.driver.corecapture 1.0.4

com.apple.iokit.IONVMeFamily 2.1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 4.5.6

com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.1.0

com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b8

com.apple.driver.AppleHPM 3.1.3

com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 6.6.3

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssI2CController 3.0.60

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssDmac 3.0.60

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssGspi 3.0.60

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssI2C 3.0.60

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCIPCI 1.2

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI 1.2

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostPacketFilter 1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 900.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.1

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

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com.apple.driver.AppleEffaceableStorage 1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2

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com.apple.kec.pthread 1

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EOF

Posted on Feb 18, 2018 3:56 PM

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Answer 1

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Carolyn Samit

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165,615 points

Feb 18, 2018 4:05 PM in response to jyoteen

Try a Safe Mode boot deletes some system caches that might help ...

To start up in safe mode:

Start or restart your Mac, then immediately press and hold the Shift key. The Apple logo appears on your display. If you don't see the Apple logo, learn what to do.
Release the Shift key when you see the login window. If your startup disk is encrypted with FileVault, you might be asked to log in twice: once to unlock the startup disk, and again to log in to the Finder.

To leave safe mode, restart your Mac without pressing any keys during startup.

If that didn't help, try the troubleshooting steps here > If your Mac spontaneously restarts or displays a message that it restarted or shut down because of a problem - Apple Sup…

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Answer 2

jyoteen Author

Level 1

8 points

Feb 18, 2018 5:11 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Seems by looking at all the logs under Diagnostic Reports, they all seem to have started Feb 8th, the day after the Software update was installed as seen above. A huge number of crashes involve the coreAudio section of MacOS as seen in the list of the diagnostic reports seen below. Most of the time stamps are all in the morning because that's when the laptop is woken up from sleep

Audio

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Answer 3

Knuthf

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9 points

Feb 18, 2018 5:24 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Use "Restore" mode - hold Comment and R when you reboot/boot.
When it boots, choose "Disk Utility", select the boot disk and "Repair" - full run.
Then the other disks. If it runs fast, then there was no issue, if it moves slow, take a look at what goes on.
The disks and the file system must be correct. The kernel relies on the disk for swapping. If one thread tries to use parts of the file system that another thread/process use, this will cause a deadlock - also on a Mac. The file system is made to try to avoid this - but with a faulty index, "kernel panic" or "hanging" follows.

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Answer 4

jyoteen Author

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8 points

Feb 18, 2018 5:36 PM in response to Knuthf

seems to be ok. Went through the repair really quickly.

rebooted into normal mode (not safe). Removed my Audioquest DAC from the USB chain to see if it does away with any coreAudio conflicts.

Only thing I can think of is that the CoreAudio does not get along with the DAC post High Sierra security update on Feb 8th.

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