MacBook Pro M4 Pro (24GB/512GB) stuck in boot loop — kernel panic “ANS2 Recoverable Panic / apcie0[2] Unexpected link down”

Hi all,

my MacBook Pro M4 Pro (24GB RAM / 512GB SSD) suddenly powers off and then gets stuck in a boot loop. The panic log shows:

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xfffffe0053dffb84): ANS2 Recoverable Panic - assert failed: [14510]:apcie0[2]: Unexpected link down linksts=0x83000204 pcielint=0xb0017000, ltssm=0x00(DETECT_QUIET) - aspcore timer tick(16)
assert failed: [14510]:apcie0[2]: Unexpected link down linksts=0x83000204 pcielint=0xb0017000, ltssm=0x00(DETECT_QUIET)
RTKit: RTKit-2784.140.9.release - Client: t604x.release-AppleStorageFirmware-2077.140.13~389~2077.140.13~389
!UUID: b64359bf-6109-3de8-bdbd-d4107099494a
ASLR slide: 0x0000000000000000
Time: 0x000000220eea8947

Seems tied to internal storage/PCIe.

If it can help, all started while I was using a Windows 11 VM with VMWare Fusion.

What I can do?