2018 MACBook Air crashing and restarting regularly

This computer, my wife's, has the up-to-dated Sonoma 14 OS, but recently started to crash and automatically restart. It generates a report, that I will post below. I wonder if anyone - perhaps our old friend HW Tech - can help us discover the problem and fix it? Thank you!


panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffff0125ed838): x86 CPU CATERR detected

Debugger message: panic

Memory ID: 0x6

OS release type: User

OS version: 23P350

macOS version: 23J30

Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 25.0.0: Mon Aug 25 20:39:26 PDT 2025; root:xnu-12377.1.9~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8010

KernelCache UUID: 2BCA7A7BC3C63D30CC560F5044E0FD67

Kernel UUID: C2C941F8-228D-3DAC-B8E3-559706364B15

Boot session UUID: 2FC6CC54-6827-481C-9EBC-52869BA9F201

iBoot version: iBoot-13822.1.2

iBoot Stage 2 version:

secure boot?: YES

roots installed: 0

x86 EFI Boot State: 0x16

x86 System State: 0x0

x86 Power State: 0x0

x86 Shutdown Cause: 0xc0

x86 Previous Power Transitions: 0x40001000100

PCIeUp link state: 0x68473614

macOS kernel slide: 0x13000000

Paniclog version: 15

Kernel slide:   0x000000000c41c000

Kernel text base: 0xfffffff013420000

mach_absolute_time: 0x3572ef6acc

Epoch Time:    sec   usec

 Boot  : 0x68ebcd42 0x000c9b7a

 Sleep : 0x68ebf206 0x000cf979

 Wake  : 0x68ebf27e 0x0000c8ff

 Calendar: 0x68ebf311 0x000a99e3


Zone info:

 Zone map: 0xffffffdc22aa8000 - 0xffffffe222aa8000

 . VM  : 0xffffffdc22aa8000 - 0xffffffdd0910c000

 . RO  : 0xffffffdd0910c000 - 0xffffffdd55de0000

 . GEN0 : 0xffffffdd55de0000 - 0xffffffde3c444000

 . GEN1 : 0xffffffde3c444000 - 0xffffffdf22aa8000

 . GEN2 : 0xffffffdf22aa8000 - 0xffffffe009110000

 . GEN3 : 0xffffffe009110000 - 0xffffffe0ef778000

 . DATA : 0xffffffe0ef778000 - 0xffffffe222aa8000

 Metadata: 0xffffffe222b04000 - 0xffffffe224304000

 Bitmaps : 0xffffffe224304000 - 0xffffffe224430000

 Extra : 0 - 0


TPIDRx_ELy = {1: 0xffffffe009929dc8 0: 0x0000000000000001 0ro: 0x0000000000000000 }

CORE 0: PC=0xfffffff01378c3bc, LR=0xfffffff01378c3b8, FP=0xffffffe936eafe60

CORE 1 is the one that panicked. Check the full backtrace for details.

Compressor Info: 0% of compressed pages limit (OK) and 0% of segments limit (OK) with 0 swapfiles and OK swap space

Panicked task 0xffffffe0091569d0: 0 pages, 205 threads: pid 0: kernel_task

Panicked thread: 0xffffffe009929dc8, backtrace: 0xffffffe93702f650, tid: 6056

 lr: 0xfffffff013648d30 fp: 0xffffffe93702f6c0

 lr: 0xfffffff01378a244 fp: 0xffffffe93702f730

 lr: 0xfffffff0137891a0 fp: 0xffffffe93702f820

 lr: 0xfffffff0136056b8 fp: 0xffffffe93702f830

 lr: 0xfffffff013648e18 fp: 0xffffffe93702fc00

 lr: 0xfffffff013d9708c fp: 0xffffffe93702fc20

 lr: 0xfffffff0125ed838 fp: 0xffffffe93702fc50

 lr: 0xfffffff0125d52d4 fp: 0xffffffe93702fcb0

 lr: 0xfffffff0125d6408 fp: 0xffffffe93702fcf0

 lr: 0xfffffff0125dc544 fp: 0xffffffe93702fd40

 lr: 0xfffffff0125d5df8 fp: 0xffffffe93702fe00

 lr: 0xfffffff0125d4ab4 fp: 0xffffffe93702fe30

 lr: 0xfffffff0136a4680 fp: 0xffffffe93702ff20

 lr: 0xfffffff0136106cc fp: 0x0000000000000000


Posted on Oct 12, 2025 7:06 PM

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2018 MACBook Air crashing and restarting regularly

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