Kernel panic on M1 MacBook Pro after upgrade to Sequoia 15.4
I'm having kernel panics on M1 MacBook Pro afer upgrade to Sequoia 15.4 when connected to VPN with openfortivpn. Do you happen to know how to troubleshoot or fix this? Details below, thanks 👋
Crash report looks like that:
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffe0019b6e2a8): Break 0x5519 instruction exception from kernel. Panic (by design) at pc 0xfffffe0019851b80, lr 0xfffffe001c2d34c8 (saved state: 0xfffffea83561bad0)
x0: 0xfffffe1e5108a600 x1: 0xfffffe241da337f8 x2: 0x0000000000000000 x3: 0x000000000000002d
x4: 0x00000015e437be96 x5: 0x000000000003a980 x6: 0x0000000000000000 x7: 0x00000015e437bb2e
x8: 0xfffffe1e5108a4e0 x9: 0xfffffe1e5108a600 x10: 0xfffffea83561be61 x11: 0x00000015e43b6816
x12: 0x00000015e43b6816 x13: 0x00000015e43b6816 x14: 0xfffffea83561badc x15: 0x0000000000000001
x16: 0x4f8bfe0019426cd8 x17: 0x00000000000073d8 x18: 0x0000000000000000 x19: 0x0000000000000001
x20: 0xfffffe241d510000 x21: 0xfffffe241d5100e8 x22: 0xfffffe2528800880 x23: 0xfffffe0018567480
x24: 0xfffffe1e5108a400 x25: 0xfffffe001cf64000 x26: 0xfffffe001cf64000 x27: 0xfffffe001cf64000
x28: 0xfffffe001cf64e40 fp: 0xfffffea83561bec0 lr: 0xfffffe001c2d34c8 sp: 0xfffffea83561be20
pc: 0xfffffe0019851b80 cpsr: 0x00400208 esr: 0x00000000f2005519 far: 0x00000005263a0000
Debugger message: panic
Memory ID: 0x1
OS release type: User
OS version: 24E248
Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 24.4.0: Wed Mar 19 21:16:34 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.101.15~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000
Fileset Kernelcache UUID: 64910CF20FBC3B619F5B9FEDE3E907C5
Kernel UUID: 0DBF4FC4-B7A0-303C-9143-63308FC1EA62
Boot session UUID: DE88A578-70C4-4D72-AEB4-FF036F4F6895
iBoot version: iBoot-11881.101.1
iBoot Stage 2 version: iBoot-11881.101.1
secure boot?: YES
roots installed: 0
Paniclog version: 14
KernelCache slide: 0x0000000010ac8000
KernelCache base: 0xfffffe0017acc000
Kernel slide: 0x0000000010ad0000
Kernel text base: 0xfffffe0017ad4000
Kernel text exec slide: 0x0000000012260000
Kernel text exec base: 0xfffffe0019264000
mach_absolute_time: 0x15e44150c1
Epoch Time: sec usec
Boot : 0x67f66ad2 0x0006e9a9
Sleep : 0x00000000 0x00000000
Wake : 0x00000000 0x00000000
Calendar: 0x67f67a19 0x00098846
Zone info:
Zone map: 0xfffffe1120000000 - 0xfffffe3720000000
. VM : 0xfffffe1120000000 - 0xfffffe16ec000000
. RO : 0xfffffe16ec000000 - 0xfffffe1986000000
. GEN0 : 0xfffffe1986000000 - 0xfffffe1f52000000
. GEN1 : 0xfffffe1f52000000 - 0xfffffe251e000000
. GEN2 : 0xfffffe251e000000 - 0xfffffe2aea000000
. GEN3 : 0xfffffe2aea000000 - 0xfffffe30b6000000
. DATA : 0xfffffe30b6000000 - 0xfffffe3720000000
Metadata: 0xfffffe4eb0010000 - 0xfffffe4eb9810000
Bitmaps : 0xfffffe4eb9810000 - 0xfffffe4ebc5c0000
Extra : 0 - 0
TPIDRx_ELy = {1: 0xfffffe241da337f8 0: 0x0000000000000001 0ro: 0x0000000000000000 }
CORE 0 PVH locks held: None
CORE 1 PVH locks held: None
CORE 2 PVH locks held: None
CORE 3 PVH locks held: None
CORE 4 PVH locks held: None
CORE 5 PVH locks held: None
CORE 6 PVH locks held: None
CORE 7 PVH locks held: None
CORE 8 PVH locks held: None
CORE 9 PVH locks held: None
CORE 0: PC=0x00000001a00e760c, LR=0x00000001a00e760c, FP=0x000000017a8eaea0
CORE 1 is the one that panicked. Check the full backtrace for details.
CORE 2: PC=0xfffffe00194198c8, LR=0xfffffe001942842c, FP=0xfffffea8360cbe40
CORE 3: PC=0xfffffe0019300f28, LR=0xfffffe0019300f28, FP=0xfffffea836023ed0
CORE 4: PC=0xfffffe00194198c8, LR=0xfffffe001942842c, FP=0xfffffea836017e40
CORE 5: PC=0xfffffe0019300f28, LR=0xfffffe0019300f28, FP=0xfffffea8360efed0
CORE 6: PC=0xfffffe0019300f28, LR=0xfffffe0019300f28, FP=0xfffffea8361bfed0
CORE 7: PC=0xfffffe0019300f28, LR=0xfffffe0019300f28, FP=0xfffffea835af7ed0
CORE 8: PC=0xfffffe0019300f28, LR=0xfffffe0019300f28, FP=0xfffffea834007ed0
CORE 9: PC=0xfffffe0019300f28, LR=0xfffffe0019300f28, FP=0xfffffea835b27ed0
Compressor Info: 20% of compressed pages limit (OK) and 22% of segments limit (OK) with 3 swapfiles and OK swap space
Panicked task 0xfffffe1e51fc1618: 0 pages, 609 threads: pid 0: kernel_task
Panicked thread: 0xfffffe241da337f8, backtrace: 0xfffffea83561b220, tid: 1706
lr: 0xfffffe00192c32c8 fp: 0xfffffea83561b2b0
lr: 0xfffffe00194245fc fp: 0xfffffea83561b320
lr: 0xfffffe0019422858 fp: 0xfffffea83561b3e0
lr: 0xfffffe001926bb98 fp: 0xfffffea83561b3f0
lr: 0xfffffe00192c2bac fp: 0xfffffea83561b7c0
lr: 0xfffffe0019b62cd4 fp: 0xfffffea83561b7e0
lr: 0xfffffe0019b6e2a8 fp: 0xfffffea83561b9f0
lr: 0xfffffe0019422fc0 fp: 0xfffffea83561bab0
lr: 0xfffffe001926bb98 fp: 0xfffffea83561bac0
lr: 0xfffffe001c2d34c8 fp: 0xfffffea83561bec0
lr: 0xfffffe001c2d3160 fp: 0xfffffea83561bf20
lr: 0xfffffe0019274f04 fp: 0x0000000000000000
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.nke.ppp(1.9)[6C3AAA7D-9DC6-3D91-8BCE-6B7E216F69DB]@0xfffffe001c2cf140->0xfffffe001c2d6683
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.4