panic: a freed zone element has been modified in zone kalloc.16

[Keith Yip]

VirtualBox has been causing my computer to suddenly shut down sometimes. It seemed to be caused by using VirtualBox and playing YouTube videos in Chrome at the same time.

My Chome is Version 60.0.3112.113 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Anonymous UUID:       19344056-D7D9-4F42-C554-9DE0A3DA013F

Thu Aug 31 17:57:53 2017

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80151363d0): "a freed zone element has been modified in zone kalloc.16: expected 0xdb989f6ccc894d80 but found 0xffffff805a0b9600, bits changed 0x246760ec9682db80, at offset 0 of 16 in element 0xffffff805c47eb80, cookies 0x3f0011893ee6ed62 0x53521831224f36f"@/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-3789.70.16/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:650
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff922628bc00 : 0xffffff80150e953c 
0xffffff922628bc80 : 0xffffff80151363d0 
0xffffff922628bcf0 : 0xffffff8015135549 
0xffffff922628bd40 : 0xffffff8015133f84 
0xffffff922628be90 : 0xffffff80155403c3 
0xffffff922628bf50 : 0xffffff80156240f5 
0xffffff922628bfb0 : 0xffffff801509ad96 

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: VirtualBoxVM

Mac OS version:
16G29

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 16.7.0: Thu Jun 15 17:36:27 PDT 2017; root:xnu-3789.70.16~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: D3314D98-5D40-3CD8-98A4-F1DD46C20E03
Kernel slide:     0x0000000014e00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8015000000
__HIB  text base: 0xffffff8014f00000
System model name: MacBookPro12,1 (Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 876828855765651
last loaded kext at 866159559166083: com.apple.driver.usb.cdc.acm	5.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f98386000, size 57344)
last unloaded kext at 876042928786498: com.apple.driver.usb.cdc	5.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f98355000, size 28672)
loaded kexts:
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp	5.1.26
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt	5.1.26
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB	5.1.26
com.intel.kext.intelhaxm	6.0.1
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv	5.1.26
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower	2
com.kensington.trackballworks.driver	1.3.0
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs	3.1.2
com.apple.driver.AGPM	110.23.17
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com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim	1.0.0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs	3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy	3.14.49
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient	3.6.4
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC	1.70
com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry	1
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet	1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA	279.48
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager	5.0.5f1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X	7.0.0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetooth20703USBTransport	5.0.5f1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU	208
com.apple.driver.AppleHV	1
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog	1
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com.apple.driver.AppleIntelBDWGraphicsFramebuffer	10.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC	3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleCameraInterface	5.60.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking	4.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP	3.0.8
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com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl	1.3.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader	404.50.6
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless	1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib	1.0.0
com.apple.BootCache	40
com.apple.filesystems.hfs.kext	366.70.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage	295.20.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort	326.60.1
com.apple.driver.AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver	114
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360	1150.12.1a1
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager	161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC	2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons	5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET	1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS	2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC	5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC	1.7
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall	172
com.apple.security.quarantine	3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet	8
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com.apple.kext.triggers	1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib	279.48
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib	525
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport	5.0.5f1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport	5.0.5f1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerTransport	5.0.5f1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily	5.0.5f1
com.apple.driver.AppleSSE	1.0
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com.apple.iokit.IOSurface	159.9
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl	3.14.49
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2	311.14
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com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily	279.48
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily	11
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com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily	1.0.0
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com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport	516.1
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com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI	4.5.4
com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily	6.5.7
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family	1200.12.2
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient	1.0.1b8
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily	3.2
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Model: MacBookPro12,1, BootROM MBP121.0167.B33, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.9 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 2.28f7
Graphics: Intel Iris Graphics 6100, Intel Iris Graphics 6100, Built-In
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1867 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x4544464232333241314D412D4A442D460000
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1867 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x4544464232333241314D412D4A442D460000
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x133), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.21.171.130.1a1)
Bluetooth: Version 5.0.5f1, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM0512G, 500.28 GB
USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: USB Audio DAC
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub
USB Device: Kensington Expert Mouse
USB Device: KB800HM Kinesis Freestyle2 for Mac
USB Device: Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Cable
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 27.1

[Socratis]

Replying to Keith Yip:

com.intel.kext.intelhaxm	6.0.1
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower	2

Check first of all for updates to the Intel HAXM framework. It's caused troubles in the past.

But after that, I'm more suspicious about the SoundFlower extension, since this is a semi-abandoned project (last commit in 2014), certainly way before the OSX 10.12.6 that you're using. SoundFlower creates a virtual audio device. Coupled with the fact that you've seen this while playing videos, the odds are high that this is the culprit.

PS. Next time please ZIP and attach the logs.

[Socratis]

Duplicate of #16395.