MacOS: 15.7.3 Intel
Guest: CentOS Stream 9
Parallels: 26 Pro
Context: I am attempting to run RedHat OpenShift (kubernetes) under CentOS guest. When I start the container is starting, the kernel panics. Here is the last message before forced restart:
Code:
Jan 30 00:35:52 localhost systemd[1]: Starting libvirt logging daemon...
Jan 30 00:35:53 localhost systemd[1]: Started libvirt logging daemon.
Jan 30 00:35:53 localhost systemd-machined[849]: New machine qemu-1-crc.
Jan 30 00:35:53 localhost systemd[1]: Started Virtual Machine qemu-1-crc.
Jan 30 00:35:53 localhost virtqemud[8964]: 2026-01-30 05:35:53.068+0000: 8964: info : libvirt version: 11.10.0, package: 2.el9 (builder@centos.org, 2025-12-18-15:09:54, )
Jan 30 00:35:53 localhost virtqemud[8964]: 2026-01-30 05:35:53.068+0000: 8964: info : hostname: localhost.localdomain
Jan 30 00:35:53 localhost virtqemud[8964]: 2026-01-30 05:35:53.068+0000: 8964: warning : virSecurityValidateTimestamp:205 : Invalid XATTR timestamp detected on /home/parallels/.crc/machines/crc/crc.qcow2 secdriver=dac
Jan 30 00:35:53 localhost virtqemud[8964]: 2026-01-30 05:35:53.069+0000: 8964: warning : virSecurityValidateTimestamp:205 : Invalid XATTR timestamp detected on /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/crc_VARS.fd secdriver=dac
Jan 30 00:35:53 localhost kernel: kvm: vmwrite failed: field=2018 val=0 err=12
Nested virtualization is set on the CPUs, Parallels hypervisor.
CPU flags seem to get passed down from Parallels...
Code:
[root@localhost ~]# cat /sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters/nested
Y
[root@localhost ~]# dmesg | grep -i "Hypervisor detected"
[ 0.000000] Hypervisor detected: KVM
